Random fact thread

[Dude653]

I thought this might be fun. If you know a random fact, post it here.

random fact #1.. !1 tree will produce 124 baseball bats.

 

[Protection_Retribution]

In america a woman is raped every 6 seconds.

 

[Dude653]

There are 33 sizes of spaghetti noodles.

 

[Protection_Retribution]

I must now go in search of them all

35% Of Americans dont realise the sun is a star.

 

[goth4god]

an average person farts about 14 times a day.

 

[goth4god]

there are 300,000 pesticide related deaths globally a year.

 

[Protection_Retribution]

Wooo bet like 150k of them are from Nam xP

 

[goth4god]

1,200 are from California alone. o.0

 

[Protection_Retribution]

Yeah well... you know what they say about Californias :\

 

[NodMyHeadLikeYeah]

Fact: I am hungry

 

[Dude653]

Maple syrup must be at least 80% sugar to be called maple syrup

 

[clee356]

ah! this thread was made for me. I am full of facts.

Short people live longer. fact.

 

[Dude653]

People who attend church regularly also live longer

 

[NodMyHeadLikeYeah]

So do those that write with their right hand

 

[Dude653]

Houston is the fattest city in america

 

[jimmydiggs]

@Dude653

Reminds me of diagrams like this.

Fact.

 

[Colourfulchaos]

We share 50% of our DNA with a banana

 

[Colourfulchaos]

Ketchup used to be sold as a patented medicine. In the 1830s it was marketed in the US as "Dr. Miles's Compound Extract of Tomato"

I'm pretty sure that ketchup hasn't healed me of anything yet...

 

[wwjd_kilden]

ketchup was also (and is still I think) used in industry as a corrosive

 

[gardin]

when you sneeze your heart stops for a millisecond