Tag: trivia
member name: Jason S.
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June 19, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
The praying mantis is (nearly) the only insect that can turn its head!
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June 17, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
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June 17, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
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June 18, 2008 09:05 PM EDT --
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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July 02, 2008 09:23 PM EDT --
Cat urine glows under a black-light!
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June 19, 2008 08:54 AM EDT --
On This Day:
1967, during an interview with Life Magazine Paul McCartney admitted that he had taken the drug LSD.
1976, future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey had a letter published in this weeks . . .
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June 18, 2008 02:39 PM EDT --
The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump!
That is the reason why Horton hears a Who is so far fetched!!! hahaha
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July 08, 2008 03:04 PM EDT --
The longest bout of hiccups lasted 69 years!
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June 17, 2008 08:28 AM EDT --
A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
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June 17, 2008 04:14 PM EDT --
The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
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June 19, 2008 06:37 AM EDT --
America once issued a 5-cent bill!
I guess you could buy coffee and a donut with it or something back then.
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June 19, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
I wonder what happens if there is a wall in the way? SPLAT!! hehe
By the way, this batgirl probably has a bad back.
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June 19, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
I'm talking about humans, but I think it applies to every mammal.
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June 19, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!
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June 23, 2008 06:34 PM EDT --
In one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year.
Better use this stuff all over your body... heh
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July 02, 2008 09:30 PM EDT --
A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
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July 02, 2008 09:39 PM EDT --
"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
good to know in scrabble!
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July 09, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream. The brain only makes up about 2% of our body mass, yet consumes more oxygen than any other organ in the body, making it extremely susceptible . . .
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July 16, 2008 03:31 PM EDT --
A law in Fairbanks, Alaska, does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.
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July 18, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
The word 'banan' is Arabic for finger.
A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns . . .
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