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50 Interesting Facts
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
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July 16th, 2008 at 10:33 am
mmm abit disapointed to find out the facts are incorrect. ohwel they sound coll anyway and i will be sending them through out the world bwah hahahah!!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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July 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Hi,
I need more interesting facts.
Thanks & Regards
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July 26th, 2008 at 4:57 am
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July 29th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
fact. disputing facts on a website is just sad. go back 2 ur chess clubs.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:20 am
Did you know that the average human being has not 5 senses, around 16 to 21. For instance: Balance, temperature gauging etc
July 31st, 2008 at 10:28 am
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July 31st, 2008 at 7:44 pm
its supercalafrekinawesome these facts are pretty interesting to me
August 1st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
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August 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 am
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August 9th, 2008 at 10:05 am
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Fact #1
What if you ambidextrous, do you chew food with your tongue?????
August 13th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I thought these facts were interesting, whether they were true or not, me reading this passed the time by so now I can go to lunch, thanks 50 interesting facts.com, for making my day go by faster, in fact you should make a 100 interesting facts, that way I can come back from lunch and read them until its time for me to go home
August 17th, 2008 at 7:47 am
i dont think this website should call itself a fact site if they are not FACTS or just take the ones you have any doughts about off…. we’d all be happy then………… But i loved the facts and thought they were brill……. but now i know some arnt true i need to carry on my search!!!!!!!!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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August 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Okay, seeing as everyone is being so TEMPERAMENTAL with each other over some boring facts I will provide some for you all to argue over instead.
- The longest animal in the world is not the blue whale, it is in actual fact the Lion-Mane Jellyfish, with 200ft long tentacles.
- The Earth has 16 poles, not just the North and South poles.
- A car traveling 100mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (and with the credit crunch on petrol at the mo I don’t think anyone’s gonna be shyt enough to try it)
- Most lipstick is made partially out of fish scales (a warning to any fashion slaves)
- Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than coffee which contains caffeine.
- 2 words rhyme with purple: ‘Hirple’ means to walk with a hunched back or limp, and ‘curple’ is part of a horse’s harness.
- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat a cup of coffee (don’t ask me what note to yell at)
- Banging your head against a wall uses up 150 calories an hour
- DNA stands for a chemical: deoxyribonucleic acid
And I have plenty more stored up in my big head of mine, but that should be an ample amount for you to chew and bite over. Thank you for wasting 2 - 3 minutes of my time just so you lot can have some kind of entertainment (it’s only 2 - 3 minutes because I type relatively fast. Imagine if I couldn’t type fast enough, I’d be here all year.)
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 am
Why would you even bother..looking to see if its right and writting it down on this website..?
August 26th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Yeah, this is one of the most inaccurate lists I have seen. It’s like someone just made most of it up.
August 26th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
most of these facts are false. remove this site.
August 27th, 2008 at 3:48 am
yall are some funny ppl. i have been sitting here in class, getting in trouble because i am supposed to be doing something more educational, laughing at your comments, fussing at each other, and calling each others names. wow….im killing myself. but i just like reading “interesting facts” even if they are not true. let us believe that. don’t spoil it for us dag….. and insulting ppl on here is not going to correct the “fact”that are not true
August 27th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
y would u make a site and call it facts if they arent real. If they arent real then ur just messin people’s knowledge up. um for example. gorillas can life three times their body weight. false.
cya
August 31st, 2008 at 7:50 am
Actually, the Colgate one IS right. In some spanish-spaking countries like Argentina and Uruguay, where they have a different accent/say some things differently, Colgate DOES mean ‘go hang yourself’, so greymase is wrong.
September 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
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September 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
HAHAHAHA, You guys need lives! AHAHAHAHA!
Reading the comments is better than reading the facts!
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
If you hold back a powerful enough sneeze your blood vessels in your brain can rupture causing you to have a stroke.
September 5th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
is no. 19 really true? If I sneeze, some of my brain cells will die? duh?
September 8th, 2008 at 8:28 am
All You Haters Are Quite Pathetic.
I Enjoyed Reading Them.
Is The Only Way For You To Feel Better About Yourself Is To Hate On Others.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Most of these myths aree true!
September 11th, 2008 at 2:35 am
Re: #26 Google is a search engine. Googol is the number 1 with 100 zeros behind it. A googolplex is the number 1 with a googol of zeros behind it.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:37 am
Ref #32. Hair and fingernails do NOT continue to grow after death. How could it? Kinda stupid.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
These are like, soooo awesome!!!
September 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
these facts are really interesting man very gooooooooooooooooooood
September 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
bull shit yar, these are not facts at all, you have just copied few things from net and have published even with out reading it. be practical my friend
September 27th, 2008 at 7:34 am
did you know that an average elephant breathes only 78 times a day
September 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Wow, when people lack lives i guess this is what they do, by the time u read all the crap every1 has to say u totally 4got what the facts or whatever u wana call them are, i suggest lotsa sunlight and sum social gathering 4 the lot of ya, take care guys, ciao
October 1st, 2008 at 12:59 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 5:39 am
# 6. The Titanic was NOT the first ship to use the SOS signal. The SOS distress signal was first used in 1909 by the Cunard Liner SS SLAVONIA, look it up!
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
i really dont think the facts are real but they are good
October 4th, 2008 at 7:43 am
number 26 is incorect Google is actually the common name for a number with 100 zeros
October 4th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
oi fact 51 i folded a roll of toilet paper 12 times.
October 6th, 2008 at 4:27 am
“84Harmony Says:
May 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
This is NOT TRUE!!! its because they have been shot by poachers you insensitive bastards! If everyone in the world would stop being so niave we could take an aeroplane over to africa and teach the poachers to LOVE the hippos (in a purely platonic/non-beastality way) instead of making necklaces out of their tusks. necklaces that will only ever be used by spoilt heiresses to hold their cocaine in when they go out on the strip.
On this topic.. who else is disgusted by japanese whaling ships?”
Guess what, i RAPE hippo ass every night. Nobody cares abut their feelings, as long as i have a chance to cum on some hippo tits i don’t care what they feel. =)) Plus. the red comes from the skull sex i have with them every night. =D
P.S. i am not an idiot
i probably know more about this stuff than you, i bet you make/made C’s and D’s in high school, while i am 15 and i am a senior in high school. suck on that nut douchebag! oh wait, i have to save my nuts for the african children i have to go molest and then murder =D
October 7th, 2008 at 5:37 am
It is really hard to find actual true facts these days. I can hardly write my newspaper collum for school. And Marissa IS right a fact does not always have to be true it just has to be a statement that can be proven true or false. Go look it up!
October 7th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Do you all seriously have nothing better to do than check to see if these are true or not! Get a life!
October 8th, 2008 at 7:03 am
i got a fact did you know that when your born through to when you die your eyes stay the same size but your nose, mouth and ears all grow
October 8th, 2008 at 8:05 am
A googol (that’s how the number is spelled), has a 100 zeros. A googolplex has a googol zeros.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Shout out 2 all my beaners!!!!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 6:09 am
OK, guys… Stop being so negative… Truth or not, they’re an interesting set of ‘facts’, they certainly are a pleasure to read, regardless.
Furthermore, more of the facts are true than some of you people are trying to portray.
eww), this is due to the dead cells continuing to be excreted through pores of the body. It is also true, however, that the skin contracts, making the Hair and Nail growth appear greater than it actually is.
eg. Nails and Hair does continue to grow post-death, just at a slower rate to a living person, and only for a certain amount of time (or else the world would be covered in caveman nails
However, some are, admittedly, wrong, the tree wize monkey’s are: Mizaru (see no evil); Kikazaru (hear no evil); and Iwazaru (speak no evil).
Despite this being wrong, that does not give anyone the right to slag off anyone for taking the time and effort to give people a few minutes of harmless, enjoyable information.
Seriously guys, don’t make me start singing ‘Always look on the Bright Side of Life!’
One last little monkey fact… The forth wize monkey is actually called Shizaru, or ‘Do No Evil’. Don’t know why it isn’t famous or anything, but I think it covers its unmentionable area
October 15th, 2008 at 2:39 am
Eating boogers gives you soft skin
October 17th, 2008 at 6:34 am
#19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
i think its this one the one EVERYBODY should be worrying about since everyone sneezes so therefore everyone is getting stupider by the minute.
so dont sneeze…smoke weed
October 21st, 2008 at 6:09 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 am
A google, which now that I looked it up to make sure I was right is actually spelled googol is a 1 with one hundred zeros behind it, not a million.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 am
lol so funny go hang you self
October 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
#46. For anyone with half a brain, they will know that a kangaroo can not jump anywhere near 30 feet. No matter what the size, unless someone discovers a kangaroo 10 ft or longer long.. Gain some intellect, lose some stupidty.
October 25th, 2008 at 8:39 am
The more IQ you have the more you dream of
Your dream last 2 to 3 seconds
Blonde hairs are more than a black hair
Your thumb is the same length of your nose (try it it’s freaky lol)
October 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
i cant believe i read all of this, but remember,
if you step on a crack… it’ll break ur mom’s back!
October 31st, 2008 at 6:12 am
To the person that has the name “NoGodsExist”……..
There may be no god to you but most people in the world have a god…… or 2 or more.
It is said to know that some people don’t believe in any God. I’m a catholic, but I don’t care what or who your god is because at least you have one that you can be faithful to. And to all you people who keep making stupid comments , I suggest you stop. Why don’t you get msn if you want to talk bullshit. That way the people who don’t want to see stuff like that don’t have to.
P.S. This is not a stupid comment like many of them are. I’m not telling people how stupid they are on the computer(people i don’t even know) like some of you do. People who tell other random people how stupid they are because they made a mistake. stop it please
November 1st, 2008 at 11:51 am
To emily, thank you. Calling people an idiot (not to mention all the other crap that’s showed up in these comments) only makes you look like a bigger idiot.
By the way, being an aethiest does not mean your a bad person stupidity and crudness occurs whether or not you have a religion. I’m an aethiest and I found that offensive because I’m extremely moral and not just for an afterlife or god, but because I believe that since this is the only life I get I might as well live it well.
Yes the facts are wrong, yes they weren’t researched, but if you don’t like them than don’t read them.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:45 pm
hahaha, if we really really consider it, everything is in the mind, relative to the mind, and from your own mind. So go believe what you want to believe as facts, untill someone/something convinces your mind otherwise…and so life goes on…. bottom line people!
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Dudes, who seriously sits here and says whats true and whats false? youre all wasting your time on this. if its false and you think its stupid then dont read it, leave. jeez.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:04 am
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November 4th, 2008 at 8:10 am
OMG ^ ^ this is so flipping cool, i dont care if they are true or not, just listening to you guyz bickering is enetertaing and then theres the added fact that none of these may or may not be facts…hehe ^ ^ quite interesting ^ ^
November 4th, 2008 at 10:34 am
All of you are so lethargic. You need to stop questioning these facts and correcting them. You should simply appreciate the fact that someone wanted to satisfy people by taking their time to gather all of this information, even if some of it may be myth. If it is a myth then the person obviously got mislead and you all need to stop criticizing because I’m sure you have been mislead as well. Everyone makes mistakes. We are not all perfect.
November 5th, 2008 at 5:58 am
i thought these facts were so cool but then the truth ruined by dreams, the statue thing and the hair and fingernails things are not true i heard it on ‘QI’ love the one about killing brain cells when you sneeze hope its true!
November 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Hey guys i was reading these facts very carefully…………………..d comments posted by u guys made me confusing………………i thought i gained some knowledge…..
November 8th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Hippos sweat pink. It contains a special lubrication so that their skin doesn’t dry out. It’s not blood nor does it only happen when they are stressed out.
November 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
i love fact 51!!!!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
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November 15th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
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November 17th, 2008 at 8:16 am
I just like the one about spoonerism :]
very helpful. haha.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 am
omg comment 46 name fact 51 is retarded its you cant fold a paper more then 7 times evenly XD so fucking stupid
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Haha most of these are on the back of libra sanitary pads
November 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Its a fact that these facts are facts, faggots
November 27th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Well first of all I feel compelled to tell whoever came up with these interesting facts that it most important that you soon get a life. As for the rest of you, ahhahahahah you guys are so cool.. comenting on this amazing stuff… argh u are all my idols.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
None of you people have lives. I’m just bored. I laugh at yor incompitence. HA HA HA HA!!!!!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
y you guys so condemn about the facts…..after all its just WEIRD FACTS!!
December 5th, 2008 at 4:47 am
ur all gay, i enjoyed it
December 7th, 2008 at 1:17 am
i come from contry in the yurope but one cow is not exciting the facts. u will put more fact yes? i think maybe u will do. but pleez u dont kno for the skin, it is not growing after he dies. when he die the skin he also die. and the dalmation dog he is born ith a many spot on his bak. thank u.
<3Franco4ever
December 8th, 2008 at 12:44 am
If you’re all so anxious about proving someone wrong - because they were trying to entertain you - then you’re really, really rude. Take your opinionated selves and go screw a marsupial because no one cares what you think.
If you’re really that concerned about the validity of these statements, go to Adam and Jamie; they’ll check it for you in a heartbeat, I’m sure.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:08 am
who really cares.
December 9th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
u ppl have not damn reason fitin alll such facts may be myths but they sound heart pumping………………………………………….. next is next ok.. bye….
December 10th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Honestly,
I was really enjoying these facts
before i scrolled down and found all these
negative comments
who CARES if they to entirely true
like seriously
i think eveyone that is arguing
about this should just get a lifee
k? thanks
=)
December 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
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December 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I love to milk cows from the back!! It makes me feel really good inside. Me so horney, me so horney for gladyz……
December 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
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December 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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December 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
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December 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
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December 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
#40 is in fact wrong. The smallest owl in the world can see behind it’s back.
December 18th, 2008 at 3:53 am
A lot of you have too much time on your hands. If you have such a problem with these “fake” facts, then go find some “real” ones and stop ruining this. I found it awesome until I saw all these comments… I would’ve never left a comment had I not seen all these “Ur all gay” or “You’re so wrong.” Seriously, think about what you’re saying and please realize you sound incredibly stupid. Even if you are right about some of these facts, after all these comments, I wouldn’t believe you. So stop ruining other people’s fun. Yes, you have your opinions and feel free to express them but we don’t need comments like “You’re stupid, go get a life, fuckers.”
December 21st, 2008 at 4:07 am
26 is wrong. It’s not google, it’s googleplex.
Which is 1 number short of infinity, im led to believe
December 28th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
i thought these facts were reall too 8[ . . . . .well thats depressing i thought i could chew guum so i wouldnt cry when i cut onions
. . im sad
December 30th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I quite enjoyed most of the facts, the funny thing is, before I read the comments here I thought it was all true. I guess I learnt you should not believe everything you read, hear or watch and I’m sure people that have commented might have researched their facts or read it else where upon the same subject, that just goes to say, the other sources might be questionable. I believe the only way you can uncover these facts is to perform and try it yourself.
January 4th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Who ever said God doesn’t exist probably lives a life of denial
First its natural to believe in a God because you can’t help but
think about a higher power
Second the Bible tells us so.
And God considers you as a fool
But hey, people that do believe there’s a God turn out
To have better lives to be correct most people.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:33 am
hey ed slapcoff,what the hell is googol. but u are right…(nice last name, u might as well change it to cockshiner and get a medical degree) hahaha
January 6th, 2009 at 8:17 am
This is incorrect
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
The Titanic used “CQD” which meant “Come Quick Disaster”
check your facts
January 7th, 2009 at 9:25 am
hi wuz up i like loliepopz hehe
January 8th, 2009 at 10:49 am
hi wuz up caution: i am very random be aware lol
January 8th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I LIKE THIS GUY WHO IZ SMOKIN HOT OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS SUCH A QT
January 8th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
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