#1 2006-11-09 18:37:50
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Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
I've always loved reading trivias.
Here's a an educational thread, good for our brains!
Just write the most interesting trivias or facts that you know.
Let's boost our IQs! 
NOTE:
I posted more Facts theselinks below:
http://friendstertalk.com/p10891-Today-…tml#p10891
http://friendstertalk.com/p10403-Today-…tml#p10403
http://friendstertalk.com/p12283-Today-…tml#p12283
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Fishes that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface..
Don't have eyes?!
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An albatross can sleep while it flies.
It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
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A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
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All clams start out as males..
Some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
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Carnivorous animals like the lion..
Will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
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German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
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Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick.
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Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Christian Bible is the cat.
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A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror,
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#2 2006-11-09 20:15:16
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
I ve got 3.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.
The work "Fxxx" is used 257 times in the movie Pulp Fiction
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#3 2006-11-10 06:30:07
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
wo wrote:
I ve got 3.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand.
Whoa! you're right!!
Now, Let's talk 'bout Philippine Trivia!
The largest city in the Philippines is Davao City. With an area of 2,211 sq. km., it is about three times the size of the national capital, Metro Manila. 
The PHILIPPINE EAGLE is the 2nd largest bird on the planet that can be found in Davao, Philippines (next only to the American Condor).... 
Cebu is the oldest Philippine city.
Filipino bowler Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno was the first bowler to be elevated to the International Bowling Hall of Fame based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The Philippine Congress has named him “Greatest Filipino Athlete of All Time.”
The largest fish in the world, the Whale Shark, locally known as Butanding, regularly swims to the Philippine waters.
The world’s shortest and lightest freshwater fish is the dwarf pygmy goby (Pandaka Pygmaea), a colorless and nearly transparent species found in the streams and lakes of Luzon. Males have an average length of 8.7 mm. and weigh 4-5 mg.
On January 18, 1995, Pope John Paul II offered mass to an estimated 4 to 5 million people at Luneta Park, Manila, Philippines, making it to the Guiness Book of World Records for the Biggest Papal Crowd.
San Juanico Strait - said to be the narrowest yet the most navigable strait in the world
Cagayan de Oro City - “The City of Golden Friendship,” known for its warm people and old-fashioned hospitality.
Mt. Apo, the Philippines highest mountain at 10,311 feet above sea level, and considered as the “Grand-father of all Philippine Mountains”
Maria Teresa Calderon – A Filipina World champion speed reader as listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Philippine Basketball Association is Asia's premier and the world's second oldest professional league.
The symbolic name for the Philippines, Juan dela Cruz, is not a Filipino invention? It was coined by R. McCulloch-Dick, a Scottish-born journalist working for the Manila Times in the early 1900s, after discovering it was the most common name in blotters.
To see the complete facts and trivias...
just click the link.
http://www.tourism.gov.ph/discover/trivia.asp
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#4 2006-11-10 07:10:35
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Padme wrote:
I've always loved reading trivias.
Here's a an educational thread, good for our brains!
Just write the most interesting trivias or facts that you know.
Let's boost our IQs!
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DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Fishes that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes?!
Sounds really creepy and weird...
Yup i knew that already coz they have no use of eyes in that condition you'll likely see nothing since no light can penetrate in that depth.. 
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#5 2006-11-10 09:17:34
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
This thread sounds cool..
bad to say, dont hav any trivias to share
maybe next tym...
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#6 2006-11-10 09:32:05
Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
xpHoenix_26 wrote:
Cagayan de Oro City - “The City of Golden Friendship,” known for its warm people and old-fashioned hospitality.
That's why i love my hometown!!! 
i'll post some trivia next time... ü
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Well, here's my facts and trivias to share:
1. why does chopping onions make your eyes water?
its not the smell. the knife breaks open the onion's cells, letting out enzymes that react with other substances from the broken cells. a gas is formed which reacts with water on the surface of your eyes forming a mild sulfuric acid. irritation is detected by the eye's nerve endings. the brain then signals the tear ducts to produce water to clean the eyes.
2. what country lies inside another country?
vatican city. although it has the word "city" in its name, it really is a country that lies inside rome, which is the capital of italy. with less than 1000 people, it is also the smallest nation in terms of population.
thats it!
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#8 2006-11-10 20:21:56
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Padme wrote:
I've always loved reading trivias.
Here's a an educational thread, good for our brains!
Just write the most interesting trivias or facts that you know.
Let's boost our IQs!
EDIT:
More trivias added.
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Fishes that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface..
Don't have eyes?!
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An albatross can sleep while it flies.
It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
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A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
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All clams start out as males..
Some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
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http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8879…ousah9.jpg
Carnivorous animals like the lion..
Will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
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http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3424/germancf8.jpg
German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
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Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick.
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Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
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The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
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The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Christian Bible is the cat.
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The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
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A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror,
But monkeys can't.
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Clams are weird... how can they decide their lifes? wow,, that's funny,,,,
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#9 2006-11-11 03:59:34
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
yeah indeed...
and lol @ albatross 
wahaha! 
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#10 2006-11-11 15:21:43
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
hey..talk about typing, i just noticed this:
DiD you know:
TYPEWRITER <--can be typed in just one line of the keyboard? Q-P line..
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
meng.o3 wrote:
TYPEWRITER <--can be typed in just one line of the keyboard? Q-P line..
hehehe! nice discovery...
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Yahoo name was found when the founders completed the idea and deciced to implement it. One of them shout Yahoo (similar to Yes, Yiha, etc)
Then we have Yahoo.com
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#13 2006-11-12 06:52:12
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Here more interesting trivias
For Indonesian you can sms FAKTA and send to 3910 (All GSM)
When a human dies, all bodily functions start to shut down, the first r the eyes, the last is hearing , your ears. So dead people when they have stop breathing, closed their eyes, that few moments, be very careful, cause he may still hear what you are saying.
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist
The longest movie ever screened was a 1970 British film that lasted 48 hours, 0 minutes. Believe it or not, its name is The Longest and Most Meaningless Movie in the World
The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en uaitnatahu,
a New Zealand hill
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
Business.com is currently the most expensive domain name sold for $7.5 million
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Here's an entertaining info for the human mind..
Basically, the concept is top-down versus bottom-up processing. With bottom-up, you start with the core elements, while with top-down, you look for order. For instance, when you look at a dog, you generally don't say to yourself, "Well I see four legs, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, etc, etc..." you immediately say and think "That's a dog," because the majority of humanity searches for order first, rather than sorting through the elements. Well, this is where this particularly get interesting.
Read the following:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorant.
This is an instance of top-down processing within the mind. Instead of finding a jumble, we figure out the words almost instinctively because our brains search for order in the letters rather than the words, so as long as the first and last letter in a word remain in place, the rest can be jumbled, and our minds fill in the insanity for us. A healthy human brain actively seeks order as opposed to the elements. If you absolutely can't read the jumbles, you're experience bottom-up processing, whereby you see the letters, and that's it.
Anyways, I thought this was nifty cool, and was wondering if any of you had ever heard or seen of this before?
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
^ yeah seen that already in DotA forums 
weird huh.
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Did you know?
A snail only have sex once in a lifetime,
but this sexual intercourse lasts for 24 hours!!
..What if i'm not the hero?...What if i'm the bad guy?
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Did you know?
That yawning is contagious..
it's more of a voluntary will that we do and when we see someone yawning you'll eventually yawn too. Interesting!!
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Xian wrote:
Did you know?
That yawning is contagious..
it's more of a voluntary will that we do and when we see someone yawning you'll eventually yawn too. Interesting!!
^ *yawning... a societal effect...
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
lucknskill wrote:
Did you know?
A snail only have sex once in a lifetime,
but this sexual intercourse lasts for 24 hours!!
Hahahaha!
I didn't know that. That's crazy.
@Xian, yeah I noticed I would want to yawn if I see one yawning. 
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
Xian wrote:
Did you know?
That yawning is contagious..
it's more of a voluntary will that we do and when we see someone yawning you'll eventually yawn too. Interesting!!
true o_O weird huh...
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Re: Did You Know?... (Facts and Trivia Thread)
More interesting trivias below.. I just learned them today.
Credits to www.GreatFacts.com. Visit the site for more trivias.
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A giant squid has eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter.
Now think of how big your computer screen is!
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A fish's memory span is 3 seconds.
No wonder they never get bored in tiny fish bowls!
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A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
Don't underestimate a fatty big teddy!
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Generally, a dog's mouth has fewer germs and bacteria than a human's mouth.
Now go kiss your dog instead of your boyfriend/girlfriend, hahaha!
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A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
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A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
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A beaver's teeth never stop growing.
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A chicken who just lost its head can run the length of a football field before dropping dead.
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A cat uses it's whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
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A honey bee must tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
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A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
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A cheetah at full speed takes strides of 8 meters.
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A cucumber is 96% water.
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Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp because of the beta-carotene content in the shrimp. Flamingos that don't eat shrimp are white and not pink. Beta-carotene is also in carrots. If we humans ate nothing but carrots all the time, our skin would have an orangish tint to it...
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When you are eating a piece of fruit, you are eating a swollen ovary! Yes, that's right...fruit comes from a flowering plant which contains an ovary which will become the fruit! Food for thought: When you are drinking coffee you are drinking fruit juice!
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Many scientists say that the most effective sleeping position is the fetus position. Reason? That position allows the body to experience the best blood circulation.
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A dentist invented the Electric Chair.
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