Random and Pointless facts thread
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:40 pm
Post your random and pointless facts here. 
The Bolivian capital, La Paz is soo far above sea level (12000ft) that theres so little oxygen it can barely support combustion.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
A snail can sleep for three years.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Those are just some of the ones that I know.
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The Bolivian capital, La Paz is soo far above sea level (12000ft) that theres so little oxygen it can barely support combustion.
Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
Men laugh longer, louder, and more often than women.
Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay!
In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
American car horns beep in the tone of F.
St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.
Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old.
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
No word in the English language rhymes with 'MONTH.'
A snail can sleep for three years.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Those are just some of the ones that I know.
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