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Roger721
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Hey everybody. Everybody loves random facts, right? So I've created this topic to discuss about them.

They must be interesting and real (no need to cite sources, but they must be real) and (according to the AG rules) they must have 7 or more words.

Let me begin.

In England a woman named Ceejay Epton (age 22) decided to change her name after her son was born. The reason: she wanted to help the baby to learn the alphabet faster. Then she changed her name to

"Ceejay A Apple B Boat C Cat D Dog E Elephant F Flower G Goat H House I Igloo J Jellyfish K Kite L Lion M Monkey N Nurse O Octopus P Penguin Q Queen R Robot S Sun T Tree U Umbrella V Violin W Whale X X-Ray Y Yo-yo Z Zebra Terryn Feuji-Sharemi"

She got the idea from a friend that wanted to be named "Pink" and decided to change her name too.

The good news is that on England, the name changing process is easy and costs £10

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acmed
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Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. That's weird. Considering everybody has teeth. If someone was afraid of teeth, they'd probably rip out all of theirs. *shudders*.

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Speaking of fears, the Far Side mentions a fear called Luposlipaphobia, which is the fear of being chased by wolves around a kitchen table with your socks on and the floor waxed.

Roger721
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Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables or food. This is so crazy that a dude was takin a shower on his girlfriend's house and panicked when saw the picture of a peach on a shampoo...

Dregus2
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LOL Patrickeh. Random fact: Hippopotomonstrosisquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long words. ^_^

Patrick2011
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Random fact: Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day.


Koalas sleep about 22 hours per day, and that's a record.
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The -neh ending is supposed to replace the -ny ending, not the -ere ending. Therefore, Cenny would translate to Cenneh, but not Cenere.


Oh patrick...

About 48% of the money spent on military worldwide is spent by America (i worded that terribly).
Dregus2
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Random fact, the last 7 atoms on the periodic table of elements have the same prefix.

Roger721
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Hey let's stay on-topic. We dont want Cenny or other mod to lock this, right?
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The SwissMiniGun is the smallest revolver in the world: It weighs 19.8g and measures 5.5cm. It's bullets are 2.34mm caliber and reach the impressive speed of 450km/h. A replica costed 30000 pounds (with diamonds). The irony is, that, even that small, having one of these requires a firearm license, as it is classified as a firearm.

master565
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The SwissMiniGun is the smallest revolver in the world


This Is the largest handgun in the world.

http://cdn5.thefirearmsblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/revolver_1_2405-tm.jpg
Roger721
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The movie "I Know Who Killed Me" is the biggest Box office bomb ever!
It's budget was 12 million USD but it only grossed out 9 million USD.

Other movies on this list are "Ballistic: Eck vs Sever" and "Baby Geniuses 2"

AngelOfDemon
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smelling bananas can help you lose weight

KXIsystem
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One small amazon tribe (or something like that, scraping from my memory) during a marriage its a tradition to eat the bride's mother.

No lie.

dudeguy45
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Toronto has about as much street crime as Disney World.

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My brother and I had a random fact trading session the other day, and I apologize in advance if some have already been said.

-cat pee is more acidic than any other animal's

-cat pee also glows under a black light

-hippos have bullet proof skin

-mongolian death worms have electrified spit

-every time a moray eel uses it's electricity, it very nearly kills itself

-polar bears have black skin, and clear fur

-polar bears are left handed

-fruit bats have a higher percentage of gay intercourse than humans

-and finally, gay people are predominantly more left-handed than straight people.

AngelOfDemon
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every human begins in the womb as a female then begins to grow reproductive male parts

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