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Posted: April 25, 2006 11:27 am
by CaptainP
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Clearly this study didn't include Hilary Clinton or Rachel Nichols (from ESPN).
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:28 am
by green1
thegoatgod wrote:Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church is the wealthiest landowner in the world.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:28 am
by thegoatgod
An elephant's trunk can hold two gallons of water.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:28 am
by CaptainP
28.1% of people pee in the pool !
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:29 am
by thegoatgod
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:29 am
by rednekkPH
CaptainP wrote:28.1% of people pee in the pool !
And the other 71.9% lie about it.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:29 am
by thegoatgod
There are 1,860 steps to the top of the Empire State Building.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:29 am
by CaptainP
The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:30 am
by CaptainP
An American urologist once bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.
....and Pat McCurdy wrote a song about it!!!
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:30 am
by green1
As of the mid 1980's (I haven't seen another study on it since) only two bones in the human body have not been broken in a skiing accident. The left and right stapes of the inner ear.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:30 am
by thegoatgod
On average, one heartbeat pumps five tablespoons of blood.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:31 am
by thegoatgod
Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:31 am
by CaptainP
Remember this one after Great Woods, pholkes:
In Massachusetts, It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:32 am
by CaptainP
Warner Chappel Music owns the copyright to the song 'Happy Birthday'. They make over $1 million in royalties every year from the commercial use of the song.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:32 am
by thegoatgod
In 1946, the first TV toy commercial aired. It was for Mr. Potato head.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:32 am
by green1
In anatomy lingo, an artery is any blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and a vein is any blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:32 am
by CaptainP
The original Mr. Potato head used real potatoes.
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:33 am
by thegoatgod
Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:33 am
by CaptainP
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
Cool!
Posted: April 25, 2006 11:33 am
by CaptainP
Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.