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Interesting, and weird facts...

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 45yrs • M •
A CTL of 1 means that wesdawgy is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
Interesting, and weird facts...
1. Pearls melt in vinegar.

2. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The sprayblocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

3. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

4. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

5. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

6. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

7. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

8. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

9. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

10. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

11. The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

12. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

13. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

14. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

15. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets

16. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

17. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

18. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

19. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

20. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

21. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

22. All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't
like being seen wearing them in public.

23. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

24. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

25. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

26. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

27. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

28. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

29. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

.30. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the
engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

31. And...............Turtles canbreathe through their bums. (my personal favorite

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"I'd like to say something profound....."SOMETHING PROFOUND""
 38yrs • F •
A CTL of 1 means that [MiA] is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
CRAY-Z
that is INSANE
love it

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"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care .... right ?"
 45yrs • M •
A CTL of 1 means that wesdawgy is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
#20 is creepy, goddamn doctor death over there...lol.

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"I'd like to say something profound....."SOMETHING PROFOUND""
 38yrs • F •
A CTL of 1 means that [MiA] is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
lol
he was prolly the Satan himself

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"The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care .... right ?"
 38yrs • M •
A CTL of 1 means that Angelfire is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
#20 is the best pro-abortion argument ever

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"Durch Nacht und Blut das Licht"
 39yrs • M •
A CTL of 1 means that Everett is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
Great list!

Here's some more:

32. Butterflies taste with their feet.

33. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

34. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

35. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

36. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

37. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

38. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

39. A snail can sleep for three years.

40. No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

41. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

42. In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

43. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

44. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

45. "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

46. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

47. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

48. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

49. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!

50. Clinophobia is the fear of beds!

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 39yrs • M
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51. The population of chickens in the world is 20 billion.

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"Nothing Happens On The Internet."
 27yrs • M •
Color Troll is new to Captain Cynic and has less than 15 posts. New members have certain restrictions and must fill in CAPTCHAs to use various parts of the site.
I like #23, creator of the Mickey Mouse is scared of mice itself? <- Awesome.

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 36yrs • M
A CTL of 1 means that Theory is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
#40
What about "bumph" meaning the unwanted leaflets that come through your door.
Or triumph

Like this thread even if some of the "facts" are a little far fetched

I don't think there's any evidence to support the abortion of Hitler claim.

Let me add a few of my own

# 51. I drop of male sweat rubbed on the lips of a female can increase her mood.

# 52. A shark can smell one drop of blood in a million drops of water.

# 53. Apart from humans only chimps and elephants recognise there own species scelleton

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"We breathe natures breath until we are tired and layed to rest..."
 40yrs • F
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#54- You can lead a cow upstairs but not down.

#55- Cats urine glows under UV light

#56- The name Wendy was made up for the girl in Peter Pan

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 25yrs • F •
A CTL of 1 means that ravenclaw is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
Theory, you spelled "skeleton" incorrectly. This thing does have a spell checker.
Also, "umph" does not rhyme with "onth".

#57 All urine has a bright UV color. It is a property used by some predators to track their prey.

#58 Cheetahs are not the fastest animal in the world. They are the fastest land animal and the fastest mammal, but the fastest animal in the world is a peregrine falcon.

#59 Vitamins have no positive effects when taken in the form of a pill / tablet. But they can increase the risk of a variety of diseases.

#60 Cats can make over 100 different kinds of sounds, but dogs can only make about 10. No wonder there is a barking cat on youtube!

#61 Picasso is more famous than any other artist in history in his own lifetime, even Michelangelo.

#62 There is a species of hummingbird that is about the size of your thumb.

#63 Muhammed is the most common name in the world.

#64 The infinity sign is called a lemniscate.

#65 The color green can make you more creative.

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 39yrs • F •
A CTL of 1 means that CooJaye is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
"3. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. "

I have been aware of this for many many years now. I usually put the lid down and then flush to avoid so much... ummm fecal matter and other dirty water particles... flying into the air and getting all over things.

On this same note, I want to puke when i see people take food into public restrooms. Ew ew ew ew ew ew....

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 39yrs • F •
A CTL of 1 means that CooJaye is a contributing member of Captain Cynic.
"29. A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why. "

Really? I must investigate.

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