What are some strange but true fact?

Question

Just bored and need to know something weird or funny.

Answer 1

strange but true?

I know where you live!

Also, MTV uses an average of five types of camera shots per half hour programming while NBC uses eight and HBO uses 11.4.  

Answer 2

FACT:  Kayak Tours are given FREE, twice each day, by the National Park Service, at the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Shasta County, California.  

TRUE:  We provide the kayaks, paddles, life jackets and instruction.   It is the only program of its kind in the entire United States of America.  

Answer 3

More Monopoly money is printed yearly than real money throughout the world.

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound

Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order

Answer 4

Thomas Edison Didnt invent the light bulb, Joseph Swan did.

It is illegal to take a shower in your clothes in Florida.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

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

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

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

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

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

Answer 5

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!

The electric chair was invented by a dentist!

The state of Florida is bigger than England!

Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!

In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow!

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year! (McCain might blink more in a year lol)

Answer 6

These are all laws in England:

* All English Men over 14 are meant to carry out 2 hours (or so) of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.

* London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

* It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).

* It is illegal for two adult men to have s*x in the same house as a third person.

* Chelsea Pensioner may not be impersonated.

* A bed may not be hung out of a window.

* It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.

* Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December.

* Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked manequin.

* It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.

* Picking up abandoned baggage is as act of terrorism.

* Those wishing to use a television must apply for a license.

* It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour.

* Anal s*x is prohibited.

* You may not make out in public.

* It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

*It could be regarded an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down.

*In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants.

Answer 7

It has been a year since Obama or McCain have done their job as senators that tax payers pay them to do, yet the whole country is going crazy to vote for one of them.

Answer 8

Double standars.

Like if a girl goes out and has s*x with a guy she's considered a "s**t," but if a guy goes out and does the same thing, he's considered "a homosexual."  Sorry, I heard that one on last comic standing.  Hmmm, how about a person can only live 11 days without sleeping?