Top 27 unbelievable facts that most people don’t know

[00]

Apparently about 2 of these facts aren't exact. But the rest are.

27. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search


26. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...gs&btnG=Search


25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf058/sf058b07.htm


24. Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\'t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount. (Common Sense)

23. Uncle Phil, from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, did the voice of Shredder in the TMNT cartoon.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043041/


22. Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

http://www.webelements.com/webelemen...t/Au/geol.html



21. The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

20. During World War II, IBM built the computers the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/ar...auschwitz.html

19. The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.

http://www.perceptions.couk.com/superants.html

18. The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fh.../msg00451.html


17. Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content...age?d=20000714


16. Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp

15. The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.

http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Sect..._on_Earth_.htm


14. The average American consumes 1.2 pounds of spider eggs a year and eat 2.5 pounds of insect parts a year.

http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/average.html


13. The Kamp Krusty episode of the Simpson’s was originally meant to be made as the Simpsons movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamp_Krusty


12. Men can breastfeed babies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactation


11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you\'ve probably never heard of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome


10. Scientists have determined that fungi are more closely related to human beings and animals than to other plants.

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/fungus1.html

9. In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second (opposite of the America method). That\'s why Asian athletes like Yao Ming and Ichiro Suzuki have Yao and Ichiro written on their jerseys. Those are their family names and in America their names are written Ming Yao and Suzuki Ichiro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name


8. Abe Lincoln bought 50 cents worth of cocaine in 1860

http://www.historycooperative.org/jo...19.1/hall.html


7. A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet.

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop...t=9684&start=0

6. Washington State has the longest single beach in the United States. Long Beach, WA.

http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washingto...Long_Beach.htm


5. The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fungus1.html


4. The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula.

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/h...ettlement.html

3. 9 out of 10 people believe Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. This isn’t true; Joseph Swan did.

http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/swan.html


2. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...1/gen01338.htm


1. The Population of the world can live within the state boundaries of Texas.

http://www.improb.com/teach/lessons2...-in-texas.html

[Roids]

Originally Posted by 00

11. There is a rare condition called Exploding Head Syndrome which you\'ve probably never heard of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

!

Actually I think I might have experienced this. About a week ago, I woke up because I thought I heard a loud noise and than a bright flash, sorta like a thunderstrike but exaggerated. Now that I think of it, the sound is like a loud gunshot. I asked my brother if he heard that(because it was loud) and he said he heard nothing. Although im not going through anything stressful as far as I know and I wasnt scared when I saw it but than again im not afraid of anything. First( and probably last) time it happened.

OMFG!!!1 I have an exploding head! De1t@!!1

[DnA]

Cool, I get to live 9 years longer than lefties

IBM/Nazi thing I already knew about, I think there were a few other American companys who made things that the Germans used in the Concentration Camps aswell.

Lighter I already knew about, but everything else is new. Good stuff.

[Kilgor]

The u-boat toilet one is fake.

[Bombtrack]

why are there insect legs in chocolate bars

[eucalyptus]

some other stuff I find interesting.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but
actually clear
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed
in plane crashes
Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

[<Gypsum Fantastic>]

Originally Posted by mattoigta

why are there insect legs in chocolate bars

For essential roughage.

[ViktorNavorski]

Originally Posted by 00

9. In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second (opposite of the America method). That\'s why Asian athletes like Yao Ming and Ichiro Suzuki have Yao and Ichiro written on their jerseys. Those are their family names and in America their names are written Ming Yao and Suzuki Ichiro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name

Not sure about Yao, but Suzuki is Ichiro family name. The reason it said Ichiro on his jersey is because in Japan, there were two other players on his team that has the family name of Suzuki, the coaches got tire of figuring out who was who and decided that Ichiro have his first name on his jersey and it stay the same when he play in the U.S.

[Eat a bullet]

18. The deadliest war in history excluding World War II was a civil war in China in the 1850s in which the rebels were led by a man who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ.

I'm f*ckin' Craig!

[Hellfish]

Originally Posted by 00

17. Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content...age?d=20000714

Uh.. check your math on that. 3 - 1.3333 = 1.66666 according to my calculator.

[Bob Lawbla]

Number 28. There is no word that rhymes with Orange.

[Bryson C]

Good post.

[Nawlins]

#1 is why I laugh at people who talk about "overpopulation."

[Ayura]

25. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf058/sf058b07.htm

I'm left handed...

[thunderw]

Me too.