Did you know that............

[palad]

By the way, the one about a duck's echo is pure BS.
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/edit Ooops, Bruno beat me to one of them.

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Check out this link for a discussion on the formation of the dollar sign.
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[shiznut123]

<< 9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television >>

Cool!!!

 

[Yzzim]

Official FDA guidelines allow whole pepper to be sold with up to 1 percent of the volume made up of rodent droppings.

More Random Facts here

 

[Spoooon]

Just have to say that straightdope is a great site. I used to frequent it alot.

 

[LoqT]

That one about my toothbrushes being too close to the toilet.... and this whole time I thought it was just halitosis.... <sigh>

 

[TheVrolok]

Most interesting.

 

[axelfox]

The paper thing is that you can't fold a paper in half more than 7 times.