Useless facts
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Useless facts
Here is some trivia that can help you win bets at the bar, or maybe $1 million dollars if you’re ever on a game show:
• Cats have over a hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.
Anyone else?
• Cats have over a hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about 10.
Anyone else?
RACHEL
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• Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
RACHEL
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The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.
RACHEL
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here are two for you!
Approximately 1-2 calories are burned a minute while watching T.V.
Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed. ( I'm one of them)
Approximately 1-2 calories are burned a minute while watching T.V.
Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed. ( I'm one of them)
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More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
2024 Layout goal ~ 14/100 2024 Word ~ FOCUS
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This one should be universal, not just for whales:
A whale's penis is called a dork.
A whale's penis is called a dork.
2024 Layout goal ~ 14/100 2024 Word ~ FOCUS
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A dork? Hmm. Interesting.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
RACHEL
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures. (this seems weird but maybe it is true! haha!)
Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do. (antoher weird one but again, who knows!)
Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures. (this seems weird but maybe it is true! haha!)
Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do. (antoher weird one but again, who knows!)
- craftyfool
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I'm a redhead and my dentist DOES have to give me more numbing agent usually. Weird. I just figured I was extra-sensitive.sarahwhithers wrote:Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do. (antoher weird one but again, who knows!)
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These are fun! Keep them coming!
Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
RACHEL
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No word in the English language rhymes with month.
(After reading this, 99% of people sit and try to think of one.)
RACHEL
- Cimorosete
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People still cut the cheese shortly after death.
To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.
The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming.
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath. (im not jewish so i dont know if this is true)
To be born on Sunday was considered a sign of great sin during the Puritan times.
The first state to give the right to women to vote was Wyoming.
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath. (im not jewish so i dont know if this is true)
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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
RACHEL
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Mongoose are born blind and hairless.
- sarahwhithers
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A frozen lobster can spring back to life after thawed.
That's actually really creepy to think about.
That's actually really creepy to think about.
- dianagirly
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sarahwhithers wrote: A frozen lobster can spring back to life after thawed.
That's actually really creepy to think about.
So THAT'S why they have them fresh at so many restraunts. Which I think is so icky BTW-let me choose the animal I want you to slaughter for me. Blech! ( I'm no vegetarian but I would not want to pick out my prime rib, KWIM?) LOL
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Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.