Random and fun facts!

[DanielofRedwall]

43.7% of statistics are made up on the spot!  

Also, the name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

[Matthias720]

43.7% of statistics are made up on the spot! 

LOL!

Also, the name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

I've heard that before. I guess inspiration can come from anywhere.

[DanielofRedwall]

Just found this out on the TV. Chilli is the only fruit that has been used as a weapon. Don't know whether it's true, though.

[Taggerung_of_Redwall]

$500 dollars for detonating a nuclear weapon? Wow. It used to be $300. Some people always go over practical.

[Tiria Wildlough]

Did you know that asthma is sometimes caused by a storm?
Or that it's worse to drive tired than to drive drunk?

[Gonff]

In PA it is illegal to sing in the bath tub.

[The Lady Shael]

In Florida it is illegal for unmarried women to go skydiving on Sunday afternoons (I did this, not knowing it was against the law. No one seemed to care though XD).

[Matthias720]

The human genome contains more data than a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

[DanielofRedwall]

Have you guys heard of the 6 degrees of seperation theory? It's a theory that you pick two random people in the world who never met (say, me and a random in Congo), and you can link yourself to them byjust 6 degrees of seperation. Eg, I know this guy, who knows another guy, who knows another guy etc.

There's also the 3 person theory, which is very similar, which is where you pick 3 people and using the same thing as before the know everyone in the world.

Hope that made sense!

[Captain Tammo]

The Mona Lisa (spelling) has no eyebrows

Gorgias of Epirus (3rd century BC), a Greek sophist, was born in his dead mother's coffin! Pallbearers heard him crying out as they carried his mother's coffin to the grave.

97% of people say "fith" instead of "fifth".

Food takes 7 seconds to reach stomach from mouth.

[Tiria Wildlough]

Pine martens are less commonly called pinetens, baum martens, and sweet martens.    
And right-handed people live about 6 years longer than lefties!

[DanielofRedwall]

Pine martens are less commonly called pinetens, baum martens, and sweet martens.    
And right-handed people live about 6 years longer than lefties!

Bummer. Most of my right handed friends will live longer then me. I am positive some won't though... hehehehe....

[Captain Tammo]

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.

1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m).

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System.

[DanielofRedwall]

In the Australian census on average 0.2% of people put their religion as Jedi Knight.

60% of people, when told something is impossible (such as licking your elbow) try to do it anyway.

[Nightfire]

"Did you know that when two tigers fight, then it is always short, intense, and straight to the point. But after the fight, the two tigers will actually bow to each other."

"An adult rat has the biting force of a crocodile, and can go without water for longer than a camel."

And every word I have just posted is 100% true, and I have verified it through several sources.