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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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iko
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Did you know there is a series of books titled "Book of Useless Information" and their mascot is a squirrel?

darkrai097
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Platypus has no official plural form.

Jetcord
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The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

Wrong, its every month, eww :P
Pedro97
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Twenty percent of all publications sold in Japan are comic books.

According to the experts, December 23 is the most dangerous day of the year to drive.

English has 26 letters in its alphabet. Tamil has 248.

Australia is the only continent without an active volcano.

Iguanas have two penises.

goumas13
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All federal police officers must have a college degree.

Oaths are traditionally repeated three times.

HahiHa
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Iguanas have two penises.

All squamata have hemipenisses, with different morphology. Some even have thorns on their doublepenis.

Spiny anteaters even have a four-headed penis.
jroyster22
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You can not sneeze with your eyes fully open.

vontje
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You can not sneeze with your eyes fully open.


Yaa i knew that one, especially since i have sneezed over 20 times today O.o

A penis gets smaller not only when it's cold, but also when he gets excited what has nothing to do with sex. For example: his favourite club makes a goal, poew penis smaller.:P

A drunk man got biten a couple of times when he tried to **** a dog. The man had been drinking a lot before the accident with some friends. He got arrested when some neighbours saw him all bloody on the street and called the police. After he had to tell his story the man tells he saw a brown dog who acted sexy. He confessed that he had done this already for 3 times, but then succesfully. He tolled them drinking turned him on, but that he had no money to go to a prostitute.
vontje
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Oops tolled is ofcourse told:P My finger slipped =)

Sorry for dp, i will add another fact:

50% of the people who grow up on a farm have once had sexual contact with an animal.

Pedro97
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All cheerleaders were male in 1898. Now, about three percent are.

Red and blue are the most popular tie colors in the U.S.

Thirty-four percent of Microsoft employees are Indian.

The average mall Santa weighs 218 pounds and has a 43-inch waist.

bluedevil
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Wow. I just read the entire thread! It was worth it.

Any ways.. heres some facts I found:

1. In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

2. More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.

3.Ice Cream is chinese food!

4.In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

5.In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits

6.The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!

7.Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!

JDR3000
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sorry if anyone posted these before!
banana is a Spanish word.
movies and video games are published in japan first then come to the U.S a few years later.
Godzilla is 57 years old.
insects have the most groups, families and species. Maybe there should be a thing called the insect kingdom!
The earliest known surviving motion picture is actually a movie called Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed on October 14th 1888. (wiki.answers.com)
The oldest book, The Mahabarata, is said to be made between 3000-4000 BC! (wiki.answers.com)

HahiHa
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insects have the most groups, families and species.

Not sure about that. What about bacterias? For almost each insect, there is at least one specific bacteria who interacts with (symbiont, parasite, all this), plus all those who have nothing to do with insects, result in a whole load more species.
JDR3000
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but bacteria aren't animals! ha! owned!

HahiHa
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Not really owned. You omitted to restrict your quote to the animals. Granted, insects probably have the biggest variety of all animals.

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