Facts! Did you know..?
Posted: August 8, 2013, 9:23 pm
Hey everyone Im going to start a fact topic, stuff people may and may not know. It'll be updated everyday so feel free to post opinions etc.. They'll be totally random facts courtesy of UberFacts
08/08/13
1. People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't.
2. Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feather.
3. Today is National Frozen Custard Day in the USA!
4. 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 become alcoholics.
5. Female sharks have been known to reproduce on occasion without any contact from males - This is called "parthenogenesis."
6. A woman with a PhD in math won the scratch-off lottery four times by figuring out the algorithm used to produce the tickets.
7. Batman is the most viewed superhero on YouTube, followed by Thor then Superman.
8. CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"
9. Neil Patrick Harris auditioned for the role of 'Ron Stoppable' from the Disney show "Kim Possible."
10. The human body is better suited for 2 four-hour sleep cycles instead on 1 eight-hour session.
11. In Super Mario Bros, the bushes are just the clouds colored green.
12. A 97 year old legally blind man creates amazing pixel art work by just using Microsoft Paint.
13. This is a 3Doodler -- The world's first 3D printing pen that can actually draw in the air.
14. If you'd like to check for bad breath, you can lick your wrist, wait a few seconds, and then smell it - A bad smell means bad breath. (Go ahead - try it)
15. If you'd like to download a Youtube video, just add "ss" to the URL between www. and Youtube.
16. Bin Laden's death was announced on May 1st 2011. Hitler's death was announced on May 1st, 1945.
17. Women suffer from more nightmares than men, but men are more likely to dream of sexual intercourse.
18. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have more twitter followers than Sweden, Australia and North Korea have citizens.
19. Studies show that blue-eyed individuals study more effectively and tend to perform better on exams than dark-eyed people.
20. The only curse word used in a Harry Potter movie was "bitch"
09/08/13
1. Anonymous donors have been paying for the college education of every student in Kalamazoo, Michigan since 2005.
2. Harry Houdini once sued a police officer who accused him of making his escapes via bribery -- He won his case by opening the judge’s safe.
3. Bill Gates' house was designed using a Mac.
4. Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
5. Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored.
6. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a single cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested and half caused cancer in rats.
7. Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced.
8. B, M and P are three letters that are impossible to say without both of your lips touching.
9. There is a children's book titled "Go The Fuck to Sleep."
10. As embryos, the first thing that develops is our anus.
11. If you search for 241543903 in Google images, you will find a lot of pictures of people putting their heads in refrigerators.
12. The average person will have eaten over 10,000 chocolate bars and will have taken 7,163 baths in a lifetime.
13. Penguins cannot walk backwards. They are too top heavy and would just fall down.
14. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
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16. The world’s smallest dog is about the size of a coke can.
17. Roughly 51.4 percent of the population lives in this circle.
18. There is a village in Giethoorn, Netherlands that has no roads - You must take a boat to go to different places
19. This ones for Alberto - Tupac wrote this about education when he was 17.
20. Creepy Moped Accident
21. Orgasms can cure hiccups.
22. A woman will spend about 3,500 days of her lifetime menstruating.
23. "Hypopituitarism" is a rare disease that doesn't allow a person to feel love.
10/08/13
1. A beautiful black rose -- Black roses exist naturally only at Halfeti, Turkey.
2. There are rainbow mountains in China!
3. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, not China.
4. "The Dark Knight" was the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title.
5. You can use peanuts to make dynamite.
6. If a frog eats enough fireflies, its stomach will glow.
7. If Bill Gates drops a $100 billion, it literally is not worth his time to stop walking and pick it up.
8. All Pokémon professors are named after trees.
9. People read as much as 10% slower from a screen than from paper.
10. This is what a water bottle looks like before being expanded.
11. Did you know about nintendo..?
12. People who regularly get less than six hours of sleep increase their chance of dying over a 25-year period by 12%.
13. A group of cats is called a "clowder" and a group of kittens is called a "kindle."
14. It generally takes longer to tell a lie than to tell the truth.
15. Studies show taller men earn more money than shorter men. (FUCK YES IM ALMOST 6' 3")
16. In ancient times, criminals would be sewn inside of a rotting animal and then tied to a tree to be eaten by vultures.
17. In Japan, you can buy strawberry flavored Cheetos.
18.According to a 2010 study from Cato, legalizing marijuana would generate $8.7 billion in federal and state tax revenue annually.
19. Staring at breasts daily can extend a man's life by 5 years.
20.The brain naturally craves 4 things: Food, Sex, Water and Sleep.
11/08/13
1. Eminem would spend hours every night studying the dictionary, so he could expand his vocabulary for his rhymes.
2. This year, the dates 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10 and 12/12 are all on Thursdays.
3. Marijuana was initially made illegal in 1937 by a man who testified the drug made white women want to be with black men.
4. “Dysania” is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
5. There is a small village named “Pussy” in France -- The people who live in the village are referred to as “Pussies.”
6. After Tupac was cremated, his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of his hip-hip group, Outlawz.
7. While inspecting fragments of Shakespeare's pipes, researchers found traces of cannabis, cocaine and myristic acid.
8. Due to their extreme atmospheric conditions, it actually rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus.
9. The shortest and hardest tongue twister is: "Toy Boat" (Try saying it five times fast)
10. This year, a gas cloud is going to come too close to a Black Hole in the center of our galaxy and we'll see it get ripped apart.
11. If you'd like to download a Youtube video, just add "ss" to the URL between www. and Youtube
12. Chocolate, sex and laughter are all key to a healthy brain.
13. Russia didn't consider beer an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
14. All that extra air in potato chip bags we complain about really serves a purpose -- It's Nitrogen and prevents the chips from breaking.
15. A woman trying to commit suicide from the Eiffel Tower, landed on a car and later married the owner of the car.
16. In Utah, it's illegal to detonate nuclear weapons, but it's okay to own them.
17. According to Congress, pizza sauce is now considered a vegetable in America.
18. Barack Obama was the first president to brew beer in the White House.
19. Jingle Bells was the first song to be played in space.
20. A parthenophobic is someone who fears virgins.
21.Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers -- Not even your genitals are as sensitive as your lips.
12/08/13
1. Dolphins can recognize their old friends even after 20 years of being separated.
2. There is a one-million dollar award for anyone that can demonstrate that they have a paranormal or supernatural ability.
3. Researchers at Washington University say this is what our faces might look like in 100,000 years
4. "Asymbolia" is a condition that causes people to be immune to feeling pain.
5. Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift away from each other.
6. It's impossible to kill yourself by holding your breath.
7. 30 minutes of exercise and movement can make you 10% smarter.
8. Too much stress and high blood pressure can lead to a condition called "hematidrosis" in which a person sweats blood.
9. Marijuana can aid in slowing down the growth of cancer cells.
10. There is a "Hug Me" Coca-Cola machine in Singapore which gives you a can of coke each time you hug it.
11. The average male will ejaculate 7,200 times during his life.
12. Blonde waitresses tend to get bigger tips than brunettes.
13. The Netherlands are closing eight prisons across their country because of lack of crime.
14. "Heavens Above Fireworks" is a company that turns your ashes into a firework after you die
15. There was a real team of Jewish assassins called “The Avengers" who tracked down and executed Nazi war criminals after WWII.
16. MI6 once hacked an Al-Qaeda website and replaced instructions on how to make a bomb with a cupcake recipe.
17. 42 of the 43 U.S. Presidents are distantly related.
18. Penguin poop can be seen from space -- Since they live in areas covered by snow, the dark color is extremely visible in satellite images.
19. The retail price for an iPad would be about $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
20. Bill Murray was arrested in 1970 for trying to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana during his 20th birthday.
13/08/13
1. A picture in 365 slices - Each is one day of the year.
2. Robert Downey Jr was once arrested after he was caught driving naked in his Porsche with cocaine, heroine, and a .357 magnum.
3. More than 11,000 people are injured every year trying out new sexual positions.
4. Buses don't need seat belts because, when inside of one, you're riding higher than most cars. It's one of the safest ways to travel.
5. The average woman smiles 62 times a day. The average man smiles only 8 times.
6. Artwork by Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio - All he used was pencils of different shades.
7.People who complain of boredom are 2.5 times more likely to die from a heart attack or stroke than those who don't.
8. Today is National Left-Hander’s Day!
9. There's a lane in Norfolk, UK called Sluts Hole Lane.
10. Slang for "prostitute" in Victorian times was "blowsy" and slang for "ejaculation" was "blow" leading to the current phrase "blow job."
11. The average amount of time a woman can keep a secret is 47 hours and 15 minutes.
12. In China, you can hire a person to stand in line for you at $3 an hour.
13. The man who took the most memorable photo of the Loch Ness Monster confessed to it being a fake on his deathbed.
14. Hot water will freeze faster than cold water.
15. If you search "Who's the cutest" using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky," it will say "YOU ARE"
16. Before the creators decided to go with a purple dinosaur, Barney was originally intended to be a teddy bear who came to life.
17. Purchasing plane tickets while your browser is in Incognito mode will lower the prices.
18. Enabling airplane mode on your phone will help it charge faster.
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20. The actual name of Twitter's logo is Larry the bird. It's named after Hall of Fame NBA player, Larry Bird.
14/08/13
1. A thin layer of water formed over the ice in this pic, causing a mirror like reflection
2.The city of Venice stands on about 118 small islands.
3. Nicholas Cage and his cat once consumed magic mushrooms together.
4. Mr. T's gold chains were taken from the people he beat up as a bouncer -- He wore them openly so they could come back to get them.
5. A third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word "Facebook.
6. We have more detailed maps of the surface of Mars than we do of Earth's oceans.
7. There are over 200 dead frozen bodies on Mount Everest. Many of which you must pass to get to the summit and some are used as markers.
8. A mountain has been constructed on top of this 26-Story residential building in Beijing
9. Michael Jackson wanted to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990's so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
10. Moderate alcohol drinkers gain less weight over time than people who don't drink at all.
11. 32.3 quadrillion shots have now been fired overall in Call of Duty games
12. A guy named Ziona Chana lives in India, has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
13. You can stop mosquito bites from itching by running them under hot water.
14. A study suggests the higher your IQ, the more you dream.
15. High heels were originally made for men.
16. Paris Syndrome
17. For $68 you can buy a Louis Vuitton Condom.
18. Masturbation clears nasal congestion.
19.Hornsleth Deep Storage
20. Those who regularly get out of bed by 7 am are likely to be happier and thinner
08/08/13
1. People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't.
2. Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feather.
3. Today is National Frozen Custard Day in the USA!
4. 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 become alcoholics.
5. Female sharks have been known to reproduce on occasion without any contact from males - This is called "parthenogenesis."
6. A woman with a PhD in math won the scratch-off lottery four times by figuring out the algorithm used to produce the tickets.
7. Batman is the most viewed superhero on YouTube, followed by Thor then Superman.
8. CAPTCHA stands for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"
9. Neil Patrick Harris auditioned for the role of 'Ron Stoppable' from the Disney show "Kim Possible."
10. The human body is better suited for 2 four-hour sleep cycles instead on 1 eight-hour session.
11. In Super Mario Bros, the bushes are just the clouds colored green.
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15. If you'd like to download a Youtube video, just add "ss" to the URL between www. and Youtube.
16. Bin Laden's death was announced on May 1st 2011. Hitler's death was announced on May 1st, 1945.
17. Women suffer from more nightmares than men, but men are more likely to dream of sexual intercourse.
18. Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have more twitter followers than Sweden, Australia and North Korea have citizens.
19. Studies show that blue-eyed individuals study more effectively and tend to perform better on exams than dark-eyed people.
20. The only curse word used in a Harry Potter movie was "bitch"
09/08/13
1. Anonymous donors have been paying for the college education of every student in Kalamazoo, Michigan since 2005.
2. Harry Houdini once sued a police officer who accused him of making his escapes via bribery -- He won his case by opening the judge’s safe.
3. Bill Gates' house was designed using a Mac.
4. Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
5. Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten or ignored.
6. There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a single cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested and half caused cancer in rats.
7. Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced.
8. B, M and P are three letters that are impossible to say without both of your lips touching.
9. There is a children's book titled "Go The Fuck to Sleep."
10. As embryos, the first thing that develops is our anus.
11. If you search for 241543903 in Google images, you will find a lot of pictures of people putting their heads in refrigerators.
12. The average person will have eaten over 10,000 chocolate bars and will have taken 7,163 baths in a lifetime.
13. Penguins cannot walk backwards. They are too top heavy and would just fall down.
14. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
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22. A woman will spend about 3,500 days of her lifetime menstruating.
23. "Hypopituitarism" is a rare disease that doesn't allow a person to feel love.
10/08/13
1. A beautiful black rose -- Black roses exist naturally only at Halfeti, Turkey.
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
4. "The Dark Knight" was the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title.
5. You can use peanuts to make dynamite.
6. If a frog eats enough fireflies, its stomach will glow.
7. If Bill Gates drops a $100 billion, it literally is not worth his time to stop walking and pick it up.
8. All Pokémon professors are named after trees.
9. People read as much as 10% slower from a screen than from paper.
10. This is what a water bottle looks like before being expanded.
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
13. A group of cats is called a "clowder" and a group of kittens is called a "kindle."
14. It generally takes longer to tell a lie than to tell the truth.
15. Studies show taller men earn more money than shorter men. (FUCK YES IM ALMOST 6' 3")
16. In ancient times, criminals would be sewn inside of a rotting animal and then tied to a tree to be eaten by vultures.
17. In Japan, you can buy strawberry flavored Cheetos.
18.According to a 2010 study from Cato, legalizing marijuana would generate $8.7 billion in federal and state tax revenue annually.
19. Staring at breasts daily can extend a man's life by 5 years.
20.The brain naturally craves 4 things: Food, Sex, Water and Sleep.
11/08/13
1. Eminem would spend hours every night studying the dictionary, so he could expand his vocabulary for his rhymes.
2. This year, the dates 4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10 and 12/12 are all on Thursdays.
3. Marijuana was initially made illegal in 1937 by a man who testified the drug made white women want to be with black men.
4. “Dysania” is the state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
5. There is a small village named “Pussy” in France -- The people who live in the village are referred to as “Pussies.”
6. After Tupac was cremated, his ashes were mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of his hip-hip group, Outlawz.
7. While inspecting fragments of Shakespeare's pipes, researchers found traces of cannabis, cocaine and myristic acid.
8. Due to their extreme atmospheric conditions, it actually rains diamonds on Neptune and Uranus.
9. The shortest and hardest tongue twister is: "Toy Boat" (Try saying it five times fast)
10. This year, a gas cloud is going to come too close to a Black Hole in the center of our galaxy and we'll see it get ripped apart.
11. If you'd like to download a Youtube video, just add "ss" to the URL between www. and Youtube
12. Chocolate, sex and laughter are all key to a healthy brain.
13. Russia didn't consider beer an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
14. All that extra air in potato chip bags we complain about really serves a purpose -- It's Nitrogen and prevents the chips from breaking.
15. A woman trying to commit suicide from the Eiffel Tower, landed on a car and later married the owner of the car.
16. In Utah, it's illegal to detonate nuclear weapons, but it's okay to own them.
17. According to Congress, pizza sauce is now considered a vegetable in America.
18. Barack Obama was the first president to brew beer in the White House.
19. Jingle Bells was the first song to be played in space.
20. A parthenophobic is someone who fears virgins.
21.Lips are 100 times more sensitive than the tips of the fingers -- Not even your genitals are as sensitive as your lips.
12/08/13
1. Dolphins can recognize their old friends even after 20 years of being separated.
2. There is a one-million dollar award for anyone that can demonstrate that they have a paranormal or supernatural ability.
3. Researchers at Washington University say this is what our faces might look like in 100,000 years
Spoiler: show
5. Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift away from each other.
Spoiler: show
7. 30 minutes of exercise and movement can make you 10% smarter.
8. Too much stress and high blood pressure can lead to a condition called "hematidrosis" in which a person sweats blood.
9. Marijuana can aid in slowing down the growth of cancer cells.
10. There is a "Hug Me" Coca-Cola machine in Singapore which gives you a can of coke each time you hug it.
11. The average male will ejaculate 7,200 times during his life.
12. Blonde waitresses tend to get bigger tips than brunettes.
13. The Netherlands are closing eight prisons across their country because of lack of crime.
14. "Heavens Above Fireworks" is a company that turns your ashes into a firework after you die
15. There was a real team of Jewish assassins called “The Avengers" who tracked down and executed Nazi war criminals after WWII.
16. MI6 once hacked an Al-Qaeda website and replaced instructions on how to make a bomb with a cupcake recipe.
17. 42 of the 43 U.S. Presidents are distantly related.
18. Penguin poop can be seen from space -- Since they live in areas covered by snow, the dark color is extremely visible in satellite images.
19. The retail price for an iPad would be about $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
20. Bill Murray was arrested in 1970 for trying to smuggle 10 pounds of marijuana during his 20th birthday.
13/08/13
1. A picture in 365 slices - Each is one day of the year.
Spoiler: show
3. More than 11,000 people are injured every year trying out new sexual positions.
4. Buses don't need seat belts because, when inside of one, you're riding higher than most cars. It's one of the safest ways to travel.
5. The average woman smiles 62 times a day. The average man smiles only 8 times.
6. Artwork by Italian artist Emanuele Dascanio - All he used was pencils of different shades.
Spoiler: show
8. Today is National Left-Hander’s Day!
9. There's a lane in Norfolk, UK called Sluts Hole Lane.
10. Slang for "prostitute" in Victorian times was "blowsy" and slang for "ejaculation" was "blow" leading to the current phrase "blow job."
11. The average amount of time a woman can keep a secret is 47 hours and 15 minutes.
12. In China, you can hire a person to stand in line for you at $3 an hour.
13. The man who took the most memorable photo of the Loch Ness Monster confessed to it being a fake on his deathbed.
Spoiler: show
15. If you search "Who's the cutest" using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky," it will say "YOU ARE"
16. Before the creators decided to go with a purple dinosaur, Barney was originally intended to be a teddy bear who came to life.
17. Purchasing plane tickets while your browser is in Incognito mode will lower the prices.
18. Enabling airplane mode on your phone will help it charge faster.
19.
Spoiler: show
14/08/13
1. A thin layer of water formed over the ice in this pic, causing a mirror like reflection
Spoiler: show
Spoiler: show
4. Mr. T's gold chains were taken from the people he beat up as a bouncer -- He wore them openly so they could come back to get them.
5. A third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word "Facebook.
6. We have more detailed maps of the surface of Mars than we do of Earth's oceans.
7. There are over 200 dead frozen bodies on Mount Everest. Many of which you must pass to get to the summit and some are used as markers.
8. A mountain has been constructed on top of this 26-Story residential building in Beijing
Spoiler: show
10. Moderate alcohol drinkers gain less weight over time than people who don't drink at all.
11. 32.3 quadrillion shots have now been fired overall in Call of Duty games
12. A guy named Ziona Chana lives in India, has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
13. You can stop mosquito bites from itching by running them under hot water.
14. A study suggests the higher your IQ, the more you dream.
15. High heels were originally made for men.
16. Paris Syndrome
Spoiler: show
18. Masturbation clears nasal congestion.
19.Hornsleth Deep Storage
Spoiler: show
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