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sporex
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Just post random facts about stuff. No spamming though.
At least make a conversation between posts. Make a list, have fun.


(Don't make up facts, make sure they're real)



1. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
2. A goldfish has a memory span for about 3 seconds.
3. Penguins can jump 6 feet into the air.

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sporex
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If spammed, I will ask a mod to lock this.

Ernie15
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25% of all road accidents in Sweden involve a moose.

It's illegal to swim on dry land in Santa Ana, CA.

Elephants fart more than any other animal.*

Dracula was a real person.

The Earth is closest to the sun on January 3rd.

The song Girls Just Wanna Have Fun was written by a man.

Blue Harvest was the code name for Star Wars episode 4 while they were filming it. Now you get the Family Guy reference.

This is a repeat thread.

*Michael Moore does not count.

sporex
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Oh, I didn't know it was a repeat thread. FAIL.


1. A whale's penis is called a dork.
2. Bubblegum has rubber in it.
3. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
4. A giraffe has 21 inch tongue.
5. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
6. A cow farts 200 more times than an average human.

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2. A goldfish has a memory span for about 3 seconds.


This fact is incorrect. Studies at the University of Plymouth in 2003 have shown that goldfish have a memory span of at least 3 months and can differentiate between sounds, shapes and colours. The goldfish were trained to pull a lever to get food. After a while the lever would only work an hour a day and the fish learnt when they would and would not get food.

In the original Roald Dahl novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Ommpa-Loompas were Black.
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The Earth is closest to the sun on January 3rd.


I'm not sure this is entirely true, I have seen other dates for this. Even January 4th.

Elephants fart more than any other animal.


I thought a termite farted more,



Anyways, the newer thread with the same idea is here.
Ernie15
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Blue Oyster Cult chose their name not because of Satan, but because it was an anagram of Cully Stout Beer.

sporex
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This fact is incorrect.


I didn't know it was INCORRECT. I fail again.

1. Mosquitoes have teeth.
2. Most lipstick have fish scales.
3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
Ernie15
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Female mosquitoes are deaf.

Mosquitoes can get athlete's foot.

Roy Kroc was the founder of McDonald's.

In India, they use pigs to sniff out illegal drugs at airports.

Perslos
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Mosquitoes can get athlete's foot.


Where did you see that? I googled it, and I didn't see anything about it.

Also, can you maybe just find enough facts and make one post instead of making one every 4 minutes?
Ernie15
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Also, can you maybe just find enough facts and make one post instead of making one every 4 minutes?


They keep coming to mind, and I keep forgetting the others, so know, I cannot.
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@ernie: write it down somewhere, than post when you have a bunch.
you can use pen and paper if there is really no other option

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1. Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.
2. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
3. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
4. A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

I got nothing to say. :P

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3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.


Sorry but I love these threads:

Hurple is to limp along dragging a leg behind the other "half way between a walk and a crawl"

Curple is the leather strap passing under a horses tail.

A two-toed sloth has 6 to 8 toes.
Ernie15
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Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.


The boy is called Robert.

Mama Cass from the Mamas & the Papas did not choke on a ham sandwich. She died of a heart attack.

Gerald Ford's real name was Leslie Lynch Jr.

Walter Murphy, the guy who does the music for Family Guy, was the same guy who made a #1 hit of "A Fifth of Beethoven" in the 1970's.

Osama Bin Laden and Chuck Norris share the same birthday (March 10).

Big Macs are most expensive in Switzerland.

1 in 3 Icelanders claim to have seen an elf.

Zachary Quinto, the actor who played Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie, cannot make the Vulcan symbol with his fingers. They had to tape his fingers together just so he could do it.

A cat has a short-term memory span of 16 hours. A dog has one of 5 minutes.

Nobody knows who invented eyeglasses.
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platypuses only have 1 hole for excretion and reproduction =)

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