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2007-04-27 12:58:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Trivia

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Every time you learn something new...a "wrinkle" is formed in your brain.

2007-04-27 17:09:07 · answer #1 · answered by dragonette_fyre 2 · 0 0

To land on a ceiling, a fly will back flip instead of barrel roll.

Einstein and his famous theories of Relativity and the well known equation E=mc^2 allowed for the nuclear age of the 20th century. But, what did he win the Nobel Prize in Physics for? The photo-electric effect. Thanks to him, we have things like solar panels.

The horse on the logo on the Ford Mustang automobile appears to be running from right to left instead of left to right because the designers wanted it to symbolize being untamed and free. Tamed, controlled horses racing on a track finish the race from left to right.

First aircraft fatality was in a plane piloted by Orville Wright when trying to convince the US War Dept to purchase their airplanes. Not a very good sales pitch when a potential client dies while testing the product.

Alexander Graham Bell did NOT invent the telephone. He was just the first person to get to the US Patent Office--he beat a competitor by two hours.

2007-04-28 00:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1 0

A butterfly's taste sensors are in their feet.

Also I bet you'll at least one answer that's an urban myth being passed off as an interesting fact. Snopes.com is an easy way to double check whether something is a myth or fact.

2007-04-27 20:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

yes, it's weird, but i know that harry potter 5, in the hardcover has 870 pgs. and the 4th has 734. that;s off the top of my head. i also know a bunch of other HP facts that i do not feel like sharing cuz there is way to much

2007-04-27 20:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by S M 3 · 0 0

More people vote for Charlie Manson than vote for the Green Party in presidential elections
The Police song "Every Breath you Take" was written about somebody who was stalking Sting
Sting's real name is Gordon
In Cincinnati, Anal sex is illegal
A man once sued Winnebego because he put the car in Auto Drive and went to make a sandwich(The car crashed, and he WON)
A man once sued and won because he was trying to steal his neighbors hubcap and got his hand run over.
I know more, just gimme a minute.

2007-04-27 20:27:12 · answer #5 · answered by superkrogerbaggerman 4 · 2 1

Around 5 times in a life the average human being will wake up in the middle of the night screaming and will not remember it. It's true. (believe me it's happened to me once or twice already)

The average human being swallows around 10 spiders in their sleep every year.

There was someone who tried to sue a company for getting hurt by his lawnmower when he was mowing his hedges with it. Apparently he lost because it informed not to mow hedges with it in the name.

In Massachusetts it is illegal for the girl to be on top.

In Alabama it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.

The average person sheds 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.

Massachusett's state muffin is corn.

There is someone with the middle name Muffy. *gasp*

2007-04-28 17:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by mikezcim 5 · 0 1

Andrew Jackson is the most buried President in history. He has been buried 7 times.

If you are living East of the Mississippi you cannot be buried in any state West of the Mississippi.

2007-04-27 20:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by garfieldkat 3 · 0 0

The platypus and the echidna are mammals BUT they lay eggs. They are the only two monotremes in the world.

2007-04-27 20:54:45 · answer #8 · answered by chrisviolet4011 4 · 2 0

it is impossible to fold a piece of paper (in halves) more than 7 times just using your hands and a paper

2007-04-27 20:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

In Alabama it is not permissible to flick snot into the wind.
It is also illegal to wear a false mustache that causes people to laugh in church.

2007-04-27 20:09:18 · answer #10 · answered by Badgerer 6 · 1 0

John Wayne was a rent boy

2007-04-27 20:05:35 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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