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Post by Ella on Sept 23, 2005 20:20:28 GMT 10
Here are some Interesting facts if you have any more please add them. Im not sure if they're all true
If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. Crocodiles swallow stones to help them dive deeper. Goats, sheep and horses all have rectangular pupils. Snails can sleep for up to three years.
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Post by Lil on Sept 23, 2005 20:44:26 GMT 10
george foreman names his kids george 1,2,3,4,5 in 1947 women in china were having an average of 7 kids. lesbian came from an place called lesbos (not sure why) -The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'! -A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body. -The hippopotamus gives birth under water and nurses its young in the river as well, though the young hippos do come up periodically for air. -A flute made of bone is the oldest playable musical instrument in the world. It’s a flute carved from a bird’s wing bone more than 9,000 years ago. The flute was discovered with other flutes at an ancient burial site in China.
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Post by Ella on Sept 23, 2005 22:20:42 GMT 10
very interesting computer nerd lil
There is only one lake in Scotland. The lake of Mentieth. It was changed to lake from Loch after the Earl of Mentieth betrayed William Wallace to the English there in 1305. A standard No. 2 pencil can draw a line 35 miles long before running out of lead.(i dont know what a standard no. 2 pencil is but interesting all the same) A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die! The Earth becomes 100 tons heavier every day, due to organic reproduction and space debris falling to Earth.
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Post by Lil on Sept 23, 2005 22:55:24 GMT 10
your finger nails grow 4 times faster than ur toe nails
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Post by Ella on Sept 23, 2005 23:06:37 GMT 10
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill.
Did you know moths are not really attracted to light? Moths fly towards the blackest point which is behind the light.
The average person in the United Kingdom drinks as much tea as 23 Italians
Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
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Post by Lil on Sept 25, 2005 13:08:51 GMT 10
Human birth control pills work on gorillas. just incase you ever get a pet gorilla
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Post by Bronte on Sept 25, 2005 20:22:31 GMT 10
and you don't want it to get knocked up.
You are more likely to die falling out of bed than gettuing struck by lightening. install those bedrails girls!
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Post by Lil on Sept 25, 2005 21:26:33 GMT 10
you ar more likely to die by being hit by a cork from a champange bottle than being bitted by a ponious spider
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Post by Tasia on Oct 14, 2005 16:32:39 GMT 10
most people fear death more than public speaking
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Post by Tasia on Oct 14, 2005 16:57:20 GMT 10
oh sorry other way around oops
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Post by Lil on Oct 14, 2005 17:22:34 GMT 10
yeah i thought that what you meant to say....
most people are more affraid of public than dying... which is sad but probably true.
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Post by Tasia on Oct 14, 2005 17:24:41 GMT 10
I don't fear either, i fear everyone else dying
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Post by Ella on Oct 16, 2005 21:35:02 GMT 10
lol i think i know where you got that fact anna but i wont say. heres one from possibly the same place as anna's: the largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia
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Post by Lil on Oct 17, 2005 15:21:11 GMT 10
69! omg. i know personally a woman who has had 27 children 30 years.
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Post by Ella on Oct 17, 2005 15:27:58 GMT 10
wow!! she's been busy
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