Sunday, August 3, 2008

Useless Trivia stuff...

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Pretty interesting trivia stuff posted on QJ.net.

  1. 50% of female polar bears also have a penis.
  2. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
  3. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
  4. An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
  5. The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
  6. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
  7. The average length of an orgasm for a pig is 30 minutes.
  8. The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death
  9. Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.
  10. Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.
  11. During their periods, women's middle fingers shrink. No one knows why.
  12. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
  13. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
  14. The longest word in the English language, with all of the letters in alphabetical order is "Almost".
  15. It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
Useless but some are interesting.

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