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  1. Lychee

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    I ♥ random facts :slight_smile:

    So this is a thread where you can post any of your favourite random facts - funny ones, sad ones, etc.

    I'll start - Up until 1967, Aborigines weren't counted in Australian official population counts.
     
    #1 Lychee, Mar 22, 2009
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    The same spirit stick that was seen in Bring it on is also used in the fourth sequel of the movie, this being the only thing the two have in common.

    *cue chime*

    ...The more you know!
     
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    The bassoon has a formant around 440Hz giving it its distinct vocal quality.
     
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    Nauru is the fattest country in the world, with about 95% of the population considered over weight!
     
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    Bhutan, one of the poorest countries in the world, is also one of the happiest.
     
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    Alaska consumes the most ice-cream out of any US state
     
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    On avarage a person will wait two weeks in total for a traffic light to change
     
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    the average person eats 8 spiders during their life. ewww lol
     
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    The country which has the tallest average person is Germany, at around 1.79 metres (about 5 ft 11 i think)
     
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    There is a town in New Mexico named after a radio show - Truth or Consequences.
     
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    A lemon has more sugar in it than a strawberry.
     
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    The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

    There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible.
     
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    French Fries, ironically, is thought to have come from Belgium.
     
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    The Burj Dubai used so much rebar, if you laid all the strands end to end, they'd strech around the world.

    and on a humerous note:

    The George Lopez show only furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny.
     
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    Your odds of being killed in a tornado are 1 in 2 million.
     
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    Its no longer considered legal tender in Canada if you pay with more that 25 pennies($0.01), $5 worth of Nickles($0.05), $10 for Dimes($0.10) and quarters($0.25), $25 for Loonies($1) or $40 for Toonies(2$) and $5 Notes.
     
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    There is enough gold in the Earth's crust that if extracted it can cover the entire land surface knee-deep.

    The lighter was invented before the match.

    The letter J is the only letter not appearing not the modern Periodic Table.
     
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    The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

    Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

    When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.
     
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    isn't that only if you count all the different spellings of it. Ie Mohammed,Mohammad etc etc?
     
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    If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months, and 6 days, you would produce enough sound energy to warm up a cup of coffee.

    Donald Duck was banned from Finland because he does not wear any pants.

    23% of all photocopier malfunctions worldwide are the direct result of people sitting on them to photocopy their butts.


    Found these few randomly - not sure if they're true, but...

    A Chuck Norris-delivered Roundhouse Kick is the preferred method of execution in 16 US States.

    There is no theory of evolution, only creatures Chuck Norris allowed to live.

    There are no weapons of mass destruction. Just Chuck Norris.

    :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
     
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