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The Random Facts Thread!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:43 pm
by The Cookie Monster
Just post any fact.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:34 am
by irishdragon85
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first Metal Detector to try and find the bullet in Grover Cleveland.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:05 pm
by The Cookie Monster
Ralph Macchio from Karate Kid turned 50 today.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:26 pm
by The Cookie Monster
By reading this sentence you have lost 25,000,000 cells. Don't worry your body just made 300 billion more.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:28 am
by The Cookie Monster
You can’t tickle yourself because your brain distinguished between unexpected external touch and your own touch.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 2:11 pm
by airplanes18
^ my sister can.

Every 7 years, your cells have been replaced enough that you actually have a different body

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:21 am
by The Cookie Monster
By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with multi-colored yolks.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:06 pm
by Kanadier
Da Cool Man wrote:You can’t tickle yourself because your brain distinguished between unexpected external touch and your own touch.


Oooooh! So that's why it feels so much better when your girl rubs your.... Nevermind. :P


BAM! Canadian inventions!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ca ... inventions

:D

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:01 pm
by The Cookie Monster
Arsenal has 1 million followers on twitter becoming the first English Football Club that reached the landmark.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:53 pm
by ace
You can't lick the back of your thigh.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:17 am
by The Cookie Monster
I now have 2500 posts.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:16 am
by ace
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:05 am
by irishdragon85
Agoraphobia is the fear of leaving your house and NOT a fear of Al Gore.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:41 am
by The Cookie Monster
Each year approximately 250,000 American husbands are physically attacked and beaten by their wives.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:50 pm
by airplanes18
I have lost the game