Did You Know...?

[Xivii]

Some facts that I have picked up =D

Did you know...

-A duck's quack can't echo. Neither can a Wolf's Howl 'cause of the pitch.


-The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms that are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate. yeah...


-The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.


-Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order. So does arsenious which means "containing arsenic." =D


-Kangaroos cannot walk backwards and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.


-Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds and Dogs only have about ten.


-Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head." xD


-Wendy wasn't a name until "Peter Pan"(The book) =O


-In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. Super Crazy =O


-The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used...[All heil the mules?]


-All porcupines float in water.


-There are coffee-flavored PEZ =D


-If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire Town Hall, you are entitled to receive $0.10 from the town... (Racist)


-Non-dairy creamer is flammable.


-There's no ice in ICEEs!


-Kirby isn't manly but he is cute,puffy, and amazing.


-The matrix has you.

Thats all I can think of atm... If you have any interesting facts feel free to share =D.

 

[Ishiey]

Cool thread.

In Japan, it's rude to leave rice on your plate. In China, it's rude to ask for condiments, because it's interpreted as the food not being good enough.

 

[kr3wman]

In an average NFL football game there is only about 12 minutes of actual play time.

 

[Flawless Fan]

-Kirby isn't manly but he is cute,puffy, and amazing.

Kirby is on my top 10 cutest things list :3

-In France, an ashtray is considered to be a deadly weapon.

 

[ndayday]

All porcupines float in water.

Awesome.

Seriously, that is amazing.

 

[Serris]

In the United States, if you throw a shoe at someone, it's considered "assault with a deadly weapon." If you go after someone with a meat cleaver, it's only "assault."

 

[REL38]

In a standard deck of cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a stache'

Wigley's gum was the first product to recieve a bar code.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

A species of earthworm in Australia can grow up to 10 feet long.

Guitar Hero is milking the franchise for everything it's worth by announcing 5 new games.

 

[OutlawStar]

I believe a duck`s quack does echo if my memory is right(Which it usually isn`t lolz)
They did that on Mythbusters...

All known Calico cats are female...

Thermite burned onto ice explodes...

Ammonium Nitrate and magnesium is loud...

Bananas are a good source of fiber...

Most people don`t get enough fiber...

Tim Curry is a hero...

 

[Flawless Fan]

All known Calico cats are female...

Actually that's not true.

If a male cat is born with two X chromosomes, he can have the calico pattern. He'll just be sterile. The chances of having a male calico is 1 in 3000 iirc

 

[da K.I.D.]

The poster two posts above me got his name from an amazing anime of the same name

 

[Serris]

actually That's Not True.

If A Male Cat Is Born With Two X Chromosomes, He Can Have The Calico Pattern. He'll Just Be Sterile. The Chances Of Having A Male Calico Is 1 In 3000 Iirc

Klinefelter's
Srs Bzns

 

[OutlawStar]

Actually that's not true.

If a male cat is born with two X chromosomes, he can have the calico pattern. He'll just be sterile. The chances of having a male calico is 1 in 3000 iirc

Ah, I thought it is possible,

BUT, There are rare.

 

[REL38]

Children grow more during the spring season.

Due to the effects of gravity, you weigh slightly less if the moon is directly over you.

Sakurai is an expert on peanuts. Why? because peanuts are used in dynamite. That's why Diddy's gun explodes if you hold the B button too long.

 

[OutlawStar]

Oh I see, if you charge a peanut too long, it is transformed into dynamite?
No wonder it hurts if you eat peanuts too fast :O

Diddy`s gun must have all the other ingredients for dynamite too lol.

 

[Xivii]

I believe a duck`s quack does echo if my memory is right(Which it usually isn`t lolz)
They did that on Mythbusters...

Mythbusters lies .

 

[Flawless Fan]

Ah, I thought it is possible,

BUT, There are rare.

I know my cat facts.

Another one:
Domestic cats are the only felines that can walk with their tails up.
I may be wrong on that one, though

 

[Serris]

I know my cat facts.

Another one:
Domestic cats are the only felines that can walk with their tails up.
I may be wrong on that one, though

I sense contradiction...

 

[Flawless Fan]

I sense contradiction...

Hey now.
Even the obsessive, future creepy old cat-lady can be wrong sometimes.
Sometimes

 

[Nihongo-ookami]

In Ohio, it is illegal to sell or buy cornflakes on a Sunday,

In Oklahoma and Ohio, it is illegal to eat a cheeseburger while walking backwards in the street.

 

[Asdioh]

You must construct additional pylons.

 

[Xivii]

I must say things Zen can understand.

huh ?

 

[TP]

huh ?

You require more vespene gas.

 

[Xivii]

I require more sense

huh ?

 

[Frown]

In Italian class, I learned that Occhi = Eyes while Testa = Head. O_o

Edit: Yep, I was right.

 

[:mad:]

If you wanna know things, just check Zook's VMs from a couple weeks back.

 

[Frown]

If you wanna know things, just check Zook's VMs from a couple weeks back.

Oh yeah. Some time in the middle of April.

You will be the smartest person ever if you do so.

 

[Xivii]

W-O-W
why were you guys spamming his profile? =O

-The word "set" has the most definitions in the English language.
-Chewing gum was invented over 9000 years ago.
-Men are struck by lighting 6 times as often as women.
-If you yell for nine years, you produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
-All American presidents have had at least one sibling.

 

[Kinzer]

-Chewing gum was invented over 9000 years ago.

Are you serious?

 

[Xivii]

According to Frown, yes.

 

[Cacti]

In a group of twenty-three people, there is a 50-50 chance of two people having the same birthday.

 

[Xivii]

How so ?

 

[The Dinkoman]

-There's no ice in ICEEs!

No way. You ruined my life

I <3 Blueraspberry ICEEs.

 

[OutlawStar]

Cats can`t blow there nose.

BALD cats usually open their eyes after 2 days,
while most are after about a week.

My cat talked to me once...

she said "Leave me alone"

Cats really do have like 200 sounds they can make

The Virtual Boy almost caused a nuclear war.

 

[The Dinkoman]

The longest word you can type on one row of keys is Typewriter.

People who are born with 6 fingers have to get it cut off.
Usually the 6th finger is more developed that the one before it.

1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

America once issued a 5-cent bill.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

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

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The Sanskrit word for "war" means "desire for more cows."

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

 

[Xivii]

No way. You ruined my life

I <3 Blueraspberry ICEEs.

yeah I Watched it on food network last night. Super crazy.

 

[kingdomofthehearts_snucas]

All of the US presidents have worn glasses. Some of them have not appeared in public wearing them ... but they all needed them.

 

[da K.I.D.]

People who are born with 6 fingers have to get it cut off.
Usually the 6th finger is more developed that the one before it.

i was born with 6 fingers

the one past the pinky wasnt fully developed so it was amputated