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Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:21 am
by noreply66
Office desk have 400 times more bacteria than toilet seats

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:11 am
by TRENCHFOOT
A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:33 am
by noreply66
If it takes less than five minutes to fall it is likely linked to sleep deprivation. Healthy sleeper takes about fifteen minutes.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:39 am
by TRENCHFOOT
The honey bee has been around for 30 million years.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:41 am
by TRENCHFOOT
A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:18 am
by BubbleGumTiger
It takes about 600 cows to make one full season’s worth of NFL footballs.l

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:21 pm
by Valenth
Crickets can communicate as far as 5 miles apart from each other.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:56 pm
by noreply66
Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:48 pm
by robycop3
Valenth wrote:The Bay of Fundy produces the Worlds high waves.. (Over 75-150ft tall)
I thought it was the world's highest TIDES.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:53 pm
by robycop3
Germiest(harnful ones) place in/on the human body is the MOUTH, no matter how much Listerine, crest, etc. you use. Germiest place(beneficial bacteria) in the human body is the intestinal tract, where bacteria aid in digestion of many kinds of food.

Germiest article of clothes on most people under norman conditions is the belt. Think...How many of us wash our hands after using the john BEFORE pulling up one's pants by the belt and fastening it?

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:55 pm
by robycop3
Lightning is the ONLY force in nature that breax down nitrogen in the atmosphere into water-soluble compounds that plants must have. Thus, lightning is essential to life.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:57 pm
by robycop3
A perfectly-rolled bowling ball making a strike hits only FOUR pins-for a right-hander, those pins are the 1-3 and 5-9.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:01 pm
by noreply66
Popeye is known as Iron Arm in Italy

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 9:42 pm
by BubbleGumTiger
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:28 pm
by Valenth
robycop3 wrote:
Valenth wrote:The Bay of Fundy produces the Worlds high waves.. (Over 75-150ft tall)
I thought it was the world's highest TIDES.
It is... Waves/Tides Ocean Water! :lol:

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:35 pm
by noreply66
1913 Liberty Head Nickel----5 were minted..one sold in 1996 for $1.48 million

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:40 pm
by Valenth
Napoleon was murdered (Poisoned) by his wine steward after he laced Bonapartes wine with Arsenic.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:57 am
by noreply66
Researchers found that imagining doing exercises actually increases muscle strength.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:06 am
by Valenth
The hummingbird is the only bird in the world that can fly backwards.

Re: Unusual Facts Thread

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:07 am
by BubbleGumTiger
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.