Day: November 4, 2013

  • Strange Facts

    -Swallows can’t actually swallow.

    -The African elephant moth can devour small birds.

    -When Skeeball was first invented the lanes were 36 feet long.  Not many people could roll the ball that far so they shortened the lanes to 14 feet.

    -On Halloween in 1988, George H. W. Bush dressed up as George H. W. Bush.  He wore a Bush mask

    -Paris Hilton is related to philosopher Emmanuel Kant on her mother’s side.

    -Humans have more teeth than sharks

    -If carrots are too soft you can put them in the freezer to make them firm but then it could be like eating an orange bone

    -The TV network allowed the creator and writers of Breaking Bad to use the word “fuck” once per season so they tried to make them super effective.  It fucking worked.

    -Cat saliva is 88% cleaner than tap water.  The average glass of tap water contains 1,000,000,000 more bacteria than cat saliva.

    -Dogs dislike the taste of their butts but they have to lick them because they cannot use toilet paper because they have no thumbs.

    -Children laugh about 300 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 to 100 times a day.

    -People who stay up later are likely to be more intelligent, but are also more likely to have vivid nightmares.

    -The cardboard roll holding your toilet paper is called a “Durr Durr”

    -The enzymes of an orca’s stomach are so weak that a human could pass through unharmed if swallowed whole.

    -If you think about sex it can help you hold in your pee for longer.

    -On average, Bill Gates makes about $290 per second.

    -Small pockets of electricity can get trapped in extension leads.  If the lead is plugged into itself and stored, these pockets of electricity will circulate indefinitely and will wear out the lining of a cord potentially leading to a fire.

    -Neapolitans ice cream was created by an immigrant from Yemen wanting to produce a tasty dessert that resembled the flag of Yemen but when the king of Naples tasted the ice cream he found it so delicious that he named it after Naples instead.

    -Budweiser beer can also be used as a hair conditioner.

    -In Cambodia you can buy "Happy Pizza" which is a pizza topped with marijuana.

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