amulet
Dead Account Holder
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10-20-2009, 12:58 AM
If you have some random knowledge that is interesting and not very common you should share it here, so we all can learn new random cool stuff! :D
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Double S
wannabe princess
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10-20-2009, 02:23 AM
A rhino's horn is not made of bone, it's made of keratin (like your hair and nails).
Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hershey’s kiss contains 26 calories, which takes five minutes of walking–or about four minutes of kissing–to burn off.
Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
Since ancient Greece, the apple has been a symbol of love. The Celts believed that the apple represented love because it lasted so long after being picked.
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Tsukipon
spookie ghostie
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10-20-2009, 02:44 AM
Earth can be seen as a living, breathing organism: it regulates temperature, burns energy, continually renews its skin, and experiences changes to its face as it ages with time
The Himalayas are examples of the movement of tectonic plates against each other
Insect species account for 950,000 of the two million identified species on Earth
When Crab Spiders are born, they feed off of their mother's life juices, killing her, bfore moving on.
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Fastion
Black Shield
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10-20-2009, 03:04 AM
Spider's move their legs through high blood pressure. So if they become dehydrated their blood pressure drops and they can't move.
Ants like a honey like substance aphids give off. They extract it by stoking the aphid's back XD
Praying Mantis's aren't picky eater's, they'll eat anything smaller than them.
Elephants only sleep about two hours a day
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Ebon.Coast
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10-20-2009, 03:36 AM
Mother's who aren't attatched to their newborns hold them on the right side of their body, away from their heart
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Devilfern
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10-20-2009, 03:48 AM
Most cities on the east coast live within a day's drive of Philadelphia.
Crustaceans have blue blood.
Baby rabbits and hares are called leverets.
Kangaroos can choose the sex of their baby when they are pregnant.
Horns evolved out of long teeth. There is a species of small deer that still has pointed teeth rather than little horns.
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Erailea
Lost soul
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10-20-2009, 03:49 AM
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
I love these random stupid fact that make you tilt your head to the side and go "ehhh?"
XD
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Devilfern
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10-20-2009, 03:52 AM
I love random facts :O People get annoyed with me because I bring them into conversation too often!
Sherlock Holmes was a cocaine addict.
Tumors that have hair and teeth inside them are called teratomas, which means monster tumor.
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Codette
The One and Only
☆ Penpal
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10-20-2009, 05:34 AM
Elephants communicate using ultrasound.
Panda Bears actually belong to the Raccoon family
Every nation on the planet has a vampire legend, except for Scotland and Ireland.
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KageShio
Warning: Unrestrained Audiophile
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10-20-2009, 05:51 AM
Oh I love this game! I have enough random facts stored in my brain to last three lifetimes!
~Over 2500 left handed people are killed each year from using products made for right handed people.
~In 1845, President Andrew Jackson's pet parrot was removed from his funeral for swearing.
~On average, people fear spiders more than they do dying. However, statistically you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by the bite of a poisonous spider.
~Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. for this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients
~non-dairy creamer is flammable
~it deosnt mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
~months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th
~most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood
~there are more people alive today than have ever died
~if you add together all the numbers on a roulette wheel (1 to 36) the total is 666.
Sorry for most of them being morbid, but they are my favorite XD I have a ton more so I will return!
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Thoth Star
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10-20-2009, 06:12 AM
The greys are a cute alien species that has a crush on humans! TRUE STORY.
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Over 2500 left handed people are killed each year from using products made for right handed people.
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ITS SOO TRUE! Damn you right-handers! You're racist to my kind... xD lol//
Honestly though, I'm not a lefty, I'm ambidextros so I can use BOTH... but yeah, damn you righties! hehe.
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Captain Howdy
L'Enfant Terrible
☆☆ Assistant Administrator
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10-20-2009, 06:28 AM
I'm afraid that simply asking others to post random facts isn't conducive to discussion and doesn't belong in the GD. I'm going to go ahead and lock this up now.
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