Some more strange facts you might not know!

Strange Facts

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will actually start to digest itself.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver!

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before going into space because passing wind will actually damage the suits. (Haha)

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go crazy and start stinging itself to death. (Who's going to try this one.)

Men can actually read smaller print that woman can. BUT, woman can hear better.

Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

Bulletproof vest's, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by woman.

Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.

One in every four Americans has appeared on television.

Some facts on the human body

Your brain is most active when you sleep.

Your brain is actually capable of storing every single thing you hear, read, and see. The only trouble is recalling it.

Your brain will stop growing in size when you reach 15 years old.

The nail on your middle finger grows the fastest. Your thumb nail grows the slowest.

Blind people who have been blind from birth do not dream of sights, but of sounds.

We die more quickly from lack of sleep than food.

Some scientists say, the higher your I.Q., the more you dream.

The three things pregnant woman dream of most in there first trimester is frogs, worms, and potted plants.

Babies are always born with blue eyes.

Your nose can remember 50,000 scents.

The colder the room you sleep in, the better chance you'll have a bad dream.








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[edit on 26-7-2010 by Jess_Undefined]

I love these random facts, thanks for posting them.

The only one I knew was, Honey wont go bad.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will actually start to digest itself.

I wonder if there are conditions where this takes place and if doctors have a way of stopping this if it happens?

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go crazy and start stinging itself to death.

This one is pretty crazy, I wonder why it reacts like that?

Bulletproof vest's, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by woman.

Male ego for each,

I don't need a bulletproof vest, I can dodge anything.

Fire escapes are for wimps, just run through it or put it out.

Honey I can see just fine through a rain soaked window in a down pour, I wont pull over.

Ah I don't have one for laser pointer, maybe just point with the finger and guess what I'm pointing at, after 3 guesses just throw something at what I'm pointing at.

The three things pregnant woman dream of most in there first trimester is frogs, worms, and potted plants.

This one is interesting.

They're all good facts, good ones to have in your arsenal for conversation when someone starts busting out the random facts.





[edit on 27-7-2010 by InvisibleObserver]

Originally posted by Jess_Undefined
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver!

Orange - sporange a very rare alternative form of sporangium (a botanical term for a part of a fern or similar plant).

Silver - chilver, which is something to do with female lambs.

Purple - Hurple, to hobble along with one leg dragging, half way between a walk and a crawl. Also Curple, Leather strap passing under the tail to stop the saddle slipping foward or the rump or hind quarters of a horse.

(hehehe)

reply to post by Now_Then


You did it! No way! lol I really didn't know you could rhyme those you proved us all wrong my dear! Thank you for the reply.

Originally posted by Jess_Undefined

Strange Facts

The colder the room you sleep in, the better chance you'll have a bad dream.
[edit on 26-7-2010 by Jess_Undefined]

Well this explains a lot! I love it to be cold when I sleep but I have crazy end of the world dreams all the time lol

Originally posted by mblahnikluver

Originally posted by Jess_Undefined

Strange Facts

The colder the room you sleep in, the better chance you'll have a bad dream.
[edit on 26-7-2010 by Jess_Undefined]

Well this explains a lot! I love it to be cold when I sleep but I have crazy end of the world dreams all the time lol

Aaaaah, so Nostradamus didn't have windows in his 16th Century bedroom.. Case Closed!

Here's some more!

-You burn 26 calories per minute kissing

-Fidel Castro ordered that the board game Monopoly be destroyed in Cuba

-The electric chair was invented by a dentist

-The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle

-Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants

-The word Himalayas means the "home of snow."

I love the last one ^^

On average, 3 strange/interesting/wierd/etc fact threads show up on BTS every year...

Actually I just made that up, but they are pretty common lol