Any fun facts?

Question

Anything you can think of that's a proven fact no matter how many no matter how gross, just post it!!

Answer 1

proportionate it's size, a guerrilla has the smallest testicles of all mammals.

Answer 2

Queen Victoria ate her dinner at 1 o'clock in the morning.

Answer 3

Known fact: I have more points than you!

Answer 4

1.A giraffe has a 20-inch tongue.

2.A snail can sleep for three years.

3.American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

4.On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.  

5.The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched".

6. Deer are the most dangerous animal in America.

7.Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

8.In your lifetime, you'll shed over 40 pounds of skin.

9.Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.

10.Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.

11.A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day

12.A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.

13.People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper

14.An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet.

Answer 5

y/a must be stuck in 2-3 hour mode; those questions are still at top of list...

i went to answer one and (dramatic pause)

it had 564 answers! (i didn't bother)

Answer 6

www.mentalfloss.com

They will help your fix. They have some strange facts

The average American eats seven spiders a year while they sleep.

Answer 7

The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald’s.

Ant Catcher - catches ants for use in ant farms.

Bone Crusher - crushes animal bones into a powder in order to make glue.

Brain Picker - splits open the skulls of animals in the slaughterhouse in order to remove their brains.

Chicken Sexer - determines which chicks are male and female - mind you, I've heard it pays extremely well for what it's worth!

Hooker Inspector - uses a hooked instrument to locate faults in textiles during the mill process.

Queen Producer - raises only queen bees.

And we've saved a really gross one for the end:

Sniffer - they sniff the armpits of people to test the effectiveness of deodorant. They can also be employed to sniff other body parts such as the feet for associated products.