Assorted Bizzare Facts

[Rod Dickmaster]

Originally Posted by Superstar

...and hows that an amazing fact?

Hey, it's a fact of some kind, unlike most of the drivel in this thread.

[PipeBombGK1]

-Vatican City is the smallest country in the world.
-The third most popular language in the world is German.
-The stones used to create Stone Henge were moved from a quary(SP?) more than 20 miles away.

These are from a site I found on ask.com
URL: Random Facts

- President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
-If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
-In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
-The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
-The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
-The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
-It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

[Sidewinder]

-Fiji brand bottled water contains more tap water than Cleveland's tap water.

The Water Connoisseur: Cleveland takes offense at Fiji Water Ad

-In September of 2006, Congress passed a bill that defied the first page of the Constitution. The writ of habeas corpus was eliminated until legal action was brought up in attempt to bring it back, which it was successful in doing.

Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-Islam is meant to be a religion of peace. (No matter how skewed your views of it are.)
Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[unknown_bullet]

The youngest parents were 8 and 9.

[osama56]

If you throw in a random statistic, people will believe you 94.7% of the time

[RickTheRipper]

Penguins can't fly.

The Aleutian Islands (the long extension of Alaska) drift farther away from the main land every year (a couple inches I believe).

On a compass, true north doesn't point directly at the North pole (same goes for true sout and the South pole).

And here's one of the most useful facts you'll ever hear. I like to chew on random stuff (TV remote, buttons, my shirts, backpacks [when I went to school], and of course pencils). Oh, and I also eat paper.

[D.LEE]

Originally Posted by RickTheRipper

Penguins can't fly.

The Aleutian Islands (the long extension of Alaska) drift farther away from the main land every year (a couple inches I believe).

On a compass, true north doesn't point directly at the North pole (same goes for true sout and the South pole).

And here's one of the most useful facts you'll ever hear. I like to chew on random stuff (TV remote, buttons, my shirts, backpacks [when I went to school], and of course pencils). Oh, and I also eat paper.

Me Too! But I mostly shew on the plastic and rubber things like pens and wheels to toy cars and the cap to the pop top thingy water bottles

[NUN-PUNCHER]

I don't know if this was posted already....


Coca~Cola was once made with Cocaine

The Straight Dope: Is it true Coca-Cola once contained cocaine?


And Dasani water ( Which most Movie Theaters sell ) is actually water right out of the Tap in a fancy bottle.

Coca - Cola Admits That Dasani is Nothing But Tap Water

[RadioactiveMan]

Originally Posted by unknown_bullet

The youngest parents were 8 and 9.

I read that in the Guinness Book of World Records a long time ago. It was in China so I wonder if it was during the one-child period. It'd be unfortunate if they used up their kid so early.

About RickTheRipper's compass fact: How is that bizarre? That's like the fun fact on Pud comics saying "the needle on a compass always points north." Duh!

[RickTheRipper]

It's bizarre because it's a 2nd-4th grade fact, and as we all know, most people don't pay attention in 2nd-4th grade.