Strange but true facts
(from www.thestrangesite.com - 10 January 2001)
a huge list of things will never need to know, but anyway..
Did you know that Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to have been born in a hospital?
Or that Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing?
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications)
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19.You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
No NFL team, which plays its home games in a domed stadium, has ever won a Super Bowl.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver".
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-star Game.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.
Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years.
Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.
According to one study, 24% of lawns have some sort of lawn ornament
in their yard.
Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.
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Comments
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Buddy Holly fan: Buddy Holly was not killed in a plane called "American Pie"....urban myth !!(18/01/2012)
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Amos: Nice!(18/10/2011)
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irshad sanjrani: nice informations!(16/10/2011)
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Irshad Sanjrani: very nice and knowledgeable informations (16/10/2011)
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goldenbook: nice....(11/09/2011)
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tessdabest: who ever says they knew all uvem was lying... n those ppl who r commenting negative need 2 get a life, if u dnt like it, dont read it! n the one abt the duck quack wasnt true :P(06/11/2010)
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Janey: COOL~(14/12/2008)
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Ankido: The Rams have a dome and they won a Superbowl.(28/09/2008)
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Anon: "me says... in the thing that says it has every letter in it. theres no C." Spell quick for me mate :P(19/09/2008)
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Alyssa: Did you guys know that colgate was not sold is spanish-speaking countries since translated it means: "go hang yourself" ? interesting...haha(31/08/2008)
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me: in the thing that says it has every letter in it. theres no C.(26/08/2008)
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MC Husky: Brilliant! some of em dodgey but F*****g amazing:)(24/06/2008)
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nicole: love it(13/06/2008)
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hi im joe lol no im not: this was pretty good exept the stupid one it says' Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.' no dip it is. but all in all it was pretty good(24/04/2008)
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Alex: not bad... not bad at all... by the way, wat kind o loser knows these facts before they read them here(02/12/2007)
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thetelboy: whoever compiles these............................what a job!(27/11/2007)
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blablablablablablabla: its very boring i hated it(21/11/2007)
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Nightshade RiverClan: A few more facts would have been nice.(11/11/2007)
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blue: sum kwl facts
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Fact Finder: dunno, not all true i guess(23/10/2007)
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CATH: THESE FACTS ARE VERY INTRESTING BUT NEED MORE ENTERTAINMENT(13/10/2007)
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Greek Man: Interesting but the Colts are a team with a dome stadium and they won the super bowl(29/07/2007)
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lissa: this hassome very interesting facts (13/06/2007)
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Drew: Okay one question to all you negative people out there... If you find these facts so boring, or you knew them already... why did you keep reading them? It just goes to show you were interested in them. I found them very interesting. So when people take time to post something for your entertainment and you dont like it, dont even waste your time commenting about it! does it make you feel better about yourself or make you seem powerful? I think not. (21/05/2007)
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sindhu: the facts are interesting but if it is
about the nature, earth,planets and about science it would be much better.(09/05/2007)
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bushaka: your all sad!! please get a life, y even comment wen its going to be negitive, you know all?? thats bull! i found them very interesting, get a grip, get a life!(19/04/2007)
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Loose Moose: Yes you can fold it.. try tracing paper or butter paper.. it is paper! (20/02/2007)
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swainy: these rock lol but some r borin(07/02/2007)
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mythman6457: Some cool facts but, it is possible to fold a piece of paper more then 7 times. They tested it on mythbusters as alex said (the popular american tv show.)(04/02/2007)
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Demetri: Maybe if there were more and more facts that were newer it would be better. Along with diffrent catagories of facts (ie. People, Food and Drink, Laws, Phobias, ect.)(29/01/2007)
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Bored: I was bored, so I guess your info was ok. Maybe a bit more would be better.(09/01/2007)
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Karen: Knew all of these already(04/10/2006)
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Meepz: Plain and not ze best.(08/09/2006)
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Kat: Most of these facts are either common or not true >:O(04/09/2006)
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Blackbird: nice facts, but I already know most of them. Put up updated ones!(01/06/2006)
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ugh! ugh! ugh!: some facts here are quite uninteresting...but others can be really good! make more exciting facts(10/05/2006)
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RYAN!!!!!: POOR(03/04/2006)
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TomH: I find the site very interesting and informative! Keep it up..Anxious to see future ones....(01/04/2006)
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alex: its has been tested on mythbusters (a popular american t.v show) and has been show that a ducks quack does actually echo(10/03/2006)
- lola and papa kuya daddy: this website was soooooooooooooooooooo uninteresting, you should put MORE sexual facts!!(18/10/2005)
- Dahlia Espinoza: You cannot fold any piece of paper in half more than seven times. (23/05/2005)
