Interesting And Weird Facts 21 comments | Posted by minodude 38 months ago

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1. A zebra is white with black stripes.

2. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

3. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

4. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

5. The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

6. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

7. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

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

9. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

10. The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

11. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

12. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

13. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

14. Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.

15. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

16. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

17. In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatau put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.

18. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

19. Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

20. Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

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Fayt Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 08:22 AM 509 tokens, 4.11 days wasted

I've learnt more here than in my whole school career
Those 20 facts are cool
But a zebra is black with white stipes

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zman14 Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 09:39 AM 1,440 tokens, 3.76 weeks wasted

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noo its white with blak stripes cause there is more white then black see

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alex657684 Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 12:14 PM 11,787 tokens, 2.64 weeks wasted

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Just watch Madagascar....that will solve the problem.

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zman14 Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 11:25 PM 1,440 tokens, 3.76 weeks wasted

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that too lol

united 93 it waz the perfect movie in dedication of those who lost there lives
on 9/11/01

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weezel Posted on Apr 10, 2006 at 02:52 PM 852 tokens, 1.35 days wasted

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Lalalala...

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kiepay Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 11:52 AM 1,770 tokens, 1.71 weeks wasted

I want to be a snail.

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Tlite77 Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 12:24 PM 308 tokens, 2.76 days wasted

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Hey, that's what I was gonna say!!!

“Either you think—or else others have to think for you and take power from you,
pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.”
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yojimbo Posted on Feb 19, 2006 at 10:03 AM 341 tokens, 17.93 hours wasted

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nahhhh, snails get stepped on and salted.

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Superdude Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 12:54 PM 252 tokens, 2.37 days wasted

Snals suck If i could get even 7hrs sleep I'd be happy

Just another Pirate lookin' for booty!

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Monkey Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 01:46 PM 9,202 tokens, 3.62 weeks wasted

16. The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

Very interesting.

Lets see... Antarctica...Asia...Africa...Australia...North America...South America...and Europe.

WOW!

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Monkey Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 01:50 PM 9,202 tokens, 3.62 weeks wasted

20. Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

Wrong.

In AC current, the electrons "bump" into one another back and forth at 60hz in the US. DC current is the flow of electrons through the wire from - to +

What is around the wire is an electromagnetic field. Using an inductor you can manipulate current, or measure it, etc.

Right hand rule.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/magnetic/magcur .html

Using this force around a "wire" or current carrying material you can manipulate the Lorenz Force to make a gauss rifle/rail gun.
It takes quite a bit of power to do that however.

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yojimbo Posted on Feb 19, 2006 at 10:05 AM 341 tokens, 17.93 hours wasted

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cool reply. i failed in that subject misrably

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turdman Posted on Feb 23, 2006 at 03:52 AM 374 tokens, 3.91 days wasted

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why do you know these things lol omg u ppl r 2 smart

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minodude Posted on Mar 01, 2007 at 05:52 PM 19,406 tokens, 3.62 weeks wasted

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its called google, my friend

Just Kidding!!

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Vijchti Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 04:45 PM 806 tokens, 4.91 days wasted

"All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise."

Uranus and Pluto, too.

Don't worry about a thing; you know your path is true
Just ease your mind, have a banana or two.

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mellowkat Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 08:35 PM 881 tokens, 1.68 weeks wasted

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order
OMG has someone nothing better to do with their time??

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Monkey Posted on Feb 18, 2006 at 10:41 PM 9,202 tokens, 3.62 weeks wasted

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Most of these aren't real.

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yojimbo Posted on Feb 19, 2006 at 10:07 AM 341 tokens, 17.93 hours wasted

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OMG where did you find that one. its cool

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CaptainSpank Posted on Feb 19, 2006 at 09:37 PM 919 tokens, 1.46 days wasted

Number 7.
I believe the iguana can also see behind itself with out moving its head!
Also zero is not a number. Its a concept!

(This comment was modified on Feb 19, 2006 09:38 PM)

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wanna_cookie Posted on Feb 20, 2006 at 01:15 AM 1,916 tokens, 5.26 days wasted

some of those are common knowledge and others are just awsome

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wes Posted on Feb 27, 2006 at 07:17 PM 6,476 tokens, 1.25 months wasted

So old and not all true...

Live & let live... such is life.
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