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Completely Useless Facts - 12-27-03

The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.
  
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12-27-03

mhmm, bet ya didn't know that.
  
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The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue.









bet ya didn't know that either.
  
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12-27-03

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From Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me -- In the U.S., "shag" is far less offensive than in other English-speaking countries. Singapore briefly forced a title change to "The Spy Who Shioked Me." ("Shioked" means "treated nicely.")
  
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12-27-03

Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US President whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal". William Jefferson Clinton is the 2nd.
  
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Grand Rapids, Michigan is the "SpaghettiOs Capital of the World" because per-capita consumption is highest in that city, per the Franco-American Company. Reportedly, there are more than 1,750 "O's" in a 15-ounce can of SpaghettiOs.

uh huh uh huh ... bet ya'll didn't know that either
  
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The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue.









bet ya didn't know that either.
My periwinkie is blue too.


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12-27-03

really?
  
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12-27-03

well.... The English-language alphabet originally had only 24 letters. One missing letter was J, which was the last letter to be added to the alphabet. The other latecomer to the alphabet was U. ... to you too! hah
  
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12-27-03

The fastest recorded penis ejaculation was just performed in your general area.


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really now. I didn't know you lived so close by
  
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12-28-03

Let's see.........


*rummages around* Here we go.......

► The first collection of Christmas carols was published in 1521.

► 28% of Americans admit to regifting lousy presents.

► If you were to buy all the of gifts in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" song, you'd spend approximately $14,558.

► 54% of Americans wait until after New Year's to take down their Christmas lights.

► 500 household fires are caused by Christmas trees each year.

► 70% of mall Santas have a criminal background.

► Visa cards are swiped 5,340 times per minute in the US between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

► Photos with shopping-mall Santas generate about about 2.25 billion.



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-The armadillo, the state animal of Texas, is known to spread leprosy to humans.

-The only surviving handwriting samples by William Shakespeare are six signatures and the words "by me".

-By the year 2002, 56 year old Cher had graced 22 People magazine covers.

-Four out of five members of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are women.

-Shoeless Joe Jackson's warped hickory bat fetched a record $525,100 on E-bay in 2001.

-India's version of Disney's Aladdin featured the Genie as a cricket commentator instead of a game show host.

-The first two words spoken by the Kool-Aid Man were "Oh Yeah".

-The character Jack Ryan has been played in films by Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, and Harrison Ford.

-Taco Bell was founded by ex-Marine Glen Bell.

-The soft drink 7-Up included the natural flavors of lemon, lime and horseradish when it debuted in 1929.


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- i just wasted too much fucking time on this thread.



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The fastest recorded penis ejaculation was just performed in your general area.

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really now. I didn't know you lived so close by

Heh, that was cute.
  
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At one time, Pumpkins were recommended for the removal of freckles and curing snake bites.


27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.


66% of home based businesses are owned by women.


96% of candles that are purchased are by women.


American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.


Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.


An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime.


Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic.


In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full revolutions.


The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes. Dror Orpaz and Carmit Tsubara recorded it on April 5, 1999 at a kissing contest held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
  
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The only creatures that would survive nuclear warfare would be cockroaches and Cher


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► 70% of mall Santas have a criminal background.
Pedophiles?
  
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An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime.
what does that make me then? ....... guess i am not an avg. driver.

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Thats scary, then the world would belong to them!

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yeah, i think i heard this one on TV someplace or something.
  
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The smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed (1957-1997) of India, who measured 1 feet, 10½ inches.


The tallest woman that ever lived was Zeng Jinlian who was 8 feet 2 inches tall of China. Shed died at the age of 17.


The world's longest highway is the Trans-Canada Highway, which stretches over 7,699 kilometres.


There are dolphins that live in the Amazon River that are the colour pink.


The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.


In New York City there are 6,374.6 miles of streets.


There is a city called Smackover located in Arkansas. '


A rose imprint that was fossilized in a slate was discovered in Florisant, Colorado, which is said to be thirty-five million years old.
  
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