Weird-Ass Facts

[Shoggoth2588]

An interesting fact regarding the Praying Mantis is that, while they are mating, the female praying mantis eats the males head. No one knows for sure why, but it could be that protein from male body helps the eggs develop.

The male Praying Mantis has 2 brains. One in it's head and one in it's abdomen. Once the female eats the head, the lower brain kicks in, allowing the male mantis to continue with the sex making

Ducks rape each other instead of having regular sex.

I read that article in the Escapist's Science news letter ^^ I can't remember which species it is exactly but the males have cork-screw shaped penises and the female duck's vagina is described as a maze of dead-ends

Another fact about the animal kingdom is that Dolphins, a species of mammal which has has sex for pleasure, also has sex by singling out a female, separating her from the rest of the ... group and taking turns mating with her [ie: Male Dolphins kidnap and gang-bang female Dolphins] Dolphins have also been known to become aroused by and thus, sexually assault humans

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Every day, there are more than 120 million acts of intercourse performed throughout the world.

I just did some math and, assuming my arithmetic is correct and your numbers are correct, there are about 91 people having sex every minute. Right now, there are people somewhere in the world, having sex. As you read this and as I write this there are 91 people having sex and 91 people finishing, many of which likely displeased by the performance of the other.

...

Isn't Math fun!?

EDIT!!: I misread ... I thought you said every year. disregard what I said

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

Male Koala bears have a bifurcated penis, and female Koala bears have 2 vagina's.

ALL MARSUPIALS have that.

 

[shinigamisparda]

A cat's penis is barbed so it can stay in the female cat. That's why it sounds so painful when they mate.

Wait, so the domestic cat joke from Dr. Tran is true?

Ok, I've got some. In Atlanta it is illegal to tie a Giraffe's neck to a telephone pole.

In Florida it is illegal to fart in public after 10 PM.

One of the components of ice cream is sea kelp.

One of the components in lipstick is fish scales.

According to one study 90% of men fantasize about girl-on-girl and 80% aren't willing to admit it.

In a certain town in France (I forget where) it is/was made illegal to die in an attempt to stop cemeteries from being filled too fast.

In certain places in the U.S. (I forget where) billboards are illegal, the babysitter cannot eat all the contests of the fridge, and public kissing is illegal. NOTE: All these laws are not from the same place.

Horse is unable to vomit. A pig is unable to look directly up.

In Singapore the punishment for chewing gum is being beaten with a cane then being subjected to 2 hours of community service while being videotaped. Also, the punishment for marijuana possession is death.

In Japan Nobuo Uematsu's "Theme of Love" from Final Fantasy IV is taught in every 4th grade music class.

 

[silver wolf009]

Cat piss glows under a black light.

Human birth control pills work on gorillas

That's all I've got =/

..People actually tested those things?!

well think about it, you have to do animal testing 1st and gorrilas are pretty close to us as a species.

 

[Muffinthraka]

Jelly Babies are actually made out of tiny jellyfish babies called catostylus mosaicus miniacus.

 

[DC1]

A pilot can only fly 100 hours a month.

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

If you took every blood vessell from a single person and laid them all end to end they would wrap twice around the entire earth.

Also you'd probably be put in an insane asylum.

 

[Rishtaka]

In my home state of Queensland (Australia), it is still constitutional law that all pubs must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse.

 

[G1eet]

A platypus has venomous spines on its body.

Only the males.

Dimetrodon was actually a mammal-like reptile, and could have been our ancestor.

They also ate somewhere around 95% of a carcass; they'd eat the intestines and colon, but only after the poo had been removed, because they detested the smell of feces (due to their heightened olfactory senses).

Also:

George Washington wasn't the first President of the U.S.A.; John Hanson was. Washington also grew pot on his plantation.

Smiling only requires a few muscles; frowning requires around 17.

The world 'ale' comes from the Old Norse 'øl'. And 'thursday', pretty similar to 'THORsday', no? The Old Norse word for this day was Þorsdagr (Þ being the rune for 'th', and the origin of 'ye olde', where 'ye' is a development of 'Þe' on shop signs).

My brain is like a sponge for useless information.

Monday-Friday are all etymologically of Norse origin (Monday- Mona, Tuesday- Tyr, Wednesday- ([W]odin), Friday-Freya). Saturday is Roman in origin (Saturn), and Sunday is Germanic (Sunna). Hmm, I guess you could argue that Sunday also could fall under the Norse category.

God bless those Scandinavians.

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

The average lifespan of an NHL hockey puck is 7 minutes.

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

If you took every blood vessell from a single person and laid them all end to end they would wrap twice around the entire earth.

Also you'd probably be put in an insane asylum.

That's bullshit.

Prove it.

 

[Jokermonster]

Right before I go to bed here's a few more:

A pigs orgasm lasts for 30 mins.

In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!

Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States!

Annnnnnnnnnnd a 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

If you took every blood vessell from a single person and laid them all end to end they would wrap twice around the entire earth.

Also you'd probably be put in an insane asylum.

That's bullshit.

Prove it.

You'd have to prove your 'fact' first. It is a literal impossibility to have that much material within a single person at all. People say the same thing about intestines but it's easy enough for a doctor to take out a person's intestine and run their hand along the entire thing in just a few minutes.

Ask any doctor. Or look at this site. http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_SW_p4.html or this one http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/commserv/publheal/healthtips/hearthealth.htm or this one http://www.naturalnews.com/024389_blood_sugar_diabetes.html

 

[RazerSauber]

Each one of the 8 billion facts on the internet is a lie.

Also, Lego is the largest tyre manufacturer on the planet and each person on the planet can have 10 lego bricks on average.

 

[Kiba Bloodfang]

Each one of the 8 billion facts on the internet is a lie.

The cake is a lie.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

If you took every blood vessell from a single person and laid them all end to end they would wrap twice around the entire earth.

Also you'd probably be put in an insane asylum.

That's bullshit.

Prove it.

He doesn't need to prove it. You made a claim, now support that claim with evidence.

If I claim humans don't need air other humans do not have the responsability to see if they can survive without air, I have.

Burden of proof, look it up.