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Jul 03, 2014 04:40PM
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TOUCHE! the e was supposed to have a weird dash above it but I don't know how to do that.
i. have. the. greatest. idea. ever!!!! how do i post a thread?!
see the picture with Crazy People of The World? look below it there should be Discussions. Click that. At the top of the page there should be a thing saying create topic, click that. Tadaaaa!
ok. go to create an animal thread. read my comment and we'll play.
Did you know that after you behead someone they still live for eight more seconds? And in some ancient empire, after a beheading, they would always hold the head up to the body so the dead person would see their body and freak out.But you can't talk because your vocal cords have been severed.
And a quarter rest looks like a squirrel if you draw the other half.
Identical twins tend to learn to speak at a slower rate than single-born children.
I haven't commented here in ages so I'll make up for it mwahahaha.
Cats use their whiskers to check whether or not they'll fit through a tight space.
Cats use their whiskers to check whether or not they'll fit through a tight space.
Peanuts aren't nuts. They're legumes.
The phrase 'quarantine' comes from the Italian word for 'forty' because back in the Middle Ages ships in Italy were forced to wait offshore for 40 days before they were allowed to land, in order to help prevent the spread of the Plague.
Cool. Italian is the most popular ethnic food in America. Pizza, spaghetti...
Pepperoni is an American food. There's no sausage called pepperoni in Italy.
(whoever invented pepperoni probably just wanted to make it sound exotic.)
Yeah...Are hotdogs American? Weirdest question of the year
Apparently the origin of hotdogs is in dispute. (I googled it and there were a bunch of different answers.)
My History teacher thinks that the shot heard 'round the world happened during the Boston Massacre, while it actually happened during the Battle of Lexington, right after Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.It's basic American history and she's a history teacher...
My history teacher lets us watch YouTube videos about history instead of teaching us when he's busy. Crash course in history! So this guy said that "tobacco was hateful to the nose and harmful to the lungs." But he likes him some taxes revenue, and nothin sells like drugs! XD I love crash course in history videos. He makes history hilarious.
It missed you too Abhay. :P
I just realized that we're kind of misusing the word 'factoid'...apparently it means a 'fact' that has little supporting evidence/is not actually true. The little tidbits of information that we're talking about on this thread are actually called 'factlets'!!!
I just realized that we're kind of misusing the word 'factoid'...apparently it means a 'fact' that has little supporting evidence/is not actually true. The little tidbits of information that we're talking about on this thread are actually called 'factlets'!!!
Here's a fun 'factlet'! Messenger pigeons used to be the most common bird in North America!
Indeed...wait are you thinking of passenger pigeons?
Mosquitos are less likely to bite Italians. They think its because of the garlic in their blood.
Yes, I meant passenger, although messenger makes more sense. Who rides pigeons?
Yes, I meant passenger, although messenger makes more sense. Who rides pigeons?
Yeah, it's true that if you eat a lot of garlic over a prolonged period of time, it acts as a mild bug repellant.
...I'd ride a pigeon. If it could carry me that is...
...I'd ride a pigeon. If it could carry me that is...
Whales have dialects. That is, different pods of the same species of whale will each have slight variations of their whale language haha.
A ping pong ball can reach speeds comparable to a jet engine
Apparently, my middle name is a guy's name. -_- And I am not a guy.
My middle name is Chinese and I could not look less Chinese.
Taylor Swift was going to name her third album "Enchanted", but her record label guy thought it sounded too princessy like her second album, so they went with "Speak Now."
Jim Carrey was offered the role of the 8th Doctor Who. O.o
Canada's national sport is lacrosse, not hockey as many people think. (Not that any of us actually play lacrosse though.)
It takes 550 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
Ancient Egyptians believed that mushrooms grew by magic.
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment. :P
The word for the day after tomorrow is 'overmorrow'.
