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Random FUN Facts #2

  • ADK
  • | Jun 14, 2008 at 3:43 PM
  • | Posted in: ADK's Blog
  • | 630 reads
  • | 6 comments

The following random FUN Facts are from ADK, sakura22, rich, and kohai!!!

1. No word in the English Language rhymes with Month, Orange, Purple, Silver.

2. 99% of all Pumpkins sold in the U.S. are made into Jack-o-Lanterns!!!

3. Fish sleep with their eyes open!

4. World's Largest Tadpole actually becomes World's Smallest Frog!!! Vise versa.

(For #4 it's based on what I found)

5. If you travel at high speeds, comparable with "c" (The Speed of Light), you'll actually age more slowly than a person observing you from Earth!!!, it does work at lower speeds to but the effects are not as pronounced, this phenomenon is known as Twin Paradox.

6. The moon is moving away from the Earth at about 3.8cm per year!!!

7. The Albatross can Sleep while it flies!!! It dozes at 25 mph.

8. "The," is the most commonly used word in the English Language.

9. The skin is the Largest and Heaviest Organ in the Human Body!

10. The Longest case of Hiccups lasted for 68 years!!!

 


Comments


  • 5 years ago

    Kooterbobette

    12. Our eyes actually see everything upside down. Our brains flip the image. Babies however see the world upside down because thier brains aren't developed enough to turn it around.

    13. If you bang your head on the wall for an hour you will lose 150 calories. (don't try it.)

    14. Ants can lift up to 30 times thier wieght.

    15. Lightning travels from the ground upwards. 


  • 5 years ago

    xbigboy

    typewriter is the longest word that can be typed by only using the top row of letters (repeats allowed)

    • qwertyuiop is the top row.

  • 5 years ago

    pulsar8472

    Well I knew 5 out of 10, think that am I ready for Jepordy ?
  • 5 years ago

    Rael

    e is the most common letter in the username Mebeme.
  • 5 years ago

    Lil-Sparks

    well I guess you do learn something new everydayLaughingLOL
  • 5 years ago

    Mebeme

    11. e is the most common letter in the english language.


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