Fun Facts!

[SDsalsaguy]

You may not have known…

Coconuts kill more people than sharks do! :shock:

Each year there are around 150 coconut related deaths…and there are less than 10 shark related deaths each year.

 

[Swing Kitten]

and I hope we can all learn a lesson form this

 

[Sarah]

and I hope we can all learn a lesson form this

Don't swim with coconuts?
It's safer to sleep under a shark tree?

Cheers
Sarah <perplexed>

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Watch out for falling coconuts!!! :shock:

Vaguely leading to the next item you may not have known…

In a storm, turkeys like to look up. The only problem is, this causes some of them to drown due to the location of their nostrils. :shock:

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Yet one more, random fact you may not have known...

Two thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Here's one more for the "you may not have known" files... (and yes, this post should be linked to both the procrastination and IRU threads)...

Yo-Yos originated in the Philippines, during the sixteenth century, to be used as weapons! :shock:

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Hmmm, what are these about? :?

One in three snakebite victims is drunk. One in five is tattooed.

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Bet you didn't know this one either...

President James Garfield had a wonderfully talent. Being ambidextrous, he could write in both Latin and Greek simultaneously! :shock:

 

[SDsalsaguy]

One more fun fact...

More people walk to work in Alska than in any other state! :shock:

 

[borikensalsero]

There are 9 tons of garbage in mount everst...

 

[SDsalsaguy]

The first country to recognize the United States of America as a country was Croatia in 1776.

 

[dancersdreamland]

Are you watching Jeapordy or something? Tons of useless trivia...

They are pretty interesting though! :wink:

 

[Spitfire]

Comparisons between presidents Lincoln and Kennedy:

http://www.highrock.com/commentary/lincolnkennedy/

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Are you watching Jeapordy or something? Tons of useless trivia...

They are pretty interesting though! :wink:

Nope, no Jeopardy for me! Just sharing some of the various random trivia I've accumulated... G-d knows how and/or why! :lol:

And, for my next such miscellaneous fact...

More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year! :shock:

 

[Spitfire]

Count Dracula was actually based on a real life prince of the same name. For pure horror the one in fiction doesn't compare to the real life historical figure.