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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-08 11:03 PM
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Unnecessary Knowledge
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- the average person's left hand does 56% of the typing

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- It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.

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- There is One AK-47 for every Nine people on Earth

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- Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.

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- In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

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- Squirrels cannot contract rabies.

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- 1 out of 350,000 Americans get electrocuted in their life.

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- There is 293 different ways to give back change on a dollar.

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- Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.

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- 50% of female polar bears also have a penis.

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- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

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- There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.

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- A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

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- The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death

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- The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-08 11:05 PM
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1. "- 50% of female polar bears also have a penis. "
Well that explains why Sarah Palin hates them then! Immoral bears! ;)
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-08 11:07 PM
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2. #2 almost happened to me today, or at least, it felt like it....
Ugh! x(
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