This is a thread that you list all the outrageous but true facts that you know and some funny ones if you want to. I finnaly decided to make this a thread.
Fact: when you sneeze the spray that shoots out can go 95-650 mph. Yes that is all I can think of right now. W8 there is a pig called the pietrain that came from Germany and Berlin.

get this, at one point more monopoly money was printed worldwide than real money

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

dr. pepper's original flavor was prune

Wow, green? Wonder if the cocaine did that.

Oh yeah... well, coca-cola originally had cocaine in it.

Also, coca-cola has been used to clean car engines... the acid breaks up rust and oil making it easier to clean.

and yet we somehow think it's safe to drink....

coca-cola has got to be one of the most toxic things that we intentionally put into our bodies in the quantities we do.... and we think nothing of it....

oh, I cheated and found this list on google.... I'm lazy I know... but they're still interesting.


Penguins are not found in the North Pole
People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier errors worldwide.
A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
Rudolf the Red-nosed reindeer was actually created as a promotional figure for Montgommery Wards department stores.
A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent an art studio.
About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf .
The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of."
Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.
Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
Charlie Brown's dad was a barber.
Fish scales are an ingredient in most lipsticks.
Frank Baum, the writer of "The Wizrd of OZ", looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (a variety of the marijuana plant) paper
On average, every chocolate bar contains at least three insect legs.

Holy crap geeogree. You went all out there...

my favorites are the one about the declaration of independence and a dentist inventing the electric chair

The FDA has regulations on how many parts per millionth of stuff such as insect parts, rat feces, etc are allowed in foods. More out of necessity than anything since, let's face it, things like grain silos are not insect-proof.

In the 19th century, if a woman rode a bicycle she was considered a whore.

Freedom fries was a euphemism for French fries used by some conservatives in the United States as a result of anti-French sentiment in the United States during the international debate over the decision to launch the 2003 invasion of Iraq

(yay wikipedia)

Did u know that French fries originally came from Belgium?
So they r supposed to b called belgium fries becuz the french stole their idea and recipe!!!!

do you know how they choose which batch of ice cream becomes a chocolate flavor? It's the dirtiest batch because the chocolate flavor covers all other flavors and colors better than anything else will.

technically, the Greeks were the inventors of pizza, not the Italians

Greek coffee and Turkish coffee are the exact same thing, just called differently because they hate each other.

Pigs are actually one of the cleanest animals... surprisingly lol.

dolphins are the only other creatures besides humans that have sex for pleasure

Actually, that is inaccurate. Bonobos (nearly extinct apes) also have sex for pleasure.

fine, dolphins and some nearly extinct primate are the only other creatures...

Actually the hemp thing might not be true-

[quote=The Jefferson Encyclopedia]

According to the Library of Congress, analysis by paper conservators has determined that the paper is mostly likely Dutch in origin. While hemp was commonly used to make paper in Southern Europe during this time, the Dutch were much more likely to use flax or linen rags. [/quote]

http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Declaration_of_Independence_Paper

87% of all the pornagraphic pages on the entire internet are from America (we're a pervy country)

in 10 minutes a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined

our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing

This one is really cool

You can tell temperature by listening to a cricket chirp. For the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of chirps 15 seconds and then add 37.