Wednesday, December 3, 2008

yay yuanhan you rock. quotes from "http://www.unnecessaryknowledge.com/"

- To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
LOLOLOL.
- In Taiwan a third of all funeral processions feature a stripper.
LOL IS THIS TRUE MICHAEL?
- The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
AHAHAHAHHAHA.
- Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.
LOL NAICE.
- The word "samba" means "to rub navels together.".
sick.
- 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie.
LOL OTHER DISNEY CARTOONS INVOLVE DEAD PARENTS?
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
that sucks :D
- Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
wow
- Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.
SHAOXIONG.
- 11% of the world is left-handed.
lucky shaohao.
- The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
LOLOL. HOW THEY SING THEIR ANTHEM.
- Honking of car horns for a couple that just got married is an old superstition to insure great sex.
AHAHAHHAH.
- The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Poor elephant.
- Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
WHOOO WHO WANTS MY BLOOD. xD
- The only planet without a ring is earth.
LOL earth sucks :D
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English dictionary. It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling particles from volcanoes.
LOL.
- In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale.
Babbo Natale is coming to town~~
- It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAH.
- Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.
AWESOME.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
WHAT THE F*** WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PARENTS xD
- When the Hoovers did not want to be overheard by White House guests, they spoke to each other in Chinese.
awesome.
- Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
What a mouthful :D
- The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.
wow.
- Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
LOL.
- In Chinese, the words for crisis and opportunity are the same.
cant think of any o_O
- Coca-Cola was originally green.
AHAHAHHAHAHAH.
- Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
so much for mosquito "repellents".
- Ian Fleming, who wrote the James Bond adventure novels, also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
AHAHHAHAHAHAHA.
- A whale's penis is called a dork.
KOOOOOL AHAHAHAHAHHAHA
- Phobophobia is a fear of fearing.
LOL
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
naice.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
Dentists, watch out for lincoln burrows :D
- If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
LOL BABY POWER xD

holy shit this is one long post :D oh theres one more :
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
shaohao you'd better watch out ;D

edwin at 11:54 PM