Random Fact Generator, Just put up some random ones you know. Options

[Petra Arkanian]

I don't know about most people, but I like looking at random facts. If you do to, or if you just know some, then post them here!

NOTE: Please do not use abbreviations or slang (ex. waznt, 2, blvd). Also, try not to repeat things. If you don't see a random fact on the current page, then you can post it. Otherwise, please don't. One last thing. Please number your facts in accordance to others, so if Fred has three facts, and Jane, who posted before him has two, Freds' last fact would be numbered 5.

Please do not post more than 15 facts at a time.

No profanity, please.

Copy-and-pasting is fine.

1. Childhood dreams are shorter than adult dreams and nearly 40% of them are nightmares, which may act as a coping mechanism.

2. Blueberry juice boosts memory.

3. The percentage of people dreaming in black and white started decreasing after the spread of color TV.

4. Laughter is a proven way to lose weight.

5. The shrimp's heart is in its head.

6. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

7. On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart.

8. There are 86,400 seconds in day.

9. 'Jedi' is an official religion in Australia with over 70,000 followers.

10. A snail can slide over a razor blade without being hurt by producing slime that helps it slide harmlessly.

11. The first number that has an 'A' in it is 'thousand'.

12. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

13. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

14. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

15. Horses can't vomit and pigs can't look up in the sky.

Hope you learned something! Please post!

[grif11]

16. no food is naturally blue (blueberries are purple).

17. "four" is the only digit with the same number of letters as its value.

18. porcupines can float on water

19. the first novel written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.

20. pinnochio in italian means "pine eyes"

21. many hamsters only blink one eye at a time

22. The oldest piano still in existance was built in 1720

23. the pupil of an eye only looks black. its really a hole in the iris

24. the softest known mineral is talcum

[King Coin]

25. We see the wavelengths of light that we do because those wavelengths are the ones our sun produces the most of. If the sun had a surface temperature 10x hotter then we would see X-rays.

[haute ecole rider]

25a. (in reference to King Coin's factoid) actually that isn't quite completely true - birds see into the ultraviolet range, which we can't.

[King Coin]

25a. (in reference to King Coin's factoid) actually that isn't quite completely true - birds see into the ultraviolet range, which we can't.

That doesn't conflict with my fact really. The sun simply gives off enough UV that birds have adapted to take advantage of it. People and other animals have not.

Adding to my little factoid, people are most sensitive to the color yellow which is same color of the sun.

26. Some snakes (such as rattle snakes) can detect infrared light given off by other animals.

[mALX]

These facts are fascinating !!! Awesome thread !!!

[TheOtherRick]

27. This factoid is true on most people. Your foot is as long as your forearm from wrist to elbow. It looks way too long, but put your foot up there and check it out.

[haute ecole rider]

Guess I'm not most people!

[Grits]

Put me down as having overly long arms.

[Petra Arkanian]

28. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

29. President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute

30. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

31. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

32. In the early days of the telephone, operators would pick up a call and use the phrase, "Well, are you there?". It wasn't until 1895 that someone suggested answering the phone with the phrase "number please?"

33. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

34. Rhode Island is the smallest state in the USA with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations."

35. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

36. On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

37. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

38. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

39. The "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

40. On every continent in the world there is a city called Rome. [Oh, they're just jealous.]

41. The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of
London.

Hey so I got most of these of these Random Facts from this website, so you can check out more of them on there and post a few if you want, too!



This post has been edited by Petra Arkanian: Apr 4 2011, 05:10 PM

[Thomas Kaira]

42. In New Mexico, idiots may not vote. (Now I understand why we get so little voter turnover here!)

43. In New Mexico, state officials once ordered 400 words of “sexually explicit material” to be cut from Romeo and Juliet. ( )

[Petra Arkanian]

44. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

45. Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.

46. In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

[mALX]

You are really great at this, Petra !!

[Petra Arkanian]

Why thank you! And speaking of which, did you know that

47. Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.



Nom nom nom.

[mALX]

Why thank you! And speaking of which, did you know that

47. Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate.



Nom nom nom.

And that is just me, think about all the others that eat it too !! Lol.

[Petra Arkanian]

48. The average person will spend 2 weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

49. Sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 100 miles (161 km) an hour.

50. In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

51. The human brain is 80% water.

52. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

[mALX]

50. In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

GAAAAH !!! Boy would I be broke, lol.

52. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

EW! That is gross to think about! ... URG!


These are great, I love this thread Petra !!!!

[Jacki Dice]

50. In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

GAAAAH !!! Boy would I be broke, lol.

Lmao! I was thinking the same thing!

[Petra Arkanian]

50. In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

GAAAAH !!! Boy would I be broke, lol.

52. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

EW! That is gross to think about! ... URG!


These are great, I love this thread Petra !!!!

Thanks! I just like reading facts, so, why not, ya know?

53. Swallowed gum is not digested by the gastrointestinal system, it usually passes through within 24 hours.

54. There are 1 million ants for every person in the world.

55. Men get hiccups more often than women.

56. The poison arrow frogs of South and Central America are the most poisonous animals in the world.

[mALX]

55. Men get hiccups more often than women.

They fart and burp more too.

50. In Colombia, an individual can be fined up to $90,000 for gossiping.

GAAAAH !!! Boy would I be broke, lol.

Lmao! I was thinking the same thing!

Maybe it isn't dollars, but pesadas or something - and 90,000 of them is really only $200.00 - but still, I'd be broke. My eyes light up like 100 watt bulbs at even a hint of a juicy secret. I have to wear these noise reducers in my ears when I work so I don't lose focus on the accounts - it looks like a headset so people have a tendency to think I can't hear a thing and will tell their most guarded secrets to their closest friend in the neighboring cubicles. I know who's zooming who in the office before they do.



This post has been edited by mALX: Apr 16 2011, 02:37 PM