During every awkward silence a gay monkey is born. Here are some more... http://www.strangefacts.com/

More people are killed every year by donkeys than die in plane crashes.

To make an espresso, 42 coffee beans are needed.

The Nazis thought hunting animals was cruel and banned it. However, it was alright to hunt down humans and kill them. Hitler was vegetarian. Nazi scientists found out smoking causes cance long before anyone else. Hitler hated the smell of ciggarette smoke.

Here's a fact that I'd like to share....

there are no clocks in las vegas gambling casinos

in ireland we spend more money on cigarettes and beer than on food

When you are exercising, and your legs become all itchy and agitated - this is due to a build up of lactic acid in the muscle. The lactic acid is produced because the body is not used to the aerobic exercise and the body is not getting enough oxygen. In order to make your body healthier, exercise more often and these sensations will subside.

Sprinkling some cheap laundry soap(powder form) on fresh cut wood in the basement will keep the bugs in the wood.Till you burn it.

If you bury a dead snake under a hen house the hens will not lay any eggs while inside that hen house.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. Every year about 98% of atoms in your body are replaced. Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air. Time slows down near a black hole; inside it stops completely. Rain contains vitamin B12. A full moon always rises at sunset. The opposite of a "vacuum" is a "plenum." i love science.

the bottom of an apple is called the calyx basin its impossible to lick your elbow if you put salt on leeches they ll fall off of you [common sense?] 70 percent of ppl who read this will try to lick their elbow

SNAIL SEX Most snails are hermaphroditic, having both male and female sex organs. This dual set of genitals is located right behind the head on the snail. When two snails meet, the encounter begins with caresses and kisses. Yes, snails do have lips. Soon, the snails' genitals become swollen, and before long the two snails are engaging in what one article called "lip-genital atrium behavior". Honest, I'm not making this stuff up. So far it sounds pretty romantic and gentle, eh? Well..now things get rough. A half hour or so after initial contact the two snails push against each other and each releases a "love dart", a centimeter long hollow calcareous lancehead with four blades into the body of the other. The snails shoot for the tender flesh right behind the genitals, but their aim isn't always perfect. The sex continues with each snail injecting sperm into the other.

Voltaire drank 70 cups of coffee per day

The type of frequencies that are found in the cat's purr are good for healing muscle, tendon, and ligament injuries, as well as for muscle strengthening and toning.

contrary to popular belief, the role of the Wandering Cowboy, made famous by Brad Pitt in the film Thelma and Louise, was actually written for Gary Coleman

When Hugh Grant gets a script, he's not really reading the script, but trying to imagine the male lead as a charming but insecure bloke. If it seems a good fit, he says yes to the script. FACT! Also, sizewise: Atom is to apple as apple is to Earth. (Feynman, Six Easy Pieces) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman

ive got a weird one....a male cats penis is sharp and jagged, like a christmas tree. When it mates with the female, she lets out that earpiercing yowl because it tears her vaginal wall. Thats why females only mate once every year, because the wall has to have time to heal. The male cat therefore makes sure that she cant mate with another male. Then the next yearit happens again. Weird eh?

Bulgaria is the #1 importer of kangaroo meat.

Here is a bunch of facts about The Dark Knight from IMDB: Matt Damon was Christopher Nolan's first choice for the role of Harvey Dent but turned it down. Before Aaron Eckhart was cast in the part, other actors considered included Hugh Jackman, Ryan Phillippe, Liev Schreiber, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Lucas. As a joke, one bat suit was made with nipples, as in Batman & Robin (1997). It was presented to Christian Bale as the real bat suit, but he knew instantly it was a joke, having seen a few design pictures during preproduction. He did pose for some publicity photos in the "nipple" suit. This is the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title. Christopher Nolan has a son named Rory, for whom the working title of the film ("Rory's First Kiss") was named. Robin Williams, Lachy Hulme, Paul Bettany, and Adrien Brody all expressed interest for the role of the Joker before Heath Ledger was cast. When asked, "Why Heath Ledger as the Joker?" Christopher Nolan said, "Because he's fearless." Dwight Yoakam turned down two roles in this movie. Originally he was offered the part of a cop; then he was offered to play a banker who had dealings with the Joker (Heath Ledger). Yoakam passed on both roles because he was working on a Buck Owens tribute album. Turning down a salary estimated at between $1 million and $2 million (an increase over the roughly $1 million she was believed to have earned for Batman Begins (2005)) Katie Holmes chose not to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes. This was due to what was described as 'scheduling conflicts'. Before Maggie Gyllenhaal replaced Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, both Rachel McAdams and Emily Blunt were rumored for the part. While filming on the streets of Chicago in April 2007, the filming was carried out under the fake movie title "Rory's First Kiss". Fliers regarding the filming carried this fake title, complete with a fake "RFK" logo for the movie and an address for the film's production offices. One of the extra's military uniforms has the name "Philo" on it, after the film's extras casting director, Joan Philo. On Thanksgiving weekend, 2007, fake four-page tabloid-size "Gotham Times" newspapers were distributed at various public events. Headlined "City at War - Batman Saves Entire Family", every article teased events in the film, and everything in the handout was geared toward the film, including the weather ("Gloomy and overcast...") and advertisements for Gotham National Bank, the Gotham Girl Guides and recruitment for the Gotham Police Department. To prepare for his role as the Joker, Heath Ledger lived alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the character's psychology, posture and voice (the last one he found most difficult to do). He started a diary, in which he wrote the Joker's thoughts and feelings to guide himself during his performance. He was also given Alan Moore's comic "Batman: The Killing Joke" and "Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth" to read. Ledger also took inspiration from A Clockwork Orange (1971)'s Alex and Sid Vicious. Director Christopher Nolan and co-writers Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer decided not to explore the origins of the Joker in order to portray the character as "absolute." Christopher Nolan cites the film Heat (1995) as a major influence on this movie. William Fichtner played in Heat and in the scene in The Dark Knight that was obviously inspired by Heat. Christopher Nolan shot part of the film in the IMAX format. Nolan had wanted to shoot in IMAX for 15 years, and even now wishes he could have shot the entire film in IMAX, as he felt "if you could take an IMAX camera to Mt. Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie." Nolan shot in IMAX four major action sequences and quiet dramatic scenes which he thought would be visually fascinating. Off-duty Chicago Police Officers along with Officers from Elyria OH, Hammond IN, Buffalo Grove IL and Joliet IL played Gotham Police officer extras. Elaborate, interactive marketing campaigns were launched in the months leading up to the release of this film. One of these was an event at the 2007 San Diego Comic-con called "Why So Serious", which involved fans following clues hidden around the city. The legions of Joker-painted fans ended up congregating in the street across from the convention center, where one of their numbers was welcomed into a black Escalade (with Gotham license plates) that had just pulled up. After a moment the fan started screaming and the SUV sped away. Later that day, a "Gotham City newspaper" was circulated reporting that a man believed to be the Joker was found beaten to death. Included were "crime scene photos" of the fan who had gotten into the Escalade, and a mention that he was found with a playing card in his hand, on which was scribbled "See you in December." The Gotham license plates are modeled directly off of those of the state of Illinois. Heath Ledger's sudden death on January 22, 2008 prompted immediate speculation as to the state of this film. Late the same day, Warner Bros. released a statement declaring that Ledger had completed all his scenes and post-production work, thus making the Joker the actor's final completed appearance in a film. It's Sir Michael Caine's opinion that Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholson's Joker from Batman (1989): "Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath's gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he's like a really scary psychopath. He's a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture." Caine bases this belief on a scene where the Joker pays a visit to Bruce Wayne's penthouse. He'd never met Ledger before, so when Ledger arrived and performed he gave Caine such a fright he forgot his lines. Aaron Eckhart described his portrayal of Harvey Dent as simultaneously coming from and being apart from the same world as Batman (Dent is the white knight of Gotham, as opposed to the Dark Knight). His challenge was "looking for the similarities and the tension between the two; to find what's similar to Batman and then what's opposite to him." Eckhart prepared for his role by studying split personalities. Bruce Wayne develops and wears a new Batsuit in the film. This Batsuit was an improvement on the outfit from Batman Begins (2005), and made Christian Bale more comfortable and agile in his performance. It was constructed from 200 unique pieces of rubber, fibreglass, metallic mesh, and nylon (producing an impression of sophisticated technology), with elastic banding added for tightening the costume to fit Bale. The gauntlets had their razors made retractable and able to be fired. The suit's cowl was based on a motorcycle helmet and separated from the neck piece, allowing Bale to move his head left/right/up/down, and comes equipped with white eye lenses for when Batman turns on Bat-sonar. The Joker make-up was composed of three pieces of stamped silicone, which took less than an hour to apply to Heath Ledger on each day of shooting. Ledger described it as "new technology which is much quicker to apply than regular prosthetics"; he felt he was not wearing any make-up at all. Costume designer Lindy Hemming based the Joker's look around his personality, in which "he doesn't care about himself at all." Hemming was inspired by countercultural pop culture artists like Pete Doherty, Iggy Pop, and Sid Vicious. She avoided his design being vagrant, but made it scruffier and grungier, therefore making his movements slightly twitchier and edgier. An explosion was filmed at the Battersea Power Station in London. The fireball created calls from panic-stricken local residents, who assumed a terrorist attack had occurred at the out-of-use Station. Nestor Carbonell who plays the Mayor in The Dark Knight coincidentally also played "Bat Manuel", a parody of Batman, in the comic-based live action "The Tick" (2001) TV series. The Batman Comic Books "The Long Halloween", "The Killing Joke", "The Man Who Laughs" and the first two comics to feature the Joker character served as an influence on the film’s storyline. Jerry Robinson, one of the original creators of the Joker back in 1940, was hired as a consultant on the film (the Joker is to be portrayed according to his first two appearances in the comics, which Robinson was involved in). His "Batman" co-creator Bob Kane had earlier been hired as a consultant for Batman (1989). David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan collaborated on the story of the film. The script itself was written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan. After watching The Dark Knight, Goyer stated "I can't believe my name is on a movie this good". Aaron Eckhart enjoyed wearing the Two-Face makeup and warned: "When you look at him, you should get sick to your stomach. It's like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. There are fans on the Internet who have drawn versions of what they think it looks like, and I can tell you this: They're thinking small. Chris has gone way farther than people think." The "Batman" theme is heard only twice in the film, as Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard decided that a heroic theme that a viewer could hum would ignore the complexity and darkness of the character. Hearing the tune only twice would create what Zimmer calls "a musical foreshadowing." Composer James Newton Howard composed an elegant and beautiful score for Harvey Dent, which would serve as a jarring contrast to Two-Face's persona. The actor who plays the older gentleman that confronts the Joker at the party thrown by Bruce Wayne for Harvey Dent is Vermont senior senator Patrick Leahy. Mr. Leahy is a huge Batman fan and arranged an early showing of the movie on July 12th as a fund-raiser for the children's section of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont, the state's capital. He has also appeared in Batman & Robin (1997) and on an episode of "Batman" (1992). Had the biggest three-day opening weekend of all time with $158 million beating Spider-Man 3 (2007). Set a new record for the biggest opening-day gross at the box office with $66.4 million. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007). Had the biggest number of opening theaters with 4366. Former record holder was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Set a weekend box-office record for IMAX venues with $6.2 mil. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007). Set a new mark for money earned in midnight showings when it grossed $18.5 million. Former record holder was Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Holds the record for reaching the $400 million mark the fastest, after 18 days. The former record holder was Shrek 2 (2004) (43 days). Holds the record for reaching the $200 million mark the fastest, after only 5 days. Holds the record for reaching the $300 million mark the fastest, after only 10 days. Former record holder was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). The film was delivered to some theaters under the name "Oliver's Army". While filming both the bank and Police Department scenes at the Post Office, an unrelated fire broke out in a top floor mechanical room and many onlookers believed that the smoke and fire was related to the filming. Just as it was when filming Batman Begins (2005), director Christopher Nolan oversaw every shot himself as there was no second unit. Made more money than Batman Begins (2005) entire domestic run in only 6 days of release. Cameo: [Stuntman Buster Reeves] Christian Bale's main stunt double plays one of The Joker's thugs. He appears in the trailer of the Joker's semi-truck, as he hands The Joker his weapons as he fires them at the Police transport. He then rides in the passenger seat of the cab of the truck as The Joker drives. The nine-minute suite composed for the Joker is based around two notes, D and C. Interestingly enough, Batman's comic book company (who also produces the film) is DC Comics. The first film to be ranked #1 on the IMDb within two days of its theatrical release. Gotham City's civic heraldry combines elements of New York City's and Chicago's municipal emblems. Examples include Gotham-area license plates (based on Illinois tags found throughout Chicago) and Gotham's garbage trucks (whose door emblems directly quote New York City's old Sanitation Department logo: a large red sans-serif capital letter S atop a medical caduceus, all within a circle with a text border).

My ancestor John Griffiths Trenerry was baptised by the Rev John Russell. HE is better known as the man who developed the "Jack Russell" terrier. Hehehe

http://www.mcall.com/topic/career-workplace/wages-pensions/09011000.topic

A pig can have an orgasm for about 30 mins! Cattle can walk upstairs, but not downstairs!

Broward County Florida, (Ft. Lauderdale, for example) has 958,000 registered voters. It has 270,000 more registered Democrats than registered Republicans. Out of the 958,000 registered voters there are 28 who were born on the same day in 1938.

Dolphins only sleep with one hemisphere of their brain at a time so as not to drown.

Our nails grow faster during summer.

The name for Cops came from their shinny copper buttons on their uniforms.

Pigs are smarter than dogs

Artist Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.

75% of Americans think they are above average drivers. (so at least 25% are wrong)

There is no such thing as a male calico cat.

president..lincon..once..said.....give..me..six..hours..to..cut..down..a..tree...i..will..spend..the..first..four..sharpening....the..axe

1816 was the year without a summer. It was cold in much of th US and Europe during the summer months.

about the cat penis question...lol no no no you need a microscope you guys! They are like litle tiny barbs! Yah i know they look smooth but i guess they have small litle barbs or jaged edges...

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

Pound for pound, there's more sugar in a lemon than in a strawberry.

radar is a panendrome?

Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans used roman numerical which were difficult to calculate on as they were in the form of Symbols, lengthy and had limits. New Math Multiplication Method .

Nothing rhymes with orange. Vikings didn't have horns on their helmets. Michael Myer's mask is shaped and modeled after William Shatner's face. ...I got nothing.

Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans used roman numerical which were difficult to calculate on as they were in the form of Symbols, lengthy and had limits. New Math Multiplication Method

Our sky is blue because the mixture of gasses in our atmosphere (Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, and a few others in scant amounts) scatters blue light.

Yes. In fact I've got rather a nice pair, allegedly.

The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.

Place a couple of corn kernals in front of 2 mobile phones, ring them and watch the corn POP!!!

Not off hand. If I can think of on off the spot, I will ome back and post it. But that is a great collection to have... I hope that it grows progressively larger over time...

Earth has a "planet withing a planet". A Pluto sized steal core rotate's a little faster than the rest of the planet.

oh ha ha koldkanuk very funny, lol.

Here is one: A flea can jump up to 350 times its body length. Have a look on my group on www.hobbything.com there is more: http://www.hobbything.com/hobbies_groups/i-don-t-believe-it-group/6.aspx

Cats go into heat approximately every 3 weeks & a pregnancy, 9 weeks. Some go into heat while pregnant & can carry more than one litter at the same time- as far as I know, the only mammal that can do so.

6th graders learning 8th grade science in Las Vegas, Nevada, when they're lacking teachers.

The tallest mountain in the Solar System is Olympus Mons and it's 88,580 feet high. The first organisms that were able to move under their own power were Precambrian jellyfish. This development occurred about 1.3 billion years ago. There is no Precambrian without brian. ;) In his book, One Two Three...Infinity, theoretical physicist and cosmologist George Gamow used geometric examples to assert that one infinity can be greater than another. E.g., if a plane rotating on a linear axis can occupy an infinite number of positions, then one resting on a point can actually occupy an infinitely greater number of positions.

Did you know that a hummingbird cannot walk it can only sit and fly

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet. American car horns beep in the tone of F. 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. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. (YUCK!) Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.....hmmm? LOL. Winshield wipers, bulletproof vests, laserprinters, and fire escapes were all invented by women:)

Michelangelo did a sculture called Pieta. This was the only work he ever signed and did so after hearing someone speculate that another sculptor was responsible for the piece of art. He regretted his moment of ego and never signed another piece.

stewardesses is the longest word that is formally typed with only the left hand. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 . Slugs have four noses. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. just a few random ones there :)

Obama is even more crooked than the entire Bush administration! It may be difficult to believe but everyone will know the truth soon enough anyway because it's going to be revealed from other sources very soon!

there is 10 gushers in every pack

A polar bear's coat is not really white, the hair shaft is transparent. Clear hair!

If you were to count, at the rate of one thing a second, everything that happened in your brain in one second. you would be counting for 2 million yrs

more people are killed by toasters then trampolines every year.

A male dolphin ejaculates with such tremendous PSI that he could quite literally blow a limb off a human being. (random fact learned in college)

leopards are striped not only on their fur but also on their skin...you might like this book..."The Most Amazing Book of Useless Information of Them All"

Albert Hoffman died. He was the inventor of LSD.

Dumbledore dies! =O

yes, there is enough fat in the human body to make 7 bars of soap.

Kurt Vonnegut predicted his own death at the age of 84. Well, he predicted the death of his alter ego, Seymore Trout, in the preface of Slaughterhouse IV

Iraq means "root of all"

Camels have a radiator in their nose. A little bit of water will circulate for 3 weeks.

Pandas have 6 fingers ^_^

One British soldier, Henry Tanday, spared Hitlers life when he refused to shoot him in World War 1. Hitler just stood there, but Henry Tanday could not shoot a wounded man and let him go. Hitler later had a painting of him on a wall.

They hung an elephant in Irving Tennessee for killing a man. Look up Mad Mary. Horrorble but true.

hot dogs are made of pig ears feet and snouts

he who goes to sleep with a ichy butt wakes up with a smelly hand. A hot dog is made of pig snouts ears and feet Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet, so now there are only 8 planets in our glaxay.

1 in every 10 people are gay.

Have you read the QI books or watched the series? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBjHsI6Hbk It's great =D

People always say you can die from smoking marijuana but the trth is you really can't. True Fact.

United States Currency is made from leftover denim at the Levis factories. (Because our paper money is made from cotton, not wood fiber)

you only need men for sex and spiders..everything else you can do yourself :O)

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

A dentist invented the electric chair.

I can't think of any off my head, but go to www.interestingfacts.org and www.nicefacts.com and I bet you could find something.

Many popular old sayings, came from classic poetry. Especially the Canterbury tales. "Every man for himself." "Ech man for hymself." From the Knights Tale. "To Wet one's whistle." "So was hir joly whistle wel ywet." The Reeves tale. "As Busy as a bee." "... In wommen been! For ay as bisy as bees." The merchants tale.

1 in every 99 people are in jail in the US. 1 in every 50 people on earth are a member of facebook.

i read under a Snaple cap that the average human eats 8 spiders during their sleep in the entire life time!!!!

I use official time to play AB!

DIVIDE BY 4.55. TAKE THIS NUMBER TIMES .23. THEN AGAIN BY .23. IRREGARDING DECIMAL POINTS--YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR AGE--------

--China has more English speakers than the United States. --When you tip someone....Tips stand for...To Insure Proper Service -Dueling is legal in Paraguay so long as both parties are registered blood donors. --Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. --If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. --The average human eats eight bugs or spiders in their lifetime while sleeping. --The Pentagon in Arlington, VA, has twice as many bathrooms as necessary. When it was built in the 1940's, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. --The word racecar and kayak are the same whether read left to right or right to left. example of a Palindrome Lyme Disease is named after Lyme Connecticut where it was first recognized in 1975, NOT the fruit. The nickname Limey was applied to the English sailors who were routinely supplied with limes to prevent scurvy. --The dot over the letter "i" is called a Tittle. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth.

If aadvarks were the same size as humans their penises would be about 4 feet long. A collection of rats is called a mischeif. An albatross can remain in flight for 10 years.

Pebbles Flinstone was born on February 19th, 1963 She would be 45 years old, turning 46 next month. I know this because we were born on the same day!

In a study conducted regarding toilet paper usage, Americans are said to use the most toilet paper per trip to the bathroom, which was seven sheets of toilet paper per trip.

The origin of the Starbucks logo (a two-tailed siren) is from the story Moby Dick. The history and evolution of the logo is also fascinating. Here's a blog about it... www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid

The animal that is closest to plant status is... You guessed it a Sea sponge. Someone please prove me wrong.

I have some but it would take ur email to: creationvger@yahoo.com for PDF file attachment.

throw a cooked spaghetti against the wall, if it sticks its done, if not, its not!

Diaminopimelic acid is an indicator for blue-green algae...From my university days and I have no idea of why I remember that:)

Satan is the true Creaor God of humanity.

the chances of you getting killed by a coconut falling on you is 1 in 7 trillion coconuts have killed more people then sharks

4 out of every 3 Americans don't understand fractions...

Maggots will only eat dead flesh, which is why they are used on burn patients. Mosquitos are responsible for more deaths worldwide than any other creature. The population of the earth has more than doubled since 1950. The area code for Antartica...672. People who are lying tend to look up and to the left, accessing the creative side of the brain. Florida has more tornadoes per square mile than any other state. The city of San Francisco offers free "Sex for Hire" classes to it's prostitutes, even though prostitution is illegal in California. A watermelon is a vegatable, not a fruit. Less than 10% of all criminals commit almost 70% of all the crime. Less than 10% of tax payers pay more than 50% of the income tax. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

The animal that causes the most deaths in the United States is the white-tailed deer.