Stupid trivia facts

[stinger608]

The perefect pickle should have 7 warts per square inch

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. (pretty good trick)

At McDonalds in New Zealand, they serve apricot pies instead of cherry ones

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year

There are 2,598,960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.

[drew and not u]

haha! Nice!
I hope to never become one of the 40,000 people injured by toilets each year.

[stinger608]

this one is pretty good

Michigan was the first state to plow its roads and the first to adopt a yellow dividing line.

A jiffy is one-hundred-thousand-billion-billionth of a second.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.

[Neo_Angelo]

its IS possible to taste a fart.

on average you sneeze at 165-189MPH

Its impossible to keep your eyes open when you sneeze.

When you Sneeze you experience 1/3 of an orgasm.

in one county in england, it is still legal to kill someone, providing they are welsh and you kill them with a crossbow at 12am on a tuesday morning.

The Elephant is the only mamal to have 4 knees.

an Ant can breath underwater for up to 2 weeks and still live.

on average a night you eat 6 spiders or bugs without even knowing it.

if you spat off the empire state building you could knock someone out if it hit them at the bottom and even kill them.

[stevensonmat2]

haha!
actually:

Originally Posted by Neo_Angelo

if you spat off the empire state building you could knock someone out if it hit them at the bottom and even kill them.

That (as well as the ever popular penny from a skyscraper "fact") is based on faulty calculations which do not account for terminal velocity! :P

[yurimxpxman]

If you give Spider Monkey an unripe banana he'll fling poo at you.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by stevensonmat2

haha!
actually:

That (as well as the ever popular penny from a skyscraper "fact") is based on faulty calculations which do not account for terminal velocity! :P

Yup mythbusters tested that. The only way they could get the penny to penetrate the fake head was to make a special adaptor, stick on the end of a rifle, and load up a blank round

[Neo_Angelo]

the bug named "daddy long legs" has the most powerful venom in the world and can kill you instantly, the only thing is it has no way of passing the venom on unless its eaten.

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by Neo_Angelo

the bug named "daddy long legs" has the most powerful venom in the world and can kill you instantly, the only thing is it has no way of passing the venom on unless its eaten.

Citation please?

[Neo_Angelo]

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...lr%3D%26sa%3DG

they do have small teeth but there so blunt they can't penetrate any skin.