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A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

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Israel is one quarter the size of the state of Maine.

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The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.

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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

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According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.

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An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.


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VoiceOfReason wrote:

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

 For some reason my brain registered this as a pound of chips WEIGHS more than a pound of potatoes and I was like whaaa? Even VoR should know that's silly!



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VetteGirl wrote:
VoiceOfReason wrote:

A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

 For some reason my brain registered this as a pound of chips WEIGHS more than a pound of potatoes and I was like whaaa? Even VoR should know that's silly!

 Uhm - are you insulting me?  evileye



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Haha no actually as soon as I posted that I realized it came out kind of badly :p

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An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

 I think I'm below average...

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An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

 I think I'm below average...

flan

don't worry, I can probably make up the difference. cry



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By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.

And yet, we all still like Pizza.



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A pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound of potatoes.

Do the chips have more salt too?

 

In my store, I bought baking potatoes for 99 cents per pound last week.

An 8 oz bag of chips was less than $4 (depending on brand, etc.)

 



-- Edited by ed11563 on Saturday 9th of August 2014 09:38:59 PM

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You can't sneeze with your eyes open

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Mexico has more American residents than any other country except the United States.

Isn't the opposite true too? 

Or does the United States have MORE Mexicans than Mexico?



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Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one.

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Table tennis balls have been known to travel off the paddle at speeds up to 160 km/hr.

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Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

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The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world

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A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and no one knows why.

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Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).

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Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually.

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Americans product 1/6th of the world's food supply.

We do that with only 0.6 of our population being farmers.

 

 



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Carly Simon's dad is the "Simon" of Simon & Schuster!

I did not know that.

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Between 1878 and 1890 of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, three dozen lives were lost. And it all stemmed from a dispute over the ownership of a pig.

And why not??

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In 2003, Dennis Gross set the unofficial record for most Peeps eaten in 30 minutes.

He polished off 102 Peeps.

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In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor -- the voice of Minnie.

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When fruit flies inhale alcohol, the males will start to mate with each other, forming lines.

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The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

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More people are killed from cows than sharks each year. And I don't mean from eating red meat,,,mmmmm!

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Only a few species of piranha are carnivorous; most eat plant matter or insects.

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Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress.

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In 2003, Dennis Gross set the unofficial record for most Peeps eaten in 30 minutes.

He polished off 102 Peeps.

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The dot on the letter "i" is called a tittle.

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The Vatican Bank is the only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin.

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



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In the UK, it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day!



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Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers!

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When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red

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When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red

 Cool!

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•A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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•If you yelled for over 8 and a half years, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

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•Top Six reasons for being late for work: 1) traffic. 2) oversleeping. 3) procrastination. 4) Chores. 5) Car Trouble. 6) Having Sex.

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•If you pet a cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute.

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•Car accidents rise 10% during the first week of daylight savings time.

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•85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S!

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•An attosecond is one billionth of a billionth of a second.

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•National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59)



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•The billionth digit of pi is 9

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