General Discussions

**kline11** · 02-20-2007, 10:48 AM

I just wanted to start this thread about "odd facts" for fun. If you know of any, post it here.

Here's one to start with:
Did you know that more Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world.

**mastermemei** · 02-21-2007, 06:47 AM

Here are several odd facts I got from http://www.geocities.com/oddfacts1234/

Ventura County, California- Cats or dogs can't have sex without a permit.

Sarasota, Florida- It is illegal to wear swimwear while singing a public place.

Chicago, Illinois- A hat pin is considered a concealed weapon.

**yasha78** · 02-22-2007, 11:08 PM

Marijuana is still illegal

**Mohab** · 02-25-2007, 05:54 AM

Ants don't sleep, thet just run around.

This might actually be true as ants hybernate all winter so they sleep al winter and remain active for the rest of the year, collecting food.

**Mohab** · 02-25-2007, 05:57 AM

Mainframes are the most powerful computers, after 15 years, you desktop computer woud be as powerful as the today's mainframes.

**kline11** · 02-25-2007, 10:41 AM

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.

**pace** · 02-25-2007, 09:36 PM

The center of a super massive black hole is the size of a spec of dust. But, that spec of dust weighs 3 million times more than our sun. There was also an expired super nova that weighed one billion pounds per teaspoon.

**pace** · 02-25-2007, 09:36 PM

There are as many chickens on this planet as humans.

**pace** · 02-25-2007, 09:37 PM

Grenoble, France- A man has been eating 2 pounds of metal and glass a day. Some of the things include: A Cassna airplane, a computer, a TV, a bike, and a coffin. Austrailia- A man was diagnosed with lead poisoning after he ate three feet of electrical cable a day. He said, "It had a sweet and pleasant taste, especially near the center."

**ADAM Web Design** · 02-25-2007, 11:50 PM

Starfish have no brains (thank you, Animaniacs.)

**DaveMo~** · 02-26-2007, 12:02 AM

Bumblebees are born with all the knowledge they ever need.

I know a couple of people like that!

Dave

**ADAM Web Design** · 02-26-2007, 12:36 AM

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(I hate pigs for that.)

**Mystical Pippin** · 02-26-2007, 03:28 AM

In Indiana bathing is prohibited in the winter!

**mastermemei** · 02-26-2007, 07:49 AM

Somalia, Africa- It is illegal to carry old gum on the tip of you nose.
from http://www.geocities.com/oddfacts1234/

**Mohab** · 03-02-2007, 03:43 AM

ADAM Web Design, you say starfish don't have brains. Then thinking must happen somewhere else, like a thinking foot

**Mohab** · 03-02-2007, 03:45 AM

Male seahorses are the ones that carry and lay the eggs and not the females. The females give the egg to the male who fertilizez it and carrys it.

**stOx** · 03-02-2007, 08:27 AM

A ducks eye weighs more than it's brain, And it's feathers weigh more that it's bones