Interesting Facts :D

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Interesting Facts

• Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

• In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

• Ants never sleep.

• No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".

• A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds.

• Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

• Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!

• Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

• Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

• The Tasmanian Devil does exist, and it has the jaw strength of a crocodile.

• No part of Australia is more than 1000 km from the ocean and a beach.

• The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox. You can ferry out there and send a postcard, stamped with the only Great Barrier Reef stamp.

• We have over 6000 species of flies, 1500 species of spiders, about 4000 species of ants, and there are about 350 species of termites in Australia.

• The combined mass of all termites in the world is more than ten times the mass of all people.

• In 1954 Bob Hawke made it into the Guinness Record Book: he sculled 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawke went on to become the Prime Minister of Australia.

• The State of Florida is bigger than the country of England.

Lazars:

• It is impossible to kiss your elbow.

• Reindeer like to eat bananas.

• 78% of people who read the 1st fact tried to do it.

• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

• The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

• The average person laughs 15 times a day.

• The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

• If you laugh at least 15 times straight, you have made your life longer for 2 days.

• Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

-Serenity-

• The Original Name for the Butterfly Was 'flutterby'!

• Thomas Edison, Light bulb Inventor, Was Afraid of the Dark!

• Bruce Lee Was so Fast That They Actually Had to SLOW a Film down so You Could See His Moves.

• All Polar Bears Are Left Handed.

• A Jellyfish Is 95 Percent Water!

• Chewing Gum While Peeling Onions Will Keep You from Crying.

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Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

Naaaah, I prefer chicken more.

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Lazar wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

Naaaah, I prefer chicken more.

hahaha when I read that fact I felt sick o.o yes, I would prefer chicken too!

[hannahbananaa 0]

Cool facts, I think the hunting license was funny!!!

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Paige<3 wrote:

Lazar wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

Naaaah, I prefer chicken more.

hahaha when I read that fact I felt sick o.o yes, I would prefer chicken too!

Or pork on a stick.

I think we swallow spiders that are really small, probably when we are asleep.
And you should add another fact as the first one:

• It is impossible to kiss your elbow.

And as the last one:

• 78% of people who read the 1st fact tried to do it.

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hannahbananaa wrote:

Cool facts, I think the hunting license was funny!!!

yeh, me too

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Lazar wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

Lazar wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

Naaaah, I prefer chicken more.

hahaha when I read that fact I felt sick o.o yes, I would prefer chicken too!

Or pork on a stick.

I think we swallow spiders that are really small, probably when we are asleep.
And you should add another fact as the first one:

• It is impossible to kiss your elbow.

And as the last one:

• 78% of people who read the 1st fact tried to do it.

hehe okay, thanks

[Spooky 0]

i have read this "78% of those who read bla bla bla" several times what really made me curious is that Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

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Spooky wrote:

i have read this "78% of those who read bla bla bla" several times what really made me curious is that Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

so was I i actually had no idea...correct me if its wrong, it is possible that they might be. I wonder, if sharks are really immune to all known diseases, cant scientists find the immunity in the shark and transfer it to humans?

[Spooky 0]

well im sure they cannot transfer immunity just like that. But im sure that they will be studies on how their immune system works im gonna search for it

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Paige<3 wrote:

Spooky wrote:

i have read this "78% of those who read bla bla bla" several times what really made me curious is that Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

so was I i actually had no idea...correct me if its wrong, it is possible that they might be. I wonder, if sharks are really immune to all known diseases, cant scientists find the immunity in the shark and transfer it to humans?

Spooky wrote:

well im sure they cannot transfer immunity just like that. But im sure that they will be studies on how their immune system works im gonna search for it

Sharks are blessed with a very simple immune system, which allows them to fight infection and disease far better than humans. The immune system of sharks is being researched and studies to determine why it is that sharks appear to be immune to most diseases. It is not true that they are immune to all, but they do have an amazing immune that fights it off in a manner that surpasses the human ability to ward off infection and disease. The major difference between the immune system of a shark and a human is that sharks have two accessory immunological structures that humans do not possess. They are the epigonal organ and the Leydig's organ. The epigonal organ is located beneath the kidneys, and the Leydig's organ in within the esophagus. These organs are only found in sharks, making these sea creatures even more unique. Studies have concluded that the epigonal organ is where T-cells are differentiated, playing a huge role in the immune system of the shark.

found this searching on google

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Spooky wrote:

well im sure they cannot transfer immunity just like that. But im sure that they will be studies on how their immune system works im gonna search for it

I meant if its like in their blood, that it might be possible one day to mix that blood with human blood?

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Spooky wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

Spooky wrote:

i have read this "78% of those who read bla bla bla" several times what really made me curious is that Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

so was I i actually had no idea...correct me if its wrong, it is possible that they might be. I wonder, if sharks are really immune to all known diseases, cant scientists find the immunity in the shark and transfer it to humans?

Spooky wrote:

well im sure they cannot transfer immunity just like that. But im sure that they will be studies on how their immune system works im gonna search for it

Sharks are blessed with a very simple immune system, which allows them to fight infection and disease far better than humans. The immune system of sharks is being researched and studies to determine why it is that sharks appear to be immune to most diseases. It is not true that they are immune to all, but they do have an amazing immune that fights it off in a manner that surpasses the human ability to ward off infection and disease. The major difference between the immune system of a shark and a human is that sharks have two accessory immunological structures that humans do not possess. They are the epigonal organ and the Leydig's organ. The epigonal organ is located beneath the kidneys, and the Leydig's organ in within the esophagus. These organs are only found in sharks, making these sea creatures even more unique. Studies have concluded that the epigonal organ is where T-cells are differentiated, playing a huge role in the immune system of the shark.

found this searching on google

wow! thanks for the info thats really interesting!

[Spooky 0]

i know i love biology info hugs

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Spooky wrote:

i know i love biology info hugs

hehe

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The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

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Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

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Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

hehe if I live to be 100 one day I would have swallowed near 300 spiders

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Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

hehe if I live to be 100 one day I would have swallowed near 300 spiders

maybe spiderman was real...

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

hehe if I live to be 100 one day I would have swallowed near 300 spiders

maybe spiderman was real...

[Guest Guest]

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

hehe if I live to be 100 one day I would have swallowed near 300 spiders

maybe spiderman was real...

omg i just read the MOST DISGUSTING FACT EVER...dunno if i should post it here....*gonna be sick*

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

ShadowGirl715 wrote:

The average person swallows three spiders a year

what does this mean?? hope not what i think it does... lool

It means on average a person swallows 3 spiders a year - apparently we usually swallow spiders whilst sleeping

ewwwww what??? no way!!!

yes way but good news is that they are usually tiny spiders

i coulda spent my life without knowing this lollllllll *shudders*

hehe if I live to be 100 one day I would have swallowed near 300 spiders

maybe spiderman was real...

omg i just read the MOST DISGUSTING FACT EVER...dunno if i should post it here....*gonna be sick*

[Guest Guest]

''''''''''In the mood for fast food? An average person will consume 12 ______ hairs in their fast food annually. Gross!''''''''''
dunno if i can safely write the ________ word here but u cd guess...or google it or something
this is worse than spiders!!!!!! trust me! :/

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í Hope it is not true!!!!!

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Paige<3 wrote:

Interesting Facts

• Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.

• In 1954 Bob Hawke made it into the Guinness Record Book: he sculled 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawke went on to become the Prime Minister of Australia.

That first one is kind of...ewww. I hope that after living here for 14 years, any pesticides that were in this body might have exited stage right. That just creeps me out for some reason. Maybe because I'm married to a Chemist.

But, that second one made me laugh out loud.

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ShadowGirl715 wrote:

''''''''''In the mood for fast food? An average person will consume 12 ______ hairs in their fast food annually. Gross!''''''''''
dunno if i can safely write the ________ word here but u cd guess...or google it or something
this is worse than spiders!!!!!! trust me! :/

gross!!!

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Tiddly Winks wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

Interesting Facts

• Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of majority of Americans.

• In 1954 Bob Hawke made it into the Guinness Record Book: he sculled 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob Hawke went on to become the Prime Minister of Australia.

That first one is kind of...ewww. I hope that after living here for 14 years, any pesticides that were in this body might have exited stage right. That just creeps me out for some reason. Maybe because I'm married to a Chemist.

But, that second one made me laugh out loud.

haha, I feel the same way! seriously I'm not American but I think it may also apply to everyone else :S and if it was, well eww.

yeh haha I actually had never heard of him

[Lucky Strike 0]

I know most of them

[Guest Guest]

here are more:

Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
The average person laughs 15 times a day.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
If you laugh at least 15 times straight, you have made your life longer for 2 days.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

[Paige<3 0]

Lucky Strike wrote:

I know most of them

hehe I knew only one of them O.o

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Lazar wrote:

here are more:

Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
The average person laughs 15 times a day.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
If you laugh at least 15 times straight, you have made your life longer for 2 days.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

haha they are awesome Lazar !!!

[Guest Guest]

Paige<3 wrote:

Lazar wrote:

here are more:

Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
The average person laughs 15 times a day.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
If you laugh at least 15 times straight, you have made your life longer for 2 days.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

haha they are awesome Lazar !!!

*starts laughing*!

I cannot wait to see how world will change at 2100! *does more laughing*

[jennifer11 0]

Here's an interesting fact about Australia:
They have the top three most venomous land snakes, the most venomous sea creature and the most dangerous spider in the world there!

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Lazar wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

Lazar wrote:

here are more:

Reindeer like to eat bananas.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
The average person laughs 15 times a day.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
If you laugh at least 15 times straight, you have made your life longer for 2 days.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.

haha they are awesome Lazar !!!

*starts laughing*!

I cannot wait to see how world will change at 2100! *does more laughing*

wait....will we make it that far?

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jennifer.arnold wrote:

Here's an interesting fact about Australia:
They have the top three most venomous land snakes, the most venomous sea creature and the most dangerous spider in the world there!

YES! I knew this one hehe
Inland Taipan
Eastern Brown Snake
Coastal Taipan
Mainland Tiger Snake
Peninsula or Black Tiger Snake
they are the 5 most deadliest snakes in the world (correct me if im wrong) and they all are in Australia!! My mother has been bitten by a Tiger snake same with one of my old dogs. I have held a brown snake, tiger snake and black tiger snake

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Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

OMG!!!!
That is so yucky and sick!!!
how could this happen!!!

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-Serenity- wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

OMG!!!!
That is so yucky and sick!!!
how could this happen!!!

I agree hehe it mostly happens whilst we are sleeping

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Paige<3 wrote:

-Serenity- wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

OMG!!!!
That is so yucky and sick!!!
how could this happen!!!

I agree hehe it mostly happens whilst we are sleeping

brr...
I think I should more careful

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-Serenity- wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

-Serenity- wrote:

Paige<3 wrote:

• The average person swallows three spiders a year.

OMG!!!!
That is so yucky and sick!!!
how could this happen!!!

I agree hehe it mostly happens whilst we are sleeping

brr...
I think I should more careful

hehe yeh it is really sickening in a way, hopefully they make their way out O.o

[-Serenity- 0]

Can I add some?

- The Original Name for the Butterfly Was 'flutterby'!
- Thomas Edison, Light bulb Inventor, Was Afraid of the Dark!
- Bruce Lee Was so Fast That They Actually Had to SLOW a Film down so You Could See His Moves.
- All Polar Bears Are Left Handed.
- A Jellyfish Is 95 Percent Water!
- Chewing Gum While Peeling Onions Will Keep You from Crying.

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-Serenity- wrote:

Can I add some?

- The Original Name for the Butterfly Was 'flutterby'!
- Thomas Edison, Light bulb Inventor, Was Afraid of the Dark!
- Bruce Lee Was so Fast That They Actually Had to SLOW a Film down so You Could See His Moves.
- All Polar Bears Are Left Handed.
- A Jellyfish Is 95 Percent Water!
- Chewing Gum While Peeling Onions Will Keep You from Crying.

wow they are really interesting!! added them to the list thanks!