I just love adding more:

*The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

*It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire. (That sounds sensible.)

*Monkeys are the only animals that eat bananas. (Well, besides humans, but I guess we don't call ourselves animals now do we?)

*10,000 times you have to change a baby's diaper until it learns how to go to the bathroom itself. (Lilytheyellowluver, this is for your mother. )

*If your family could use only renewable energy for all your energy needs, you could help reduce the amount of emissions in the air each year by 20,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 70 pounds of sulfur dioxide and 50 pounds of nitrogen oxide.

*An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.

*A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.

*Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing

*Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.

*A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

*When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

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Thanks PowerGirl ill tell her that

and the albert einstien thing.... thats sad. but why would you have a nurse who can't even understand what the patient is saying, there? like what if he said may i have some water please? i guess she would just stand there.... the nurse should probably understand what native tounge the patient is.
Well now i can't post anything in this thread without any facts now can i? here are some:

*an iguana can stay underwater for 28 min

*The cheetah is the only can in the world that can't retract its claws

*The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

*a praying mantis will eat a black widow spider

*There are four cars and eleven light posts on the back of a ten-dollar bill

*There is a an island of plastic and trash floating in the Pacific ocean that is twice the size of Texas. (thats EXTREMELY sad)

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oh i found one more i thought was funny:

*It is commonly understood that Paul Revere said "The british are coming, the british are coming."

However, Revere never said "The British are coming," this would have made no sense at the time since they considered themselves British.

Revere instead said, "The Regulars are coming out! The Regulars are coming out!" But, that doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
lol

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Cool facts
(1) North America kids spend approximately half a billion dollars on bubble gum every year.

(2)Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

(3)"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

(4)Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

(5) This is my 900th post

(6)A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

(7)A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

(8)A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

(9)A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

(10)There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball

(11)Shrimps' hearts are in their heads

(12)Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

(13)Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

(14)Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

(15)Pearls melt in vinegar.

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I'm olny human, I make misteaks.

Actually, members of the rodent family AND the equine family are unable to throw up.

The reason why people mount a horse from it's left side is because in the old days when men carried swords they were worn on their left side so it would be hard to mount a horse on the right side with a sword in the way as you swung over into the saddle.

Hunting dogs (like Labs) are taught to heel on the owners left side because when you are shooting a shot ♥♥♥ the shells eject out on the right side and would interfere with the dogs concentration while hunting. I think most everyone heels their dogs on the left...atleast they do for shows.

Many showgrounds use privit hedges for decoration...privit is poisonious to horses. Duh!!

Benjamin Franklin actually invented daylight savings time.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet could be seen.

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years.

Each day the sun causes about one trillion tons of water to evaporate.

Even though the rose does not bear any fruit, the rose hips have more Vitamin C than most vegetables and fruits.

Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpaste.

In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."

In the dry valleys region of Antarctica, it has not rained in 2 million years (according to scientists).

It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to orbit the sun.

It would take 29 million years for a car travelling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.

Oak trees can live 200 or more years.

The Earth's rain forest are home to about 75% of all known species of plant and animal life.

The Sea of Tranquility on the moon is deeper than the highest mountain on Earth.

The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof

The largest volcano known is on Mars: Olympus Mons, 370 miles wide and 79,000 feet high, is almost three times higher than Mount Everest.

The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system.

The sun shrinks five feet every hour.

The thickness of the Arctic ice sheet is on average 10 feet. There are some areas that are thick as 65 feet.

The word "America" comes from the European explorer "Amerigo Vespucci.

The word "comet" comes from the Greek word "kometes" meaning long hair and referring to the tail.

The world's cleanest air is in Tasmania.

The world's worst earthquake occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean in July 1201, killing over one million people that were predominately in Egypt and Syria.

There are over 2,000 different species of cactuses.

There are over one hundred billion galaxies with each galaxy having billions of stars.

When the volcano Krakatoa off the Java islands exploded in 1883, it was so loud that it woke some people up in South Australia.




Ok, I could do this all day. LOL!!

this is zorox`s fact. My quote isnt working

Ironic, but true!!!



My facts

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

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

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

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

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

I would post more but I`m lazy :]

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Daphne Greengrass was only mentioned once in Harry Potter

Some people can be allergic to animal salivia

Ain't is actually in some dictionaries

Humans and gorrilas have about the same amount of hair, only humans' is smaller and thinner.

Monkeys peel conventional bananas, but eat the whole thing if it is an organic banana

Australia eats the most ice cream per person.

LionOil spelled backwards is LionOil.

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


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

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and

down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!

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

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple
and silver.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was
never a recorded Wendy before

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it willinstantly go mad and sting itself to death.
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot

Sink into quicksand.

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

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!
Coca-Cola was originally green.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents! a great king from

history:

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the

air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Super bowl.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed Firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
language.

Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?

A. No theme song

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?


A. Their birthplace.

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