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brandon.

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The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

There is a city called Rome on every continent.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London.

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, everytime you breathe.

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from a sheep to a young man.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
 

Mikov

Member
In america the working class pays more money for income taxes than the upper class.

the word 'democracy' is banned in online chat rooms in china.

the internet is about 1.5% porn.

you have more germs in your mouth than you have in your anus.

you can absorb nutrients through your anus, it's called an enema. basically you can eat and drink through your ass.

a baseball in the major leagues only lasts about 7 pitches, then it starts coming apart or warping in shape.

in india there are more people that own a cell phone than people who own a toilet.

honey has been known to never go bad, some was found in an egyptian tomb. it was still good.

that's all i can think of.
 

GanjaGirl<3

Member
Did you know [FONT=verdana, Arial][SIZE=-1]there are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos?? Not one.
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RavenMochi

Well-Known Member
Wikipedia is a horrible place to get facts.
No, actually it isn't. When you go on wiki they'll either have a source, or they won't, its your responsibility to check these sources, but its a great place to start, wiki got a bad rep because people want everything done for them and were to lazy to check the sources, thats not wiki's fualt, that's a user error...
 

Greenplease

Active Member
No, actually it isn't. When you go on wiki they'll either have a source, or they won't, its your responsibility to check these sources, but its a great place to start, wiki got a bad rep because people want everything done for them and were to lazy to check the sources, thats not wiki's fualt, that's a user error...
Agreed, wiki is actually a great source of information, as long as you check the original sources, and even back up the info with your own research, but many articles on the wiki site are 100% correct, maybe they lack a fact or two, but other than that.......
 
one simple book would answer most questions posted on RIU.org

Marijuana Horticulture, the indoor/outdoor medical growers bible

I lost my virginity in Japan

My sister is 8 months younger than me

I have/had 3 fathers at one point

I have/had 2 mothers at one point

I once held one million dollars in my hands.

I am pretty hungry and gonna get some pizza
 
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