Random Fact Thread

[skysthelimit]

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day.

 

[KingCrimson250]

even creepier than that: there are some species of octupi that can get out of the water and crawl around on land.
i think that would scare me tons more.

I sense a new horror movie...

 

[Starcradle]

even creepier than that: there are some species of octupi that can get out of the water and crawl around on land.

I would like to witness that--from a place of concealment.

 

[stephanieamber]

even creepier than that: there are some species of octupi that can get out of the water and crawl around on land.
i think that would scare me tons more.

OH FREAKING HECK NO.

 

[WileyCoyote]

I've heard that eating apricot seeds helps fight cancer. Don't know if it's true or not.

 

[Naal]

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day.

If my kitten isn't sleeping, he's terrorizing the other cats.

Seth McFarland, the creator of Family Guy, was supposed to be on one of the planes that hit the two towers on 9/11, but was too hung over from partying the night before and missed his flight.

 

[Tenken07]

[FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is[/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

[/FONT][FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.[/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. ------ >_O ouch.[/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. [/FONT]

[FONT=Century Gothic,Technical,Tempus Sans ITC,Gaze,Kids,Comic Sans MS,Verdana]"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." ----fancy that all you obsessive secular people! [/FONT] j/k

 

[Inkachu]

A female panda can only raise one cub at a time. If she gives birth to twins, one will die.

 

[Tenken07]

I heard pandas are only in the mood once every THREE years.... or three times a year....... and btw, they are infact going extict.

 

[toastface_grillah]

It is said that during Louis the thirteenth's illness, he received 312 clysters (otherwise known as "enemas"), 47 bleedings, and 215 oral purgatives.

Dag, that sucks! File under: When The Treatment Is Worse Than The Illness.

With a population of 8,000, Montpelier, VT is the nation's smallest state capital. It is also the only state capital without a McDonald's within the city limits.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Some of you may not know but, I'm a huge nerd with an insatiable appetite for learning and I have always been fascinated by facts. So, here's a thread where we can share facts and spread our knowedge to each other. No fact is too bizarre or crazy, so start sharing.

Here's a few:
An ostrich's brain is smaller than it's eye
Cat urine will glow under a black light
A rat can survive in water for up to three days
Women have a better sense of hearing than men, but men have better vision

At no point in any Star Trek episode does Captain Kirk speak the words "Beam me up, Scotty."

 

[Tenken07]

OH FREAKING HECK NO.

Ahhhhh hehehe, that response made me laugh.

 

[stephanieamber]

Ahhhhh hehehe, that response made me laugh.

glad I could provide a laugh

 

[toastface_grillah]

At no point in any Star Trek episode does Captain Kirk speak the words "Beam me up, Scotty."

So... who did?

 

[.Mikha'el.]

No one. That exact phrase is never used.

 

[Tenken07]

And thats a fact

 

[.Mikha'el.]

At the same time, Sherlock Holmes never said "Elemntary, my dear Watson", and no where in the move "casablanca" occurs the line "Play it again, Sam."

 

[Stravinsk]

- Daniel and his men's health improved dramatically after eating only pulse and drinking only water for 10 days (Daniel 1:10-17)

-Prior to the KJV(and including one version of it), most Bibles included the Old Testament Apocrapha.

- The amino acid "taurine" is only found in animal meats, is essential for feline's health, and helps as a natural stress reliever for humans. Vegetarians are more likely to be at risk of deficiency, unless they have enough L-cysteine and L-methionine(and vit B6) - from with which the body can make Taurine.

- Women's peripheral vision extends 45 degrees from side to side and above and below - allowing her to check out a man's "package" without getting caught

 

[lostaquarium]

Cat urine will glow under a black light

What's a black light?

I've been told by many women that I have great hindsight...

I love it

 

[leothelioness]

What's a black light?

One of those purple UV lights. Why it's called a "black" light I don't know.