Random Facts.

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

When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

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

An 'aglet' is the plastic or metal tip of a shoelace.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:11 pm

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

making mental note

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:11 pm

Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:12 pm

SomedayIWILL wrote:
CaptainP wrote:
SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Mine is.
making mental note

It's also really long...if I stick it out, it hangs below my chin.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:12 pm

In Januray 1919 a storage tank holding molasses in the North End of Boston ruptured sending a wave of molasses racing down the streets at up to 35 mph killing 21 and injuring another 150.

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:12 pm

The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:13 pm

Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:13 pm

CaptainP wrote:
SomedayIWILL wrote:
CaptainP wrote:
SomedayIWILL wrote:The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
Mine is.
making mental note
It's also really long...if I stick it out, it hangs below my chin.

Should I leave you two alone?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:14 pm

The word 'set' has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:14 pm

It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:14 pm

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:15 pm

CaptainP wrote:Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb

After the first crop of bananas is harvested that trunk of the tree is cut down allowing the next trunk to grow in it's place and bear another crop within months instead of years.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 21, 2006 1:15 pm

SomedayIWILL wrote:When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months.

I guess I should've dyed my hair twenty years ago.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:15 pm

Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!

SomedayIWILL · Post by **SomedayIWILL** » April 21, 2006 1:16 pm

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:16 pm

Mace is harvested from the Nutmeg plant.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:16 pm

To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles…that’s where the word “testimony” comes from.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » April 21, 2006 1:17 pm

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 21, 2006 1:17 pm

Cinamon is taken from the bark of a tree.