Unusual Facts Thread

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 01, 2016 6:46 am

Women blink twice as often as men do.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:51 am

The longest known record for constipation is 102 days

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:41 am

In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days. In China its 251 days.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:48 am

Egyptians were the first to wear glitter, which was composed of crushed beetle shells.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:19 am

About 30,000 Americans are injured by toilers every year.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:48 am

In 2006 a guy named Chris Putnam hacked into Facebook and made thousands of profiles look like MySpace profiles. Facebook hire him.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:03 am

The ancient Celts were the first to ferment and distill grains into whiskey. They called it water of life.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:38 am

New parents will lose 400 to 750 hours of sleep in their baby's first year.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:29 am

Sharing mascara is the most common way people pass on eye infection like pink-eye.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:02 am

Jimi Hendrix failed his high school music class.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:47 am

California,Virginia, Pennsylvania,New York and Texas are the five states with the most reported hauntings.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:47 am

Before developing video games, Nintendo owned Love Hotels. Private short-stay rooms that were used for sexual encounters.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:32 am

The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:53 am

If you could drive you car straight up, you would arrive in space in just over an hour.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:44 am

The last execution by hanging in the U. S. was on January 25,1996.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:48 am

Four is the only number that has the same amount of letters as its actual value.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:36 am

Ahoy landlubber Today be Talk Like a Pirate Day across the seven seas

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:39 am

About one-third of Spongebob Squarepants fans are adults

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:33 am

The Beastie Boys' album Licensed to ill was the first rap album to go to number one on the Billboard charts.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:34 am

Laptop screens at Apple stores are open to exactly 70 degrees. They want people to touch the computer, and the angle forces them to.

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