facts game

[cocoa_pleco]

time for a new game- a facts game. Post odd facts that few people probably know.

i have one. The light that hits earth today was actually released from the sun about 1000 years ago

[Drumachine09]

a woodchuck could chuck ALL the wood, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

[A340]

Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (macarroni and cheese) per person then any other nation on earth....thumbs2:

[cocoa_pleco]

Canadians eat more Kraft Dinner (macarroni and cheese) per person then any other nation on earth....thumbs2:


really? thats weird!

[Drumachine09]

Starfish have no brains.

[frizzlefish]

Starfish have no brains.

Sadly, I know quite a few humans like that as well.

[Drumachine09]

Sadly, I know quite a few humans like that as well.



LMAO


George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

[Incredulous_Ed]

time for a new game- a facts game. Post odd facts that few people probably know.

i have one. The light that hits earth today was actually released from the sun about 1000 years ago

Are you sure? I heard the sun light hits the earth only 7 minutes after it is released.

It is illeagal to duel in Paraguay.......unless you're a registered blood donor.

[cocoa_pleco]

in kansas, it is illegal to shoot a rabbit from a boat

[xoolooxunny]

the circle of the Celtic cross represents the Celtic sun god, placed there to help convert the Druids to Christianity.

(moon goddess/sun god, cant recall)

[gm72]

Your tongue is the only muscle in the body that has an origin but no insertion (it is attached at only one end).

[Chrona]

It takes about 8 minutes for light from the sun to reach earth. Light from the closest star excluding the sun, Alpha Centauri, takes a bit more than 4 years to reach here. If light took 1000 years to get here, the source would be 1000 light years away :)

[gm72]

...which the sun is not. Good info.

The latissimus dorsi (the two long muscles on either side of your spine) are the largest in the body.

Muscles and muscles, hey, I'm on a roll! Funny thing is that just tonight I had a discussion with my wife about this very fact.

[xoolooxunny]

world's first skyscraper = chicago, 1885

[Drumachine09]

in kansas, it is illegal to shoot a rabbit from a boat


oops, my bad :hmm3grin2orange:


If you were to fart for 6 years, 7 months and 4 days, you would release enough energy to equal that of the power of an atomic bomb.

[cocoa_pleco]

oops, my bad :hmm3grin2orange:


If you were to fart for 6 years, 7 months and 4 days, you would release enough energy to equal that of the power of an atomic bomb.


LOL, send me over some beans and laxatives!

[Drumachine09]

LOL, send me over some beans and laxatives!

Did you know, that if your were to SCREAM that long, you would only produce enough engery to heat a cup of coffee.

[xoolooxunny]

the only light beer, that's also a corona, is a corona light.

[Drumachine09]

the only light beer, that's also a corona, is a corona light.


You must be drinking now, huh?


It is illegal to set a moustrap in california without a hunting license.

[Chrona]

You must be drinking now, huh?


It is illegal to set a moustrap in california without a hunting license.

lmfao

Everything is known to cause cancer in the state of California. Even things that do not actually cause cancer become carcinogenic as they pass over the state border.

Just kidding :)

[Incredulous_Ed]

Are you serious? I've set traps before without a liscense.

[Drumachine09]

Are you serious? I've set traps before without a liscense.

Its called a "blue law". Mad back in the day, for some stupid reason, that has never been taken off the books. Even though it is still an actual law, no one enforces it. Another one is no child in newyork under 13 can talk on the phone with out parental supervision.......ya right, lol.




a broken clock is always right 2x a day.

[Incredulous_Ed]

George washington liked to tell dirty jokes.

[gm72]

The famous Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" was written as a result of a bet.