Interesting and useless facts that “you should know”

[SoCaliSmoker]

The threads that steamroll are the threads that everyone gets involved in. Smokers tend to think deeper when their high, and I’m sure a lot of you know facts, factual data (without being too boring) and useless facts. Let’s get the information out to the public people! Inquiring minds would like to know……

Here are my facts…..

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

“Coca-Cola” would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child

Burger King® uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants

The longest Monopoly game ever played was 1,680 hours long, that's 70 straight days

The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub was 99 hours long

The average person laughs 10 times a day!


Some facts you’d like to share?

(and please NONE of the “this is a useless thread fact” or taking shots at the thread to be funny – facts)

 

[krunchbubble]

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.

Blonds have more hair than dark haired people do.

Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship for adult films.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Bees kill more people a year than sharks do.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.

A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.

Brazil is the only country to have played in every World Cup soccer tournament.

Bulls are colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them.

Babe Ruth kept a lettuce leaf under his hat to keep cool during a game.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds.

Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.

Before 1850, golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers.

Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.

Children grow faster in the springtime.

By the time a child finishes elementary school she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on television.

A healthy human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.

Casanova wore condoms made of linen.

A man and woman in Mexico city were engaged for 67 yrs and finally married at the age of 82 yrs.

Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

A Horse has 18 more bones than a Human.

Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha, Nebraska.

Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations.

A kangaroo can jump up to 3 meters high and leap up to 8 meters.

 

[the Rock]

you are a fountain of pure info krunchy bubbler=very cool

 

[tonto]

pablo escobar introduced hippos to south america

 

[JamieShoes]

I have one..

Did you know.. a peanut is in fact not a nut.. it IS however a pea.

 

[Hundred Gram Oz]

My username is a lie.....there are only 28 grams in an ounce

Did ya know that one?

 

[JamieShoes]

unless youre a "metric" ounce....lol oxy moron anyone?

(funny when I came to NL years ago a friend of mine was offered a dutch ounce and started having a go at the guy thinkng the price was too high...lol )


Did you know...

at christmas in some parts of Spain (could be Catalonia or Basque maybe), children beat a log with a face stuck on it, with a stick until it "shits" presents

 

[johnipedestran]

The Appalachian Trail is over 2200 miles long.

It extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia all the way to Mt. Katahdin Maine.

It will take me approximately 3.5 months to hike the whole trail.

1/2 lb of my pack weight will be taken up by marijuana.

peace
jip

 

[JamieShoes]

always prepared... like a good scout should be


did you know...

that in the UK, surgeons are to this day still reffered to as Mr (or Mrs/Miss/Ms) and not Dr going back to a time when untrained barbers and vets would perform operations

 

[Chief]

A 1/3 of the money spent annually on bottled water is enough to build facilities to provide everyone in the world with clean water

1.7 million people die annually from polluted/lack of clean drinking water

 

[JamieShoes]

thats insane.

 

[JamieShoes]

Did you know...

that apple trees have to be cloned and grafted (much like cannabis is) in order to maintain successful fruit lines as parented plants won't produce a quailty product for commercial use...as the apple tree is unable to pollenate itself succesfully

 

[Lil 'o Me]

 

[JamieShoes]

did you know...

pengiuns got their name when an english speaking captain of a boat asked his welsh crewmen "what are those big birds with the white heads" and one of them said "pen gwyn?"

 

[CannaExists]

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Your avatar is so tight.