Unusual Facts Thread

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:34 am

Studies have shown that when someone keeps a secret, they are physically burdened. Keeping a secret literally weighs you down.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:44 am

October the 12th is International Moment of Frustration Scream Day.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:06 am

hair and fingernails don't grow after death, but the illusion of skin tightening as the body dehydrated makes it appear so.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:39 am

Chocolate is proven to cause arousal similar to sexual foreplay.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 10:19 pm

Between 1848 and 1850, the population of San Francisco grew from 900 to 35,000 people thanks to the Gold Rush.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:10 am

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:06 am

If you wear a ring, the number of germs living beneath it could be as high as the entire population of Europe.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:24 am

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:44 am

Red hair is the rarest human hair color. Only one to two percent of the population are red-heads.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:06 am

The man who took the famous photo of the Wright Brothers' first flight had never seen a camera before that day.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:28 am

Theodor Seuss Geisel dropped out of Oxford before getting his PhD and called himself Dr. Seuss as a nod to his father.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:35 am

In order to burn off a Supersized Coke, fries and Big Mac you would have to walk for seven hours straight.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:41 am

When you talk on a cell phone while driving you are increasing your chance of being in an accident by 400 percent.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:59 am

Bullet proof vests ,fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:47 am

Coke makes so many different beverages that if you drank one per day, it would take you over nine years to try them all.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:04 am

Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:27 am

In the average trick-or-treater's bag, there's around 5,435 calories.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:38 am

Around 1,600 New Yorkers are bitten every year by other New Yorkers.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:18 am

It is believed that around 80% of Earth's gold is still buried underground.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:34 am

There are no area in Japan that is more than 100 miles from the sea.

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