IronMexican
09-12-2008, 04:55 PM
http://www.unkno.com/toplist/
1- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
2- 50% of female polar bears also have a penis.
3- An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
4- The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
5- Turtles can breathe through their butts.
6- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
7- Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.
8- Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
9- The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death.
10- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
11- In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
12- Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
13- It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
14- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling particles from volcanoes.
15- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
A bonus on #11. That's how the word testify was created.
1- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
2- 50% of female polar bears also have a penis.
3- An adult giraffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
4- The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
5- Turtles can breathe through their butts.
6- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
7- Every year approximately 2,500 left-handed people are killed by using object or machinery designed for right-handed people.
8- Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
9- The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death.
10- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
11- In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
12- Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
13- It would take 1.2 million mosquitoes biting you simultaneously to drain all your blood.
14- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling particles from volcanoes.
15- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
A bonus on #11. That's how the word testify was created.