What are some bizzare facts people know?

Question

Just wondering because I remember hearing that leeches have like 32 brains and wondered what facts other people knew? ^^

Answer 1

More Monopoly money is printed yearly than real money throughout the world.

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier errors worldwide.

A dentist invented the Electric Chair.

The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of."

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.

"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.

Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.

"Fickleheaded" and "fiddledeedee" are the longest words consisting only of letters in the first half of the alphabet.

"Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

"Second string," meaning "replacement or backup," comes from the middle ages. An archer always carried a second string in case the one on his bow broke.

"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil."

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria

each segment on a tapeworm as everything need to reproduce by itself.

Answer 2

there are 3 insect legs in every chocolate bar.

you lose 40-100 hairs a day.

infants cannot blush.

happy birthday was the first song to be performed in outer space, sung by the apollo IX astronauts on march 8, 1969.

the lunula is the half-moon shaped pale area at the bottom of finger nails.

stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.

1 in 5,000 north atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

11% of the world is left-handed.

a 10-gallon hat actually only holds about 3/4 gallon.

a hippopotamus can run faster than a man can.

a hummingbird weighs less than a penny.

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Answer 3

Are you ready to be mystified by my vast knowledge of trivia?
Your forearm: from the wrist to the bend in your elbow is how long your foot is.
If you put your index finger straight out, and put your thumb up next to your index finger to the first knuckle: that's how long your nose is, from the tip to the bridge.
Your arms outstretched is how tall you are.
The only parts of your body that continue to grow with age, are your ears and your nose.(so the finger thing only lasts for so long, I guess)
Contrary to what some believe: your hair and nails DO NOT continue to grow after death. In death your skin shrinks from dehydration giving the appearance of growth.
This ones a trip. You have to use a dining room chair, or one that's not too heavy. Put it where you have a bit of room, stand behind it, and take 2 or 3 steps back from the chair. Bend at the waist and pick it up. Only a woman will be able to pick it up....a man can't. The best part is watching them get frustrated at not being able to pick it up!!!! Just a little fun, for next time you want to mess with some guys ego.
That's about it for me. If I think of anything else, I'll update.
Great question, and some really interesting answers.
Take care
After seeing the answer above I remembered this: no word in the English language rhymes with orange.

Answer 4

Coca Cola was oringinally green

1st couple to be shown in bed togethe were the flintstones

Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better

Every day, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U S Treasury

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:Alaska

The cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of 11:$6,400

Answer 5

Did you know...
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.

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Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.

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Girls have more tastebud than boys.

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In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.

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May babies are on average 200 grams heavier than babies born in other months.

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Nearly half of all Americans suffer from symptoms of burnout

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People that smoke have 10 times as many wrinkles as a person that does not smoke.

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Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion.

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Scientists say that babies that are breastfed are more likely to be slimmer as adults than those that are not breastfed.

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The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation.

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The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat.

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What is billed as the world's largest weather vane sits on the shores of White Lake in Montague, Michigan. It's 48 feet tall with a 26-foot wind arrow and adorned with a 14-foot replica of a 19th-century Great Lakes schooner.

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The longest Monopoly game in a bathtub was 99 hours long.

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93% of all greeting cards are purchased by women.

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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis invented a special diaper for babies that has a pocket.

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Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.

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In 1981, the ultimate collectible item was a Rubik's Cube which had a pictures of Prince Charles and Princess Diana on it.

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It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.

Just a few.....

Answer 6

Dorothy has a last name (from the Wizard of Oz) it's Gale.

Bert and Ernie of Sesame Street fame got their names from 2 characters in "It's a Wonderful Life" Bert the Cop and Ernie the Taxi Driver.

Answer 7

I read sometime that the remedy for tooth ache in some part of the world was this:

Are you sitting down?

They took a splinter of a wood piece that was hit by lightening and kept it near the paining tooth for like three days and then hammered it back into the tree. If the tree would be hit by lightening again, the pain would go.

Also, the standard measures were nto so standard. for instance in Britian an inch was as long as a perticular king's nose. And if the king changed, the measure of an inch would change too.

Hippos take care of their babies for eight years... i find that very intriguing.

Answer 8

Deer sleep only 5 minutes a day. During the average human life, you will consume 70 assorted bugs as well as 10 spiders as you sleep. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

Answer 9

This person hiccupped for, like, 60 years straight. Also, you might know this, but giant squids has the biggest eyeballs out af all animals. Dinosaurs had brains the size of walnuts.

Also, does dunce rhyme with month?

Answer 10

Whatever answers you get, be sure to check them out before you share them. The 'Net is full of "facts" that people love to put out there for the gullible.

www.snopes.com is an awesome resource.

Here's a fun one most don't know: Daffy Duck (of Looney tunes fame has a middle name: Dumas); not bizarre, but still fun.