The Best Kind of Facts: Random!

[ThatLankyBastard]

Just a thread where you can post random facts about anything! The more outrageously true, the better...

Fact- Judith Barsi, the voice actor for "Ducky" in The Land Before Time was killed by her father in a murder/suicide at the age of 10. Her tomb stone reads

In Memory of the Lovely Judith Eva Barsi
Our Concrete Angel
Yep Yep Yep!

What's yours?

 

[Mojo]

The elephant is the only animal with four knees

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

J is the only letter that doesn't appear on the Periodic Table of Elements.

 

[StellarViking]

The Statue of Liberty's big toenail weigh approximately 100 pounds.

 

[an_luas]

Because of a project I haven't slept in 3 days... FACT!

 

[tombman888]

Fact- Judith Barsi, the voice actor for "Ducky" in The Land Before Time was killed by her father in a murder/suicide at the age of 10. Her tomb stone reads

In Memory of the Lovely Judith Eva Barsi
Our Concrete Angel
Yep Yep Yep!

You bastard.... i have a sad now.... =(

My random fact: The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

 

[Trololo Punk]

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.

 

[])rStrangelove]

Fact: for the Starwars blaster shots Sounddesigner Ben Burtt recorded the hit from a hammer going through guy wires of a big Antenna tower.

http://filmsound.org/starwars/#burtt

 

[Phenx92]

In Alaska it is illegal to throw a moose out of an airplane.

 

[yjchung]

There's a chemical in cat poop that makes women happy. That's probably why there seem to be a lot more crazy cat ladies than crazy cat gentlemen.

 

[steeple]

In Alaska it is illegal to throw a moose out of an airplane.

it is also illegal for a person to bring a bear to the beach near Haifa...
let alone incredibly stupid/awesome...

 

[Crazy Elf]

Koalas explode when set on fire.

This is 100% true. Due to their diet of eucalyptus their guts are constantly full of the stuff. Eucalyptus oil, pure, has an ignition point of 50 degrees centigrade. Once they're on fire for long enough, or they open their mouth, the oil ignites.

Boom.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

Ants don't sleep.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well this suck-

It is against the law to purchase or consume Jack Daniels Whiskey in the city where it is produced (Lynchburg, TN).

 

[RaffB]

The Orginal honey monster is a now the longest working stuntman in the UK.

 

[Arkvoodle]

The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets.

Their true purpose is sinister.

 

[Exerzet]

The Kangaroo is biologically incapable of farting.
Also it has three vaginas o_o;

 

[Spectral Dragon]

There are immortal jellyfish. We've found a few that are at least a thousand years old.
Oh, and most, if not all, ghosts can be explained through brain activity and infrasound, it seems.

 

[AbstractStream]

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

In Utah birds have the right of way on every road and highway.
Also in Utah it is unlawful to go fishing while on the back of a Horse.
Oh and this is a really old law, and one that you wouldn't get arrested for anymore, but still its weird; It is Illegal in Utah to NOT drink milk.