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9/10/06
Whats the most irrelevant fact that you know ?
I'm hoping for a few funny ones here, also don't post any facts that you think may break the rules !
Have fun
I will make a top 5 list of the facts which I think are the most irrelevant or funny
1. Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores. - Stoned
2. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. - Knightnifer
3. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die. - AdamsBJ
4. The fonetic /o/ is found in every language on the Earth. - Daggoth-UR-XXX
5. Cockroaches can live several weeks with their head cut off - Tyferra
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Make sure that the facts are true !!
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Due to popular demand ( by Wilhelm ) there is a new section !
The WilhelmSissener section !
1. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
2. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
3. A Saudi Arabian woman cant get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
4. The tip of a shoelace is called and aglet
5. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
NEW: The TMo section ! So many facts..
1. One out of every four Americans has appeared on TV.
2. 61% of all hits on the internet are on sex/porn sites.
3. Every day, 21 newborn babies will be given to the wrong parents.
4. The average person swallows eight spiders every year, usually while asleep.
5. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
6. Elvis was originally blonde.
7. The average age at which people lose their virginity is 15.3 years old.
8. Eskimos (Inuits) use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
9. 20% of all females have had at least one homosexual experience.
10. There is no such thing as an 'anti-wrinkle' cream.
11. In Great Britain, 22% of the time a pizza will arrive faster than an ambulance.
12. Three people die every year testing if a 9-volt battery works on their tongue.
13. Butterflies taste with their feet.
14. The world's best known word is "ok". The second best known word is "Coca-Cola".
15. Giraffes can clean their ears with their tongues.
16. Charlie CHaplin once won second prize in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
17. in 1995 a Japanese tour boat sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a living cow from 30000 feet.
18. Only one book has been printed in more languages than the Bible. That book is the Ikea catalogue.
19. More people die from a champagne cork popping than from poisonous spiders.
20. The burglar alarm was originally invented by a Dane, but it was actually stolen
TMo is now retired..
9/10/06
Whats the most irrelevant fact that you know ?
I'm hoping for a few funny ones here, also don't post any facts that you think may break the rules !
Have fun
I will make a top 5 list of the facts which I think are the most irrelevant or funny
1. Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores. - Stoned
2. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. - Knightnifer
3. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die. - AdamsBJ
4. The fonetic /o/ is found in every language on the Earth. - Daggoth-UR-XXX
5. Cockroaches can live several weeks with their head cut off - Tyferra
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Make sure that the facts are true !!
-----
Due to popular demand ( by Wilhelm ) there is a new section !
The WilhelmSissener section !
1. If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
2. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
3. A Saudi Arabian woman cant get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
4. The tip of a shoelace is called and aglet
5. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
NEW: The TMo section ! So many facts..
1. One out of every four Americans has appeared on TV.
2. 61% of all hits on the internet are on sex/porn sites.
3. Every day, 21 newborn babies will be given to the wrong parents.
4. The average person swallows eight spiders every year, usually while asleep.
5. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
6. Elvis was originally blonde.
7. The average age at which people lose their virginity is 15.3 years old.
8. Eskimos (Inuits) use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
9. 20% of all females have had at least one homosexual experience.
10. There is no such thing as an 'anti-wrinkle' cream.
11. In Great Britain, 22% of the time a pizza will arrive faster than an ambulance.
12. Three people die every year testing if a 9-volt battery works on their tongue.
13. Butterflies taste with their feet.
14. The world's best known word is "ok". The second best known word is "Coca-Cola".
15. Giraffes can clean their ears with their tongues.
16. Charlie CHaplin once won second prize in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
17. in 1995 a Japanese tour boat sank because a Russian cargo plane dropped a living cow from 30000 feet.
18. Only one book has been printed in more languages than the Bible. That book is the Ikea catalogue.
19. More people die from a champagne cork popping than from poisonous spiders.
20. The burglar alarm was originally invented by a Dane, but it was actually stolen
TMo is now retired..
Last edited by Simon (2006-10-10 09:30:23)
