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new99

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<< You can't kill yourself by holding your breath because you'll pass out before you die and you body will involuntarily start breathing again. >>



OMG i can just picture someone attempting hahahaha.
 

new99

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<< You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. >>



True. I just tried. You pass out for a about 15-20 sec, and in that time frame, take a involuntary deep breath. You do get dizzy as hell though.
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LOLOLOL :) :)
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LOLOLOL i didn't see this post. rofl.
 

VRoOMdesigns

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<< If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. >>

Boom, baby.

I think I've released a couple A-bombs in my life then.

 

Atlantean

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Thats pretty funny, I like the "If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb." one. thats pretty damn good
 

N8Magic

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<< N != A

But A = A

America can be considered a continent, although there are two of them.

Asia, Africa, America, Antartica, Austrailia, Europe.

I assume that North and South America, for the purpose of this thread, is considered one continent.
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What about Oceania? Indonesia and all those islands. They're considered a continent. :D
 

SKORPI0

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More.........

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

Canada is an Indian word (what language?) meaning "Big Village".

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The word "samba" means "to rub navels together." (what language?)

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that *this* was the day of the changeover.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."

In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (what an embarrassment)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstips in times of war or other emergencies.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Emus cannot walk backwards.

The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY. (let's go!)

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of the thirteen blimps are in the United States.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of "F."

Camel's milk does not curdle.

Most hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Olympics.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capitol without a McDonald's.

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.

In the mid to late '80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered completely compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

It takes about a half gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."

In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burned down, but only six people were injured.

Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.

The only two days of the year in which there are no North American professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.

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

The name Wendy was made up for the book _Peter Pan_.

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