curious facts

[bababooey]

How many unusual facts can we come up with?


Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM FREEZING!

[cowherder]

Average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches

[hookset]

The main library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year due to the weight of books.

[captnemo]

Due to pollution and overfishing, population of American, Asian and Europeans eels have declined up to 99%.

[basshunter]

A man says an average of 4850 words in 24 hours

[ledhead36]

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

[nitestrikes]

On average 100 people choke to death on ballpint pens every year.

[fishinmission78]

A man says an average of 4850 words in 24 hours

Yeah, but what about a woman! I bet at least double or triple that!

[albiealert]

Only one person in two billion will live up to the age of 116.

[dogfish]

The dot over the "i" is called a tittle.

[cracklepopper]

Reno, Nevada is West of Los Angeles , California.

[plugaholic]

The first toilet shown on TV was in "Leave it to Beaver"

[strikezone31]

98 tons of ore historic buried plant material is used to make on US gallon of gasoline.

[stripercrazy]

Ketchup was originally sold as medicine.

[plugaholic]

A man says an average of 4850 words in 24 hours

And how many words do women average, 24,000? :

Coca-cola originally contained an extract of coca, similar to cocaine. "Things go better with coke!"

[cowherder]

Didn't realize the one I posted was taken. I deleted it.

So here is another one:

Strong negative emotions can lead to damage of the immune system.

[cowherder]

And this:

Almost 85% of the universe is a form of dark matter.

[HerringRollins]

Neutrons have a life of 14 minutes outside the nucleus of an atom.

[cracklepopper]

There's harsh economics behind bag recycling. It costs $4,000 to process and recycle 1 ton of plastic bags, which can then be sold on the commodities market for $32.

[dogfish]

when i shave my arse in the summer, it always grows back. :