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Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:36 am
by noreply66
passion purpura is the medical term for a hickey.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:30 am
by noreply66
The longest running TV drama was Guiding Light, which was canceled in 2009 after 57 years and nearly 16,000 episodes.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:49 am
by noreply66
There is a theater in Russia where all the actors are cats

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:29 am
by noreply66
Egypt's Great Pyramid weight an estimated 6,648,000 tons

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:45 am
by noreply66
At the turn of the 20th century, boys were dressed in pink and girls were dressed in blue.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:57 am
by noreply66
Bamboo can grow at a speed of around three feet per day

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:12 am
by noreply66
Soy milk doesn't need to be refrigerated until after it's opened. Supermarkets sell it out of the refrigerated section to make it seem more like cow milk.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:14 am
by noreply66
Soy milk doesn't need to be refrigerated until after it's opened. Supermarkets sell it out of the refrigerated section to make it seem more like cow milk.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 7:46 am
by noreply66
Lycanthropy is a disease in which a man thinks that he's a wolf

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 6:37 am
by noreply66
Kellogg's corn flakes and graham crackers were originally developed to curb sexual urges.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:13 am
by noreply66
The first archaeological evidence of soup comes from 6000 B.C. and its primary ingredients was hippopotamus.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:28 am
by noreply66
The Mall of America, located in Minnesota, is about the size of 78 football fields.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:14 am
by noreply66
The cables of the Golden Gate Bridge contain 80,000 miles of steel wire.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:17 am
by noreply66
From one giant redwood or sequoia, it would be possible to build 60 average sized houses.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:17 pm
by The Oaf
noreply66 wrote:The most abused drug in the world is caffeine.
Not in Scioto County! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 7:40 am
by noreply66
Subway was started by 17-year old, Frank DeLuca who was only looking for a way to pay for medical school.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:15 am
by noreply66
In 2001, a cat named Skittles walked 350 miles from Wisconsin to her home in Minnesota after being lost on a family vacation.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:39 am
by noreply66
Despite common belief, your heart does not stop when you sneeze.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 6:51 am
by TRENCHFOOT
noreply66 wrote:From one giant redwood or sequoia, it would be possible to build 60 average sized houses.
Cool stuff. Love those big sequoia's. Beautiful and amazing trees.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:59 am
by noreply66
The lethal dose of caffeine for humans is ten grams, or about 100 cups of coffee consumed in four hours.