This is the place to share and discuss your collection of fun facts :D I'll start us off with my personal favorite:
150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
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This is the place to share and discuss your collection of fun facts :D I'll start us off with my personal favorite:
150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
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Someone on earth reports seeing a UFO every 3 minutes.
A woman in Prague threw herself out of a third-floor apartment window after finding out her hubby was cheating on her.
She landed on her husband, who was just coming home.
He died instantly. She survived.
If you suddenly found yourself to be the last person on Earth, your IQ would technically decrease by an amount proprotional to your actual intelligence.
About thirteen people are killed every year from falling vending machines.
About 4 people are killed each year at Christmas, trying to put Father Christmas trousers on.
2002 was the first upsidedownable year since 1961. There will not be another one until 2112.
Are you serious?! :chuckle:
About 20 people die each year falling out of bed.
Pollen can travel up to 300 miles in one day.
The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald’s.
Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
Approximately 55% of movies released are Rated R.
Can someone move this to Senseless Banter? I think it fits there better.
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A woman in Prague threw herself out of a third-floor apartment window after finding out her hubby was cheating on her.
She landed on her husband, who was just coming home.
He died instantly. She survived.
Dude....
Whoa, that one's really awesome!
Let's see...
http://www.armenianteens.com/funny_crazy_facts.php
Tada!
If you took all of the french fries in the world, and lined them up end-to-end around the Earth's equator, McDonalds would go out of business.
People laugh at a joke, and groan at a pun ...
Okay, that one sucked, I know :P
The first animal in space a dog
Here's a very simple, yet delicious recipe for ice cream.
Ingredients:
2 cups ice cream
Prep time:
20 seconds
Serves:
2
Separate the ice-cream into two equal portions, putting each in a serving dish. Serve and enjoy!
I don't understand.... where do we get the ice cream? These things are so complex...
Avocado ice cream here I come ...
... wait, I don't like Avocados :?
A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle
But what color is the Volkswagon?
“Stewardesses” is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
"jio8uu98u0j8uy" is the longest word ever typed by my nose.
This is definitely NOT senseless banter material, these are all pretty good fun facts :D
Sorry I cant contribute :(
YET!!!
The average chocolate bar in the U.S. contains at least 8 pieces of an insect in it. Harvesting of the cacao beans occurs in the tropical countries of South America with low sanitation levels. Cacao tree beans are cut and piled in the farmer's field where they ferment for 6 days. During this process, children and adults walk over the piles; insects, rodents, small animals and other living things that make their nests in the piles.
*puts down chocolate as he assumes it's similar in the UK*
*Keeper throws up*
The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes long.
p.s. I got banned for some inappropriate sexual refference :(
1=2
There are no fun facts. Only fiction is fun!
Hummingbirds are the only species of bird that can fly backwards
If you yelled as loud as possible, constantly for 8 years
you'd produce enough energy to heat a cup of coffee
Currently the world's fattest man is probably Manuel Uribe Garza of Mexico. He weighs in at an astonishing 1235 pounds!
More people die each year trying to fix their computer themselves then people getting shot at :lol:
The world is round
The rind is whorled.
My sig and ava is silly.
Arby's Avatar.
And Marvo (User Wise) looks like Neko.
Eating a bar of chocklet excites you more then a passionet kiss
Sig pic war !!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space#1940sQuote:
The first animal in space a dog
Keeper you have a habit of being wrong. Use wikipedia for your source of knowledge.Quote:
The first animals intentionally sent into space were fruit flies, accompanied by corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2 rocket in mid-July, 1946.
Okay, Fruit flies are the only animals that have a close genetic reproduction like humans.
Also they have the longest sperm
I have applied a Sig to my apparently useful avatar, which I almost succeeded in this morning. >_<
I nearly did it, I nearly did it!
Sorry Wendy, but I don't really trust wikipedia.
Anyhow, some people tend to say that insects don't count as animals ...
The first mammal in space was a dog
Ponies will win!
And Brittish Blue cats are actually Grey.
Sorry, but a bar of chocolate doesn't give me that flippy feeling in my belly, like a first kiss does :D
Yeah thats right, use a site which is freely edited by anyone to gain your information :rolleyes:
-The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Wish I could agree with that...
Heh, for me it's more like an hour and a half (at least).:?
Every second there are 28,258 internet users viewing porn
More internet porn facts.
My Real Name Is Actually Jonathan Charles Davey.
People Call Me Jonny For Short. Fun Enough Fact For Me!
My brother owns 23 guitars.
My current tea-can is black, even though my standard tea-can is white. I feel, that this difference plays a big role, in the galactic wars of the universe.
Marvo's Sig is like Neko's. Actually, Neko made it didn't he?
The first time I had ever flown on an airplane was also the first time I had ever jumped out of one (skydiving)
I'm having fun with these Facts
yes, I agree. They look nothing alike!
Men generally have a longer ring finger then there index finger, when messerd from the crease where it joins the hand to the tip.
Women get a big rush from chocolate that men don't. Something that sooths the hurting heart. It is a chemical that is found in women who feel in love. Fact-this is the same chemical in chocolate that kills dogs!
Not fun or anything, but I noticed while I was in france this year (holiday), that the melody of the song "stay with me 'till the morning" is a direct copy of the Adagio in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto...
lol
There was a music teacher in my high school named Dot Dash.
Spoiler for I am:
There are 113 Dunkin' Donuts in the Boston area
We checked in the phone book.
Have an Iced coffee there.
Here's a VERY fun fact. I went into the 'outside' on my own for the first time in ages. Bought myself a cornish pasti, two ripples and a bottle'o coke. not good for me
BUT YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
The Average Human Head Has 1,94 Complete Ears.
Lol. They're annoying. I know.
"Cheese it!"
*laughs at his own joke*
Fact: In Pamplona, Spain, the people may be running from the bulls, but the bulls are running from Chuck Norris.
Fact: When Chuck Norris falls in water, he doesn't get wet. The water gets Chuck Norris!
Isn't it. Every time you Masterbate, Chuck Norris crys? Or is it 'punhes someone'
Great, I turned this into a Chuck Norris Facts thread. >.<
Ok, I'll save the thread by wrting a non CN fact:
The current of the yarkon river in the city of tel-aviv is so weak, that the sea flows into it.
There are eight French horn parts in Le Sacre du Printemps.
The only bird that can swim but not fly is the penguin.
Snapple Fact while I'm drinking...
Clouds don't float in the sky, they are slowly falling.
Now, another Chuck Norris fact, in video form, hahah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7-Qs_th7G8
Leonard Bernstein kissed me on the head once.
There are ten (I think) times as much bacteria in your body aas there are cells.
There can be 10 trillion e. coli in an average human's daily shit output.