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27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by monaPhilz: 9:20pm On Oct 28, 2016 |
27. The cigarette lighter was invented before the
match.
26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in
it.
25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine
years longer than
left-handed people do.
24. Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with
weed. You won’t be
able to retain enough motor control and
consciousness to do so after
such a large amount. (Common Sense)
23. Uncle Phil, from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, did the
voice of
Shredder in the TMNT cartoon.
22. Every drop of seawater contains approximately
1 billion gold atoms.
21. The US national anthem actually has three
verses, but everyone
just knows the first one.
20. During World War II, IBM built the computers
the Nazis used to
manage their death/concentration camps.
19. The total combined weight of the worlds ant
population is heavier
than the weight of the human population.
18. The deadliest war in history excluding World
War II was a civil
war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were
led by a man who
thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.
17. Just about 3 people are born every second, and
about 1.3333 people
die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3
net increase of
people every second. Almost 10 people more live
on this Earth now,
than before you finished reading this.
16. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
15. The number of people alive on earth right now
is higher than the
number of all the people that have died. Ever.
14. The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of
spider eggs a year and
eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.
13. The Kamp Krusty episode of the Simpson’s
was originally meant to
be made as the Simpsons movie.
12. Men can breastfeed babies.
11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head
Syndrome which
you’ve probably never heard of.
10. Scientists have determined that fungi are more
closely related to
human beings and animals than to other plants.
9. In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family
name is written
first and the individual name written second
(opposite of the America
method). That’s why Asian athletes like Yao Ming
and Ichiro Suzuki
have Yao and Ichiro written on their jerseys. Those
are their family
names and in America their names are written Ming
Yao and Suzuki
Ichiro.
8. Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in
1860
7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due
to malfunction of the toilet.
6. Washington State has the longest single beach in
the United States.
Long Beach, WA.
5. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth
is a mushroom
underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half
miles in diameter.
4. The town of Los Angeles, California, was
originally named El Pueblo
la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la
Porciuncula.
3. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison
invented the light bulb.
This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.
2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
Honey found in the
tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by
archaeologists and found
edible.
1. The Population of the world can live within the
state boundaries of Texas. |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by Nobody: 10:02pm On Oct 28, 2016 |
you are my friend here!
Thanks For Sharing Esp' #3 and #5 |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by PARAHH(f): 10:20am On Oct 29, 2016 |
monaPhilz:Why not arrange your post properly na.. For easy reading and assimilation 3 Likes |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by Kayfield: 11:38am On Oct 29, 2016 |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by Nobody: 11:39am On Oct 29, 2016 |
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Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by vicben27(m): 2:44pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
am nt agreeing wit no.15 datz a big fat lie. sounds logically wrong too. 1 Like |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by PARAHH(f): 2:58pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
vicben27:I think it's true.. I read an estimate once that for a every 6 seconds that one person dies 10 babies are born... |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by vicben27(m): 3:09pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
[quote author'=PARAHH post=50605861] I think it's true.. I read an estimate once that for a every 6 seconds that one person dies 10 babies are born...[/quote]am stil nt agreeing dear! the world's current population is estimated to b arud 7.3bilion! as dos babies ar born so do pple die too! dis earth hav bin in existance for bilions of yrs! i cant jst believe dat we nt more dan 20bilion individual dat hav die over dis long period of the earth's existance. |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by PARAHH(f): 3:12pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
vicben27:Estimates tho no one is certain |
Re: 27 Unbelievable Facts Of The World by charliejose: 6:15pm On Oct 29, 2016 |
vicben27:sure earth has been in existence for billions of years,but not humans..our specie came into existence in about 100,000-200,000 years ago..not much of a long time if you ask me..and as at 100yrs ago,the world's population is probably not up to half the world's population now...so imagine human's population a thousand years ago.. |
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