301 'fun' facts !

[SteamWake]

I found this list absolutly fascinating...

"Back in the mid to late 80's an IBM compatible computer was not considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's flight simulator"

I think fact number 110 may no longer be corrrect though ;)

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=38251

[Sailor Steve]

I knew about "orange", but "month", "purple" and "silver"? Not a clue.

[Digital_Trucker]

104 was something I had wondered about for a long time:har:

[VipertheSniper]

Hmmm... 197? Is that really true or just a typo? I can't really believe the first US Patent was issued this late.

Oh yeah I forgot.... Chocolate is really gross, 8 insect legs?

[XabbaRus]

For Dowly

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and can't find a mate.

Better get working Dowy :rotfl:

[antikristuseke]

Some of those facts are wrong.

[Etienne]

Some of those facts are wrong.

Yeeeeeeah.

Like most of those darn trivia lists, it's part falsehoods, part fallacy and part bleedin' obvious.

I don't know why they keep sticking around; they're useless.

[August]

Some of those facts are wrong.
Yeeeeeeah.

Like most of those darn trivia lists, it's part falsehoods, part fallacy and part bleedin' obvious.

I don't know why they keep sticking around; they're useless.

Don't complain about it. Go and make one that is totally accurate.

Here's two to get you started:

A glass of red wine a day can reduce your chances of getting a heart attack.

A glass of red wine a day can increase your chances of cancer.

[antikristuseke]

Drinking alcohol gets you drunk.:salute:

[A Very Super Market]

It starts out pretty truthfully, but then it gets rather 50s science fiction on you.

[SteamWake]

I still say 110 is flat out wrong.

[Dowly]

106. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko.

:har::haha:

Ukko is the Zeus/Thor kind of God in Finnish mythology.

More proper would have been:

106. When Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he finds the first pub, gets drunk, gets arrested, (I dont think there's been one Christmas when I havent seen Santa get put to a squad car) his elves deliver the gifts, they dont go in to the homes, but leave the bags outside. Then it's the dad's task to dress up like Santa and give the gifts.

[Task Force]

# 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

Thats comferting for a guy who uses headphones all day.:-?

[Biggles]

72: Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonalds.

With the economy and all, this doesn't sound too crazy...:hmmm:

[August]

# 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in year by 700 times.

Thats comferting for a guy who uses headphones all day.:-?

In "year"? Wouldn't that be "in your ear"? :DL

[Task Force]

# 117. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in year by 700 times.

Thats comferting for a guy who uses headphones all day.:-?

In "year"? Wouldn't that be "in your ear"? :DL

he he, typeing mistake.

[Dowly]

For Dowly

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and can't find a mate.

Better get working Dowy :rotfl:

:har::har:

On it mate! :salute:

[Jimbuna]

No. 26.......How apt :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Hmmm... 197? Is that really true or just a typo? I can't really believe the first US Patent was issued this late.

Oh yeah I forgot.... Chocolate is really gross, 8 insect legs?
Did you think of checking with google? It's a typo, correct but 1790, not 1970.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/01-33.htm

[SUBMAN1]

Try sneezing with your eyes open. :D

-S

[Task Force]

They did that on mythbusters. people look funny sneezing on a slowmotion camera.:rotfl:

[A Very Super Market]

Nah, people just look funny in general

[Jimbuna]

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