May 05, 2005 19:25
i'm sooooo freakin bored...some of these things are kinda cool though...
~More Monopoly money is printed yearly than real money throughout the world.
~About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
~About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
~Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
~Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
~Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
~The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
~"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
~"Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
~"Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor. ---Hillary Duff...coincidence?
~"Taxi" is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, and Portuguese.
~10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria
~23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
~315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
~84% of a raw apple is water.
~85% of men who die of heartattacks during intercourse, are found to have been cheating on their wives.
~90% of bird species are monogamous; only 3% of animals are.
~"Golden, Ripe, Boneless Bananas, 39 Cents A Pound."
- Ad in the "Missoulian" by Orange Street Food Farm
~"How to store your baby walker: First, remove baby."
- Anonymous Manufacturer
~"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl." - Bill Peterson, football coach
~"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada."
- Britney Spears, Pop Singer
~Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone.
~Your heart understands what your head cannot yet conceive; trust your heart.
~Strangers have the best candy