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27. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

cigarette lighter invented before match - Google Search


26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

average chocolate bar insect legs - Google Search


25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than ! left-handed people do.

Do Right-handers Live Longer?


24. Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after
such a large amount. (Common Sense)


23. Uncle Phil, from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, did the voice of Shredder in the TMNT cartoon.

James Avery (I)


22. Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements | Gold | Essential information


21. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.

The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


20. During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

cPanel®.! ibmandtheholocaust.com/articles/auschwitz.html


19. The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

Ants or SuperAnts?


18.. The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in Chinain the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who
thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

A Chinese who claimed to be a son of God


17. Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of
people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

Q&A for Kids - Yahoo! Kids


16. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

snopes.com: Happy Birthday Copyright


15. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than t! he number of all the people that have died. Ever.

http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/Content/ContentGroups/02_Articles/0ct-Dec02/How_Many_People_Have_Ever_Lived_on _Earth_.htm


14. The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.

average numbers and standards in animals, humans and places Trivia Collections


13. The Kamp Krusty episode of the Simpson's was origin! ally meant to be made as the Simpsons movie.

Kamp Krusty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


12. Men can breastfeed babies

Male lactation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you\'ve probably never heard of.

Exploding head syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


10. Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.

Giant Fungus — FactMonster.com


9. In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second (opposite of the America
method). That\'s why Asian athletes like YaoMing and Ichiro Suzuki have Yaoand Ichiro written on their jerseys. Those are their family
names and in Americatheir names are written Ming Yaoand Suzuki Ichiro.

http://! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name


8. Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860

James O. Hall | Review Essay | Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 19.1 | The History Cooperative


7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

Axis History Forum • View topic - Little known facts...


6. WashingtonStatehas the longest single beach in the United States. Long Beach, WA.

City Guide to Long Beach, Washington


5. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.

Giant Fungus — Infoplease.com


4. The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angelesde la Porciuncula.

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/historic/la_settlement.html


3. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. This isn't true; Joseph Swan did.

Swan


2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found
edible.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01338.h! tm


1. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

http://www.improb.com/teach/lessons2002/people-in-texas.htm

I knew like 10 of these.

tcm

I knew all of those

I knew 9, 6, 5, 3, 2 and could have guessed 1.

seems like a rip off of my facts thread . and give the source: http://zombieworld.blogspot.com/2005/11 ... facts.html

Tasdik wrote:21. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.

The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wiki has four verses. -.-"

26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

yummie......

satman83 wrote:I knew a lot of those.

and as for deadliest war its actually The Great War (WW1), on average anywhere
from 200,000 to 300,000 troops would die a day during the battle of the Somme.

You obviously know what you're talking about.


Note: There's 2 different links in this post.

Some things here are complete and utte nonesence, to many urban legends.

I only knew 26,19,12,10,5

Already knew a lot of these. The giant mushroom fact, I encountered while studying for microbio.

i found it very interesting. at school we use IBM computers.

20. During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

Knew almost all of them, but thats why cuz I searched before all kinds of interesting useless facts, to kill some time.

i always wondered what made those candy bars so good
ummmmmmmm insect parts
drooooool

lulz, nice find

I find the fact that the biggest thing is a mushroom quite disturbing.

also all the things containing war, insects and humans I find disturbing.

But I lolled at Abe Lincoln on crack.

Tasdik wrote:7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

lmao.

Thee_UniQue wrote:

Tasdik wrote:7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

lmao.

German engineering at its best.

Thats it Uncle Phil! Your grounded!

Did you know that Porn got invented before internet?

u lose the bet cuz i read it b4

With a little open book policy, I think we can go for 20 more.

Twist wrote:Did you know that Porn got invented before internet?

Yeah, by a couple hundred years, if not thousand.

Unless you were just being sarcastic, in which case I sound like a douchebag.

Did you know you CANT fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times?

user wrote:Did you know you CANT fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times?

Mythbusters proved that wrong already oh and btw, it was thought to be 8 times.

Snoopy wrote:

user wrote:Did you know you CANT fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times?

Mythbusters proved that wrong already oh and btw, it was thought to be 8 times.

oh really? happen to have episode?

user wrote:

Snoopy wrote:

user wrote:Did you know you CANT fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times?

Mythbusters proved that wrong already oh and btw, it was thought to be 8 times.

oh really? happen to have episode?

Episode 72 - "Underwater Car"

- Underwater Car (According to the American Automobile Association, an estimated 11,000 vehicles crashed into bodies of water in one year. The MythBusters tested various methods of escaping a sinking car, in this case a Ford Taurus.)
- 7 Folds (A dry piece of paper cannot be folded in perpendicular halves more than seven times, regardless of its size.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_5)#Seven_Folds - Guide to Episodes

Google Search could possibly find it. I didn't post the results either. They're on the Wiki Site.