Hurricane Shutter Info

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

13% of Americans actually believe that some parts of the moon are made of cheese.

The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don’t have eyes.

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave. Go on, try it then

Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs in it.

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

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

“Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year

It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

In France, a five year old child can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar

During the chariot scene in “Ben Hur,” a small red car can be seen in the distance.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

14% of all facts and statistics are made up and 27% of people know that fact.

Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Eskimos have over 15 words for the English word of ‘Snow’

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament buildings is an American flag.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.

US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th, which occurs one to three times a year.

In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye & tongue print along with their finger print.

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins

Camel’s have three eyelids.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong p
Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

All polar bears are left-handed.

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

All polar bears are left-handed.

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

All polar bears are left-handed.

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Starfish have no brains.

11% of the world is left-handed.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.

The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it.

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was Aron.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.”

There are a million ants for every person on Earth.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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I actually read all of them before adding them here.. the website has a total of 600 facets.. i just got a couple hundred (i think)

anyway, if you want to read more, go to

www.djtech.net/humor/shorty_useless_facts.htm

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I have no idea how many I knew.
About 30-40

haha, i’ not a CIA agent.

Sorry if the facts are untrue.
I have no idea if these facts are true, I just found them on the internet.

Thanks for the quick replies.

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I have no idea how many I knew.
About 30-40

haha, i’ not a CIA agent.

Sorry if the facts are untrue.
I have no idea if these facts are true, I just found them on the internet.

Thanks for the quick replies.

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