|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 27, 2011 13:39:18 GMT -5
One tree can absorb as much carbon in a year as a car produces while driving 26,000 miles.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcane on Jul 27, 2011 13:42:46 GMT -5
Antarctica doubles in size every winter.
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 27, 2011 13:45:35 GMT -5
"Turnip" used to be a U.S. slang expression for a pocket watch.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcane on Jul 27, 2011 19:15:34 GMT -5
In 1902, the average life expectancy in the US was 47.
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 27, 2011 19:47:41 GMT -5
Gold has been discovered on every continent on earth.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcane on Jul 27, 2011 19:54:21 GMT -5
Sherlock Holmes never actually said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 27, 2011 19:57:44 GMT -5
Deer have no gall bladders.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcane on Jul 29, 2011 15:40:15 GMT -5
Toilets injure an average of 40,000 people each year in America, alone.
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 30, 2011 17:18:40 GMT -5
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
|
|
|
|
Post by Arcane on Jul 31, 2011 15:10:15 GMT -5
Tigers have striped skin, as well as striped fur.
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 31, 2011 16:54:43 GMT -5
The most expensive coffee in the world comes from civet poop
|
|
|
|
Post by S.W.A.T.K. on Jul 31, 2011 18:17:07 GMT -5
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Lol.
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 31, 2011 19:01:39 GMT -5
At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.
|
|
|
|
Post by S.W.A.T.K. on Jul 31, 2011 22:35:39 GMT -5
Pretzels were created by a monk who wasn't sure what to do with the left-over dough he had every time he bakeried. (Bakeried is not a real word. ;D)
|
|
|
|
Post by Griffin2448 on Jul 31, 2011 22:50:17 GMT -5
1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S.
|
|
