Random Facts.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 5:15 pm

Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 5:35 pm

In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » April 26, 2006 5:56 pm

CaptainP wrote:A married man is four times more likely to die during sex if his partner isn’t his wife.

Especially if...
A) his wife owns a pistol, or...
B) his partner's husband does.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:05 pm

a ducks quack doesn't echo and no one knows why

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:06 pm

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:07 pm

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » April 26, 2006 6:09 pm

Someone said earlier about a persons hair and nails growing after death...thats not true. Your body shrinks (something about dying cells, I don't remember now) causing it to look like the hair and nails are longer.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:09 pm

A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:10 pm

An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:12 pm

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:12 pm

Honey is the only food that will not spoil.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:12 pm

Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:12 pm

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Bamboo is a grass.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:13 pm

New Jersey was originally called Albania.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:14 pm

pearls melt in vinegar

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 26, 2006 6:14 pm

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 26, 2006 6:15 pm

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.