Amusing Irrelevant Facts -- Two

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Amusing Irrelevant Facts -- Two

Postby Warmsoul/Jeanie13 » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:22 pm

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:45 pm

31. A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h.

32. The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500s.

33. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000B.C.

34. Watch out for flying hockey pucks - they travel at up to 100 mph.

35. America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.

36. When he's feeling amorous, the male sea otter grabs the female's nose with his teeth.

37. In 1681, the last dodo bird died.

38. A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

39. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

40. An Indian woman can legally wed a goat.

41. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

42. The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.

43. Howdy Doody had 48 freckles.

44. What color was Christopher Columbus's hair? Blonde.

45. In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.

46. The most extras ever used in a movie was 300,000, for the film Gandhi in 1981.

47. Every person has a unique tongue print.

48. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

49. Women's hearts beat faster than men's.

50. When Bugs Bunny first appeared in 1935, he was called Happy Rabbit.

51. Pollsters say that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.

52. Bubble gum contains rubber.

53. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

54. In high school, Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed."

55. Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

56. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

57. The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.

58. Even if you cut off a cockroach's head, it can live for several weeks.

59. Chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac in the Middle Ages.

60. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

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Postby Tigger » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:23 pm

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:16 am

I wanna know WHO spends hours researching all these!!

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