Monday, September 15, 2008

Unnecessary Knowledge

Source - http://www.unkno.com/toplist/

- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

- 50% of female polar bears also have a penis. 4.05

- An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.

- The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

- Turtles can breathe through their butts

- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.

- The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death

- Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.

- In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

- Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.

- During their periods womens middle fingers shrink. No one knows why.

- In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

- It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.

- Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”

Source - http://www.unkno.com/toplist/

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