Fun Facts

[Fenrir]

Isn't there one by Alaska or something

[Set]

Coca-cola got it's name because it used to contain cocaine. It also started out as a miracle cure-all, but had an appealing taste when mixed with fizzy water.
Tomatoes are a fruit.
Goshawks are the only animals who all have naturally red eyes.
The Mona Lisa was never finished.
Sigmund Freud was a cocaine addict.
Humans are the only animals that are never weaned.
There are always more females than males in every species.
Blood magick used to be women's magick.
Asian dragons were water creatures.
Wyverns are commonly mistaken for dragons, but are a completely different creature.
There are several birds of fire. The phoenix, the firebird (Russia), the feng huang (China), and the ho-ho (Japan).
The longest snake in the world is the reticulated python.
Elephants mourn their dead. They also only digest half of what they eat.
Giraffes with calcium deficiencies will chew on bones.
The male duck-billed platypus has a poisonous spur on his hind legs.
Spotted hyenas will hunt, but the brown hyena is purely a scavenger.
A sentence in the King James version of the Bible has been changed from the original. It went from "thou shalt not suffer a poisoner to live" to "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".
Lilith was Adam's first wife, not Eve. She left him and later was demonised by the church.
Satanists don't worship the devil. They think of themselves as gods. Luciferianists are the devil worshippers.
The Bermuda Triangle has large amounts of methane gas trapped beneath the surface of the water. Scientists think that's what has been causing all the disappearences.
A massive supervolcano lays beneath Yellowstone park.
Wolverine fur is highly prized in Alaska. Breath won't freeze on it.
Bats help in the production of Tequila by pollinating the cacti it's made from.
The plural of cactus is cacti.
The bull shark will often swim up rivers in Africa.
For awhile the coelocanth was thought to be extinct.
Snow leopards are the rarest cat in the world.
Arctic wolves are the purest wolf breed in the world.
The platypus produces its milk from sweat glands.
Birds have no way of releasing trapped gasses within their bodies. (In other words they can't burp.)
The hottest stars are blue, and the coldest are red.
Native Americans were called Indians because Columbus screwed up and thought he was in India. (Brought to you by Great Blunders In History)
The Cleopatra everyone thinks of is actually Cleopatra VII.
George Lucas was the executive producer of The Labyrinth.

EDIT: Corrected the last one.

[Figarou]

Coca-cola got it's name because it used to contain cocaine. It also started out as a miracle cure-all, but had an appealing taste when mixed with fizzy water.

Odd...I thought Coca-Cola soft drinks was made by accident. It was intended to be a drug for headaches.


It 1st started out as a heavy syrup. They used water to dilute it. But then someone mixed it with carbonated water by mistake. Turned out to be pretty good stuff.


Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Black Shuck]

You can actually detect traces of cocaine on money, but there's such a small amount, you can't get high off of it
Michelangelo's David was never finished (intentionally I believe)
Spotted hyenas are matriarchal, meaning that the females are above the males on the "totem pole" so to speak. They also eat everything they kill, including the fur and bones
Queen Cleopatra wasn't beautiful, she was actually rather homely
Columbus sold Native Americans not as just slaves, but sex slaves as well
Birds need gravity to swallow, so sending one to the moon is a no-no

[Lupin]

You can actually detect traces of cocaine on money, but there's such a small amount, you can't get high off of it

Evidently, it gets on the money when a bill with cocaine gets run through a counter, so all the bills that go through it after that get cocaine on it as well.

[Vilkacis]

According to this page, ducks are the funniest comedy animals:

Many of the jokes submitted contained reference to animals. We found that jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other jokes. And so it’s official — ducks are the funniest comedy animals. Perhaps it’s because of their beaks, or webbed feet, or odd shape. Regardless, the implication is clear — if you are going to tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck.

But we already knew that, didn't we?



-- Vilkacis

[Figarou]

According to this page, ducks are the funniest comedy animals:

Many of the jokes submitted contained reference to animals. We found that jokes mentioning ducks were seen as funnier than other jokes. And so it’s official — ducks are the funniest comedy animals. Perhaps it’s because of their beaks, or webbed feet, or odd shape. Regardless, the implication is clear — if you are going to tell a joke involving an animal, make it a duck.

But we already knew that, didn't we?



-- Vilkacis

We sure did!!!

[Doruk Golcu]

In the Black Sea there is so much salt that you cannot swim in it you can only float..or walk

I wonder which one has more salt? The Black sea or the Dead sea? Or are they both the same the same body of water with different names?

Black Sea is a relatively unsalty sea. It is lies north of Turkey. Dead Sea, AFAIK, is not a sea, but a giant lake or something. It is a bit more to the east within mainland Asia, I think.

[Miguel]

People will lick the lunch table

[Figarou]

People will lick the lunch table

You're joking, right?

[Lupin]

People will lick the lunch table

Gross. Have you ever smelled the stuff they try to clean them with?

[Shadow Wulf]

People will lick the lunch table

uhhh, does this fact points out to elementary? cause I know they would but I dont know about high schoolers......*looks at kid next to him* ok mabey high schoolers to.

[Vilkacis]

People will lick the lunch table

Gross. Have you ever smelled the stuff they try to clean them with?

Maybe they prefer the ones that haven't been cleaned...

-- Vilkacis

[Fenrir]

You want gross the emporer Caligula just for kicks cut of his servents hands and he made him ware them around his neck dangling and rotting, and he would go up to people at dinner parties lean over them and have the rotting hands dangling in front of his guests. the servent would then ask "can i get you anything. Would you like somemore." the guests would often barf. much to the amusement of Caligula. There that's gross.

[bloodwolf_345]

According to something I read online(werewolf site) Werewolves were once used to slay the wicked, now they are thought of as the emobodiment of evil

[Miguel]

No i'm serious.this kid licks the teacher's seat. He is like a wierdo man.

[Shadow Wulf]

No i'm serious.

Why is it that lately you start off with these words.

[Miguel]

Oh...I didn't even notice that,sorry.



Another fact,Never go to a coffee shop in NJ

[Lupin]

Why is it that lately you start off with these words.

I have a bad habit of connecting to completely unrelated sentences by starting the second one off with "Also".

[greniar]

werwolf mentioned in the bible (book of danial)

[greniar]

According to something I read online(werewolf site) Werewolves were once used to slay the wicked, now they are thought of as the emobodiment of evil

that came from the fact that werewolves were originally "used" by Dhimprs (As their partners) to kill a vampire that had come from a cross road ( if no werewolf was around, they would often use white wolves.)

[Kaebora]

There is a law in Oklahoma that bans whaleing. (Hunting Whales)

California has outlawed detonating neuclear devices within 20 miles of a major city.

[Kessa]

California has outlawed detonating neuclear devices within 20 miles of a major city.

Now why on earth would they do that i wonder... Hmm :JK:

As for my own little fact sharing... Henry Ford was one of the highest contributing members to hilter's cause donating thousands, even going as far as to be pen pals and keep a picture of him on his desk... like wtf

[23Jarden]

Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
The largest lifeform was a in Oregon that measured 3.5 mi across.

[Lycanthrope]

You've skipped the name. It was a fungus, wasn't it?