The only member of ZZ Top without a beard is named Frank Beard.

[Andre]

Crazy facts. Let's do this.

[RareCareBear]

Wouldn't this be in the Creative Cavern? Because it's a game?

[Pez]

This is not a game. Fact.

[Solid Snix]

Would this thread count? (http://www.rarewitchproject.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36462)

[Andre]

...

The purpose is to post bizarre factoids. It isn't a "game."

[Pez]

Bizarre Factoid #1: I am currently nursing a semi.

[Jinjonator]

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders.

[Mandolin]

Superman was originally conceived as a villain.

[Adam]

The 'spot' on old 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

[Guitar]

Now scientists think we evolved from fish.

[Adam]

Elephants are the only land mammals that can't jump.

[Mandolin]

Now scientists think we evolved from fish.

Um, that isn't new. Every creature currently existing on Earth today evolved from a water-dwelling animal.

[Guitar]

You never said it had to be new.

[Jinjonator]

The "now" implies that it's new, and what you said is not new.

[IronCrue34]

Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.

[Adam]

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. That researcher also invented microwave popcorn.

[Kaiser]

North mexico was populated by jews.

[Andre]

One in every 5,000 babies are born without a butt hole, which has to be created manually by the hospital. The condition is called "imperforate anus."

[Adam]

One in every 5,000 babies are born without a butt hole, which has to be created manually by the hospital. The condition is called "imperforate anus."

*cough* (http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/we-will-make-an-artificial-anus.jpg)

[DarthConker]

Javier Bardem doesn't know how to drive.
Possums have a forked penis for males and two-channel vagina for females, so there can't be any cross-breeding between species, which is why the possum has remained largely unchanged for so long.

[StarFox]

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

[BobbyTheCat]

If the entire population of China walked past you in a single file line, it would never end because of the reproduction rate.

[Adam]

Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."

[BobbyTheCat]

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

[Jinjonator]

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

That just seems so morbidly appropriate.

[BobbyTheCat]

The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart
One in three motorists pick their nose while driving.
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
The longest word in English with no vowels is "ryhthms"
Humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up.
I have plenty more :D

[Korra]

Elmo's voice is done by a man.
Pikachu is actually male but the voice is done by a very adorably cute woman.
The Simpsons only have 4 fingers (or 3 fingers and 1 thumb) because it is cheaper.

[Jinjonator]

Elmo's voice is done by a black man.

There we go.

[Adam]

Really?! Oh wow.

And Pikachu's VA is hot.

[BobbyTheCat]

Frozen lobsters cancome back to life when thawed.
Termites eat wood twice as fast whaen listening to heavy metal music.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other other season during the year.
Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras.
Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans.

[Andre]

Mr. Snuffleupagus's first name is Aloysius.

[Guitar]

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

I'm gonna try that now! :D

Sega is actually a Hawaiian company.

[Deebs]

I am male.

[Mandolin]

Charles Fleischer, the voice of Roger Rabbit, insisted on wearing a rabbit suit whilst taping his lines.

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the protagonist's name was originally written as "Aleric B." On the day of the first radio taping, Douglas Adams suddenly had a change of heart and crossed out every instance of the name in his script, replacing it with "Arthur Dent". The rest is history.

[DarthConker]

Frozen lobsters cancome back to life when thawed.
Termites eat wood twice as fast whaen listening to heavy metal music.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Children grow faster in the springtime than any other other season during the year.
Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras.
Only 1% of bacteria cause disease in humans.
You wouldn't happen to be a fan of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, would you?

Paul McCartney is the tallest Beatle at 5'11. Ringo is the shortest at around 5'6 and a half.
At his prime, Clint Eastwood was 6'4. Today at 79, he's around 6'1. Random celeb height facts.

[BobbyTheCat]

You wouldn't happen to be a fan of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, would you?

Paul McCartney is the tallest Beatle at 5'11. Ringo is the shortest at around 5'6 and a half.
At his prime, Clint Eastwood was 6'4. Today at 79, he's around 6'1. Random celeb height facts.

What's that?

Also, most of a hog's sweat glands are located in it's snout.

[Oz the Gay and Powerful]

The "cane" shape of the candy cane came from a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight candy sticks into canes to represent a shepherd's crook, and gave them to children at church services.

[Guitar]

Wikipedia consider hardstyle a form of Trance.

[BobbyTheCat]

When young and impovershed, Pablo Picasso burned his own paintings to keep warm.

[Yiffgurl]

You wouldn't happen to be a fan of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, would you?

oh GOD I used to have one of those and I have no idea where it is and I WANT IT RIGHT NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[ConkerKing]

Pikachu is actually male but the voice is done by a very adorably cute woman.
people really need to make up their mind on whether pikachu is male or female, because you can't just go around messing with people's minds like this, including mine.

[Walrus]

Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.

False! They are delicious though.

[Guitar]

False! They are delicious though.

The animal or the cig?

[DarthConker]

What's that?

Also, most of a hog's sweat glands are located in it's snout.
http://www.bathroomreader.com/pilot.asp
A series of interesting books filled with random interesting articles, fun facts, and the like, made especially for those who read on the toilet, like me. I highly recommend you check them out, especially since you seem to be a man who likes his fun facts.

[Tooie]

Did you know that A-bombs are capable of destruction of the entire Earth, being in a basement somehow saves you from this disaster, and libraries are indestructible to atomic bombs? On top of that, reading a newspaper about A-bombs may in fact lead to an A-bomb. Finally, though a large earthquake will leave fragile glasses A-OK, if you break your glasses in this post-apocalyptic world by leaning forward too far, you are somehow unable to navigate yourself to a glasses store and fix this problem. Yeah, God's a douche to the one survivor after the apocalypse. And on top of that, if you survive the apocalypse, don't look for more than a few blocks! Because if you're the only survivor you can find in a few minutes, you're the only survivor in the entire world and you should put a gun to your head.

Reference-solver gets a cookie.

[Guitar]

This generation is expected to have a shoter life expectancy than the parents. This is the first time it's happened in a billion years...

[Mandolin]

As a teen, Edgar Allan Poe expressed his love to a girl by hiding in the bushes and throwing a live snake at her.

[N64DD]

The storage capacity of the human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes

[Mandolin]

Human meat tastes like pork.

[N64DD]

Walt Disney had a fear of mice

[TRBB]

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first Fords had engines made by Dodge.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.
Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
Slugs have 4 noses.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth.
A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand.
John Madden is an accomplished ballroom dancer.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

Do I get a Prize?

[N64DD]

ants don't sleep

In Australia it's illegal to wear hot pink pants after midday Sunday

Alaskan law says you can't look at a moose from an airplane

In Miami it's forbidden to imitate an animal

It's illegal to leave your house in Thailand if your not wearing underwear

[IronCrue34]

False! They are delicious though.

Mrmpth. That is what you get for trusting only one source, and not actually thinking about what the text says for more than three seconds. o-O

[DarthConker]

Walt Disney had a fear of mice
Walt Disney also timed employees' trips to the vending machines.

[N64DD]

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle

[Solid Snix]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Elaborate! I want to know why and how Hershey's has been feeding me insect legs.

[Guitar]

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle

I'm not surprised. o-O

Find a pic of young Fidel Castro. He looks like Shia LeBeauf.

[Articerile]

Che Guevara aspired to have his face on T-Shirts.

[DarthConker]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Elaborate! I want to know why and how Hershey's has been feeding me insect legs.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070318184811AAqy8Xt

[Solid Snix]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070318184811AAqy8XtI will never look at food the same way again...

[DarthConker]

I will never look at food the same way again...
Meh. I've eaten worse. Besides, you've been eating bug legs for so long now, it shouldn't affect you in any way other than making you fat like chocolate normally does.

[Mandolin]

Walt Disney had a fear of mice

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle

Urban myths.

[N64DD]

Urban myths.I figured as much

[StarFox]

Did you know that A-bombs are capable of destruction of the entire Earth, being in a basement somehow saves you from this disaster, and libraries are indestructible to atomic bombs? On top of that, reading a newspaper about A-bombs may in fact lead to an A-bomb. Finally, though a large earthquake will leave fragile glasses A-OK, if you break your glasses in this post-apocalyptic world by leaning forward too far, you are somehow unable to navigate yourself to a glasses store and fix this problem. Yeah, God's a douche to the one survivor after the apocalypse. And on top of that, if you survive the apocalypse, don't look for more than a few blocks! Because if you're the only survivor you can find in a few minutes, you're the only survivor in the entire world and you should put a gun to your head.

Reference-solver gets a cookie.TWILIGHT ZONE! MY FAVORITE EPISODE! WHERE IS MY COOKIE!?

[DarthConker]

A mouse's heart is smaller than an M&M.
There are no turkeys in Turkey.
A cow has four stomachs.
The 'Ye' in 'Ye Olde Taverne' is pronounced 'the' and not 'yee'.
If you're average, you'll swallow three spiders this year.
Total number of concerts by the Grateful Dead: 2,317.
Sharks find fish by hearing their heartbeats.
Typically, you can guess someone's gender with 95% accuracy by smelling their breath.
12% of Americans say they think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
Only male fireflies can fly.
Tigers have striped skin under their fur.
Diet Pepsi was originally called Patio Diet Cola.
It takes four hours to hardboil an ostrich egg.

[Adam]

Only male fireflies can fly.

That reminds me, a friend of mine was telling me of the fireflies mating habits and said that they mate sometime in the end of their life cycle. They find a mate by flashing that bulb. That means that when you see them flash, it's them saying "AAAAAAA!!!!! **** ME!!!! SOMEBODY PLEASE **** ME!!! I'M ABOUT TO DIE!!!!"

[Breegullbeak]

There are no such things as Dragonaches! They're imaginary.

[StarFox]

That reminds me, a friend of mine was telling me of the fireflies mating habits and said that they mate sometime in the end of their life cycle. They find a mate by flashing that bulb. That means that when you see them flash, it's them saying "AAAAAAA!!!!! **** ME!!!! SOMEBODY PLEASE **** ME!!! I'M ABOUT TO DIE!!!!"The more you know!

The "baby carrots" sold in supermarkets, are often not from a smaller cultivar of carrot, but are simply full-sized carrots that have been sliced and peeled to make carrot sticks of a uniform shape and size.

Hot dogs are the most widely consumed form of sausage in the USA.

Konjac powder was added to the first national currency of Japan to prevent counterfeiting, but it was stopped after rats began to eat the bills.

[Tooie]

TWILIGHT ZONE! MY FAVORITE EPISODE! WHERE IS MY COOKIE!?

Cookie joined your party!

[N64DD]

carrots where purple before the 17th century

[Tooie]

The world was black and white until sometime in the 1930's. (http://www.freewebs.com/calvin-hobbes-org/dadbandwandcolour.jpg)

The sun sets in Arizona near Flagstaff. (http://everwhat.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sun_Set-Calvin_&_Hobbes.gif)

[Solid Snix]

12% of Americans say they think Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
I love Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. <3

[Jinjonator]

If you're average, you'll swallow three spiders this year.

I thought by now everyone would know this was BS. How do people still believe this?

[ConkerKing]

I thought by now everyone would know this was BS. How do people still believe this?
No clue, sounds pretty crazy to me. *swallows spider*

[Walrus]

The animal or the cig?

I've never eaten a camel. I was referring to the cigarette.

[DarthConker]

I thought by now everyone would know this was BS. How do people still believe this?
It's not really widely known as such. The myth is much more common than the truth.

[BobbyTheCat]

There are 24 known perfect numbers. These are numbers that equal the sum of all of its divisors except itself. For instance, six is the lowest of these numbers is divisible by 1, 2, or 3 and 1+2+3=6. The largest known perfect number is this. (http://www.calendarhome.com/prime/perfect.html)

[N64DD]

this. (http://www.calendarhome.com/prime/perfect.html):eek:......

[Smouvy]

I thought by now everyone would know this was BS. How do people still believe this?

Not necessarily, there are very contradicting stands on this matter, however, truth is that it's not completely known whether or not it's complete BS.

And, to be honest, I could also easily see how it is not BS.

[Guitar]

There are 24 known perfect numbers. These are numbers that equal the sum of all of its divisors except itself. For instance, six is the lowest of these numbers is divisible by 1, 2, or 3 and 1+2+3=6. The largest known perfect number is this. (http://www.calendarhome.com/prime/perfect.html)

OOOWWWW, NUMBERS!!!

[Smouvy]

4815163242!!!!!

OH NO.

They're stuck into my head.

No one ever mention numbers again, please.

[Jinjonator]

Not necessarily, there are very contradicting stands on this matter, however, truth is that it's not completely known whether or not it's complete BS.

And, to be honest, I could also easily see how it is not BS.

So multiple times in my life, while I was sleeping, spiders have opened my mouth, opened my windpipe, and crawled down into my stomach without my body ever reacting to it in any way? Where are the "contradicting stands" on this?

[Adam]

I think it's more like, spiders crawl into your mouth and your body instinctively swallows it.

[Jinjonator]

And somehow every person this has ever happened to has remained asleep while it happened? Highly unlikely.

[Tooie]

So multiple times in my life, while I was sleeping, spiders have opened my mouth, opened my windpipe, and crawled down into my stomach without my body ever reacting to it in any way? Where are the "contradicting stands" on this?

If you don't like that, then you're gonna love this. There's been reports that if the conditions are met, a couple in the same bed may actually have sex (not really "sex", but the barest possible thing that needs to be done to produce a child) because they say it's some sort of weird natural bodily function.

[Jinjonator]

Why would people having sex be surprising? :P

[Mandolin]

I think he's trying to say that, somehow, people will have sex in their sleep.

Which is, of course, malarkey.

[Tooie]

Yeah, that's what I meant.

And I actually heard this. Not actual sex, but more... as Manworm would say, sticking the manworm in the 'giney. Not that I believe it.

[LoMoNoCrAt]

This generation is expected to have a shoter life expectancy than the parents. This is the first time it's happened in a billion years...

First, learn to spell, improve your diction.

Secondly, the human race has been around for only two million years.

[Siege]

First, learn to spell, improve your diction.

Secondly, the human race has been around for only two million years.

Well obviously the first humans had a longer lifespan than a species that doesn't exist :P

[Tooie]

4815163242!!!!!

OH NO.

They're stuck into my head.

No one ever mention numbers again, please.

If you were Desmond, you'd be dead.

[Walrus]

First, learn to spell, improve your diction.

Secondly, the human race has been around for only two million years.

This may be of some help to you, sir. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole)

[Smouvy]

If you were Desmond, you'd be dead.

Hahah, I always get that wrong with 23 for some reason.

I mean, I know it's 23, but my fingers keep typing 32.

[Guitar]

Volvo is Latin for rolling.

[Smouvy]

Volkswagen is Dutch/German for People's Car.

[Guitar]

Chevy is a French company.

[Tooie]

Old Spice makes you smell like a man, man.

[TRBB]

All polar bears are left handed.
In Germany if you call somebody stupid you can pay a fine if they report you.
Apples, not coffee, can wake you up in the morning more efficiently.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Seeing the color red can make your heart beat faster.
Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V. for 3 hours.
Unborn fetuses experience hiccups.
The Pope has been known to wear designer clothes, mostly red Prada shoes.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

[Guitar]

Bakugan come from SEGA.

[BobbyTheCat]

Camels have 3 eyelidsnto protect themselves from blowing sand.
Most marine fish can survive in a tank filled with human blood.
Neither Fruit Flies nor May Flies are flies.
In the U.S., for every dollar you spend on gasoline 27 cents of it is in taxes.
The nearest relative of the hippopotamus is the common pig.
Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
Red is the most commonly colored vehicle involved in accidents.
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in one night.
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.

[Mandolin]

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Gaia / Gaea would like a word with you.

[Adam]

But Earth isn't named Gaia. It's named Earth.

[Guitar]

Our moon's actual name is Luna.

[Dan]

All polar bears are left handed.

[TRBB]

All polar bears are left handed.

Too late buddy. ;)

[Smouvy]

Apples, not coffee, can wake you up in the morning more efficiently.


Disagreed, an alarm clock wakes you up more efficiently.

[Andre]

Disagreed, an alarm clock wakes you up more efficiently.

Have you ever had an a bag of apples thrown at you to wake you up?

[Deebs]

Have you ever had an a bag of apples thrown at you to wake you up?
Yes...:(

[Guitar]

The dot of the letter I is called a tittle.

[Mandolin]

That plastic thing at the end of your shoelace is called the aglet. :)

[Solid Snix]

The long, rock-hard thing in my pants is called a penis. :)

[DarthConker]

The long, rock-hard thing in my pants is called a penis. :)
The RWP has never really given me a boner. Maybe I haven't been using it the right way.

The RWP, not mah penis.

[Solid Snix]

The RWP has never really given me a boner. Maybe I haven't been using it the right way.

The RWP, not mah penis.Once you learn to use it in the right way, you will feel the greatest feeling ever. :)

[Guitar]

Thanks a lot, people.

[DarthConker]

Once you learn to use it in the right way, you will feel the greatest feeling ever. :)
Oh God...... I understand now....

[Tooie]

Thanks a lot, people.

Grow up.