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About 1-2% of the population have bicuspid aortic valves, although the condition is nearly twice as common in males.

About 1 in 18 people has additional nipples growing on the "milk lines" that run from the upper extremities (armpits) to the lower ones.

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the art of tattooing can be traced back to the earliest recorded records of every continent except for antarctica.

It is illegal to carry a pair of wire cutters in your back pocket in Texas.(an old unenforced law from the range wars)

I make the best chocolate chip cookies.

25% of the population are sun sneezers. Sometimes called the photic sneeze reflex and has been recognized in medical journals for over 40 years. Scientists and doctors don't know the actual cause just that up to 25% of the population sometimes sneeze when looking directly into the sun or a very bright light.

William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, was the last American president to have facial hair.

The skeleton of most snakes consists solely of the skull, hyoid, vertebral column, and ribs, though henophidian snakes retain vestiges of the pelvis and rear limbs.

Maine is the only one of the 48 contiguous US states that borders only one other state (New Hampshire).

focusedfire wrote:25% of the population are sun sneezers. Sometimes called the photic sneeze reflex and has been recognized in medical journals for over 40 years. Scientists and doctors don't know the actual cause just that up to 25% of the population sometimes sneeze when looking directly into the sun or a very bright light.

Oh cool! This means I'm not a freak after all! WoooT!

people who are left-handed are more "susceptible" or prone to mental illness, such as schizophrenia, and dementia.

also, left-handed people are more likely to develop a stutter in their speech if forced to switch hands.

Wal-Mart is Arizona's largest private employer with 17,343 employees in 2008.

The Green Bay Packers are the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.

Waaagh_Gonads is the King useless factiods. Waaagh, I salute you.

Waaagh_Gonads is in the middle of 10 weeks holidays and is bored.

You could always hope for an economic crash so that all your working friends get laid off and have time to play. Maybe you could do something to expedite this. Its good to have goals.

Next factoid, The witches hanging tree in Danvers, Mass.(salem witch trials) died last year.

Contrary to common belief, no sword (other than VERY ceremonial swords, which could be much heavier, but never used) weighed more than four or five pounds, even at the longest of lengths. And, Katanas actually weigh more than european swords of equivalent length; Katanas are forged with a larger backside, which while it can be used for blocking etc., will also cause the blade to be much heavier than a european one which would be thin and constant all the way through.

Don't believe me?
http://www.thehaca.com/

this article specifically:
http://www.thearma.org/essays/2HGS.html
and this one:
http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm

Hey, thats clemmons group. I spar with some of the ARMA guys on occasion. Good guys, clemmons people skill need a little work(IMHO). But they are doing good work in trying to ressurect european martial arts.
Also, check out the A.E.M.M.A.

Which inspires this: In a 150 year time frame 10,000 French nobles died in simultaneous wounds from the new dueling technique Stesso tempo(single tempo, where your parry is your riposte) which had supplanted Dui tenzo(dual tempo, attack,then parry, then riposte, then parry). It was this that prompted Elizebeth I to order the first right of way rules for fencing when these styles started to catch on in England.

There is a small religious movment on the South Pacific island of Tanna which considers the Duke of Edinburgh to be a god.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip_Movement

The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy had in total, six million feet of film (over 1,100 miles) filmed which was edited down to the 11 hours and 23 minutes (683 minutes) of Extended DVD running time.

The human brain is made up of fat tissue.

The phantom comic book is the longest running in the world

The phantom from the same comic title was the first to wear spandex

The black plague was caused by fleas and not the rat

A special concoction was made to stop catching the black plague it is called the four theives potion it is made from vinegar as fleas hate vinegar

Williamsport ,Pennsylvania, the largest Williamsport in the USA is the home of Little League Baseball.

The pug is the largest of the toy dog group, weighing an average of up to 18 pounds.

The Maldives is made up of a chain of 1190 small coral islands that are grouped into 26 atolls.

The philippines is an archipeligo

No person can solve a rubik's cube with less than 18 moves