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#19516 - Tue May 09 2000 08:38 PM Random fun facts
human Offline
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Registered: Thu May 04 2000
Posts: 283
Loc: Winnipeg,Canada
I don't know if these are all "facts",a friend e-mailed them to me;sorry if you've seen them before.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.(I know some people like that!)
Starfish do not have brains.(I know a lot of people like that.)
If you yelled for 8 years,7 months,and 6 days,you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
If you farted continuosly for 6 yrs. and 9 mos.,enough gas is produced to equal the explosive power of an atomic bomb.(Now that's more like it!)
A pig's orgasm lasts for up to 30 minutes.(In my next life,I want to be a pig)
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.(I still want to be a pig-quality over quantity.)
Humans and Dolphins are the only 2 known species that have sex for pleasure.(Is that why they're always smiling?)
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body-the female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.(Make your own joke here.)
Butterflies taste with their feet.(That's why butterflies always have the cleanest floors-or the best tasting."MMMM,your floor is delicious!")
And finally,the worker ant can lift 50 times its own weight,can pull 30 times its own weight,and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.(I'm guessing the hardest part of that study was brewing those ant-sized bottles of hooch!)
Hope you laughed!
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#19517 - Wed May 10 2000 12:13 AM Re: Random fun facts
fjohn Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999
Posts: 2742
Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West
I would like to see a photo of the research teams that tested, compiled and confirmed the data you just quoted. I would bet that 86% were working with government grant money.
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#19518 - Wed May 10 2000 09:51 AM Re: Random fun facts
splatt123 Offline
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Registered: Fri Mar 17 2000
Posts: 1641
The fart fact (can I say that?) is rather interesting.

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