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re: Random Fun-Fact Thread: I want to learn something.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:35 am to TheSandman
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:35 am to TheSandman
There are more Siberian tigers in zoos than in the wild
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Posted on 3/22/13 at 7:05 am to auzach91
The dot above an i is called a tittle
the plastic thing at the end of a shoelace is called an aglet
shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
the plastic thing at the end of a shoelace is called an aglet
shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
Posted on 3/22/13 at 7:54 am to TheSandman
Lemon-lime Gatorade in a can is better than in a bottle.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:00 am to TheSandman
The average candy bar contains up to 6 insect legs, and it's permitted by the FDA.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:12 am to robby1220
Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:22 am to TheSandman
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Polar bears are left handed.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:29 am to tidalmouse
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Polar bears are left handed
They're also not white. They're about the color of our fingernails. The reason they appear white is because they reflect the snow.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:32 am to Roger Klarvin
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5% of all American women never wear underwear
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:34 am to TheSandman
The post that a bannister is connected to (usually at the bottom of a flight of stairs) is called a "newel."
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:35 am to CNB
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You consume around 8 spiders per year in your sleep.
Actually false. Rumor started in the 90's by a columnist to show how easy rumors become facts.
All spiders are poisonous.
Daddy long legs are not spiders.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:38 am to robby1220
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The average candy bar contains up to 6 insect legs, and it's permitted by the FDA
Chocolate contains more insect parts than any other food too.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:47 am to Rig
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Auburn is the first team to finish 7 in the SEC West in football and 14th in the SEC in basketball.
Will y'all go for the cycle and try it at baseball as well.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 8:49 am to NIH
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deltaland ... that you???
Posted on 3/22/13 at 9:53 am to McRebel42
when you make an internet connection and you make a request to know information about another server it's called a "syn" meaning "hey are you there?" the server responds with an "ack" meaning "yes i am" then you send the info you want and it responds. all in a matter of milliseconds.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 11:16 am to 478rebel
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Lemon-lime Gatorade in a can is better than in a bottle.
You could have literally just said "Gatorade comes in a can" and I would have been appalled.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 12:12 pm to CNB
Killer Whales are actually Dolphins
Posted on 3/22/13 at 12:23 pm to KajunGator
Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 1:45 pm to TheSandman
The term "posh", used to describe the wealthier class actually comes from the days when it was commonplace to take day trips by ship. The wealthiest passengers tickets were always stamped "Port Outward, Starboard Home", that way the sun was never in their eyes.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:19 pm to TheSandman
The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.
The rotation of the Earth will eventually slow down to match the moon.
The rotation of the Earth will eventually slow down to match the moon.
Posted on 3/22/13 at 2:27 pm to TheSandman
Diet pops mixed with liquor will get you drunker faster than non-diet pops...
Note: Used pops in place of sodas for our Yankee coningencey
Note: Used pops in place of sodas for our Yankee coningencey
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