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Furry Chat => General => Topic started by: crustybread5 on December 30, 2006, 05:07:03 PM
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Post weird, wonderful and interesting facts to amaze us all
Here's mine:
Did you know..
Cheese consumption in the United States is expected to grow by 50 percent between now and 2013.
Scientists have discovered that certain brain chemicals in our tears are natural pain relievers.
A gene for a light-sensitive protein in the eye is what resets the body's "internal clock."
The 90-million-year-old remains of seven pack-traveling carnivorous dinosaurs known as Mapusaurus were discovered in an area of southern Argentina nicknamed "Jurassic Park."
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hmm Never knew That ??? Umm Space People (haha I'm dumb)Will Travel To pluto in 2010.
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Most of these are sleep based... (I like knowing sleepy stuff)
DID YOU KNOW....
-We dream 1,600 times per year?
-Keith Richards, Guitarist for the Rolling Stones, dreamed up the music for the song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction?"
-When we dream, our brain works like a computer. They consider what are choices are in life and organize messages to broadcast only when we dream.
-Napolean Bonaparte would wake up at 3am and demand his secretary write out all of his thoughts.
-The loudest snore registered 90 decibels.
-Humans smell up to 10,000 different odors.
-Most of us need 2,000 words to communicate.
-Babies have more bones than adults.
-The average brain weighs about 3lbs.
-There are 72 letters in the Cambodian alphabet.
-5,000 languages have been identified on Earth.
-We have 5 stages of sleep.
-In Rome, soldiers ate garlic because they believed it gave them special strength.
-20 million pounds of garlic is grown and consumed each year.
-The largest tomato that ever weighed was four and a half pounds.
(hehe. I like "did you know's?")
Some weird (but real) Museums:
-The U.S. National Tick collection (contains about 1 million dead ticks... Ick!) in Statesboro, Georgia.
-The Frog Fantasies Museum in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
-The American Sanitary Plumbing Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts.
-The Crayola Hall of Fame in Easton, Pennsylvania.
-The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
-Marvin Johnson's Gourd Museum in Fuguay-Varina, North Carolina.
-The Tooth Fairy Museum in Deerfield, Illinois.
-The Church of One Tree Museum (a church made out of a single redwood tree that stands about 275 feet tall) in Santa Rosa, California.
-The Combat Cockroach Hall of Fame in Plano, Texas. <--That's my favorite! Hehe!
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How about some animal facts?
There are only three animals with blue tongues: the black bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.
Camels have three eye lids.
Flying squirrels don’t really fly, they glide from branch to branch. A blanket-like furry skin stretches their front and hind legs, and acts as a parachute, enabling the squirrel to soar like a kite.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
No two zebras have the same striped pattern.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
A beaver can hold it's breath for 45 minutes.
Toucans are found only in tropical areas of Central and South America. Some Toucan species have bills more than half as long as their bodies.
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.
The longest recorded life span of a tapeworm was 35 years!
Roadrunners are large (about two feet long) crested birds that prefer to run rather than fly. They eat rattlesnakes whole, and they can sprint 15 miles per hour.
A purple finch is really crimson in color.
You're 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than to be bit by a rattlesnake.
A male Angler fish attaches itself to a female and never lets go. Their vascular systems unite and the male becomes entirely dependent on the female's blood for nutrition.
Bengal tigers are the most water loving of the big cats. They will even chase prey into the water.
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I have two things to say to that razi:
1) Poor Goldfish!
2) Poor Ostrich!
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Heres some other animal facts XD :
Penguins can jump 6 feet in the air.
Elephants are the only animal that can't jump.
Polar bears are left handed.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur.
Reindeer eat moss because it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
The coyote's scientific name (Canis Latrans) means 'barking dog'.
Katydids have ears in their front legs.
The Basenji is the only dog which does not bark.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
A group of crows is called a murder.
Coconuts kill more people than sharks.
A pig's orgasm can last for 30 minutes.
A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
A baby oyster is called a spat.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
A swan is the only bird with a penis
Zebras can''t see the color orange.
The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound. ( thats what studies show but I`m not positive about that =/ )
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death
Pigs are the only animal that will drink hard liquor voluntarily
Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.
Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
The colour of a yak's milk is pink. :lovestruck4:
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very interesting, the only thing I know is that most cats are left handed (or pawed) which, incoeherintly I am left handed :th_Pyong-1:
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Go Penguins!
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Mushroom are white because they breathe in oxygen and expel CO2.
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:peek: Cheese is so sick tasting. :sick:
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:peek: Cheese is so sick tasting. :sick:
XD lol :3
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Dragons were real!!
Read this: http://www.colba.net/~tempest/Draconology/
I found it a few years ago. It's because of this that I believe that they were real.
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Ooo coolies :D
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Hmm, let's believe any old webpage on the internet. *goes off to create a webpage saying that dinosaurs are being reincarnated by the ancient power of Moshititsu*
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Well, from what Kiba posted, I hope that if reincarnation is possible, that i am reborn as a pig and not a lion. Quality over quantity! ;)
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Actually, I believe dragons were/are real.
How do explain that there is a dragon in every culture?
Cultures across the world were isolated in development.
There's no WAY that a person in each culture could think up the exact same creature.
They had to have had live accounts of the creature.
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well if they did exist, there extinct now. :yeah-yeah:
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Yeah I believe in them To and True they are all now Extinct :'(
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yes creatures that big you would think that youd see easier....
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You think they might be extinct.
It's highly possible our serpentile "myths" such as the loch less monster may be modern dragons.
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Animal Planet did a whole thing about dragons being real... :snicker:
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I know. I watched it faithfully.
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As did i lol :dragon: :dragon: :dragon:
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:lovestruck2: :lovestruck4: :lovestruck: :-* I love dragons. and penguins. and pandas. and panthers.
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haha Me to I watched :-[ And I Love them too haha
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Yay dragons! :dragon: :dragon:
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:-[ hehe They Are alot of interestign Facts on this Topic ???
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Yeah, i learned a new one tonight.
Snakes have TWO PENISES!
Eww, full of barbs too.
Here's some snake prOn. (http://www.bioterium.com.br/imagens/Serpentes/HemipenisDeCascavel.jpg)
Thanks for warping me, Max.
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O_O Really I Deviantly didn't know that :shcoked:
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Heres some Smex shtuff XD :
- In Tibet, many years ago, the law required all women to prostitute themselves. This was seen as a way to gain sexual experience prior to marriage.
- It’s a crime in London to have sex on a parked motorcycle.
- In Florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
- In France, art covers a multitude of sins. A French hooker in the 18th Century could avoid punishment if she agreed to join an opera company.
- There is an Illinois law that prohibits a number of things;one of which is a public erection, another is nude dancing. The prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude dancing has.
- It’s illegal in Minnesota for a man to have sex with a live fish
- In the town of Alexandria MN, a man cannot make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, sardines, or onions on his breath. If his wife so requests, the law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
- A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
- Around the time of the Roman Empire, a Germanic tribe called the Teutons would punish anyone caught as a prostitute by suffocating them in excrement.
- In Willowdale Oregon, it’s illegal for a man to curse during sex
- In Ames Iowa you’re not allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while having sex with a woman.
- Up until 1884, a woman could be sent to prison for denying a husband sex.
- In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband`s lover may be killed in any manner desired.
- In Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
- Under Lebanese law, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female.Having sex with a male however is Illegal.
- In Kingsville, Texas there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city`s airport property. (Having such laws on Texas books may explain a lot about our current president(U.S.)... )
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More animal facts:
- In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.
- A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
- Horses can't vomit.
- osquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
- Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.
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Most of that is Funny and Disgusting lol O_O
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cows cannot walk downstairs
dragonflies have six legs, but cannot walk
woodpeckers don't get headaches
dolphins are one of the only other animals besides humans who mate for pleasure
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cows cannot walk downstairs
dragonflies have six legs, but cannot walk
woodpeckers don't get headaches
dolphins are one of the only other animals besides humans who mate for pleasure
Wows I never knew dragonflies couldnt walk :D
I all ready put the dolphin part here silly XP :lovestruck:
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I wanna be reborn as a pigdolphin
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Wow... I didn't know dragonflies couldn't walk... :sniffle:
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Wow... I didn't know dragonflies couldn't walk... :sniffle:
*sniffles* there does david the dragonfly`s dream of being the fatest runner. :sniffle: :th_PyongLlora:
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did you know then you see two squrriel's chasing eachother it's to two males. the one squrriel is actually trying to bite the other squrriel's nuts off.
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that's,,,,,, kinda distubring omg
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that's,,,,,, kinda distubring omg
Well put... :umm:
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Sounds painful...
:peek:
I want one of these...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgtCFkYOu4
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Sounds painful...
:peek:
I want one of these...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwgtCFkYOu4
ZOMG! XD I want a pet goat like that too X3
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haha Hmm ???
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Well... I actually wouldn't know if it hurts, seeing how I'm female; but from what I understand getting kicked in the nuts hurts, so I'd imagine them geting eaten off would be excrutiating pain.
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I'm male so I can tell you it hurts.
However being female doesn't stop you realising how much it hurts, if you get kicked in the groin it hurts just as much as it does for a male, many people don't seem to realise this.
I'm not too sure that about the squirrels is true though, squirrels are playful creatures among their own species and with the claws they have, it seems doubtful that they would have to remove another squirrels testicles to invoke pain.
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haha I thought that To Nyx lol and Yeah True hehe
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I have been kicked in the groin really hard before (I take karate and when you fight novice belts, you get used to below the belt shots.)... It doesn't really hurt. At least not as much as getting punched in the chest for us women. I had to buy turtle shells to protect my... chest area.
:snicker:
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Fossil farts are extremely rare, but they have recently been discovered to exist by
University of Massachusetts at Amherst biologist Lynn Margulis and her
colleagues. The scientists had noticed that fossils of a particular species
of termite, trapped in amber, were always accompanied by bubbles of gas.
The scientists drilled into the trapped bubbles and analyzed the gases inside,
and found them to be rich in methane and carbon dioxide. They had also found
gut microbes fossilized within the termites' intestines. Their hypothesis
is that the microbes continued to live and digest the termite's last meal,
even after the termite had been trapped in tree sap and died. These intestinal
gases then seeped out of the termite, forming bubbles in the sap. Eventually
the sap hardened into amber, containing fossil termites, fossil microbes,
and fossil farts.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020330/cover.jpg (http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020330/cover.jpg)
I will never look at that pretty, sparkly amber the same again. :(
More fart facts here>>> http://www.heptune.com/farts.html (http://www.heptune.com/farts.html)
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haha True Nyx(Hurts more to the chest :'( )
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Did you know a one-minute kiss burns 26 calories, making a one-hour-long one burn 1,560 calories?
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O_O I didn't Interesting haha
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ooh i got another one Bed Bugs are Real lol Not sure ifd anyone knew lol :D
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Did you know a one-minute kiss burns 26 calories, making a one-hour-long one burn 1,560 calories?
ZOMG XD I gotta start kissing people o_o *has never kissed a guy cause she ish too ugleh for one to even want her to kiss them.runs* :th_PyongLlora:
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Haha! I never knew there was such thing as fossilized farts! :snicker:
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Did you know that there's an animal that looks like a zebra but is actually the only living relative of a giraffe? It's called and Okapi.
Did you know that since Okapis like to keep themselves clean, zoo keepers oftentimes put medicine on a sick okapis back so that it will lick it off?
Did you know that Okapis can reach behind their ears with their tounge?
Did you know that white bengal tigers eat the equivalent of 3,000 McDonald's Big Macs a day?
okapi: (http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/Twilight_Knight/okapi.jpg) lol, sorry, i'm an animal geek. I used to play Zoo Tycoon nonstop and i learned a lot from that game. I wish i didn't lose the disks! T^T
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Did you know a one-minute kiss burns 26 calories, making a one-hour-long one burn 1,560 calories?
ZOMG XD I gotta start kissing people o_o *has never kissed a guy cause she ish too ugleh for one to even want her to kiss them.runs* :th_PyongLlora:
sorry for doubble-posting again. Anyways, in response to that, i've never kissed a guy before either. XD But i have kissed a girl :3 and i can't wait until i get to see Theridos to kiss him. :3 And don't worry, you'll find someone that thinks you're pretty. I did. :th_Pyong-1:
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Haha! I never knew there was such thing as fossilized farts! :snicker:
Me To lol :snicker: