Unusual Facts Thread

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:51 am

The most abused drug in the world is caffeine.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:11 am

The longest distance ever traveled to buy a book is 3,950 miles. Emerson Spartz flew from Chicago to London to buy the 5th Harry Potter book.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 8:31 am

Wearing headphones for just one hour will increase the bacteria in your ear 700 times

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:25 am

Women apologize on average 5.2 times a day. Men 3.6 times.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:37 am

2003 was the year bootylicious and bitch-slap were added to the dictionary.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:39 am

Panama hats are actually made in Ecuador.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 6:56 am

More germs are transferred by shaking hands than by kissing.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:47 am

In 1885, the world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 09, 2016 8:45 am

The chance that a dollar bill contains remnants of cocaine is 80%.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 7:27 am

It took 220 years after the pencil was invented for someone to invent the eraser.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:34 am

Studies have shown that when someone keeps a secret, they are physically burdened. Keeping a secret literally weighs you down.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:44 am

October the 12th is International Moment of Frustration Scream Day.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:06 am

hair and fingernails don't grow after death, but the illusion of skin tightening as the body dehydrated makes it appear so.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:39 am

Chocolate is proven to cause arousal similar to sexual foreplay.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:19 pm

Between 1848 and 1850, the population of San Francisco grew from 900 to 35,000 people thanks to the Gold Rush.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:10 am

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:06 am

If you wear a ring, the number of germs living beneath it could be as high as the entire population of Europe.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:24 am

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:44 am

Red hair is the rarest human hair color. Only one to two percent of the population are red-heads.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:06 am

The man who took the famous photo of the Wright Brothers' first flight had never seen a camera before that day.

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