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iFish
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Well, many of my topics have been deleted, whether it's becasue the name was too long, or too many bold lettering or exclamation marks, so ive decided to make a new topic that will hopfully not be deleted. and its a game.

just post some interesting facts, then the next person rates it out of 5.

Example:
iFish:fish can fly! (thats not true, obviously)
Nqkoi1(hope you dont mind that i used your name): Not adequate enough! 2/5 for the ineresting part.

so i'll go first, and i'll post a couple, jsut cuz i started this thing

-crockroachs have teeth in their stomach
-a crockroach was taken to space and given birth there, it has greater speed and strength than a normal crockroach and scientists still don't know why (i hope it doesnt reproduce)

now the next person rates these REAL facts, and they find their own REAL facts that are interesting, and the next person rates it etc.

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HahiHa
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People that are homozygous for a specific mutation in the CCR5 (Cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5) are widely resistent against AIDS

Not the most spectacular fact in here maybe, but I think still pretty interesting.

Pedro97
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There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people.

In Alabama, it's illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

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A hippo can fit a four foot child in its mouth, and hippos sweat red.

Peter Pan and 101 Dalmatian are the only two animated Disney movies with both parents that are present and alive throughout the whole movie.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

LufffiStudios
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.


do they also ban spongebob because of squidward? :O but ducks aren't supposed to wear pants anyway....
phsycomonkey
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The cell phone was originated from a concept in Star Trek

Napoleon was scared of cats and once found cowering from a kitten in a tent.

The number one stolen book in America is the Bible

Gasoline never freezes, at -180 degrees Fahrenheit it just turns gooey

Einfach
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Gasoline never freezes, at -180 degrees Fahrenheit it just turns gooey


It must have some point at which it becomes a solid, even at a very low temperature.
phsycomonkey
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It must have some point at which it becomes a solid, even at a very low temperature.


Perhaps it does, but apparently not the coldest we can make or be around, an experiment was done

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Your left lung is smaller than your right to make room for the heart
Pedro97
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The martini was first made in 1862.

Ninety percent of movies released in the United States are porn films.

In some parts of Thailand, the organs of dogs are used to make drum tops.

foxyman6978
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An olive is a fruit.

The center of your brain is used when in love.

Slot machones ( or any other computer) are not randon, though it seems that when playing the same #'s/cards/whatever will never come up in a pattern they usually wll have chaind the will be hunderdes of thousands of sets, but it is never random.

60,000 skin cells can fit on the dot left by a pen.

New Jersey is the most densly populated state in the U.S.

Pedro97
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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States.

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.

MusicMan102
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Rhode Island is more densely populated than Alaska.

(sorry if this was already mentioned but I didn't particularly feel like going through all the pages to check)

Pedro97
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Heineken beer's foam is supposed to last five minutes.

The average person spends about five years of their life eating.

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1. Menger sponge is a fractal curve with infinite surface area and encloses no volume.

2. Collectively, India and China account for 31% of the world's telephone subscribers (almost 1.5 billion subscribers!).

3. A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes, than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

4. Each King in a deck of cards represents a King from history: Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts-Charlemagne and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

5. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

6. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

7. Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!

jkmadman1
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Adolf Hitler's mom wanted an abortion while pregnant with him. Her doctor then persuaded her out of it.

That was probably the same doctor that killed MJ

SubZero131
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45% of Americans dont know the sun is a star.
Got it from 10,500+ facts iPhone app.

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