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Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:11

Share fun funny facts covering all of subjects...

- A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

- A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

- The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.

- Rain contains vitamin B12.

- Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.





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Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:17

- The filming of the movie 'Titanic' cost more than the Titanic itself!

- A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years!

- Cold water weighs more than hot water.

- If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.

- A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.

Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:21

- Acorns were used as a coffee substitute during the American Civil War.

- An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.

- Apple seeds are poisonous!

- Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning.

- Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac.

- Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.

Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:25

- Food can only be tasted if it is mixed with saliva.

- January 19 is National Popcorn Day.

- Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

- Lima beans contain cyanide!

- Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots!

- Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

- Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.

Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:33

- Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

- The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!

- With two forks and a charge, a pickle will emit light.

- Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

- Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.

- The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!

- The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.

- Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.

Ordo Ab Chao
Ordo Ab Chao

Mar-5-2011 03:37

- A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!

- A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

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Summer Daze
Summer Daze
Freedom Fighter

Oct-5-2011 13:02

Every cell in he human body replaces itself (at least once) in 7 years. So the body you are in now is completely different to the one you had 7 years ago.

Fire Princess
Fire Princess
Well-Connected

Oct-10-2011 12:23

Yes, the universe is still expanding. I am trying not to let that happen to my waistline.

Shawn Savage
Shawn Savage
Well-Connected

Oct-10-2011 17:46

A human being can live with only half of their cerebrum.

Peter O'Neil
Peter O'Neil
Old Shoe

Nov-9-2011 20:22

A dog which has been neutered can still impregnate a bitch 3 weeks after its neutering.

Not only is the universe still expanding, it is doing so at an ever increasing rate.

Peter O'Neil
Peter O'Neil
Old Shoe

Nov-17-2011 10:36

The archangel St. Gabriel is the patron saint of telecommunications.

The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.

The most collect calls are made on Father's Day.

Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit.

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