sneakers' "Random Fact of the Day" thread

[sneakers]

According to Donald Dossey, Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville (NC):

In the U.S $800 or $900 million is lost in business every Friday the 13th because people will not fly or do business they would normally do.

[anton...]

i have one thing to say to that...

people are retarded...

:rolleyes:






a 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second...

:marchmellow:
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[sneakers]

A polar bear's skin is BLACK.

[SR]

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.

[sneakers]

On January 22, 1943 at 7:30am in Spearfish, SD, the temperature rose 49 degrees in 2 minutes.

[Escobar]

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.

hahahha good one

[sneakers]

The World's Nothernmost functional public settlement (not scientists) is Ny-Ålesund, on the island of Svalbard, which is controled by Norway.

Its location: 78°55′N, 11°56′E It has a permenant population of 35.

Ålesund in the Summer:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Ny-Aalesund_summer.jpg

[sneakers]

The most venomous snake on earth is the Inland Taipan which lives in central Australia.

It is 50 times more venomous than a Indian Cobra, and 750 times more venomous than an Eastern Diamondback.

[sneakers]

The new Motion City Soundtrack album Even If It Kills Me comes out today! :cool:

[sneakers]

Pigs, rabbits, and dogs are among the animals that practice "Coprophagia". Which is the act of eating one's feces.

[BigBroncLove]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Sad, but true....

[sneakers]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

No joke!

Haha, awesome!

Bonus fact of the day: A few years ago there were only 4 elk in all Dane County. My friend's roommate hit one of them with his car and it was totaled (both car and elk).

[konnorrollison]

Haha, awesome!

Bonus fact of the day: A few years ago there were only 4 elk in all Dane County. My friend's roommate hit one of them with his car and it was totaled (both car and elk).

great know there are 3

[BigBroncLove]

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.

[sneakers]

Geese poop on average, once every 12 minutes.

[BroncoBJ]

This thread is interesting. Its got some neat facts in it. Some stuff I would never think of but its cool to look at.

and LMAO @ Escobars sig.

[sneakers]

This thread is interesting. Its got some neat facts in it. Some stuff I would never think of but its cool to look at.

and LMAO @ Escobars sig.

I am sure you have many interesting facts that you know...you should tell us :D

[sneakers]

The tallest mountain on Mars is Olympus Mons. It is 78,760 feet tall. About 2.5 times higher than Mt. Everest.

[BigBroncLove]

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

[sneakers]

The oldest tree ever known (4862 years old), a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine was cut down accidently in 1964 by a graduate student at The University Of Arizona.

[sneakers]

China has more English speakers than the United States.

[sneakers]

There are 6,912 known living languages in the World.
(You can see them all here: http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp)

[BigBroncLove]

Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

[Davii]

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

[sneakers]

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.

[BigBroncLove]

None of the Beatles knew how to read music. (Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.)

[shank]

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/shawshank24/LEG.jpg

[sneakers]

The only 3 land animals that will hunt humans for food are Lions, Tigers, and Polar Bears.

[sneakers]

"SOS" does not stand for anything. (save our ship, save our souls, etc.) It is simply used as an international distress code because it is easily to pick up using morse code. (Dot, Dot, Dot, Dash, Dash, Dash, Dot, Dot, Dot)

[Jaws]

The only 3 land animals that will hunt humans for food are Lions, Tigers, and Polar Bears.

..and the land sharks of Wales. We hunt Raider fans (just for sport though, they're toxic to eat I believe)

[sneakers]

The plastic tip at the end of a shoelace is called an "aglet".

[anton...]

thats not even a real word...

:lalala:
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[sneakers]

thats not even a real word...

:lalala:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglet

Although this could be fake too, since wikipedia is user edited.

[BigBroncLove]

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

[sneakers]

September 29–October 6, 2007 is national Banned Books Week.

Bonus: The most challenged book of 2006 was And Tango Makes Three

http://www.afterelton.com/sites/www.afterelton.com/files/images/tangomakesthree.jpg

[BigBroncLove]

Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete. He makes around $80 million per year (or $219,000 per day).

[sneakers]

Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

[sneakers]

1 nanosecond is to one second as one second is to 32 years.

[BigBroncLove]

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.

[Nick]

Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

This is still used acrossed the world and a great treatment. Same with leaches and blood clots.

[sneakers]

All polar bears are left handed.

[sneakers]

More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.

Bonus: In 1910 football teams were penalized 15 yards for an incompleted forward pass.

[sneakers]

The most expensive thing ever sold on ebay was a yacht for $168,000,000 on Feb 8, 2006!

The yacht, dubbed the 'Gigayacht', will feature a 3000 sq. ft. master suite, luxury office area, salon, cinema room, fitness room,10 multi-level VIP Suites with panoramic windows, eight guest cabins, helicopter garage, retractable elevator, and a 55 X 35 pool off the aft deck.

[sneakers]

In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

[BroncoBJ]

That little cat in your signature is good stuff Sneakers.

[sneakers]

That little cat in your signature is good stuff Sneakers.

Thank you!

On average, a cat will sleep for 16 hours a day.

[sneakers]

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

[sneakers]

People diagnosed with Pica have an insatiable urge to eat non-food substances like dirt, paper, glue and clay. Health experts have found no real cause and no cure for the peculiar disorder.

[sneakers]

Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.

[sneakers]

The only documented case of a human fatality from a kangaroo attack occurred in New South Wales, in 1936.

[sneakers]

Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.

[sneakers]

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

[sneakers]

There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month.

[sneakers]

Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

[sneakers]

The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.

[sneakers]

The state sport of Maryland is Jousting.

[sneakers]

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.

[BroncoBJ]

Thank you!

On average, a cat will sleep for 16 hours a day.

Damn It seems like they get way hyper a lot as well.
I have a cat that sleeps a lot and then it flys through the house like its on medication or something. :laugh:

Hows your new cat doing Sneakers?

[sneakers]

Damn It seems like they get way hyper a lot as well.
I have a cat that sleeps a lot and then it flys through the house like its on medication or something. :laugh:

Hows your new cat doing Sneakers?

He is now almost 6 months old....all he does is eat!

He has this routine where he flys around the house going into every single room jumping off something like a couch, and vaults into the next room jumping from piece of furnature to piece of furnature, and then jumps onto your lap. He likes to climb trees too! :shocked:

[sneakers]

More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.

[sneakers]

In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city.

[sneakers]

Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

[sneakers]

In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.

[sneakers]

Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.

[sneakers]

When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine.

[sneakers]

Every three seconds, a new baby is born.

[sneakers]

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

[sneakers]

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

[Retired_Member_001]

Where the hell do you get all of these facts?

[Day1BroncoFan]

Where the hell do you get all of these facts?

He make them at the factstory. :elefant:

[sneakers]

Where the hell do you get all of these facts?

I have lots of useless facts in my head-Babe Ruth stole home 10 time during his career-and others I come across on the internet.

[sneakers]

Atilla the Hun died of a nosebleed.

[sneakers]

A bear can run as fast as a horse.

[Simple Jaded]

When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine.


I wonder how they went from this to a hand shake? Stage fright?

Today's etiquette is much better....Eye's front! No talking!

[sneakers]

I wonder how they went from this to a hand shake? Stage fright?

Today's etiquette is much better....Eye's front! No talking!

Sometimes unwashed hands can be much more filthy than pee :shocked:

I believe that the handshake originated from sign that one was unarmed, or something like that.

[sneakers]

More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss!

[sneakers]

More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world.

[sneakers]

Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!

[sneakers]

Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias.

[sneakers]

Of the 2800 snake species in the world, only 270 are venomous.

[sneakers]

Baby beavers are called kittens.

[sneakers]

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.

[sneakers]

The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.

[sneakers]

You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.

[schnooks1]

IT takes an estimated 2,893 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop!:D

[sneakers]

An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Bonus: Young children can entirely regrow lost fingertips above the top joint, including the bone, skin and nail!

[sneakers]

Pearls melt in vinegar.

[sneakers]

Bonus: No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.

[sneakers]

Another Bonus: 4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.

[Kapaibro]

Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete. He makes around $80 million per year (or $219,000 per day).

And his caddie, Steve Williams, is the highest paid sportsperson from New Zealand, due to the percentage he gets from Tiger(and Tiger also gives him a percentage of his endorsements as well as tournament earnings).

[Kapaibro]

Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote

[sneakers]

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote

What year was that? Do you know off the top of your head?

[Kapaibro]

What year was that? Do you know off the top of your head?

Women vote for the first time at Tahakopa, 28 November 1893

http://www.elections.org.nz/study/history/votes-for-women.html

Although a number of other territories had enfranchised women before 1893, New Zealand can justly claim to be the first self-governing nation to grant the vote to all adult women.

Female descendents of the Bounty mutineers were allowed to vote for their ruling councils on Pitcairn Island from 1838 and Norfolk Island from 1856 (when they settled there). The Isle of Man, an internally self-governing dependent territory of the British Crown, enfranchised women property owners in 1881. Women in the Cook Islands, then a British protectorate, were allowed to participate in elections for island councils and a federal parliament from 1893. This law was enacted several days after New Zealand's Electoral Act was passed, but Cook Islands women got to the polls first, on 14 October.

In addition, a handful of United States territories and states had enfranchised women by 1893: the Territory of Wyoming in 1869 (confirmed on admission to statehood in 1890), the Territory of Utah in 1870 (annulled by the US Congress in 1887, reinstated on admission to statehood in 1896), the Territory of Washington in 1883 (declared unconstitutional by local Supreme Court in 1887), the Territory of Montana in 1887, and the State of Colorado in 1893.

Australia was quick to follow New Zealand: South Australia enfranchised women in 1894, Western Australia in 1899, and the Australian Commonwealth government in 1902 (except Aboriginal women).

[sneakers]

Women vote for the first time at Tahakopa, 28 November 1893

http://www.elections.org.nz/study/history/votes-for-women.html

Although a number of other territories had enfranchised women before 1893, New Zealand can justly claim to be the first self-governing nation to grant the vote to all adult women.

Female descendents of the Bounty mutineers were allowed to vote for their ruling councils on Pitcairn Island from 1838 and Norfolk Island from 1856 (when they settled there). The Isle of Man, an internally self-governing dependent territory of the British Crown, enfranchised women property owners in 1881. Women in the Cook Islands, then a British protectorate, were allowed to participate in elections for island councils and a federal parliament from 1893. This law was enacted several days after New Zealand's Electoral Act was passed, but Cook Islands women got to the polls first, on 14 October.

In addition, a handful of United States territories and states had enfranchised women by 1893: the Territory of Wyoming in 1869 (confirmed on admission to statehood in 1890), the Territory of Utah in 1870 (annulled by the US Congress in 1887, reinstated on admission to statehood in 1896), the Territory of Washington in 1883 (declared unconstitutional by local Supreme Court in 1887), the Territory of Montana in 1887, and the State of Colorado in 1893.

Australia was quick to follow New Zealand: South Australia enfranchised women in 1894, Western Australia in 1899, and the Australian Commonwealth government in 1902 (except Aboriginal women).

Awesome! Learn something new everyday. Who would have thought I would have ever considered Wyoming to be progressive?

It is great that the world has progressed so much in the last 120 years compared to the previous 500 years.

[sneakers]

Speaking of Wyoming, the state of Wyoming is named after a valley in Pennsylvania.

[Kapaibro]

At 41.2degrees South, Wellington (NZ) is the most southerly capital city on the planet.

No part of New Zealand is more than 128 km from the sea.

New Zealand has more bookshops per head of population than any other country; one for every 7,500 people (compared with one for every 19,000 in England and one for every 50,000 in the USA).

[sneakers]

Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida.

[sneakers]

The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001.

[sneakers]

No president of the United States was an only child.

[Kapaibro]

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

[sneakers]

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

A word that no one will remember....how ironic!

[sneakers]

The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.

[sneakers]

The word "X-Wing" is only mentioned once in all of the original Star Wars trilogy.

[sneakers]

A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.

[sneakers]

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

[sneakers]

All the swans in England are property of the Queen.

[sneakers]

More Americans have died in car accidents than have died in all the wars ever fought by the United States.

[sneakers]

A group of frogs is called an army.

[sneakers]

The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South!

[sneakers]

Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.

[Retired_Member_001]

If you put parenting advice into Google and read every link, your child would be well out of the house before you finished reading all of them.

[sneakers]

Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.

[sneakers]

Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.

[sneakers]

Bonus: In 1938 the TIME MAGAZINE Man of the Year was Adolf Hitler...only Man of the Year not to appear on the magazine's cover.

[sneakers]

Your brain is 100x faster and more powerful than the World's top supercomputer.

more here: http://www.geocities.com/rnseitz/The_Great_Gray_Ravelled_Knot.htm

[sneakers]

Teflon is the slipperiest substance in the world.

[sneakers]

The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant!

[sneakers]

There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.

[Retired_Member_001]

Here's a really good one.

You are more likely to die in a house fire, with a teapot on your head, than to be killed by an asteroid.

[sneakers]

Here's a really good one.

You are more likely to die in a house fire, with a teapot on your head, than to be killed by an asteroid.

That is a good one! I know one similar, You are more likely to get attacked and killed by a cow, than a shark.

[sneakers]

In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt.

[Bronco4ever]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words

[sneakers]

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

[Bronco4ever]

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

[sneakers]

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

I knew that!! :D

[broncogirl7]

Thought I'd overload us today with random facts:

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury






Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.






It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

[Bronco4ever]

I knew that!! :D

Oh yeah!?!! Well I took my piggy bank out and found that out for myself! :D

[sneakers]

On average more people are killed in a year by donkeys than in plane crashes.

[Broncolingus]

The IQ of a Chiefs fan can never be above 40.

Bonus:

The IQ of a Bronco's fan can never be below 150.

[sneakers]

The best recorded distance for projectile vomiting is 27 feet.

[MileHighWrath]

Albert Einstien never wore any socks.

[sneakers]

The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!

[Kapaibro]

Barbie's measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33, and she wouldn't be able to stand up because her feet would be too small.



I found this one which is a complete crock.
Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig

My dog died of skin cancer contracted after years of his pink tummy getting sunburnt (we tried everything to stop it), cats owners get their cats ears tattooed to stop them burning, and horses with pink noses also get sunburn, and contract skin cancer.

[sneakers]

The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.

[sneakers]

Barbie's measurements (if she were life-size): 39-23-33, and she wouldn't be able to stand up because her feet would be too small.



I found this one which is a complete crock.
Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: Pig

My dog died of skin cancer contracted after years of his pink tummy getting sunburnt (we tried everything to stop it), cats owners get their cats ears tattooed to stop them burning, and horses with pink noses also get sunburn, and contract skin cancer.

sorry to hear about your doggie.

[sneakers]

Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.

[Kapaibro]

Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua is the only fresh water lake in the world that has sharks.

But, the bull shark can tolerate fresh water, and will swim up river in order to feed. This has resulted in attacks in India, Australia and sightings as far north as Chicago. The bull sharks in Lake Nicaragua get out by rapids jumping like salmon.

[sneakers]

But, the bull shark can tolerate fresh water, and will swim up river in order to feed. This has resulted in attacks in India, Australia and sightings as far north as Chicago. The bull sharks in Lake Nicaragua get out by rapids jumping like salmon.

Yup, I knew that the bull shark likes to swim up the Mississippi river....That was a good fact Kap!

[sneakers]

Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias.

[sneakers]

After the endless pleas from BigBroncLove, a second fact will be added today:

Sneakers thinks fantasy football is for nerds.

[BigBroncLove]

After the endless pleas from BigBroncLove, a second fact will be added today:

Sneakers thinks fantasy football is for nerds.

"pleas" what pleas? :cool: You posted this fact on another unnamed board and expected us all to telepathicly acquire it ;)

I have two random facts,

One Sneakers usually, if not always, stink.

two, On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

[sneakers]

"pleas" what pleas? :cool: You posted this fact on another unnamed board and expected us all to telepathicly acquire it ;)

I have two random facts,

One Sneakers usually, if not always, stink.

two, On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

One of the two facts you presented I can believe....the other one I am quite skeptical of its validity. :confused:

[BigBroncLove]

One of the two facts you presented I can believe....the other one I am quite skeptical of its validity. :confused:

You know I feel the same way about a fact posted right before my two facts.... :D

[sneakers]

You know I feel the same way about a fact posted right before my two facts.... :D

Fair enough :spider:

[sneakers]

The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.

[Kapaibro]

The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.

I am below average in this respect.

[BigBroncLove]

Ewan McGregor was offered, but turned down, the part of Neo in the Matrix. Will Smith was also approached to play Neo but turned it down in order make Wild Wild West.

[Bronco9798]

The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.

However, the average male will impregnate about 5 females in his life, including some he never knew about.

[Italianmobstr7]

However, the average male will impregnate about 5 females in his life, including some he never knew about.

unless of course you're Travis Henry and you've got 9 different women pregnant, and don't know any of their first names....He single-handedly upped that average from 3 females to 5 lol.

[sneakers]

Honey is the only food that will not spoil.

[sneakers]

Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.

[Kapaibro]

Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'.

All car horns honk in the key of "bloody annoying".

[sneakers]

All car horns honk in the key of "bloody annoying".

The bell at my school (you know whenever a class would end) rang to a Eb. This shows you how big of a dork I was in High School.

[sneakers]

Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.

[sneakers]

The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

[sneakers]

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.

[Kapaibro]

Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.

My mum worked at a nursing home where this lady was 114. She was annoyed cos she wrote her auto-biography at 99, and she said had she known she'd live so much longer she'd have waited till she was 110!

[sneakers]

My mum worked at a nursing home where this lady was 114. She was annoyed cos she wrote her auto-biography at 99, and she said had she known she'd live so much longer she'd have waited till she was 110!

Awesome!!! I have a longevity story of my own.

My Great Grandma lived to be 108!

When it was nearing the time for her to go, the doctors could not find anything medically wrong with her, my grandma tells us that she thinks that great grandma must have decided that it was finally her time to go.

(Sorry that sounds kind of morbid, I didn't intend it to be).

[sneakers]

Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food.

[Bronco4ever]

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.

[sneakers]

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.

Canning was invented as a result of challenge/contest by Napoleon to create a way to preserve food for his troops.

[MileHighWrath]

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.


Canning was invented as a result of challenge/contest by Napoleon to create a way to preserve food for his troops.

So the first canned food was preserved for 48 years?

[BroncoNut]

You can preserve beefstew in a can for a long time.

[BeefStew25]

The practice of having intercourse with a dog is called 'beastiality'.

[Kapaibro]

The practice of having intercourse with a dog is called 'beastiality'.

~With any animal

[BeefStew25]

~With any animal

Well, Nut likes dogs the best.

[BroncoNut]

Well, Nut likes dogs the best.

wtf? yeah, whatever dude

[frauschieze]

wtf? yeah, whatever dude

You are so adorable when you're in denial.

[sneakers]

So the first canned food was preserved for 48 years?

If I remember correctly...Napoleon's canned food was canned in a metal that was poisonous, or made his troops sick....I remember that it was just a big failure initially.

[sneakers]

The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.

[sneakers]

Bonus: The foggiest place in the world is the Grand Banks off the island of Newfoundland, Canada.

[SmilinAssasSin27]

The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.

Outrage!!!

[Thnikkaman]

The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.

And as a result, we have the highest # of cases of binge drinking in the world.

[MOtorboat]

And as a result, we have the highest # of cases of binge drinking in the world.

Ah...is that a "result of" or a coincidence based on our culture. I think it's more a reflection of our over-the-top culture than it is the drinking age.

[slim]

The size of a typical American home has increased from 1100 to 1800 square feet over the past ten years.

[BroncoNut]

We American's can be kinda overindulgent pigs.

[Thnikkaman]

Ah...is that a "result of" or a coincidence based on our culture. I think it's more a reflection of our over-the-top culture than it is the drinking age.

Drinking is Tabu -> High Drinking Age -> People tend to do what they are told not to do, so since underage drinking is ultra Tabu we get underage drinkers that binge drink -> Since getting fck3d up is the only way these people know how to drink, they tend to binge drink.

Sure my theory is full of holes, and people are going to point them out to me, but I don't care at this point.

[MOtorboat]

Binge drinking problems didn't become real problems until the 90s. Drinking age was lowered in the 70s...

[Thnikkaman]

Honestly, I don't think there should be a drinking age. Or maybe lower it to 13 or something like that, and put it on parents to decide for their children.

[MOtorboat]

Honestly, I don't think there should be a drinking age. Or maybe lower it to 13 or something like that, and put it on parents to decide for their children.

Because that's gone so well with video games...

Sorry, I just don't trust parents in this country.

[CoachChaz]

I'd be okay with the drinking age at 18. "Kids" are no longer minors at that point and are responsible for everything else in their lives...why not that? However, I won't relate binge drinking to the current age limit. I'll agree that it's just another part of an overindulgent American lifestyle.

However, I do find it a little strange that alcoholism and drunk driving in Europe don't have the negative statistics they do here. Coincidence?
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[MOtorboat]

I'd be okay with the drinking age at 18. "Kids" are no longer minors at that point and are responsible for everything else in their lives...why not that? However, I won't relate binge drinking to the current age limit. I'll agree that it's just another part of an overindulgent American lifestyle.

However, I do find it a little strange that alcoholism and drunk driving in Europe don't have the negative statistics they do here. Coincidence?

I'd go for 18. If you're old enough to serve you're old enough to be served.

[BOSSHOGG30]

My penis is bigger than MB's.

[MOtorboat]

My penis is bigger than MB's.

Mods, this is a personal attack based on untruths and lies.

[NightTrainLayne]

My penis is bigger than MB.


Mods, this is a personal attack based on untruths and lies.

Yes Mods, althought I have no personal knowledge of the size of BossHogg's privates, I am sure that MB (although small in stature) is bigger than said appendage.

[BroncoNut]

My penis is bigger than MB's.



My penis is bigger than MB's little toe.


I guarantee it

[sneakers]

The Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.

[claymore]

My penis is bigger than MB's little toe.


I guarantee itLMAO !

[SmilinAssasSin27]

Let's throw em on the tables boys. Who has a marker?

[sneakers]

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

[BroncoNut]

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

What cured them? Death?

[MileHighWrath]

Someone jumped out of a closet and said BOO!

[CoachChaz]

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

That's alot of wine. It'd be worth it though to stay drunk for 69 years
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[Retired_Member_001]

It is cleanier to lick a public toilet than to bite your finger nails.

[sneakers]

It is cleanier to lick a public toilet than to bite your finger nails.

The average office telephone has 400 times more bacteria than a public toilet. :shocked:

[Kapaibro]

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

[sneakers]

You will on average get stuck in an elevator once in your lifetime.

[sneakers]

Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.

[Thnikkaman]

If you are in a room with 30 random people, the chances someone has the same birthday (not birth year) as you is 50%

[claymore]

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

[SmilinAssasSin27]

I like cheese.

[SmilinAssasSin27]

Seriously though...anyone know the average number of spiders that people swallow in their lifetime while sleeping?

[MOtorboat]

Seriously though...anyone know the average number of spiders that people swallow in their lifetime while sleeping?

I thought it was like one or two a year...

[Kapaibro]

Seriously though...anyone know the average number of spiders that people swallow in their lifetime while sleeping?

ewwwwww and dear god in heaven ew

[SmilinAssasSin27]

It's true. I think the number was around 50 or 60, but I was told that a long time ago and forgot the exact number.

[claymore]

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

[Broncoschic7]

You will on average get stuck in an elevator once in your lifetime.

If that ever occurs I hope I'm not alone !:marchmellow:

[claymore]

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will

instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

[claymore]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which

stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your

thumb.

[claymore]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

[claymore]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in

the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the

air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse

has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

[claymore]

If you yelled for 8 years ,7 months and 6 days you would have produced

enough energy to heat a cup of coffee.

[claymore]

In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.

LMAO

[Watchthemiddle]

In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.

LMAO

I believe dat!!!!

[sneakers]

Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten.

[Thnikkaman]

Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten.

That is what makes cats so fun to strangle.

[claymore]

That is what makes cats so fun to strangle.

I love the sound they make when the hit the grill of an F-150 doing 70 in a 30. :welcome:

[Thnikkaman]

I love the sound they make when the hit the grill of an F-150 doing 70 in a 30. :welcome:


I have one that I would love to hear the sound of after I throw it out of my 2nd floor window into a bank of snow.

[MileHighWrath]

I have one that I would love to hear the sound of after I throw it out of my 2nd floor window into a bank of snow.

I have one like that too. Although, no snow, but I would love to hear it after being thrown into my pool!

[sneakers]

No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.

[SmilinAssasSin27]

I'm wearing a pair of Orange Tennessee shorts.

[Ricky]

No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.

Mythbuster showed that to be incorrect. They used a very large piece paper inside of a warehouse and with a large road pressure roller, they folded the paper in half 33 times.

[BroncoNut]

Mythbuster showed that to be incorrect. They used a very large piece paper inside of a warehouse and with a large road pressure roller, they folded the paper in half 33 times.

O.K. then. no more than 33 times.

[BeefStew25]

I'm wearing a pair of Orange Tennessee shorts.

I think that Orange has more of a Gator tint to it....

[sneakers]

Mythbuster showed that to be incorrect. They used a very large piece paper inside of a warehouse and with a large road pressure roller, they folded the paper in half 33 times.

Lies! What is the name of this thread? "Fact of the day"

That show is all myth, and no busting.

[sneakers]

The KKK started out as fraternity.

[schnooks1]

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop,even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties..
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 years old will have spent almost 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21. In most television commercials advertising milk,a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.

[sneakers]

All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south.

[BroncoNut]

All the earth's continents are narrower at the south than in the north

[MOtorboat]

Europe isn't.

[SmilinAssasSin27]

ya can't lick yer own elbow

[SmilinAssasSin27]

Coca Cola used to be green

[Broncogator]

Coca Cola used to be green

And it was real "coke" :8ball:

[SmilinAssasSin27]

excellent use of the 8ball.

[sneakers]

In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male.

[sneakers]

The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach.

[sneakers]

If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.

[sneakers]

Guinness World Records list the world’s largest snowflakes as those of January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana. One snowflake measured 15 inches wide.

[sneakers]

Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.

[sneakers]

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise

[sneakers]

A million dollars' worth of $100 bills weighs around 22 pounds.

[DallasChief]

A million dollars' worth of $1 bills weighs around a 2200 lbs. That's literally a ton of money.

[sneakers]

A billion dollars in pennies weights something like 3,000 tons.

[Watchthemiddle]

The average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day

[sneakers]

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

[sneakers]

The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

[Retired_Member_001]

Did you know that the average woman walks 7,300 miles in a life time hoovering?

[sneakers]

Rice is the main food of 50% of the world's people.

[Zweems56]

Did you know that the average woman walks 7,300 miles in a life time hoovering?

That statistic is going to drop significantly with this new generation coming in :heh:

[BroncoNut]

I bowled a 184 last night, exceeding my previous high score of 180.