Random Facts.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:01 pm

The Pacific island of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:02 pm

Taken to scale, with the sun being the size of a grapefruitin Washington DC, the next closest star would be in California.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:02 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
CaptainP wrote:A microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
Just the opposite with cats.

They say cats always land on their feet....not true.

It depends on how hard you throw them!

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:02 pm

CaptainP wrote:All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.

must be the smart ones

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:03 pm

The best beaches for surfing face west.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:03 pm

Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:03 pm

By 3,000 B.C. there were at least six different types of beer in Egypt.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:04 pm

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:04 pm

After eating too much food, your hearing becomes less sharp

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:04 pm

SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

It is also the only muscel attached at only one end.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:05 pm

If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be 15 people living there.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:05 pm

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:06 pm

15 million gallons of wine were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:07 pm

Male hospital patients fall out of bed twice as often as female hospital patients.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:07 pm

Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:08 pm

You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:08 pm

SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Mine is.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:09 pm

In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:09 pm

President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:10 pm

The first condoms were made of linen.