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The following can be read forward and backwards: Do geese see God?
Mind. blown.
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The two things which never stop growing on a human are ears and nose.
what about hair? I hear you ask, yes okay,
so the three things which never stop growing on a human are ears, nose and hair.
what about nails? I suspect I’ll hear you ask.
true, the four things which never stop growing on a human being are ears, nose, hair and nails. That’s it as far as I’m concerned. ?
(What did the romans ever do for us?)
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You can get done for being drunk in charged with a powered wheelchair
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Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas masks
There was a cotton shortage during World War I so Kimberly-Clark developed a thin, flat cotton substitute for the army to use as a filter in gas masks. The war ended before the material was perfected so the company redeveloped it to be smoother and softer, and called it Kleenex facial tissue instead.
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@leeCal ooft you learn something new everyday! I'll have to remember all these random facts for the pub quizOnline Community Co-ordinator
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leeCal said:The two things which never stop growing on a human are ears and nose.
what about hair? I hear you ask, yes okay,
so the three things which never stop growing on a human are ears, nose and hair.
what about nails? I suspect I’ll hear you ask.
true, the four things which never stop growing on a human being are ears, nose, hair and nails. That’s it as far as I’m concerned. ?
(What did the romans ever do for us?)
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Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful
Thats 470,000 calories which is over 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop the krill into its mouth, but whose counting!
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leeCal said:
Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful
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Those greedy greedy blue whales! Although yeah like @Tori_Scope, I feel like I do that sometimes
I've absolutely loved reading all these facts, there's some gems here.
The budgie with the largest vocabulary could speak 1,728 words.
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You lose 100 hairs in a day
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The man with the world’s deepest voice can make sounds humans can’t hear
The man, Tim Storms, can’t hear the note, which is eight octaves below the lowest G - but elephants can!
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News today - Death Valley hits 54.4C - in what could be highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
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What is the coldest place on Earth?
It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 92 degrees Celsius) on a clear winter night.
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Certainly wouldn't want to go there on my holidays!
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I am glad this thread had a bump, I enjoyed reading all of the facts.
A few more I can think of, but may have gotten muddled in my mind, so check them before you use them in your essays...
- The watch company Rolex is majority-owned by a charitable trust. When the founder died he left a small percentage of his company to his family but the majority was put into a charitable trust. This means when you buy a Rolex (or Tudor) watch you are actually doing some good. However the company still sell watches as a private firm and not a charity which means unfortunately you cannot get tax relief to buy a Rolex!!!
- A bit dark this one, and it's said tongue in cheek - I'm not saying it is a good thing - it is just a fact that was on QI: Genghis Khan is possibly the single person to have done the most to slow down climate change out of any person who has ever existed. He is responsible for millions of deaths, but he did so several centuries ago, so those people have not reproduced through the generations and it means today the population is over a hundred million lower than it would have been if those people lived. People like certain WW2 leaders have not yet had the same long term impact as their actions were only committed a couple of generations ago.
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Adrian_Scope said:Yuck. What's wrong with broccoli as it is!?
Interesting fact, apparently WWE Legend The Undertaker is scared of Cucumbers!
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That second one is strange but interesting @66Mustang
Thanks for sharing both of them.
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I read this online a while ago and haven't fact-checked, but apparently there are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way
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