The "Facts of the Day" Thread...

[HEMISFEAR]

A thread where you can add interesting tidbits of nearly useless yet confirmed to-be-true information! More than one a day is cool. I'll start:

Some scorpions can live for 30 years.

Scorpions have been around for hundreds of millions of years. And although they have a reputation for being efficient killers, this only really applies to the insects they eat.

Life spans vary from species to species, but author Jonathan Leeming claims that the Hadogenes species of scorpion can live as long as 25-30 years, thanks to a tough outer shell and a very slow metabolism.

[Retro]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

[Retro]

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

[paxton]

I wake up each morning with a boner!

[HEMISFEAR]

I wake up each morning with a boner!

Me too, and that's a fact....for now anyways lol..:grinyes:

[HEMISFEAR]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

I never knew that! See, now I can throw that out next time we go to the the riverfront and Niagara falls because they both have memorial statues there.

[paxton]

Me too, and that's a fact....for now anyways lol..:grinyes:

It'll be a sad day when I don't get a stiffy in the morning.:jackoff:

[RichieRacer]

lol

[BJB]

The horned lizard of the American southwest may squirt a thin stream of blood from the corners of its eyes when frightened.

[BJB]

Bill Gates formed a company to sell a computerized traffic counting system to cities, which made $20,000 its first year. Business dropped sharply when customers learned Gates was only 14 years old.

[Retro]

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

[Retro]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

[BJB]

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.


:twocents:

North America.. South America ???? :eek:

:pounding table:

[Retro]

:twocents:

North America.. South America ???? :eek:

:pounding table:

Hmph! Okay prove me wrong here!

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

[BJB]

Purple... Surmupel.. LOL

[Retro]

Purple... Surmupel.. LOL

Uh, yea, you were close!
Whats in that eggnog? lol.....

[Retro]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
(hence all the crying they do!)

[Retro]

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

[BJB]

Here is one I remember from my flying days...

Tires hydroplane at this seed (9 * (square root of tire pressure))

[Retro]

I have no choice but to take your word on that one!

I know you shouldn't drive in the rain with your cruise control on it will kick on cause you to lose traction in the event you hydroplane.

[Retro]

The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

[HEMISFEAR]

How to fend off a Wild Dog Attack....

Should you stumble upon a wild dog, maintain eye contact with the animal while backing away slowly. Remain upright, and make yourself appear bigger and more imposing by picking up sticks or branches and waving them about. If a wild dog lunges at you, remain standing while kicking the animal repeatedly in the face around the eyes and snout. If you have a stick, deliver full, powerful blows to the animal’s face and ribs until it finally relents. It may be a dog-eat-dog world, but there’s no need for you to become puppy chow if you’re willing to put up a fight.

[DevssrT]

It is the internet myth that the name of the popular Scottish game Golf stands for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden." The word golf originates form medieval Scottish and Dutch dialects. Back in a day before the creation of dictionaries, there was no standardized spelling of any given word. So it is believed that word golf originates from Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" which meant "club." Later on old Scots dialect transformed the word into "gouf" or "golve ."

[DevssrT]

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

[DevssrT]

Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

[DevssrT]

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

[DevssrT]

Dalmatians are born without spots.

[DevssrT]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

[DevssrT]

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

[DevssrT]

Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

[Red02WS6]

Ford circles thier problems

[markus]

Ford circles thier problems

lol, welcome!

[markus]

Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

because back in the OLD old days, women would have somebody dress them

[Retro]

Some scorpions can live for 30 years.

Scorpions have been around for hundreds of millions of years. And although they have a reputation for being efficient killers, this only really applies to the insects they eat.

Life spans vary from species to species, but author Jonathan Leeming claims that the Hadogenes species of scorpion can live as long as 25-30 years, thanks to a tough outer shell and a very slow metabolism.[/B]

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

I would like to see if this one is true!

[Retro]

Perfect day after thanksgiving fact!

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

[Retro]

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

People bitch about gas guzzlers!

[BJB]

This is a generalization

When eating a piece of pie, someone from North America would take the first bit off the point. Someone from Europe would take the first bit from the side

[DevssrT]

When washing your hands, it should take the amount of time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday"

[The_Main_Event]

when in doubt whip it out

[Retro]

Confucius says:

Crowded elevator always smell different to midget.

Dumb man climb tree to get cherry, wise man spread limbs.

Don't drink and park - accidents cause people.

State of pregnancy exist when woman takes seriously something poked in fun.

He who buries a man's wife alive, should not expect to sit at that man's dinner table without the subject coming up.

He who plays with self, pulls boner.

Baseball all wrong -- man with four balls cannot walk.

House without toilet is uncanny.

Man trapped in brothel get jerked around.

Man's wife his better half, his mistress his better whole.

Panties not best thing on earth, but next to it.

It is good for girl to meet boy in park, but better for boy to park meat in girl.

Man have more hair on chest than woman, but on whole woman have more.

Man who cut self while shaving, lose face.

Man who eats photo of father, soon spitting-image of father.

Man who lay woman on ground gets piece on earth.

Man who plays with self pulls boner.

Man who take sleeping pill and laxative on the same night will wake up in deep sh*t.

Man who pushes piano down mineshaft get tone of A flat miner.

Man who sneezes without tissue takes matters in his own hands.

Wise man never play leapfrog with unicorn.

Man who suck woman's tit make clean breast of things.

Man who walk in middle of road get run over by bus.

Wife not part of furniture, until screwed on bed.

Woman laid in tomb may soon become mummy.

Man who fall in vat of molten glass make spectacle of self.

Man who jizz in cash register come into money.

Man with tight trousers is pressing his luck.

Man who gets kicked in testicles, left holding bag.

Man who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.

Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.

Man trapped in pantry have ass in jam.

Don't sweat the petty stuff ... and don't pet the sweaty stuff.

Woman who wear jockstrap have make believe ballroom.

Woman who slides down banister makes monkey shine.

Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails.

Man who tell one too many light bulb jokes soon burn out.

Woman who puts detergent on top shelf, jump for Joy.

[RichieRacer]

wow thats a long one

[BJB]

Poison oak is not oak, poison ivy is not ivy. Both are members of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae).

[BJB]

The mouth produces a quart of saliva a day.

[BJB]

The hare can travel up to 45 miles per hour, whereas the rabbit can achieve an average speed of just 35 miles per hour.

:scratchchin: I wonder what mod's the hare has?? :pounding table:

[Retro]

Toronto, Ontario was home to the biggest swimming pool in the world in 1925. It held 2000 swimmers, and was 300ft x 75ft. It is still in operation.

(Hmmm, my yard is 378' x 101'. That would make for one hell of a party!)

[MR-SMITH]

Obama smokes... Wonder if he smokes Menthols?

[HEMISFEAR]

'Humans are capable of making about 10,000 facial expressions.' - -
According to the years and years of painstaking research done by Paul Ekman and Wallace Friesen at the University of California at San Francisco, the muscles in our faces can make around 43 individual movements. When these movements are combined in twos, threes, fours and fives, they total in excess of 10,000, although 70% of these facial expressions have no meaning whatsoever.

The meaningful ones, cataloged as the Facial Action Coding System, can be studied and used with astonishing efficacy in determining whether or not someone is lying to you.

[BJB]

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

[BJB]

96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

[Retro]

96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

That is because the other 4% call it a jelly and peanut Butter sandwich.

lol...

[Retro]

A fact is defined as something that is true, something that actually exists, or something having objective reality that can be verified according to an established standard of evaluation.

Now, that is a FACT!

[BJB]

Air pressure at sea level is roughly equal to the weight of an elephant spread over a small coffee table.

[BJB]

The footprints left by the Apollo astronauts will not erode since there is no wind or water on the Moon. The footprints should last at least 10 million years.

[BJB]

Hey, Am I the only one that likes this thread???? ;)

It has been estimated that at least 33 percent of blondes in the U.S. are not natural. :eek:

The carpet does not match the drapes!!!

[Retro]

[QUOTE=BJB;11371]Hey, Am I the only one that likes this thread???? ;)

No I like it as well!!
Just don't want to turn my self into the facts of the day poho! lol....

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

[Retro]

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

[DevssrT]

Frogs drink water through their skin.

[Retro]

A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.

[PWRtrip]

Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.

[HEMISFEAR]

'A charging elephant can reach speeds as high as 25 mph.' - -
That's only slightly slower than humans when humans are timed over a 15-yard segment of a 100-yard track (they clock in at just under 28 mph).

In the animal kingdom, the cheetah remains the speed king, coming in at 70 mph. Behind the cheetah is the pronghorn antelope, clocked at a very respectable 61 mph.

[The_Main_Event]

i didnt know that

[The_Main_Event]

Humans and dolphins are the only animals known to have sex for pleasure.

hahaha:ROTFLMAO:

[Derwood98]

The first Apollo rocket to go to the moon was 340' in length and the first stage alone had 5 rocket engines which produced 1.5 million ft/lbs of thrust each.

[Derwood98]

Beer is made by the fermentation of bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating.

In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria shit!

[Johnny--2k]

Confucius say

Man who stand on toilet high on pot

[Johnny--2k]

The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

[Johnny--2k]

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

[Johnny--2k]

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

[Johnny--2k]

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously

[Johnny--2k]

If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar

[Johnny--2k]

This is gross.....but cool at the same time.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. The frog then uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

[Johnny--2k]

In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license

[Johnny--2k]

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

[Johnny--2k]

HAHAHA..... That's a HUGE BITCH!

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

[Johnny--2k]

This is relevant for a lot of us on here....

The name Jeep comes from “GP”, the army abbreviation for General Purpose.

[Johnny--2k]

WTF?

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

[CHARGERTREV]

If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar

what if you just made 3 quarters and 8 nickles 4 pennies :D

[paxton]

what if you just made 3 quarters and 8 nickles 4 pennies :D

That's about as much as your comment is worth!Hahahahaha

[Johnny--2k]

what if you just made 3 quarters and 8 nickles 4 pennies :D

Ohhh...good call, but you could make change for a dollar, which make the statement false. It is true as it stands, that is the most change you could have and still not make change for a dollar.

[DevssrT]

The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

That is freaking awesome...didnt know that.

Cat's are made out of platinum...the major distributor of Cat convertor platinum's facility is secret.

[Retro]

what if you just made 3 quarters and 8 nickles 4 pennies :D


Ohhh...good call, but you could make change for a dollar, which make the statement false. It is true as it stands, that is the most change you could have and still not make change for a dollar.

It isn't the most change you could have, it is the highest value of change without being able to make change for a dollar.

Therefore Johnny--2k comment is still a fact.

:flamethrow: :pounding table:

[BJB]

The thumbnail grows the slowest; the middle nail grows the fastest.

:wavefinger:


:pounding table:

[Retro]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

[Matt McKenzie]

A couple Military facts:

On a set of true dog tags, the short chain has 52 balls, while the long chain has 365, this is to help a member of the Armed Forces who is a POW to keep track of his time captured.

All buildings on Military installations are numbered, but not by roads...in other words you will never find the same numbered building twice on any base. With that, building #1 will always be the main flagpole in front of the base headquarters building.

This is kinda like a legend, but has never been proven one way or the other:
Located in the truck at the top of a flag pole is a razorblade, a match and a .45 round. The razorblade is to cut the stars and stripes off of the flag, the match to burn the flag, and then the round to shoot yourself with. This was to be done if your base was ever being overtaken.

[Mag 8]

Purple... Surmupel.. LOL

Uh, that'd be "nurple"?

Absolutely one of the greatest threads I've ever read!

[BJB]

At one "sitting," a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.




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[BJB]

The flag of the U.K. is properly known as the Union Flag. It is only called the Union Jack when it is flown from the jack mast of a ship

[HarryBallz]

MY left testicle is slightly larger than my other two........ :D

[HEMISFEAR]

MY left testicle is slightly larger than my other two........ :D

FUCK! Harrison has 3 testicles!
:jackoff::pounding table:

[HarryBallz]

I just want to make sure that the WHOLE upper lip is covered in a 69;)

[walleyfisher]

Pupic hair falls out before it gets too long:D

[bull05]

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight