justin0469 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 http://pieceofmymind.tumblr.com/post/94381934/amazing-true-factsDon't know if they reall are true BUTAmazing True Facts When placed in warm milk, raisins re-plump into grapes.The metal backs of iPods are made from recycled zippers.Eskimos don’t believe in bridges or tunnels.Every sixteen minutes, someone named Richard dies.Billy Bob Thornton’s grandfather was the first person to own a television.Dolphins kill more people annually than sharks and influenza combined.On a dare, former President Rutherford B. Hayes declared war on Chile for 17 minutes.The original title for Catcher in the Rye was Hey, Look, a Carousel!Professionals call the top socket on an electrical outlet the “Martha,” and the bottom socket the “Jasmine.”In the archives at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., there are two identical snowflakes preserved in a freezer.Three out of every ten nickels has been in someone’s mouth.If you hold one nostril closed for 72 hours, you will slowly lose the ability to see color. (Your sight will instantly return to normal when you release your nostril.)Wave a magnet at the lower left corner of a vending machine to receive a free soda.The glossy paper from the backs of stickers can be used to soothe sunburn.To be a train conductor, you have to cut off one of your own toes during a loyalty ritual.The Z in Jay-Z’s name stands for “Zeppidemus.”Jean shorts were invented three weeks prior to the invention of regular jeans.Whispering instead of talking on cell phones saves significant battery power.In Austria, the traditional Christmas colors are not red and greed, but purple and clear.Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase “Baby Mama” in a satirical poem published in Poor Richard’s Almanac.If you take the first letter of each word in the Monopoly board game instruction manual, they spell out an X-rated sentence.The original name for the laptop computer was “Hinged Smart Slab.”The average person inhales 3 pounds of spider webs in his or her lifetime.When first introduced to the public, plastic laundry baskets cost $75 each.Winnie the Pooh started out as a non-fiction account of mental illness.Reading backwards for twenty minutes burns the same amount of calories as walking a half-mile.The Q in Q-tips stands for “quantum,” as the small bit of cotton on the tip contains more atoms than the entire human body.Revolving doors were first invented as a way to keep horses out of department stores.Peru and the moon weigh the same amount.Human beings and anteaters are the only animals that can snap their fingers.If you soak a baseball hat in coke, and then let it dry on someone’s head, over a 3-hour period the hat will shrink with skull-denting force, causing intense pain and irreparable damage.Clouds cannot travel south southwest.In sign language, there are 72 ways to say “drawbridge.”I know, I know.... but at least I post interesting things, not just smiley faces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin0469 Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Wave a magnet at the lower left corner of a vending machine to receive a free soda.The Z in Jay-Z’s name stands for “Zeppidemus.”If you take the first letter of each word in the Monopoly board game instruction manual, they spell out an X-rated sentence.Reading backwards for twenty minutes burns the same amount of calories as walking a half-mile.The Q in Q-tips stands for “quantum,” as the small bit of cotton on the tip contains more atoms than the entire human body.Revolving doors were first invented as a way to keep horses out of department stores.Human beings and anteaters are the only animals that can snap their fingers.If you soak a baseball hat in coke, and then let it dry on someone’s head, over a 3-hour period the hat will shrink with skull-denting force, causing intense pain and irreparable damage.:???:wtfThe average person inhales 3 pounds of spider webs in his or her lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Hunter Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 wtf . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 peru does not weigh the same as the moon...weight is relative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin0469 Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 peru does not weigh the same as the moon...weight is relative...very true, maybe they meant to say that if they were in the same environment, they would weigh the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 very true, maybe they meant to say that if they were in the same environment, they would weigh the same.then why didn't the idiot author use the term "mass"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artmageddon Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I think most, if not all, of this list is BS. I highly doubt train conductors cut off toes, I know jeans were created before jean shorts, and I'm sure most of the other facts can be proven wrong. I think this is just a site to prove that people will believe anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin0469 Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 If it's on the interwebz it must be true!!1!1!!!!11!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 As interesting as they may be, These are not all true facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I think most, if not all, of this list is BS. I highly doubt train conductors cut off toes, I know jeans were created before jean shorts, and I'm sure most of the other facts can be proven wrong. I think this is just a site to prove that people will believe anything.I know a train conductor. He has all of his toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 The Q in Q-tips stands for “quantum,” as the small bit of cotton on the tip contains more atoms than the entire human body.Not after you swallow a Q-tip.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattmouch33 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 what does the monopoly instructions spell out??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I think most, if not all, of this list is BS. I highly doubt train conductors cut off toes, I know jeans were created before jean shorts, and I'm sure most of the other facts can be proven wrong. I think this is just a site to prove that people will believe anything.I know a train conductor. He has all of his toes.I'm an Engineer now but started as a Conductor. Have all my fingers and toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I'm an Engineer now but started as a Conductor. Have all my fingers and toes.I was going to ask where you "foamers" were on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I was going to ask where you "foamers" were on this one...You fucker. Far from a foamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 list is 75% bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 You fucker. Far from a foamer. what a foamer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 You fucker. Far from a foamer. i don't even know what it means, i just remember reading it on one of these forums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 A foamer is a worthless shmuck with nothing better to do, so he/she goes out and chases trains to take pictures of them. I have given them several bare ass shots:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 A foamer is a worthless shmuck with nothing better to do, so he/she goes out and chases trains to take pictures of them. I have given them several bare ass shots:lol:nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 i figured something along those lines...i see them people setting up tripods at rr crossings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 It's pathetic really. I've had them follow me from Detroit to Dayton before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 all trains look the same to me for the most part..guess i never never paid that much attention to them to take pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondajt Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Are any of these true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danballa Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 what does the monopoly instructions spell out???i'm interested in that now too! someone has to have the game and be bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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