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[haute ecole rider]

57. But Australia has the highest concentrations of toxic species in the world, from snakes to scorpions and spiders and -- you get the picture!

58. Horses can not vomit. That's why digestive upset (colic) is so critical in these animals. It makes ingestion of toxic plants very serious, since you can't eliminate it by inducing vomiting (the first step in most toxic ingestions).

[Captain Hammer]

59. Commercial Helium is produced as a by-product of radioactive alpha-decay. The greatest commercial use of Helium is as a coolant.

60. The oldest food quality law still active, the Reinheitsgebot, governs German beer production.

61. The potato was domesticated in Peru, at least 7,000 years ago, and introduced to Europe via Spanish colonialism.

62. Nickel-62 is the most stable nuclear isotope yet discovered, more-so than Iron-56.

[Bolzmania]

63. The chemical formula of carbonic acid is H2CO3

[Lady Syl]

64. My husband would LOVE this thread topic. Random facts are his forte. (Seriously, his favorite book series is the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader books of random facts...)

[ureniashtram]

65. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

66. This confirms that Shakespeare is in fact god.

67. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

68. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

69. Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

70. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

71. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets.

72. Which basically means SHE IS MOTHER RUSSIA. (I like what I did at that one. hehe)

73. The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth. Not the baseball star.

75. 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood.

76. Some of the Utban Myths are actually true. Find out for yourself.

77. There is no number 74 above.

78. On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun. Yum yum yum.

79. Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood. Ha.

80. C-4 is a very stable product, well known for its durability and reliability. It will not explode even if hit by a bullet, punched, cut, or thrown into a fire (in Vietnam, soldiers actually burned C-4 as an improvised cooking fire). The only reliable method for detonation is via a detonator or blasting cap. So if you see C-4 exploding by a stray bullet in a movie, sue the makers of the film for deceiving the watchers.

81. On July 28th 1945, a United States B-25 bomber, flying in heavy fog, crashed into the 79th and 80th floor of the north side of the Empire State Building. 11 people in the building, and all 3 crew men on the bomber were killed.

[haute ecole rider]

67. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

Technically that's not true.

Your hair stops growing (along with everything else) at the moment of death.

What actually happens is that the hair in the follicles are exposed due to tissue dessication that follows death. In other words, your moisture-laden skin (where the follicles dwell and incubate your luxurious hair) loses water during the decay/dessication process. Follicles shrink with the thinning, drying skin, but hair doesn't. So eventually only the root bulb of your hair remains within a shrunken follicle. That's why your hair appears so much longer a couple of months after you die. Oh, and your head overall shrinks a little too.

This process can take up to a couple of months, depending on the environmental conditions. If you die in the desert, for example, this will take but a week or so. But if you die in the Amazon Basin, then it will take a couple of months or even longer. Likely your skin/hair/body will mold and succumb to fungal infestation before it "grows" that long.

The same process happens with fingernails.

[Lady Syl]

67. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

Technically that's not true.

Your hair stops growing (along with everything else) at the moment of death.

What actually happens is that the hair in the follicles are exposed due to tissue dessication that follows death. In other words, your moisture-laden skin (where the follicles dwell and incubate your luxurious hair) loses water during the decay/dessication process. Follicles shrink with the thinning, drying skin, but hair doesn't. So eventually only the root bulb of your hair remains within a shrunken follicle. That's why your hair appears so much longer a couple of months after you die. Oh, and your head overall shrinks a little too.

This process can take up to a couple of months, depending on the environmental conditions. If you die in the desert, for example, this will take but a week or so. But if you die in the Amazon Basin, then it will take a couple of months or even longer. Likely your skin/hair/body will mold and succumb to fungal infestation before it "grows" that long.

The same process happens with fingernails.

Mmm, yummy.... I was eating while i read that... Yeah, that just killed my appetite....

[grif11]

a quick little note on fact 69 - jumpman was not a plumber in donkey kong, but a carpenter. (probably demoted to plumber after he was found guilty of animal abuse and vandalism)

[TheBrume]

Ooh. I love random facts, here are a few more.

82. There are 182 official currencies in the world. Compared to 192 members of the United Nations.

82.b. Zimbabwe is the country with the most legal tender. They are the Botswana Pula, the British Pound Sterling, the European Euro, the United States Dollar, the South African Rand and the Zimbabwean Dollar.

82.c The partially recognised Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is the runner up with four currencies accepted as legal tender. The Algerian Dinar, Mauritainian Ouguiya, Moroccan Dirham and the Sahrawi Peseta.

83. The tin can opener was invented several decades after the tin can itself.

84. Traffic lights were invented before the first automobile.

[McBadgere]

85. When men went to the moon in Apollo, the journey took two and a half days. When the New Horizons probe destined for Pluto was launched it took NINE HOURS.

[King Of Beasts]

86. Did you know that Dreamt is the only english word that ends in "mt"?

This post has been edited by King Of Beasts: Dec 15 2012, 06:27 AM

[McBadgere]

87...Though the planet Saturn is some considerable times more massive than the Earth, its density is less than that of water...Meaning that if you had an ocean big enough, it would float...

[SubRosa]

87...Though the planet Saturn is some considerable times more massive than the Earth, its density is less than that of water...Meaning that if you had an ocean big enough, it would float...

That would help this guy with his flying ship...

[King Of Beasts]

88. One pound if lemons contain more sugar than one pound of strawberries.

[McBadgere]

That would help this guy with his flying ship...

... ...Somehow, in all this time, he has completely passes me by... ...

89. The most populous and long lived star in the universe is the Red Dwarf...It can burn for Trillions of years...Meaning not only that none of those created in the early universe (13-ish billion years ago) are in danger of burning out yet, but it is said that they may outlast the universe itself (discuss )...

[King Of Beasts]

90. 35 billion e-mails are sent each day throughout the world

[McBadgere]

91. Voyager 1 is the most distant man-made object. It's soon to reach the outer limit of the sun's influence and will soon cross into interstellar space.

[King Of Beasts]

92. Owls are one of the only birds that can see the color blue

93. A duck's quack doesn't echo

94. A jellyfish is 95% water

95. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that dies not appear in the name of any if the United States

96. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

97. The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head

98. There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower

99. In Saratoga, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit

100. Alekthophilia is the love of chickens

101. Abe Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House

102. Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms, and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk

103. A teaspoon of neutron star material weighs about 110 million tons.

104. In America, the most common mental illness is anxiety disorders

105. A baby has 20 teeth which start to grow at about 6 months old

106. A baby is born without kneecaps. They appear between age 2 and 6

This post has been edited by King Of Beasts: Dec 16 2012, 08:45 PM

[Lycanthropic-Legend]

Making out burns 40-70 calories!

[McBadgere]

108. A light-year is the equivalent of around 6 trillion miles...