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An American man named Joel Dobrin (32) was trying to hide his drugs inside a sock. But things went downhill when his dog pulled the &quotackage" and it flied out of the window, landing right in front of two police officers :P

A chinese acupuncturist named Wei Shengchu beat the world record of most needles on his own head: 2009 needles.

The most expensive coffee in the world is the Kopi Luwak. It is made with coffee grains eaten, diggested and, uh... defecated by a wild cat. In the UK, a cup may cost up to 50.000 pounds!

If a nickel fall off a 160M tall building (minimal height to the coin to reach the terminal speed, this being 94.3 km/h for the coin) will NOT kill a person. But if a garlic fall off a 350M building or an apple fall of a 420m building or a billiards ball fall off a 400M, all will kill a person if hit one.

random facts:

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

43.7% of all statistics are made up right on the spot

There is a law on the books of Detroit, Michigan that states that "Alligators may not be tied to fire hydrants."

There are only four words in the common English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

It is against the law to purchase or consume Jack Daniels Whiskey in the city where it is produced (Lynchburg, TN).

To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly.

If you touch your tongue while you yawn you stop yawning

Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary for human life.

California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.

Wearing headphones in your ears for just an hour will increase the amount of bacteria in your ear x700

The toothpaste brand Colgate has difficulty marketing in Spanish-speaking countries because colgate translates to the command, "go hang yourself"

A snail can sleep for 3 years

Every time you sneeze you lose brain cells

If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Only 1 person out of 2 billion will live to 116+

If you yell for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat up 1 cup of coffee.

If you fart for 6 years and 9 months, you would have produced enough gas to equal an atomic bomb.

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour

You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV

On average, right handed people live up to 9 years longer than lefties do.

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

Mosquitoes don't actually carry malaria, but the microbe that causes it lives on mosquitoes.

Piquancy is produced by certain substances that activate heat receptors, which is why we also qualify piquant food as 'hot' even if it's actualy cold.
Since the pain is caused by substances and not heat, water doesn't help so much; much better against piquancy is milk.

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

Dalmatians are born without spots.

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

Wow really? I never heard about the horse thing

If you walk and talk with someone, eventually you will synchronize your steps with each other.

To scare away sharks, people who got bitten by skarks punch their noses their noses to scare them away.

The giraffe has the same amount of neck bones as a human.

Some people flush marijuana seeds down the toilet I guess to avoid getting caught by cops.

Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

A chinese man once tried to commit suicide by sitting on a cucumber... he lived.

A family from Ohio (US) moved out to another house and left the garage over-the-top with thrash! The reason was that people must pay for getting rid of thrash on that state.

A holandese company made a research and learned that cars with colours like pink, yellow, red or purple have less possibility of being stolen. Thiefs prefer to steal cars that are black, silver or blue.

[quote]Some people flush marijuana seeds down the toilet I guess to avoid getting caught by cops.

I know, that in Russian city Ekaterinburg placed monument for a Telly show "Schastlyvy Vmeste" (Happy together).

if a snake is born with 2 heads they will fight each other for food!