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banging you're head agaisnt a wall burns 150 calories
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
merican car horns beep in the tone of F.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
merican car horns beep in the tone of F.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.
Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel.
A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
heh heh. yeaaah!sage42 said:no way I just saw that toola-le-lu-li-lo said:canada is america's hat.
according to what i just saw on adult swim.
these ones cracks me up
An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.
Stalin's left foot had webbed toes, and his left arm is noticably shorter than his right.
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.
also The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.
Stalin's left foot had webbed toes, and his left arm is noticably shorter than his right.
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died at 13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.
also The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
On average, in human societies, for every 100 female births there are between 103 and 107 male births. So if you are going to congratule someone for having a baby, but don't know the child's gender, the chances are slightly in favour of it being a boy.
In the entire world there are 1.01 human males for every human female.
In the entire world there are 1.01 human males for every human female.
j0z said:
From wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero] (I can't be bothered finding a more credible source for the moment; see the references at the bottom of the page if you don't believe it).wikipedia said:
Googolplexian and one?Xorghul said:
Tough.Agent Larkin said:
What is the number of the beast?
Answer - 616 not 666. In 2005 a new translation of the book of Revelations show that the number is 616.
I said we dont want to go down that road because a lot of people here are QI fanatics. But well...Hutchy_Bear said:
How many curved lines are there in the Acropolis?
