I know people are pretty dumb generally speaking so I've decided to whip a quick list of mind blowing facts that are 100% totally true, use them to amaze girls, or strangers! Some of them I devined from hard empircal research. Others I just found on the interwebz
- Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their amazing prehensile penises.
- Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.
- The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball.
- Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.
- Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced
- Approximately one-sixth of your life is spent on Wednesdays.
- The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver.
- The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them.
- A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White.
- King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
- In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation.
- Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels.
- To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine.
- A dog's naked behind leaves absolutely no bacteria when pressed against carpet.
- At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather.
- Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas.
- If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey.
- Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during summer months.
- Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today.
- When immersed in liquid, a dead sparrow will make a sound like a crying baby.
- Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.
- In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives.
Apr 13, 2009
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I know you made up the cat's purr "fact".
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