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Old 02-08-2011, 16:24   #1
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Right after looking for my fart fact for the other thread I started looking at other facts..........WOW!!! There are so many I didnt know.

So here I go starting a thread asking you all whats the strangest/amusing/weirdest fact that you know or have found out?

To start you ok this is one that made me chuckle,


frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

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Pistol shrimps use a sonic gun to catch their prey
‪Pistol Shrimp‬‏ - YouTube

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A son will always be as tall, or taller than his mother, never smaller.
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Edward VIII had a tiny winky, and could only reach climax because of a trick Wallace Simpson learned in a far eastern brothel, which was done with her feet.
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What???

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I'd have to carry out hari-kari, if I passed on this ancient secret.

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so who taught you then ....
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If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court
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The average man produces 10,000 litres of urine in a lifetime.

(This includes the pee that doesn't make it into the bowl.)
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You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)
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The average man produces 10,000 litres of urine in a lifetime.

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it was a crime to commit suicide ..... up to 50 years ago ...

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Cracking your fingers doesn't actually cause arthritus

babies do not lose all their body heat through having an exposed head

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