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The Useless Facts Game
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RED that's ME
*~*God *IS* Love*~*
Firehouses have circular stairways because in the olden days, the engines were pulled by horses. They were kept in stables on the ground floor, and they learned how to walk up straight staircases
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RED that's ME
*~*God *IS* Love*~*
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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Dumb -- and very real -- laws from my state (Texas):
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]San Antonio[/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse].[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. [/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal to milk another person's cow. [/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal to sell ones eye.[/size][/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]San Antonio[/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.[/size][/font]
- [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-1]Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.[/size][/font]
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it takes 12 hours of playing ping-pong to burn one pound
(oh the wonderous things drinking snapple can teach you)
(oh the wonderous things drinking snapple can teach you)
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The human head weighs eight pounds...
The longest word that can by typed with only the right hand on a keyboard is "lollipop".
The longest word that can by typed with only the left hand on a keyboard is "stewardesses".
The longest word that can by typed with the top row of keys on a keyboard is "typewriter".
The longest word without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
The longest word that can by typed with only the right hand on a keyboard is "lollipop".
The longest word that can by typed with only the left hand on a keyboard is "stewardesses".
The longest word that can by typed with the top row of keys on a keyboard is "typewriter".
The longest word without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".
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bats always fly out of caves to the left,
frog eating bats tell which frogs are edible by listening to their mating calls,
giant flying foxes (also bats) have a wingspan of nearly 6 feet.
frog eating bats tell which frogs are edible by listening to their mating calls,
giant flying foxes (also bats) have a wingspan of nearly 6 feet.
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Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump
Underground is the only word in English to begin and end with UND
Underground is the only word in English to begin and end with UND
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can walk underwater,
do not have enamel on their teeth,
armadillos mate in july, but only get pregnant in november after delaying fertility,
can be housebroken,
always have four babies of the same sex at the same time,
are the only animal apart from the human that can have leprosy,
can hold their breath for up to 6 minutes,
and is the official state mammal of Texas.
do not have enamel on their teeth,
armadillos mate in july, but only get pregnant in november after delaying fertility,
can be housebroken,
always have four babies of the same sex at the same time,
are the only animal apart from the human that can have leprosy,
can hold their breath for up to 6 minutes,
and is the official state mammal of Texas.
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can live up to the age of seventy, sometimes more,
can eat from 100-1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period,
teeth can weigh as much as 3 kg (each),
the only elephant in the Berlin zoo was killed by the very first bomb dropped in ww2,
is the national animal of Thailand.
can eat from 100-1000 pounds of vegetation in a 16 hour period,
teeth can weigh as much as 3 kg (each),
the only elephant in the Berlin zoo was killed by the very first bomb dropped in ww2,
is the national animal of Thailand.
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a dog called Laika was sent into space on the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957,
all dogs are the descendant of the wolf from Eastern Asia 15,000 years ago,
an average city dog lives approx. 3 more years than a country dog,
bloodhounds have been used to track animals since the 1600's,
border collies are the most intelligent dog,
chocolate can be fatal to dogs as it contains the chemical Theobromine which is poisonous to dogs,
dalmatian puppies do not have spots when they are born, but develop them as they grow older,
dogs can be trained to detect an upcoming epileptic seizure,
in 2002, dogs killed more people in the us than the great white shark killed in 100 years,
nose prints are used to identify dogs instead of finger prints,
Pixie, a siberian husky gave birth to 7 puppies, and one was bright green,
the basenji dog is the only dog incapable of barking,
chihuahuas were named after the mexican state they were discovered in,
the dumbest dog is the afghan hound,
the largest dog is the irish wolfhound,
the moisture on a dogs nose helps it detect odours,
the name of the taco bell dog is gidget,
there is a dog museum in St.Louis, Missouri.
all dogs are the descendant of the wolf from Eastern Asia 15,000 years ago,
an average city dog lives approx. 3 more years than a country dog,
bloodhounds have been used to track animals since the 1600's,
border collies are the most intelligent dog,
chocolate can be fatal to dogs as it contains the chemical Theobromine which is poisonous to dogs,
dalmatian puppies do not have spots when they are born, but develop them as they grow older,
dogs can be trained to detect an upcoming epileptic seizure,
in 2002, dogs killed more people in the us than the great white shark killed in 100 years,
nose prints are used to identify dogs instead of finger prints,
Pixie, a siberian husky gave birth to 7 puppies, and one was bright green,
the basenji dog is the only dog incapable of barking,
chihuahuas were named after the mexican state they were discovered in,
the dumbest dog is the afghan hound,
the largest dog is the irish wolfhound,
the moisture on a dogs nose helps it detect odours,
the name of the taco bell dog is gidget,
there is a dog museum in St.Louis, Missouri.
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a newly hatched fish is called a fry,
a salmon was caught by Bob Bateman of Cananda that had two mouths, two sets of teeth, and two tongues,
in Brazil, a single pond can hold more species of fish than are in all Europe's rivers,
a swordfish can live for 25 years, and can weigh 1,200 pounds,
atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of water,
catfish have tastebuds on their whiskers,
more than 3 times as much fish is eaten in china than the us,
for mating, a deep sea anglerfish bites the female and never lets go. eventually his body merges with hers and he spends the rest of his life inside the female, all his organs disappear apart from the testes,
jellyfish have been around longer than dinosaurs and sharks (650,000,000 yrs),
minnows have their teeth on a bone in their throat,
95% of fish sold in n. america originate from florida,
the clown fish can change sex. If a breeding female dies, the breeding male changes and mates with another male,
the garfish has green bones,
hydras, related to jellyfish, when cut in half, grow their body back in a couple of days,
the ocean sunfish can lay 30,000,000 eggs at once,
a pregnant goldfish is NOT a '[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]', but a 'twit'.
a salmon was caught by Bob Bateman of Cananda that had two mouths, two sets of teeth, and two tongues,
in Brazil, a single pond can hold more species of fish than are in all Europe's rivers,
a swordfish can live for 25 years, and can weigh 1,200 pounds,
atlantic salmon can jump as high as 4.5 meters out of water,
catfish have tastebuds on their whiskers,
more than 3 times as much fish is eaten in china than the us,
for mating, a deep sea anglerfish bites the female and never lets go. eventually his body merges with hers and he spends the rest of his life inside the female, all his organs disappear apart from the testes,
jellyfish have been around longer than dinosaurs and sharks (650,000,000 yrs),
minnows have their teeth on a bone in their throat,
95% of fish sold in n. america originate from florida,
the clown fish can change sex. If a breeding female dies, the breeding male changes and mates with another male,
the garfish has green bones,
hydras, related to jellyfish, when cut in half, grow their body back in a couple of days,
the ocean sunfish can lay 30,000,000 eggs at once,
a pregnant goldfish is NOT a '[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]', but a 'twit'.
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