Weird facts.

[hoat]

The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side. (as do I, kinda odd)

Toxic house plants poison more children than household chemicals.

If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people.

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials.

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[methomps]

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

Why is this considered a weird fact?

 

[hoat]

Guess I should have labeled it, kind of unusual facts? Or not your main stream type of facts. /shrug

 

[Zurp]

Weird fact: if you throw a lizard in the water, he usually tries to swim to shore. Sometimes it gets eaten by a fish, first.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

 

[NFBuck]

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Me too! Well exhale anyway.

 

[jc_ultimate]

The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side

What kind of booze do ants drink? Am I missing something here?

 

[hoat]

The guy on the left has to actually speak for this to be disputed. :)

 

[Zurp]

The guy on the left has to actually speak for this to be disputed. :)

Yeah. I think the "weird" fact was saying that in an individual frame, the guy on the left speaks first. I don't find that weird, because we read left-to-right. If the guy on the right speakeded first, THAT would be weird.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Do you believe this weird fact?

 

[hoat]

Do you believe this weird fact?

I always found this amazing.

 

[illinoisbuckeye]

I learned this one yesterday...(not by experimenting but someone told me)
If you put a frog in boiling water, it will jump out immediately but if you put a frog in room temp water and heat it up, it will not move but rather just cook itself... kinda weird

 

[jimotis4heisman]

Do you believe this weird fact?

i read the whole thing without even noticing, then i noticed in the next post it was messed up.

 

[Zurp]

I always found this amazing.

I awlyas fnuod tihs aaiznmg.

 

[hoat]

I learned this one yesterday...(not by experimenting but someone told me)
If you put a frog in boiling water, it will jump out immediately but if you put a frog in room temp water and heat it up, it will not move but rather just cook itself... kinda weird

Someone we know like to torture animals? :)

I'm not judging. I used to put frogs on bottle rockets and see how high we could get them. Had to avoid the carnage falling from the skies. :)