abdus
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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.
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corb
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26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
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Liam
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1. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
cant be true
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abdus
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quote:
Originally posted by LiamD
1. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.
cant be true
yeah i tried imagining this
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Lee Wilson
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11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which
you've probably never heard of.
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Lee Wilson
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19. The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier
than the weight of the human population.
Dunno if i believe that
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Adam
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quote:
Originally posted by Lee Wilson
11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which
you've probably never heard of.
Not as good as it sounds tho
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exploding-head-syndrome/AN00929
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Ry_B
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26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
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Kathryn W
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27. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
I already knew this, i heared it on the radio other week 
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Ry_B
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15. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the
number of all the people that have died. Ever.
I doubt that very much, infact I'd put money on it.
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Kathryn W
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You wouldn't know to be honest with all the children that have been born throughout the world, due to the fact that they do not use childbirth controls...
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Ry_B
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It's obvious that more than 6 billion people have died in how many millions of years that humans have been around? 
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Kathryn W
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Maybe, but i doubt it that anyone is going to be so boring, and spend so much time actually finding it out and making sure that it is real 
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Charlene
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25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.
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allza
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"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."
Not true, actually its a 1 and 2/3 increase.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Rcb
It's obvious that more than 6 billion people have died in how many millions of years that humans have been around?
depends how they are defining people.
Humans like us have not been around for very long and total world population has been as low as possibly 10000.
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J da Silva
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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."
How can it be the most deadliest war in history if you "exclude" the deadliest?
People who read and take these so called 'facts' seriously are beyond a human joke,
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Marc
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Originally posted by abdus
25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people do.
Yes!!! I'm left handed 
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by Rcb
15. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the
number of all the people that have died. Ever.
I doubt that very much, infact I'd put money on it.
I was about to say the same thing, what a crock of sh1te, I bet this if from that realiable as ever website Wikpedia 
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M2RTY
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21. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone
just knows the first one.
whoever made these "facts" up is a fucking ideot
what a joke anyone who belives this crap
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John
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Well they aren't all just made up.
some of them are true.
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gavin18787
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26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
Are you sure these are all true
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Robin
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they key word is unbelievable, you are supposed to doubt them
you'll never know if they are true or not
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by robmarriott
they key word is unbelievable, you are supposed to doubt them
you'll never know if they are true or not
Unless you do a quick google
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