Author Topic: Did you know... [Curiosities] (Read 97809 times)

Zeppelin · « **Reply #90 on:** March 07, 2012, 09:59:03 PM »

Pink Floyd's "Dar Side of the Moon" spent 741 weeks on the billboard charts, from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album.

Heroine and Morphine were used in the late 1800's to the 1930's as main ingredients in children's medicine.

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #91 on:** March 08, 2012, 04:00:45 AM »

In the 20's and 30's radium was added to makeup, food, water, etc. because it was believed to be more helpful to your body then radon.

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #92 on:** March 08, 2012, 10:11:25 AM »

The first version of the Predator was Jean Claude Van Damme in an orange rubber suit.

fdrjk · « **Reply #93 on:** March 08, 2012, 11:52:09 AM »

The movie "Zyzzyx Road" is the lowest grossing movie of all time, grossing only 30$ from 6 people who paid to see it.

At least 14 cases of dolphins raping humans are reported in the United States each year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphins#Reproduction_and_sexuality

Zeppelin · « **Reply #94 on:** March 08, 2012, 05:42:03 PM »

Dancing, singing, drawing, painting, playing a musical instrument and masturbating can all help to combat depression.

JFK's brain was removed and not buried with his body. It's actually missing from the National Archives.

All breasts have the same number of nerve endings, no matter what their size is. This is also why smaller breasts are more sensitive.

If you type "illuminati" backwards, followed by '.com' in your address bar, you'll end up at the US government's national security page.

VaeVictis · « **Reply #95 on:** March 08, 2012, 09:47:58 PM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on March 08, 2012, 05:42:03 PM

If you type "illuminati" backwards, followed by '.com' in your address bar, you'll end up at the US government's national security page.

thats awesome

|iR|Focalor · « **Reply #96 on:** March 08, 2012, 09:49:23 PM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on March 08, 2012, 05:42:03 PM

... and masturbating can all help to combat depression.

And then oddly enough, there's people like David Carradine who accidentally commit suicide while doing it.

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #97 on:** March 09, 2012, 03:37:49 AM »

Was he on Viagra and killed himself with a shot of jizz.

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #98 on:** March 09, 2012, 03:57:03 AM »

Quote from: Sgt. Dick on March 09, 2012, 03:37:49 AM

Was he on Viagra and killed himself with a shot of jizz.

One of his ex wive's said in a divorce filing: "It was the continuation of abhorrent and deviant sexual behavior which was potentially deadly."

His official cause of death was "Accidental Asphyxiation."

Zeppelin · « **Reply #99 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:37:31 PM »

The oldest person ever, Jeanne Calment (France, 21 February 1875), died at the age of 122 years and 164 days in 4 August 1997.

In Oklahoma, it is illegal to take a bite oute of another person's hamburger.

Out of the 70 people over the age of 110, 64 are female.

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language.

If one twin is homosexual, there is a 30-40% chance that the other twin is also homosexual.

When someone tickles you, laughter is a panic response. This is also why you can't tickle yourself, as your body senses no real danger.

Women are banned from wearing pants in Swaziland, Africa.

Zeppelin · « **Reply #100 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:36:35 PM »

In 2010 Pakistani diplomat Akbar Zeb was rejected in Saudi Arabia because his name can be translated to "Biggest Cock".

72 muscles are used in speaking the word "fuck."

Kary Mullis, who improved upon the PCR technique (the "amplification" of DNA to be able to match DNA samples) believes he would not have gifured it out if he hadn't ever taken LSD.

A couple who won £45million in a lottery bought a modest home for £250000 and instead gave £1.3million to their "bestest" friend.

A guy dressed as Batman is helping out old people in Slovakia and calls police when he sees something suspicious.

The total weight of all ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all humans on earth.

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #101 on:** March 15, 2012, 03:21:04 AM »

The blue whale is the largest animal to have ever lived.

It's heart is as big as a car.

They are born the size of a hippopotamus and grow up to 200lbs per day!

Babies blue whales drink 100 gallons of their mother's milk per day.

Zeppelin · « **Reply #102 on:** March 15, 2012, 06:01:03 PM »

When born, the blue whale calf is about 23 feet (7 m) long and weighs 5000 to 6000 pounds (2700 kg)

and, ironically, they only eat krill, the smallest animals!

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #103 on:** March 21, 2012, 08:58:55 AM »

A perfect pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet only once.

Singing the "Abc" song is a perfect pangram. This makes for a good party gag.

VaeVictis · « **Reply #104 on:** March 21, 2012, 01:25:14 PM »

Quote from: peewee_RotA on March 21, 2012, 08:58:55 AM

A perfect pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet only once.

Singing the "Abc" song is a perfect pangram. This makes for a good party gag.

if nothing else, it always ends "y and z" which re-uses A-N-D, so no

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