Facts

[Nyu001]

So, post any interesting, odd, or no so common fact of anything. ;)


Here are some:

-During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore

-Sex burns about 70-120 calories for a 130 pound woman, and 77 to 155 calories for a 170 pound man every hour.

-According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.

-Victor Hugo's Les Miserable contains one of the longest sentences in the French language 823 words without a period.

-There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."

-There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

-No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

-Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

[Beautifull]

is this new?

[blazeofglory]

But interesting collections.

[djy78usa]

- Stewardesses is the longest english word that can be typed using only the left side of a standard QWERTY keyboard.

- The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

- More people are killed by donkeys than in plane crashes annually.

[Beautifull]

;)...

[Equality72521]

here are some:

-One easter custom is for a pereson to tap the end of an egg against someone else's egg. The person who cracks the other's egg first is guaranteed good luck.

-Young men and women during the Middle Ages drew a name from a bowl to see who their valentine would be and wore the name on their sleeve for a week. This gave rise to the expression to "wear your heart on your sleeve," meaning to openly show other people your feelings.

-In certain parts of England, mistletoe is burned on the Twelfth Night. If not burned, the beliefe is that all who kissed under it will never get married.

-In Crete nothing is thrown away on New Year's Day, not even waste. It is believed that throwing somethign away that day will decrease the wealth of the family during the coming year.

-Because pumpking never grew in Europe, the original jack-o'-lantern was a turnip.

- The salt content of the world's oceans is around 3%, while the salt content of the Dead Sea is 39%.

-Although most people think Napoleon is short, he was actually five feet six inches tall, and average height for a Frenchman in those days. He was often seen in the presence of taller men, which may have led to the myth that he was short.

-During WWII, most casualities among the pilots were caused not by bullets, but by disease. Malaria, jaundice, dysentery, and other diseases were common. Worse still, non of the bases had a flight surgeon.

-McKinley holds the record for presidential handshaking at 2,500 handshakes per hour.

-The youngest soldier killed in the American Civil War was 12 years old.

-During the 1980's, there were about 18 plague cases each year in the United States, of which more than half occurred in persons under 20 years of age.

-The fastest speed recorded for a racehorse was over 43 mph when Big Racket ran 1/4 mile in Mexico City in 1945. In 1989 Hawkster ran 1 1/2 miles at a speed of 38 mph.

-Lemons have more sugar than strawberries.

-The oldest performing opera singer was Victor han, a Russian, who sang onstage in Moscow at the age of 90.

-Five pairs of Dorothy's ruby slippers were made for the Wizard of Oz. Over 5 million people a year view a pair on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Another pair sold for $165,000 at an auction in 1988.

-The oldest known book to have been printed mechanically is the Gutenberg Bible.

-Mark Twain was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript to a publisher, the novel was Tom Sawyer.

-The United States is the ice cream capital of the world. Each citizen eats and average of 23 quarts a year.

-People who are born blind do dream but do not visual images. In fact, it's difficult for blind persons to describe their dreams because they have a different frame of reference.

-Even when extremely tired, most people have a great difficulty of sleeping between 9 and 11 a.m. and between 7 and 9 p.m.

-An adult male has about 12 pints of blood in his body, while an adult female has about 9 pints.

-It takes roughly around 142 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Pop.

-It would take 33,633 years to vacuum the state of Ohio.

-Around 2000 B.C., soap was used as a medication for wounds, but not for cleansing.

-The largest ship that can pass through the Panama Canal cannot be more than 965 feet long and 106 feet wide and cannot draw more than 39 1/2 feet of water, larger ships cannot pass throught the lock.

-The Tibetan and Nepali names for Mount Everest both mean, "Goddes Mother of the World"

-Because the Tower of Pisa tilted in different diretions during the first stages of construction, it has become curved like a banana and can never be truly up right.

-The Gourd Museum in Angier, North Carolina, displays a Last Supper picture made out of gourd seeds, a gourd xylophone, and gourd lamps.

[Beautifull]

wow!:0

[Equality72521]

haha. i had a lot of time on my hands when i posted that and I have a book full of stuff like that that I love to read. Its so interesting. :p

[djy78usa]

- The symbol on the pound key (#) is called an octothorpe

- Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, has the only speaking role in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie,

- When Los Angeles was founded in 1781, 44 people (14 families) lived in El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula (Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Small Portion). The population grew, but the name shrank to simply "Los Angeles."

- Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

- Brad Johnson, currently a back-up quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, is the only player in NFL history to throw himself a touchdown. It happened in 1997, when Johnson was the starting QB for the Minnesota Vikings. His pass was deflected by a defensive player, but bounced right back into Johnson's hands. He scrambled three yards into the endzone for the score.

- The word "Democracy" appears roughly zero times in the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence