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Old 07-18-2016, 04:20 PM   #1
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Just being bored, thought it would be fun to throw some random facts out there .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...lena-home.html


The worlds oldest land creature
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:42 PM   #2
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The barnacle has the largest penis to body size ratio of any animal alive.
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Did you know that in 1996 the average human head weighed 8 pounds?
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:45 PM   #4
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Just being bored, thought it would be fun to throw some random facts out there .
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...lena-home.html


The worlds oldest land creature
Back in 2008 or so there was a tortoise in India that died that was given to Robert Clive in the 1750s.
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just looked up a few and sometimes I wonder how they even found that out. Like, why would you even test that?!

- The Venus's flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger.
- If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
- Cat’s urine glows under a black light.

and then of course there's this one, which is just ... bizarre.

- Ithyphallophobia' is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

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worlds largest engine



this one is pretty cool too

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The barnacle has the largest penis to body size ratio of any animal alive.
How many animals have you checked?
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How many animals have you checked?
Only 2
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just looked up a few and sometimes I wonder how they even found that out. Like, why would you even test that?!

- The Venus's flytrap can eat a whole cheeseburger.
- If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
- Cat’s urine glows under a black light.

and then of course there's this one, which is just ... bizarre.

- Ithyphallophobia' is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.
FALSE. Had to Google that immediately, for science.
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FALSE. Had to Google that immediately, for science.
yeah apparently the one with the Venus flytrap isn't true either. So it seems I can't trust the internet, who would have known?!
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FALSE. Had to Google that immediately, for science.
Aww and we have a Scorpion here we could have tried it on too.
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo...

... is a grammatically correct sentence.
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worlds biggest aircraft carrier

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Early American outdoor baseball fields had painted wood bench seating. The paint would become bleached by the sun. The birth of the term "Bleachers".
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo...

... is a grammatically correct sentence.
Only if the first, third and seventh buffalo is capitalized.
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Old 07-18-2016, 07:31 PM   #17
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John Cleese:

Could have been John Cheese,

Original family surname was Cheese. His father changed his surname to Cleese when he enlisted.
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You mean like Farmer John Cheese?
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You mean like Farmer John Cheese?

Nope, John Marwood Cheese.
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That statistics can be made up to prove anything. 40% of all people know that
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