Teach me something new today, or random trivia......

[E30SPDFRK]

The TV horse Mr. Ed was actually a zebra.

http://www.snopes.com/lost/mistered.asp

Did you really believe that or are you just trying to troll us?

[herbivor]

If you're the first born amongst your siblings you are 70% more likely to get elected to congress.

[slammin.e28]

I only vote for first borns.

[msportr430]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3cIEFB/www.mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator%253Fp%253D1702

Game Over BITCHES

[Fusion]

I like this one

Vodka was used as an ingredient in early European formulations of gunpowder.

[Kershaw]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3cIEFB...253Fp%253D1702

Game Over BITCHES

In 10th-century Burma, King Theinhko ate a farmer’s cucumbers without permission. The farmer killed the king and took the throne.

awesome.

[Mike325]

George Washington was NOT technically the first U.S president. A man named John Hanson was the first president. GW was the first president after the constitution.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1551/was-george-washington-not-the-first-u-s-president

[Farbin Kaiber]

^That article said 8, I've heard and recall it being 13.

http://www.poetpatriot.com/timeline/tmlnpres1.htm

[ACHTUNG]

[ttrousdell]

here's a fun fact..women say on average 7000 words a day compared to a little over 2000 for men.

[Sailor37]

Indians are responsible for overfishing in the pnw....that was news to me

[george graves]

Let's say you work at NASA. If you tell someone to put on a spacesuit, you'll say to them to "don their space suit". If you were to tell the to take it off, you'd tell them to "doff their space suit"

[devon.818]

George Washington was NOT technically the first U.S president. A man named John Hanson was the first president. GW was the first president after the constitution.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...-u-s-president

knew this, and proud to know it!
always gets people confused when i tell them. then they google it because they dont believe me lol.

anyways, i spent my day telling "fun facts" at work, excetpt i was making them all up!
- at exactly 1 mile below the waters surface it is 65% colder than the outside air
-when a bird flaps its wings it produces 4x its own weight in downforce
-sea turtles swim in circles to show their dominance
-metafermatine is the only mineral to have calories yet contains 0 vitamin C, it is the main ingredient in orange juice
-according to Dr. hubert goodfellow of the institute of behavioral sciences at cambridge university, people with green eyes are twice as likely to wear polo shirts than those with blue eyes


a few people said, "oh yeah i know all about that", and i'd think to myself," you fuck! i made that shit up".
best was when i heard others spreading the "facts" in the halls. made work fun.

[Sailor37]

Along the same lines...in the Navy, you "shut" a valve, you don't "close" it.

Let's say you work at NASA. If you tell someone to put on a spacesuit, you'll say to them to "don their space suit". If you were to tell the to take it off, you'd tell them to "doff their space suit"

[slammin.e28]

here's a fun fact..women say on average 7000 words a day compared to a little over 2000 for men.

What if you're gay?

Contribution:


The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.