Time for another random useless facts thread

[ps1074]

Ok, I'll start:

1. There are more people alive today than has ever died.

2. A third of the cars driving around any given city are looking for a parking space.

3. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

[fudge stripe cookays]

1. There's an island...

off the coast of California, where 14% of the female seagulls are gay.

FSC

[Jackpine Radical]

2. 73% of all statistics cited in arguments

are made up on the spot.

[GaYellowDawg]

3. OK...

1. Turtles have limited oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange in their rectal lining.

2. Dragonflies can change direction faster then the human eye can focus.

[LynneSin]

4. LBJ was the first president of the United States to wear contact lenses

:D

[meatloaf]

5. No. 1 is an Urban legend.

Courtesy of Snopes.com:

" Any statement about the number of people who have died since time began is, of course, a rough estimate, and the answer is also largely dependent upon our definition of when "time began." Estimates for the number of people who have died since the pyramids were built (i.e., about 5,000 years ago) are around 6 billion, which is fairly close to the current world population. But if we consider modern humans to have emerged around 40,000 to 45,000 years ago, estimates about the number of dead in human history vary widely — anywhere from 12 billion to up to 110 billion. However, most demographers peg the number of dead at approximately 60 billion, which means that there are several dead ancestors for each one of us, and we're not likely to catch up for a long, long time — if ever. "

[ps1074]

7. Ok, but you should have posted some useless facts

:)

Like this one: In 1980, Namco released PAC-MAN, the most popular video game (or arcade game) of all time. The original name was going to be PUCK MAN, but executives saw the potential for vandals to scratch out part of the P in the games marquee and labeling.

[meatloaf]

8. You're right, how's this...

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.

The Declaration of Independence (the very official copy in the Rotunda of the National Archives) is written on parchment, not paper.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

[neweurope]

6. The favourite horse of Frederic the Great was called Condé.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[ClintonTyree]

9. 90% of people surveyed.........

think they are of above average intelligence.

[Felix Mala]

10. The average, hand-held calculator has more computing power

than the computers used on board the Apollo spacecrafts.