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The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

 

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

 

There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.

 

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

 

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

 

More than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15.

 

Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats.

 

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.

 

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

 

Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do.

 

Only 30% of people can expand and contract their nostrils at will.

 

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

 

Rats and horses can't vomit.

 

Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet.

 

In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her 50-pound pet rock.

 

Giraffes cannot cough

 

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

 

In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog.

 

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

 

A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.

 

The first object with a number scaning label is the chewing gum.

 

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.

 

The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.

 

People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights.

 

There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK.

 

Women make up 49% of the world population.

 

Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.

 

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

 

Heating up a rock in the microwave oven will cause the rock to explode.

 

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 mles per hour.

 

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

 

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

 

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters MT.

 

Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.

 

The first toilet ever seen on television waws on Leave It To Beaver.

 

The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats.

 

After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again.

 

A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.

 

A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

 

Stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

 

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our ears and noses don't stop growing.

 

The only king without a moustache in a deck of cards is the king of hearts.

 

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name.

 

It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine

 

The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.

 

Butterflies taste with their feet.

 

The world's youngest parents appeared in 1910, an 8-year old and a 9-year old Chinese people.

 

The giant squd has the largest eyes in the world.

 

Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.

 

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox.

 

Americans eat about 18 billion hot dogs a year.

 

There are 635,013,559,599 possible hands in a game of bridge.

 

The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting.

 

$203,000,000 is spend on barbed wire each year in the U.S..

 

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

 

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

 

Jedi is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

 

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.

 

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

 

Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.

 

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

 

A moth has no stomach.

 

A Japanese crab can be as long as 12 feet long.

 

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.

 

Dogs' only sweat glands are petween their paw pads.

 

Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

 

There are no rental cars in Bermuda.

 

7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.

 

The man who played the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots.

 

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

 

A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average.

 

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

 

The names of all the continents end with the letter they start with.

 

The cigarette ligher was invented before the match.

 

Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world.

 

A group of frogs is called an army.

 

Kilts are not native to Scotland. They originated from France.

 

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

 

Slugs have four noses.

 

Starfish haven't got brains.

 

Fortune cookies were actually invened in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.

 

The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub was 99 hours long.

 

SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.

 

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

 

Pearls melt in vinegar.

 

If an orangutan belches at you, watch out. He's warning you to stay out of his territory.

 

The parachute was invented by DaVinchi in 1515.

 

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

 

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

 

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorde Wendy before it.

 

Streets in Japan do not have names.

 

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.

 

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

 

Each day, more than $40 trillion dollars changes hands worldwide

 

Gorillassleep as much as fourteen hours per day.

 

One billion seconds is about 32 years.

 

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

 

Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

 

The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.

 

It takes 492 seconds for sunlight to reach the Earth.

 

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

 

The first four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.

 

A cow gives nearly 2000,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

 

The most dangerous job in the United States is that of an Alaskan Crab Fisherman.

 

About 50% of Americans live with 50 miles of their birghplace. This is called propinquity.

 

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

 

A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

 

Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female.

 

A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.

 

King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.

 

A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.

 

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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

 

Austria was the first country to use postcards.

 

Attics were invented in Attica.

 

Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

 

Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.

 

The US nickname Uncle Sam was derived from Uncle Sam Wilson, a meat inspector in Troy, New York.

 

The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.

 

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

 

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

 

Tokyo was once known as Edo.

 

-40 degrees Celsius is equal to -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst".

 

11% of the world is left-handed.

 

The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop.

 

The only word that has 15 letters not reused in it is "uncopyrightable".

 

In York, excluding Sundays, it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

 

On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.

 

A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.

 

Ants never sleep.

 

The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

 

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

 

Coca-Cola was originally green.

 

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

 

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

 

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

 

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

 

In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.

 

Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.

 

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896.. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

 

The hardness of ice is similar to that of concrete.

 

Baby beavers are called kittens.

 

Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood doners.

 

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

 

Due to Earth's graviey, it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.

 

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.

 

A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.

 

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on her foot.

 

A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.

 

You can start a fire with ice.

 

A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.

 

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

 

Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

 

The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

 

A tuna fish can swim 100 miles in a single day.

 

Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935.

 

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

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My favorites on there right now are:

 

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

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Here are my faves.

 

-In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to thecity.

-Jedi is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia.

-You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

-In high school, Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed'.

-There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.

-Women end up digesting most of the lipstick they apply.

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The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. No sheet.

 

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred. Fred will die.

 

There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea. I only counted 91.

 

In high school' date=' Robin Williams was voted 'Least Likely to Succeed'. [b']Yup. Because he fails.[/b]

 

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. I'll sink in quicksand too.

 

More than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15. Damn whores.

 

Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats. I am allergic to factoids.

 

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year. Oops. Sorry...

 

Charlie Brown's father was a barber. And Charlie Brown's father is Charlie Brown's father.

 

Infants spend more time dreaming than adults do. I am certainly not an infant.

 

Only 30% of people can expand and contract their nostrils at will. I can!

 

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. I died from a cork before.

 

Rats and horses can't vomit. Humans can.

 

Salmon can jump as high as 6 feet. I am 6 feet.

 

In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary formally married her 50-pound pet rock. It was 48 1/2 lbs, derp.

 

Giraffes cannot cough Giraffes have long necks.

 

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech. I use one.

 

In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog. They eat their own poop.

 

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. Now THAT was dumb.

 

A rat can go without water longer than a camel can. My high score is 15 years.

 

The first object with a number scaning label is the chewing gum. It was also the number scanning label.

 

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes. And Earth's Crust.

 

The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour. I LEARNED THAT IN SCIENCE YESTERDAY!!

 

People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights. That is funny.

 

There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK. We're fukin America! What do you expect? Gyms? Hell naw!

 

Women make up 49% of the world population. Men are better anyways.

 

Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand. Two hours.

 

Reindeer like to eat bananas. And oatmeal I leave on the lawn when Santa comes.

 

Heating up a rock in the microwave oven will cause the rock to explode. And I cannot see anymore.

 

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 mles per hour. Light is faster

 

India has a Bill of Rights for cows. America has a Bill of Rights.

 

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure. No secks?

 

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters MT. And the abbreviation of Mountain.

 

Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine. Any idiot with a map knows that.

 

The first toilet ever seen on television waws on Leave It To Beaver. You spelt "was" wrong.

 

The largest diamond ever found was an astounding 3,106 carats. You spelt "carrots" wrong. Owait...

 

After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again. Old news.

 

A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night. I take a dump 300 feet tall in 5 seconds.

 

 

And I stop there.

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"Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors."

You're surprised?

 

"Reindeer like to eat bananas."

NO WAI.

 

"Slugs have four noses."

That's a lot of boogies.

Lul.

 

Dueling is legal in Paraguay' date=' as long as both parties are registered blood doners.[/quote']

 

so if I want to play yugimonz in Paraguay, my Donor Box on the back of my liscense should be checked?

I actually didn't think of Yugioh when it came down to that one.

 

 

@ Metallica: Abbreviations technically aren't words.

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Locally, it's illegal to do all of the following:

 

If you live in an apartment, flushing the toilet between 11 - 12 PM is a felony

Having sex in any position in any position other then Missionary is a felony

Forcing a child to engage in a dissection is a felony.

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