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Greetings Dakkanauts!

Random web searching has revealed these little factoids..

1:A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes, than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

2:The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

3:The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

4: Statistically you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

5: 7 in 10 Americans have some kind of fear of the dark.

6: Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.

7: If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

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

9: If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

10: It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is 'shake' and the 46th word from the last word is 'spear'.

Fun fact, you can put anything in a list of internet facts and someone will believe it.

your right! God forbid common sense gets in the way of a bit of a giggle.....


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Also, can you prove any of these otherwise?

11. Giraffes are actually mutant horses exposed to a type of radiation known as 'the Africa downs'.

12. England has more 12 year old girls than any other country on Earth.

13. Contrary to popular belief, the large white spots on Orcas are actually their eyes.

14. 3 in 10 American men admitted to having an irrational fear of their own nipples in an anonymous survey.

15. Lighter fluid is concentrated meth. That's why meth lab fires are so common.

16. When you die, your hair keeps growing for the next 12 years. This is because hair particles contain 120% more stem cells than the average body part, allowing for regenerative growth.

17: FLies have been known to lay maggots in a human stomach to eat the digesting food.
18: Coke cans kill more people then car accidents.

97% of all statistics are made up.

hotsauceman1 wrote:17: FLies have been known to lay maggots in a human stomach to eat the digesting food.

Please tell me this is a made-up fact, or I'll start sleeping with some gasmaks gear or something...

Kovnik Obama wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:17: FLies have been known to lay maggots in a human stomach to eat the digesting food.

Please tell me this is a made-up fact, or I'll start sleeping with some gasmaks gear or something...

Flies laying eggs inside your stomach?
Yeah fairly sure we can call bs on that one...

purplefood wrote:

Kovnik Obama wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:17: FLies have been known to lay maggots in a human stomach to eat the digesting food.

Please tell me this is a made-up fact, or I'll start sleeping with some gasmaks gear or something...

Flies laying eggs inside your stomach?
Yeah fairly sure we can call bs on that one...

Then where did the term "Butterflies in your stomach" come from?

hotsauceman1 wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Kovnik Obama wrote:

hotsauceman1 wrote:17: FLies have been known to lay maggots in a human stomach to eat the digesting food.

Please tell me this is a made-up fact, or I'll start sleeping with some gasmaks gear or something...

Flies laying eggs inside your stomach?
Yeah fairly sure we can call bs on that one...

Then where did the term "Butterflies in your stomach" come from?

THE FRENCH!


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20. Calling your kid Jesus lets him walk on water

21. The cookie monster was originally made to scare kids off crack cocaine

22. MILF stands for Mother In Loving Families

23. Cats and Dogs are commonly portrayed as enemies to make them the mainstream animals and sell more.

24. It is genetically proven that a bear could have reproduced with a pterodactyl

Blitza da warboy wrote:.

24. It is genetically proven that a bear could have reproduced with a pterodactyl

Bears can reproduce with whatever the hell they want to and can hold down long enough. That's why they're called Omnivores.

25: Cellular phones will not give you cancer. Only hepatitus.

26: If you have sex, you will get pregnant, and you will die.

27: This is the summer of spam in the OT.

Kids are out of school, it's hot outside, spamming abounds.

28: The Dark Knight is a white guy and has not been knighted by the queen.

29: The Emperor is Alpharius.

Snrub wrote:97% of all statistics are made up.

35% OF THAT STATEMENT IS A LIE.

Frazzled wrote:

Snrub wrote:97% of all statistics are made up.

35% OF THAT STATEMENT IS A LIE.

Nope, it's true, my friend who has a brother that works part time in McDonalds with the son of one of the security guys in the stat labs told me so!

Fun fact, the next statement is a lie.

The above statement is true.

Frazzled wrote:

Snrub wrote:97% of all statistics are made up.

35% OF THAT STATEMENT IS A LIE.

According to recent research conducted by Science (Copyright) that means that 11.5 characters in that statement are false...
I propose an alternate statement.

97% f ll sttstcs are md p

Purplefood is not actually purple, more a deep red...

I am both offended and shocked...
You will be going on the list...

In Soviet Russia, facts state YOU!

purplefood wrote:I am both offended and shocked...
You will be going on the list...

I am on the list, just like 97% of people.

liquidjoshi wrote:

purplefood wrote:I am both offended and shocked...
You will be going on the list...

I am on the list, just like 97% of people.

More like 99% but yes...
Yes you are...