The NEW OFFICIAL Crazy Facts Thread!

[Iced8383]

Since the old one was deleted, why don't we start a new one?

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

Mel Blanc (Voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.


For the last time, I DID NOT COPY THE FACTS FROM ANOTHER SITE.

[Epicness Robot V7.77]

I got one:Nearly half of those facts were posted on the same site.

[Iced8383]

These are all facts I knew. I didn't copy them. I don't know how many times I'll have to repeat myself on that.

[Bronze]

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

In the Houses of Parliament, Great Britain, to be correct. And he can speak, just not when the Prime Minister is at the dispatch box.

[Iced8383]

I'll update the original post every time a new fact is posted.

[iElmo]

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[Epicness Robot V7.77]

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

In the Houses of Parliament, Great Britain, to be correct. And he can speak, just not when the Prime Minister is at the dispatch box.

In Australia, however, the Speaker of the House and President are allowed to speak.

[Vegas]

There is a town in Canada called "Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump". It's name is in refference to a place near the town where Native Americans would drive buffalo from their grazing area to a cliff where they would fall off and die. According to legend one boy tried to catch the buffalo and got his head smashed in.

[Iced8383]

*Stickied.

*preventing one word*

I was wondering when a mod or admin would get to that...

[DGKiD]

A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain. Or something close to that i think