Thursday 28 June 2012

A Brazilian spider’s bite can cause more than several hours’ erection in men
The Spanish word for "wife" (esposa) also means handcuffs .
IKEA stores are designed like mazes in order to prevent customers from leaving.
For every human killed by sharks, 2 million sharks have been killed by humans.
The Japanese passenger who survived the titanic crash was marked as a coward by his country for not dying with the other passengers.
Some twins create their own language, known as "cryptophasia," that only they can understand.
Yawning helps to cool down the brain.
The human mind spends most of it's time replaying memories over and over with the desire to relive them.

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Today, we walk about 10% faster than we did in the year 1994.
In a group of 57 people, there is a 99% probability that two of them will have the same birthday. This is called the Birthday Paradox.
Elephants have been known to keep standing even after they die.
One in five women have ended a relationship because their significant other was too busy playing video games.
Kim Jong-il only traveled by train because he was afraid of flying -- He died while riding a train on December 17th. 
Middle Eastern cave paintings reveal that men used to have sex with female crocodiles. They believed that it would make them rich.
Teenagers who spend much of their time listening to music are more likely to be depressed!
You are more likely to vote for whatever is at the top of the list due to a psychological condition called "order effect."
Da Vinci spent 12 years alone painting Mona Lisa’s lips.
The creators of Pringles had his ashes stored in a Pringles can after he died.
Good liars are also better at detecting other people’s lies.
Each cigarette smoked takes 5 to 11 minutes off of the smoker's life span.
It took 20 years and 20,000 labourers to build the Taj Mahal.
In order to protect babies from diseases, Malaysians bathe them in beer.
To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
A 16-year-old boy died after masturbating 42 times without stopping.
The shortest war ever fought was of 38 minutes between Zanzibar and England.
Our immune system is always looking for something to fight or else it decreases in strength due to a type of "boredom."
While we sleep, our memories are being restored and transferred to a permanent storage area within the brain.
J.K. Rowling makes about $8 every second.
A man in the UK changed his name to Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu.
Businesses lose on average $1.5 Billion due to employees playing Angry Bird.
Postal service records show that at least two babies were posted to different areas with stamps pasted on their clothes.
A doctor was sued by a man as he survived cancer longer than they had expected.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law).
If you have a dog accompanying you when meeting a random woman, you're three times more likely to get her phone number.

Wednesday 28 March 2012

Best of What The Fuck Facts: Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere in the world, there is a duck watching you. 
Mountain dew, one of the most famous carbonated drinks, is rumoured to gradually reduce sperm-count.
You can buy almost 2000 apples with the price of one iPhone 4S.
In 2009, Apple sold 40 million iPhones. That’s 4,583 sold per hour, 76 per minute, or 1.27 per second.
If an ant were the same size as a human it would travel twice as fast as a Lamborghini.
It's a proven fact that the more you talk about someone, the more you fall for them.
The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger because it is the only finger with a vein that connects to a heart.
No matter how hard you try, you can never remember how your dream started.
According to researchers, Monday mornings are so depressing that on average, human don't crack a smile until 11:16 a.m.
The most funniest people are in fact most depressed.
When two people share a dislike of another person, it brings them closer.
Rihanna's hit single, "Umbrella" was originally written for Britney Spears.
Nike's slogan "Just Do It" came from the last words of a murderer on death row.
Farts can damage spacesuits. This is the reason why astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before going into space.
The exact time our brain takes when retrieving a memory is 0.0004 seconds.
Every second there are 418 Kit Kat fingers eaten in the world.
The average person touches their face 3,000 to 5,000 times a day.
Math anxiety is a psychological disorder which causes stress and anxiety when doing math problems.
Love actually has nothing to do with your heart -- It's all chemical reactions that take place inside of your brain.
Listening to loud music interferes with your vision. This is why we usually take our headphones out to look at something far away.
A church in Florida leased its 100-foot cross to T-Mobile for use as a cell tower.
Airplane crashes have a 96% survival rate! In the U.S, from 1983 to 2000, 51,207 out of 53,487 people survived airplane crashes.
China produces 44% of the world's apple (The fruit) and 100% of the Apple Inc.'s products.
Making 53 million last year made Justin Bieber the richest teen in the world.
That sudden jerk you sometimes experience when you "slip" in a dream while half asleep is called a "Hypnic Jerk."
Japan's Okinawa Island has more than 450 people living above the age of 100, and is known as the healthiest place on Earth.

Monday 26 March 2012

Best of WTF Facts: Donald Duck comics were once banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants. 
Steve Jobs used to withdraws just 1 Dollar as his annual salary from Apple’s account as CEO. 
George W. Bush was once a cheerleader. 
Nearly 500 million people have seen Justin Bieber’s Baby video, only about 5 million people have seen the first video ever uploaded to YouTube! It’s a video called “Me at the Zoo,” 
Our brain makes us see ourselves 5x more beautiful than we really are. 
When you add a friend on Facebook, $0.003 is added to Mark Zuckerberg's fortune. 
Akon's full name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam. 
The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers.. and Nazis. 
You cannot block Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. 
If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. 
Put a finger in your ear and scratch, the sound produced is exactly the same as you are playing Pacman. 
You can't 'Poke' Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. 
A man sued the other driver and won, 4 years after a car crash. He claimed that the crash turned him gay. 
The retail price for the iPad would be $14,970 if it was built by American workers. 
People who complain of boredom are 2.5 times more likely to die from a heart attack or stroke than those who don't. 
There is no word you can write using only the bottom row of the keyboard. 
80% of people in the “people you may know” feature on Facebook are people that you do know, but deliberately choose not to be friends with. 
The most children born to one woman was 69 -- She had 16 twins, 7 triplets, and 4 quadruplets. 
In 2000, Japan named Instant noodles their best invention of the 20th Century. 
After she shaved her head in 2007, Britney's hair, buzzer, lighter and Red Bull can left in the salon all went up on eBay for $1 million. 
Prince William and Kate Middleton got married on the same day as Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. 
After hearing about the 9/11 attacks, the Maasai tribe in Africa gave 14 cows to America as consolation. 
The "Facebook Nursery and Primary School" is a school in Nigeria that was named after the popular social networking site. 
The exact time our brain takes when retrieving a memory is 0.0004 seconds. 

Friday 23 March 2012

If you search for 241543903 in Google images, you will find a lot of pictures of people putting their heads in refrigerators. 
Albert Einstein would charge people $1 for an autograph. He'd then donate this money to charity. 
In the song "Sweet Child of Mine" when Axl rose sung "where do we go now?" he actually wanted to know the lyrics after this. 
George Eastman, Founder of the Kodak Corporation and inventor of the "Snap-Shot" camera, shot himself in the head after leaving a note reading: "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?" 
Paris Hilton, Lady Gaga and Brad Pitt, were all strippers at one point. 
Since the start of the March, 2012 it is illegal to die in a village in Naples, italy. 
In the next 60 seconds, 101 people will die and 261 babies will be born. 
Daniel Radcliffe was paid 80 times more for the final Harry Potter film than he was for the first one. 
Angelina Jolie has collected knives ever since she was 12 and used to cut herself during sex to increase the pleasure of the experience. 
The closer people are to each other, the harder it is to lie. This is why it's so easy for people to lie on Twitter, Facebook and in emails. 
About 30% of American admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away. 
Beer gives you a healthy daily level of silicon which helps in strengthening the bones and teeth. 
You never seen a McDonalds or a Burger King under construction. They just show up. 
Every seven years you lose around half of your friends, and replace them with new friends. 
99% people feel uncomfortable when the tv volume is an odd number. 
Many Casinos are set up as mazes on purpose for you to literally get lost in. 
Moaning Myrtle, in the Harry Potter series is actually 46 years old woman! 
Twilight was rejected by fourteen publishers before finally getting published. 
Scientists concluded that the chicken came first not the egg: because the protein which makes egg shells is only produced by hens. 
Best of WTF : We can udnretsnad any msseed up stnecene as lnog as the lsat and frsit leterts of the wdros are in crrcoet plaecs.
About 11% of people have sent a text message while having sex. 
Princess Diana had her navel pierced - and fitted with a 2.8-carat diamond stud - just a few hours before her fatal accident. 

Bangkok police arrested a 48 yr old man who broke into homes and stole panties since the last 30 yrs. 11,000 panties were found in his home.
In Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger only spoke 700 words and was paid $15 million. That means 'Hasta la vista, baby' cost $85,716! 
In 2010, Michael Jackson made more money than any other dead celebrity -- $275 million. 
Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.