Here's something educational for you kids. You have roughly 5 million erythrocytes, or red blood cells, per cubic millimeter of actual blood. When I say blood, I mean all the components. The plasma, the leukocytes, the erythrocytes.
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Humans and banans share 50% of dna
-Didn't bother to look if this was posted earlier,
so my apologies if it was.-
-Didn't bother to look if this was posted earlier,
so my apologies if it was.-
Did you know that apple seeds are poisonous? They contain cyanide. One apple's worth of apples seeds won't kill you, but a lot will.
Strawberry seeds are poisonous too, but only in large quantities. So when eating them, you shouldn't eat several in one sitting.
Strawberry seeds are poisonous too, but only in large quantities. So when eating them, you shouldn't eat several in one sitting.
I think I heard somewhere that the reverse is true for homosexuals? (Lesbians blink as much as an average man, gays blink as much as women...IamQ said:
OT: In Texas, there is a law specifically against spray-painting a cow.
-The elephant is the only land mammal that cannot jump.
-The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only Elephant in the Berlin zoo.
-Elephants are unlucky bastards.
Vidi, Volui, Mihi est
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-The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only Elephant in the Berlin zoo.
-Elephants are unlucky bastards.
Vidi, Volui, Mihi est
-Unstoppable Wall
Such a strange post when your avatar is taken into account.Aylaine said:
OT: We are all made up of materials from stars.
President Roosevelt, despite being an extreme badass, also enjoyed dressing in women's clothing.
Modern chewing gum comes from when General Santana(sp) was exiled from Mexico, bringing a rubber substitute with him. His neighbor's child kept chewing on the stuff, and with the child's father noticing, bought the substitute from Santana.
Modern chewing gum comes from when General Santana(sp) was exiled from Mexico, bringing a rubber substitute with him. His neighbor's child kept chewing on the stuff, and with the child's father noticing, bought the substitute from Santana.
-another name for your pinky finger is wanus
-Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king fromm history:
Spades-King David
Hearts-Charlemagne
Clubs-Alexander the Great
Diamonds-Juluis Ceasar
-The word "golf" comes from "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden"
-Bugs Bunny was oririnally called Happy Rabbit
-Marilyn Monroe had six toes
-Each king in a deck of cards represents a great king fromm history:
Spades-King David
Hearts-Charlemagne
Clubs-Alexander the Great
Diamonds-Juluis Ceasar
-The word "golf" comes from "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden"
-Bugs Bunny was oririnally called Happy Rabbit
-Marilyn Monroe had six toes
Not true it was made up by a girl as an experiment in human gullability.
OT: You dont see anything in your lifetime. You see what your brain can interprit from the light reflecting off something.[/quote]
That's what seeing is. Everything in the world sees in that way, it's just how it works.
OT: You dont see anything in your lifetime. You see what your brain can interprit from the light reflecting off something.[/quote]
That's what seeing is. Everything in the world sees in that way, it's just how it works.
Audiotapes were developed by the Nazis during World War 2 in order to create a sound quality good enough to replicate a live broadcast, and therefore confuse the Allies as to the whereabouts of the Nazi generals.
Man, what do they do to beaches over there?! Our beaches are perfect except for the odd E. Coli threat (only happens once every year or so).Aylaine said:
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A metre is defined as the exact distance light travels in 1/299,792,458th of a second.
The nearest star to us (other than Sol) is Proxima Centauri. It is 4.2 light years away (a distance of 39.73506798483936 quadrillion metres, which is approximately 24.6359232 trillion miles). Travelling at a speed of 100,000 miles per hour, it would take approximately 28,104 years to reach it.
Yes, I am a complete and total nerd, thanks for asking
The fear of long words is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, which is just sadistic.
Barnacles have a penis 4 times longer than their bodies.
The largest frog in the world is mute.
The largest man-made structure in the world is a rubbish dump(or Holland, depending on how you look at it.)
Henry VIII of England actually had only 2 wives(or 4 if you're a Catholic.)
Earwigs have 2 penises.
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
In the UK, a pregnant woman may legally relieve herself in a policeman's hat.
Barnacles have a penis 4 times longer than their bodies.
The largest frog in the world is mute.
The largest man-made structure in the world is a rubbish dump(or Holland, depending on how you look at it.)
Henry VIII of England actually had only 2 wives(or 4 if you're a Catholic.)
Earwigs have 2 penises.
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
In the UK, a pregnant woman may legally relieve herself in a policeman's hat.