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  • Jun. 10th, 2008 at 10:29 PM
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Fun, and amusing, I love searching up interesting facts.



  • In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.
  • The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day
  • The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
  • Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
  • In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a fifty pound rock. More than twenty people witnessed the ceremony.
  • The Lion King is the top grossing Disney movie of all-time with domestic gross intake of $312 million.
  • It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation.
  • People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the brain.
  • A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
  • The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices.

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    [info]aznbutterfly19 wrote:
    Sep. 28th, 2008 03:39 am (UTC)
    Wow! very interesting. Today I learned alot. thanks.I love the Lion King!
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