Amazing Facts

* Most lipstick contains fish scales.

* No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

* The youngest pope was eleven years old.

* 500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris.

* Every day, over 1,300 babies are born prematurely in the U.S.A.

* The average iceberg weighs 20,000,000 tons.

* A leech has 32 brains.

* 70% of the poor people in the world are female.

* Approximately 55% of movies released are rated "R".

* One out of four American households owns a cat.

* One billion seconds is about 32 years.

* India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

* For every human in the world there are one million ants.

* One Neptune year lasts 165 Earth years.

* Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

* The Beatles have sold more records than anyone else with over a billion records.

* 97% of all paper money in the U.S. contains traces of cocaine.

* Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

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There are thousands of facts.

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thank you im gonna be there all day know lol

* 70% of the poor people in the world are female.

gamerguru100

That's because the man is keeping us down! *shakes fist*

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

I can only wonder how they came to find this out.

* Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

gamerguru100

* Approximately 55% of movies released are rated "R"gamerguru100

"One out of four American households owns a cat." What is so amazing about this fact?BiancaDK

The fact that so many damn people like cats.

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"]

* Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

Interesting.

im still very fascinated about the shroud of turin...one of the facts had to do with the shroud of turin so im still on topic btw...i think

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]"One out of four American households owns a cat." What is so amazing about this fact?-_Rain_-

The fact that so many damn people like cats.

[QUOTE="kurtoronie"]

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"]

* Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

CRS98

[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"]

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"]"One out of four American households owns a cat." What is so amazing about this fact?BiancaDK

The fact that so many damn people like cats.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

I can only wonder how they came to find this out.

-_Rain_-

I'm pretty sure every substance under the sun has been shot, snorted, smoked, or injested :P

That site is awesome btw, TC

Cool. Great find

* No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

gamerguru100

This was debunked by the Mythbusters.

[QUOTE="CRS98"][QUOTE="kurtoronie"]

I find that hard to believe

WeedleLad

And where are you from? Britain I'm guessing, just another American basher.

Britain? Pfff. All-American right here. I'm just saying, not every American is smart.

Here's another fact. 76.9% of percantages are made up.

[QUOTE="-_Rain_-"]

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

I can only wonder how they came to find this out.

effena

I'm pretty sure every substance under the sun has been shot, snorted, smoked, or injested :P

That site is awesome btw, TC

Cool. Great find

CalibreS

Here's another fact. 76.9% of percantages are made up.

pvtdonut54

[QUOTE="CRS98"]

[QUOTE="WeedleLad"]

And where are you from? Britain I'm guessing, just another American basher.

WeedleLad

Britain? Pfff. All-American right here. I'm just saying, not every American is smart.

Hating on your own country, that's pathetic.

I love my own country! Stop accusing me of treason. :x

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.gamerguru100

I've corrected it before, and i'll correct it again, the second fact isn't true.

I watched that episode of QI where they showed a fairly big formula for the amount of times you can fold a piece of paper, and it can be way more than 7.

Mission complete! :)

[QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

Here's another fact. 76.9% of percantages are made up.

marluxia101

well consider you can trust only 32.456% on the internet, yes I made it up.

"2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States"

:o

[QUOTE="marluxia101"]

[QUOTE="pvtdonut54"]

Here's another fact. 76.9% of percantages are made up.

pvtdonut54

well consider you can trust only 32.456% on the internet, yes I made it up.

Americans are fat.kaangonultas

I've corrected it before, and i'll correct it again, the second fact isn't true.

I watched that episode of QI where they showed a fairly big formula for the amount of times you can fold a piece of paper, and it can be way more than 7.

Mission complete! :)

Jonesy914

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"]* Approximately 55% of movies released are rated "R"AngelofDeath213

Americans are fat.kaangonultas

[QUOTE="AngelofDeath213"][QUOTE="gamerguru100"]* Approximately 55% of movies released are rated "R"MotherSuperior

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"][QUOTE="AngelofDeath213"] That's because the US has about three different ratings for movies. gamerguru100

[QUOTE="Jonesy914"]

I've corrected it before, and i'll correct it again, the second fact isn't true.

I watched that episode of QI where they showed a fairly big formula for the amount of times you can fold a piece of paper, and it can be way more than 7.

Mission complete! :)

meiaman

There is a vid on youtube, but i'm not sure if you have to be in the UK to view it, here's the link anyway: i'm a link, i feel good

If that doesn't work you can always read this: click me, you know you want to

There you go. :P

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"]

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"] G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, and X, XXX for adult films. I count 5 different movie ratings and 2 different adult film ratings.AngelofDeath213

America dropped has dropped nuclear bombs on North Carolina.Statutory_AP3

Whoa, whoa! Hold up! The sun is a STAR?? :omegagene

Whoa, whoa! Hold up! The sun is a STAR?? :omegagene

[QUOTE="Statutory_AP3"]America dropped has dropped nuclear bombs on North Carolina.gamerguru100

[QUOTE="megagene"]Whoa, whoa! Hold up! The sun is a STAR?? :omarluxia101