Little known facts ......
 

The fingerprints of koala bears and humans
are virtually indistinguishable; so much that
they can be confused at a crime scene.

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of
their unwanted people without killing them used
to burn their houses down, hence the _expression:
"getting fired"

Pearls melt in vinegar

35% of the people who use personal ads
for dating are already married.

A duck's quack doesn't echo...
and nobody knows why.

111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111
= 12,345,678,987,654,321

Hersey's Kisses are called that because
the machine that makes them looks as if it
is kissing the conveyor belt.

The HIGHEST point in Pennsylvania is LOWER
than the lowest point in Colorado.

Only one person in two BILLION will
live to be 116 or older.

The mask used by in the original "Halloween"
was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne,
it will keep floating to the top and sinking
to the bottom.

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

Neat

I am tempted to try the rasin in champagne..seems like hours of drinking fun ...LOL ;)

am i the only dork who whipped out the calculator and multiplied 111,111,111 times 111,111,111 to see if that was true?


ps - it is :)

Watch out for criminal koalas! :eek: ;)

As to the hershey's kiss thing, I saw a show on Food Network that says it's because of the sound that the machine makes when it spits out the kiss.

more facts....
 

China has more English speakers than the U.S.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the english language.

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

The streets of DC are alphabetical but there is no "J" Street.

There are only 3 bowling alleys in DC: the White House, Howard and George Washington Universities

I knew the Koala bit- believe it or not! The most random fact I have ever known, as a matter of fact!

No. I did the same thing and then read your post and laughed.

Re: more facts....
 

Along with this, more people are killed by toilet related incidents than are bitten by sharks every year.

how can one be injured by a toilet?

some random stuff i remember reading
 

Both squid and octopuses have parrot like beaks.

Majority of accidents happen close to your home.

You can't lick your elbow.

People break wind 14 times a day on average.

There's one group of muscles on women that are usually stronger than mens'- the quadriceps.

There's more stars in the sky than sand grains on all of the earth's beaches.

Lifesaver candy was invented by a man who's daughter choked to death on hard candy. He invented the candy with a hole in the center to give a person a little air if they swallow it-hence, lifesaver.

An earthquake hit the midwest so hard in the early 1800's that it reversed the flow of the mississippi river (not all the way sure about this one)

Nothing rhymes with the colors: silver, orange, and purple

Coca Cola used to be green. (this might be an urban legend)

I saw a koala getting fingerprinted on Amazing Animal Videos on Animal Planet. It was for identification and tracking purposes only.

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Re: some random stuff i remember reading
 

isn't the correct plural of octopus 'octopii"?

I can lick my elbow. :(