Strange and Interesting Facts....

[Fingolfin]

Just thought everyone would enjoy hearing neat stories and facts.... I hope you guys enjoy! ;)

His name was Fleming.....

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of." And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Someone once said:

"What goes around comes around.
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's heaven on earth."

Here is another neat and funny fact....

Do you know you cannot lick your elbow??









Now, how many have you just tried???? LMAO!!!

[crazymonkey 4 frodo]

I HAVEN'T!!!!

I read one of the craziest laws in the world.

Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats. :lmao: Welcome to Kansas!!!

Sorry but that's a funny law. There are more...but that's the only one that would appear while I was watching.

[Fingolfin]

LOL... Well Toto.... Looks like were not going to Kansas!!! HAHAHAHA!!!


I HAVEN'T!!!!

I read one of the craziest laws in the world.

Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats. :lmao: Welcome to Kansas!!!

Sorry but that's a funny law. There are more...but that's the only one that would appear while I was watching.

[Ladypain]

lol Nope, I haven't tried to lick my elbow this time. I tried that several years ago and know for a fact that I cannot. LoL about the law.

Here is a question; have you ever tried to lick your elbow?

[Lady Nenya]

Already tried the elbow thing years ago and already figured out that it is impossible. lol

But that story about Churchill is so amazingly awesome! It kind of like the similarities between JFK and Lincoln.

[crazymonkey 4 frodo]

Here's another funny Kansas law.

If 2 trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.

Okay, I would like to know....how would that be possible??? They'd both have to stop...how could etiher proceed???

[Mirkgirl]

Here is a question; have you ever tried to lick your elbow?
now I know what Id do today

[Lady Nenya]

Kansas is full of wacky laws. lol

[Ladypain]

Have fun Mirky. lol

And flying houses, LN. ;)

[SamwiseAtHeart]

Oh, I know something really cool about elbows. You know that when your arm is straight the skin is kind of easy to grab in sort of a flap. Well you can pinch that flab as hard as you can and it'll never hurt. Just make sure you don't use fingernail, it'll hurt then but just pinching thumb to fingers... nope... no pain.

Believe me I've tried this... it's really kind of funny and kind of neat

[crazymonkey 4 frodo]

Yeah, Sami. Quite interesting.

[Fingolfin]

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

:grin:

[Fingolfin]

The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.

Try spelling those in a spelling bee! HAHAHA! NEXT!

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

Now I ask you... Who is really going to try this???

:duh: UHHH I WILL!!!!

[Cassandria]

Speaking of long names, strange and interesting; :p my great grandmother was full blood Cherokee Indian with the name...

Margaret Etta Katherine Elizabeth Jane Peeky Doodle Lemon Lime Susan Ann Payne Ragsdale Tippon

Honest, it was on her birth certificate. They called her Margaret for short. I also just found out from my Aunt that she always had snuff in her mouth. roflmao

[Fingolfin]

HAHAHAHA!!! I thought you were joking! OMG! That is hilarious... Sometimes I just think parents make names up just for fun! HAHAHA!!!

[Cassandria]

:lmao: Nope, not joking! :p My Aunt also gave me a pic of her recently; she looked mean. I wonder if it was from being teased. :blush: lol

[Ladypain]

lol There, there Cass, your aunt won't find you here.

[Cassandria]

Oh, you mean my great grandma...my Aunt Bessie is a sweetheart. ;) I knew you'd protect me! lol

[Ladypain]

lol Also I didn't think your great grandma likes hobbits or elves enough to visit here. :p

[Mirkgirl]

Have fun Mirky. lol
I did. Ofc I forgot to try that day, but yesterday I got to that part of my to do plan

you can kind of get to do it if you keep your hand streched forward, with the elbow upwards and as near the body as it goes from the shoulder. have fun and make sure to have pillows around you ;)

[Ladypain]

lol Nah I'll just keep the elven clones around to catch me if I fall.

[Mirkgirl]

so youll try it? ;)

[Ladypain]

:p Only because I want the clones to catch me. ;)

[Fingolfin]

I'm a soccer player and I'm 36... This little fact kinda upsets me... Although I don't feel bad right now.. I only have four more years!!! LOL :-/

The life of a professional soccer player may seem glamorous, but there is a price to pay: nearly half of them will develop osteoarthritis at a young age, averaging around 40 years old.

[ladyofthelight]

Same with gymnasts. Most of us have multiple stress fractures by the age of 15. Not good. We do insane things and brake the laws of gravity.
How's this for odd laws in Alaska
In Fairbanks, it is illigal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

[BelovedCaptain]

You're right, that is weird.... :blink:

[ladyofthelight]

Here's the link: http://www.azzit.de/humor/30.html it has wierd laws from the US by state.

[Amithrellas]

:thumbs: Super link, LotL!
The piping plover is a small, sandy colored bird that resembles a sand piper. The most recent surveys place the Atlantic population at less than 1800 pairs. :( Which is why East Hampton has had to postpone its fireworks display for the second year in a row. They have to wait for the nests to empty lol

[ladyofthelight]

That is so funny.

[BelovedCaptain]

I told my cousin about the elbow-licking thing. She tried it. Didn't do it. lol

[ladyofthelight]

I can nearly lick my elbow, why I'd want tto I don't know.

Didja know, you can't sneeze with your eyes open?

[Frodo's Pearl]

I have a friend who can lick the tip of her nose. Can anyone else?

[ladyofthelight]

Not me

[BelovedCaptain]

nope. And yes, I did know the sneezing thing.

[Fingolfin]

Did you know you can actually light your farts on fire... No seriously you can... Just don't do it with tight jeans on... Leg hair and fire don't mix... lol I know... It sounds childish but it's so funny!!!

[ladyofthelight]

It's 'cause of methane or some such thing.

[Fingolfin]

Yep it sure is... HAHAHAHA!!! Some of the flames can get real big depending on what you had to eat earlier in the day... LOL.. Just had to share that "Strange and Interesting Fact"!!!

[ladyofthelight]

Thankyou Fin. That was a wonderful bit of TMI. ;)

[BelovedCaptain]

lol yeaaahhhhhh, anyways..... :grin:
Have you ever taken a helium balloon and sucked the helium? Your voice does go high pitched. We had a Miracle Children's thing going on yesterday, where if someone bought a blizzard, they were supporting the Children's place. We had balloons out and everything. One of my bosses took a balloon and some of my coworkers sucked in helium. My cousin did and her voice was so hilarious!! lol She sounded like one of the Chipmunks. So did my coworker. It was crazy. roflmao

[ladyofthelight]

That happens b/c the sound waves go faster, so they sound higher

[SamwiseAtHeart]

I've done it before, and it's kind of fun lol, but what was really funny was when a man I know did it. He has a really deep voice, and he had breathed enough in that he was sounding chipmunkish. It was just really funny seing that lol

[ladyofthelight]

I wouldn't recomend doing it too much b/c it can damage your vocal chords.

[BelovedCaptain]

Ah well. It's still funny! :grin:

[ladyofthelight]

True. Have you seen the beer commercial wih the guys sitting at a table singing the song with eally high and squeky voices and it says what we could have put in beer. the label says the brand with helium. it's really funny

[BelovedCaptain]

nope havent seen it.

[ladyofthelight]

I think it's off the air now. It was like a month ago that I last saw it. Did you know that horses' joints can crack, just like human ones? I foound that out today when I was taking care of a horse. You have no idea how scared I got when I heared it.

[SamwiseAtHeart]

Creepy... lol Well now I know something I didn't lol

[ladyofthelight]

It's kinda funny in an odd way. I was leading Lexis(the horse) on a leadline and I heard something go 'crack' I made sure Lexis hadn't stumbled and I knew it wasn't my body the noise came from, b/c I would have felt it. I was so scared that Lexis got hurt.

[BelovedCaptain]

Well, I hope your horse is ok.

[ladyofthelight]

He is fine, he's just really old. He's a retired police horse. He's not mine though, I just help take care of him.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Cows have four stomachs.

[ladyofthelight]

Worms have 4 hearts, and box turtles rather like eating them.

[BelovedCaptain]

Ok...

[Frodo's Pearl]

There was once this man that had such a voice that if he stood over a certain river, and talked in his normal voice, he could be heard for at least three miles. I read it in Ripley's. ;)

[ladyofthelight]

I know someone who can hold a single note for six minutes and be heard throughout a theatre the size of Carnagie(sp?) Hall without a Mike.

[Frodo's Pearl]

WOW. Is it a woman or man? Because if it were a woman, she would do just fine singing that song from "Annie Get Your Gun"... 'Any note you can hold, I can hold longer, I can hold any note longer than you... Yes IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII CAN!!!' ;)

I also read that there was once a man who traveled over 500 miles just to return an ant to its home.

[ladyofthelight]

It's a guy, but that would be very funny. The mental image is too much. *starts laughing, scaring people*

[Amithrellas]

Took my dogs for their yearly check up and happened to ask the vet why one dog had 'red eye' in piccies and the other had blue :huh:
He had me use his scope to look at my dogs 'tapetum' - a reflective layer behind the retina - that helps reflect more light into the eye for low light situations. It was amazing to look at! And it changes color, too.

[ladyofthelight]

That is so cool.

Did you know that spider silk twisted to the thickness of a pencil can stop a plane, and is stronger than steel.

[Frodo's Pearl]

An atom is mostly empty space. To compare the size of the atom to that of an electron (I think), think of a football sitting in a football field.

[Hathelin]

The line "By nightfall, these hills will be swarming with orcs," (Aragorn) in Jackson's FotR was supposed to be "By nightfall, these hills will be fair teeming with orcs," or so I've heard.

[Elf Girl]

Yeah, they said that in the cast commentary, I believe.

The tips of pointe shoes (used in ballet) are made from layers of paper and burlap, with glue to stiffen them.

[Hathelin]

Shakespeare was originally going to title the great tragedy Othello, "Iago". I believe he decided against because he figured anything named for a villain would be ill-received.

[ladyofthelight]

Interesting. Semi-related me being facecious, sorta, according to a guy in my brother's world lit class a while ago, Iago ''jacked Othello's car.'' I'm not kidding, someone said those exact words.

Kit Marlowe died in a brawl over a bill at the local bar/pub/tavern/whatever.

[Hathelin]

Christopher Marlowe did not in fact die in a tavern. He died at an acquaintance's home just after he was arrested for heresy. Whether or not he was mudered, however, is still being debated. x)

[ladyofthelight]

I guess my book was wrong then. Thanks for the correction, Hath. I'm always glad to get fresh info.

In the song 'Betrayed' Iago and Othello, Samson and Delilah are mentioned. Betrayed is from the musical The Producers.

[Frodo's Pearl]

The terms "orc", and "krakken", were not actually made up by Tolkien, and the makers of PotC, but are names of creatures in many ancient mythical legends.

[Fingolfin]

Gas now costs more than Beer per gallon! :blink: Never would have Thunk it! HAHAHAHA!!! lol

[Frodo's Pearl]

Oh brother. :P

There have been instances where people have tried to use stolen credit cards, but turns out their cashiers were the original owners! The same with checks being cashed.

[ladyofthelight]

The bulgarian vampire has only nostril.

[Frodo's Pearl]

When pelican parents can't find food for their babies, they rip open their own breasts and sacrifice themselves for them.

[ladyofthelight]

Chanel No. 5 was the first perfume to use synthetic molecules.

[Frodo's Pearl]

A long time ago, salt was worth its weight in gold!

[Hathelin]

The stain glass in the cathedrals of old was actually the first use of nanotechnology, in spite of its later discovery.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Pigs are smarter than dogs! Octopuses are also very smart.

[ladyofthelight]

Newton's second law of motion does not have a name.

[Fingolfin]

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster began around the year 565, when St. Columba claimed to see a dragon threaten a traveller by Loch Ness. :grin:

[ladyofthelight]

The Great Professor's psuedonym was Oxymore

[Fingolfin]

The world's largest building without internal supports is the Goodyear Airship hangar, in Akron, Ohio - it has 55 million cubic feet of air. Clouds form in the top of the structure during sudden temperature changes, and it rains. :blink:

[ladyofthelight]

It is possble to wierd out even the most un-phasable person in the world

[Elf Girl]

Viggo Mortensen shares a birthday with my mom. ;)

[ladyofthelight]

That is really cool.

[Frodo's Pearl]

My uncle shares a birthday with Frodo, and my baby sister shares one with Ian Holm! (Not very strange, but sure interesting!)

[ladyofthelight]

It is possible to yell, scream and cheer until you cough and choke.

[Frodo's Pearl]

It doesn't count as a post when at least I post in the "Games" section on this forum. ?? Dunno why that is. :(

[ladyofthelight]

Siberia means 'sleeping land' in the language of the Tartars

[Frodo's Pearl]

Attila the Hun was considered the only real threat to the Roman Empire.

[ladyofthelight]

And he died in a situation related to a nose-bleed.

[Elf Girl]

That's just... ironic. :-/

[Elfdaughter]

The shortest war in history lasted.......

45 minutes.

That's shorter than a football match!

[ladyofthelight]

the 100yr war was actually 114yrs

[Elfdaughter]

And the 30 year war was actually 50 years. (the fiercest fighting was over a 30 year period, hence the name.)

[ladyofthelight]

Strider the Ranger was originally Trotter the Hobbit.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Really??

I know that Frodo was originally going to be Bingo.

[ladyofthelight]

I think it was in the Appendices somewhere.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Christopher Columbus had white hair at age 30.

[BelovedCaptain]

Strider the Ranger was originally Trotter the Hobbit.

I knew that! He also wore shoes! Wooden shoes! Trotter really began to make me curious, but then Strider took his place. :(
And it's mentioned in the Histories of Middle Earth series...Um, I think it's The Return of the Shadow...I need to read more of those. ;)

In Ecuador, guinea pig is a delicasy! :lmao:

[Frodo's Pearl]

The first time I ever saw FotR, when Arwen first rides up, I thought she was Luthien Tinuviel! Just like Aragorn did. (Since I wasn't expecting Arwen then.)

[ladyofthelight]

Someone once survived a skydiving trip in which her parachutes didn't open. She survived because she landed on her face. I'm not sure how that worked though.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Luray Caverns in VA, USA features ceiling rock formations that are organ pipes: music is played on them. (I saw {and heard!} them!)

[Wyvern]

The female praying mantis will only breed after she's torn the head off her mate.
Figure that one out! I dare you!

[ladyofthelight]

The Hundred Years War was actually something like 114 yrs

[Frodo's Pearl]

Female mosquitos are the ones that bite.

[ladyofthelight]

And they are attracted to the colour blue.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Miranda Otto (Eowyn) and Bernard Hill (Theoden) have their birthdays a day apart. (Miranda: Dec. 16 and Bernard: Dec 17.)

[Elfdaughter]

Someone once survived a skydiving trip in which her parachutes didn't open. She survived because she landed on her face. I'm not sure how that worked though.

Her nose probably worked as a crumple zone.

Sorry, that was really bad taste...

A giraffe's toungue is 18 inches long .

[Elf Girl]

Construction on the Taj Mahal took from 1632-1652 and used 20,000 laborers.

[Ladypain]

Construction on the Taj Mahal took from 1632-1652 and used 20,000 laborers.

:o lol Now that's evil if you interpret it a different way.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Pizza originated in Greece and spagetti originated in China.

[Fingolfin]

A cosmic year is the amount of time it takes the sun to revolve around the centre of the Milky Way, about 225 million years.

HOLY 'MARS BARS' BATMAN!!! :blink:

lol

[Frodo's Pearl]

Pluto is not considered a planet anymore by most people.

[Fingolfin]

Common in Europe and the British Isles during the Middle Ages and later even in the New World was the practice of trying and condemning animals for injuring or killing a human being. For instance, the French parliament, the highest court in the land, once ordered the execution of a cow. It was hanged, then burned at the stake.


:blink: That would be a site to behold!!!

[Frodo's Pearl]

Oh my! :o

"Trotter", the character replaced by Strider in LotR, was a hobbit of many names. One of them was Peregrin.

[ladyofthelight]

It is possible, though VERY rare, to survive trepanation, or drilling a whole into the skull. It is a very messy and dangerous procedure.

[Elfdaughter]

Most people would 'rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy'...

[ladyofthelight]

YES! Lobatomies are dangerous and more than a little squicky. *shudders*A horse stepping on your foot actually hurts less than getting bitten by a gerbil or scratched by a cat.

[Elfdaughter]

That's very true. It's a larger surface area, so the weight is spread out, wheras gerbil teeth or cats claws are small surface areas, so the weight is concentrated to a very small area. It's the same reason why pressing you thumb on a pinhead doesn't hurt, but it does on the smaller end.

[ladyofthelight]

walking into a door frame is more painful than stubbing your toe, at least for me,:blush:

[Fingolfin]

One of the most unusual military maneuvers ever was performed in 1191, during the third Crusade, when Richard the Lion-Hearted captured the city of Acre. The inhabitants were barricaded inside, so King Richard had his soldiers throw 100 beehives over the walls. The people in the fortress surrendered immediately.

In the words of Genie.... BEEEEEE Yourself! LOL!

[Frodo's Pearl]

There's a kind of crab called a Pycnogonid whose body is so small that its internal organs are located in its legs.

[Elfdaughter]

Blimey! Bit of a raw deal for it if it breaks a leg....

[Fingolfin]

While the use of antibiotics did not begin in the 20th century, early folk medicine included the use of mouldy foods or soil for infections. In ancient Egypt, for example, infections were treated with mouldy bread.

[Frodo's Pearl]

There is a bird called a Skua gull that lays two eggs and when they hatch, it eats one of the young. Cannibal!

[Fingolfin]

The ancient Vikings navigated by depending on the instincts of birds. They took on board several ravens, releasing them one at a time as they sailed westward. If the raven flew back along the course from which it had come, the Viking ships continued due west. But when a raven flew a different way, the ships would change course, following its flight path in search of new lands.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Pandas are not actually bears, but are related to raccoons. This can easily be seen by looking at the raccoon's cousin, the red panda.

[ladyofthelight]

And they may look cudley, but pandas are quite vicious if threatened.

[Nibinaraniel]

Penguins are actually very mean animals towards threats to territory! They will attack a human in their territory until they can barely move.

[ladyofthelight]

meep! On the subject of attacking animals, koalas are actually pretty dangerous, and not cuddle-ey at all

[Frodo's Pearl]

The Cuttlefish has three hearts.

[Fingolfin]

Winnie-the-Pooh is based on a real bear. On August 24th, 1914, a Canadian soldier and veterinarian named Harry Colebourn, en route to a training camp in Valcartier, Quebec, purchased an orphaned black bear cub for $20 in White River, Ontario, which he named Winnipeg, or Winnie for short. When his unit was sent over to France during World War I, Colebourn loaned her to the London Zoo, intending to take her back to Canada after the war. However, Winnie's gentle disposition made her the zoo's top attraction, and on December 1, 1919, he donated her to the zoo. In the mid 1920's, writer A. A. Milne often took his young son, Christopher Robin, to the zoo, and Christopher named his teddy bear "Winnie-the-Pooh" after Winnie. A. A. Milne went on to write several best-selling children's books about Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh.

[Frodo's Pearl]

Oh my gosh, that's so interesting and sweet!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Queen Marie Anne, mother of King Charles II closed every theatre in Spain for 11 years on the theory that his royal subjects should not be permitted pleasure denied their young monarch, who was too young to understand plays. Kill-joy queen!

[Fingolfin]

Thanks FP... I thought was very interesting too! :grin:

Here is another cool one... And it's TRUE! HAHAHAHA!!



In the city of Milwaukee, residents must keep pet elephants on a leash while walking them.

[Frodo's Pearl]

(I can just see a sign in a park: keep all elephants on leash and off grass. lol)


A shrimp has its heart and stomach in its head.

[ladyofthelight]

Very interesting.

a word in the Finnish language is the longest in the world.

[Frodo's Pearl]

The Aye Aye is an animal of Madagascar that has the teeth of a hare, the ears of a bat, the bristles of a boar, the hands of a monkey, and the tail of a fox.

[ladyofthelight]

When the French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, there was only a few (I believe 8 or so) petty criminals inside

[Frodo's Pearl]

A butterfly can detect one part of sugar in 300,000 parts of water.

[Fingolfin]

The phrase "devil's advocate" comes from the process by which the Roman Catholic Church, until 1983, investigated candidates for sainthood. In this investigation, one person was given the role of arguing against canonization by denigrating the potential saint on behalf of the devil. The official title of this role was "Devil's Advocate".

[Frodo's Pearl]

Legend has it that someone (might have even been St. Patrick) said that February 29 is the one day when girls can ask guys out for a date, or even propose to them!
So, take advantage of tomorrow, gals. ;)

[Fingolfin]

Did you know that every day the Hubble Space Telescope archives 3 to 5 gigabytes of data and delivers between 10 and 15 gigabytes to astronomers all over the world?

[Frodo's Pearl]

Elvis Presley actually would have had a twin brother, but it died at childbirth (Elvis was born about 30 minutes later).

[Fingolfin]

Orgasm of pigs can last up to 30 minutes! Holy COW!! (No pun intended!) :o lol

Only if..... HAHAHAHHA

[Frodo's Pearl]

There was once an English woman who had an allergy to roses; it was so violent that the touch of a rose petal blistered her skin.

[Fingolfin]

Early guns took so long to load and fire that bows and arrows - in trained hands - were twelve times more efficient.

:archer:

[Frodo's Pearl]

The Sorcerer in Disney's Fantasia in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is named Yensid, which is Disney spelled backwards.

[Fingolfin]

In the Lion King when Simba is grown up and is running away from truth about his destiny and falls down on the edge of the cliff and the dust fly's up in the air... If you play that in slow motion you can see the word "SEX" floating in the air..... WEIRD!!!

[Elfdaughter]

That's a myth, actually (yes, I HAVE tried it...I was bored!)

In the Red Dwarf episode 'Backwards', there is a scene where the bar manager has a speech which is in 'backwards' speech. One character translates what the bar manager is supposed to say, but if you run that scene backwards, the bar manager ACTUALLY says:

"*Pointing at Kryten* You are a stupid square-headed bald person, aren't you? *pointing to Rimmer* I'm pointing at you, but I'm not actually adressing you, I'm addressing the one sad prat in the entire country who's bothered to get hold of this recording, turn it round and work out the rubbish that I'm saying! What a poor sad life that he's got!"

[Fingolfin]

E.D. Seriously... It's not a myth... I've seen it a few times and have showed friends... LOL Disney movies are filled with a lot of things like that... Like in the Little Mermaid... When the prince is getting ready to marry the sea witch (can't remember her name) well the priest has a... well... you know when a guy gets excited... UUUHHHMMMMM..... :blush:

[Elfdaughter]

Fin - it says SFX, not sex! It was supposed to be giving the company that did the animation extra credit, but when the wind blows the 'F' changes shape slightly as it dissolves - leading to the wrong conclusion that it says sex.

[Fingolfin]

LOL Well it doesn't look like SFX to me!!!! lol

[Nibinaraniel]

If you stay seated for a long enough period of time, your skin can grow into the fabric of your clothes and whatever you are seated on. Then they have to surgically remove you... OUCH!

[Fingolfin]

Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum! :blink:

[Frodo's Pearl]

That's sad, man.

"Fat chance" and "Slim chance" both mean the same thing.

[Fingolfin]

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

(Maybe that's because most of us are dirty old men!!) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:lmao:

Just kidding... I'm not really a dirty old man!!! HEHEHEHE!

[ladyofthelight]

rofl that's bizarre, Fin.

The human body relies on electricity to self-regulate

[Fingolfin]

LOTL... Yeah I thought that was pretty funny too! HEHEHE!! lol Couldn't help myself!!

Here's a neat fact...

The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.


How many of you looked??? HAHAHAHA!! It's the truth though!

[ladyofthelight]

I always thought that the arrangement of the Qwerty keyboard was so that the most common letters were far apart so they didn't jam each other on type writers...

Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr

[Fingolfin]

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. :blink:

GOD!! That would be awesome wouldn't it!!! LOL lol

[SamwiseAtHeart]

We'd be just like Spiderman! lol

[Fingolfin]

HAHAHAH! RIGHT!!! lol

Okay I have another one for you... Now BE WARNED.. This one might make you laugh so hard you might just pee your pants... It's the comment at the end that makes it so funny... Here ya go!

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....")

:lmao:

[SamwiseAtHeart]

I knew that. I just think poor males. Them must fear that time of the year. They must be thinking "Do I go and make babies and die? Or do I run away and not get killed?" The urge to reproduce makes them choose the way of the woman lol

[Fingolfin]

If you pass wind consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that's more like it!)


lol

[ladyofthelight]

Studies have shown that listening to classical music while you study makes studying more effective.

[Fingolfin]

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. :blink:

[ladyofthelight]

:Where do you get this stuff from Fin????? :blink:

[Fingolfin]

LMAO!!! I just search for interesting facts on the net and post the ones I deem worthy of posting! lol:grin:

[ladyofthelight]

35% of Americans yell at the TV while watching it

[Fingolfin]

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of...? Did the government pay for this research ??)

[Lady Nenya]

Here's a neat fact...

The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard.

Going along with this, TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

[Fingolfin]

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. :grin:

[Amithrellas]

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that)

Starfish don't have brains.
(I know some people like that, too) :grin:

[Arwen~Undómiel]

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. :grin:

Yeah, I noticed that...is there any meaning to it??

My interesting fact: (Actually it's quite wird...lol)
In Connorsville (Wisconsin) it's illegal for a man to shoot with his gun while his wife id having an orgasm....

[Fingolfin]

Yeah, I noticed that...is there any meaning to it??

My interesting fact: (Actually it's quite wird...lol)
In Connorsville (Wisconsin) it's illegal for a man to shoot with his gun while his wife id having an orgasm....

Well Arwen... I could tell you but I would have to kill you... HAHAHAHA!! Just kidding sweetie.. Acutally 4:20 symbolizes the time for people who smoke mary jane... LOL!!!

That is a hilarious fact about Wisconsin! OMG!!! HAHAHAHA!! I could just picture it!

WOOOOO HOOOO!!! BANG! BANG! BANG!!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! lol

[Arwen~Undómiel]

Yeah, that picture is never ever gonna get out of my head again...LOL

[Fingolfin]

In Michigan.... A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission. :grin: MMMUUUUAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

[ladyofthelight]

As a New Yorker, I have to say, America is wierd.... but I love it

[Erebwen Cristaer]

The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle."

[Fingolfin]

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. HAHAHAHA!!! I could see it already... "Hey baby... Let me give you a backrub!!!" LMAO!!! :lmao:

[ladyofthelight]

Perpetual motion machines are, so far at least, impossible.

[Fingolfin]

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. :blink:

[ladyofthelight]

After reading that, Fin, I think I speak for everyone when I say "Huh?"

A 1 dollar bill takes approx. 200 folds back and forth to tear.

[Fingolfin]

LOTL... HAHAHA! Which one are you talking about?? lol

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

[Elfdaughter]

There is no word in the english language that rhymes with orange, purple, silver or month.

[Frodo's Pearl]

If you tried to count all the stars in a galaxy, at a rate of 1 per second, it would take 3000 years to count them all.

[Elfdaughter]

Actually, no it woldn't. New stars are being born and are dying all the time, (though currently the star death rate is higer than the birth rate) so the rate of stars in the galaxy in constantly in flux. Therefore, after a thousand years, the count would be wrong.

[Fingolfin]

LOL... Actually.. I don't think that you could count all the stars.... It is speculated that in the Milky Way Galaxy there are more stars than grains of sand on the earth... Kinda hard to imagine.... (and that is just one galaxy!!) :blink: Imagine how many in the whole Universe!!!

[Elfdaughter]

Hehe! FP was talking about one single galaxy! ;)

[Fingolfin]

EG that's what I'm saying... HOLY COW!!! That has always amazed me!

[Erebwen Cristaer]

If Benjamin Franklin had had his way, the turkey would be the national bird of the USA, instead of the eagle.

[Fingolfin]

If Benjamin Franklin had had his way, the turkey would be the national bird of the USA, instead of the eagle.

LOL I could see it already!!


http://www.rockcitynews.com/photos3d/antibushwar3/images/turkey-head-bush.jpg


An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.)

[Elf Girl]

White Lodge, in Richmond Park, London was built as a hunting lodge for King George II. Admiral Nelson detailed his plans for the battle of Trafalger to Lord Sidmouth there by drawing lines on the table with a wine-moisted finger. Today, the Lodge is home to the Royal Ballet Academy's Lower School, and young girls in leotards and tights dance through the former royal residence.

[Fingolfin]

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. :blink:

[Elfdaughter]

The Christian view of the devil (with the horns and tail) is actually taken from the Pagan view of the popular forest god Pan. It was adopted by the Church as a method of turning people against Paganisim.

[Fingolfin]

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. :blink: Suddenly I'm not feeling very hungry for pens... lol

[ladyofthelight]

Autism is no longer linked to the MMR vaccine, as it was originally linked under faked data