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Published by Harleigh in Random
November 1, 2008

Some of my favourite facts.

Cricketer Brett Lee change his name to Brett-Bix by deed poll for one week.

If you spray on antiseptic onto a polar bear, its fur will turn purple.

Every three seconds a baby is born in the world.

Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms. Imagine a game of hide and seek there!

There are about 185 verses to the Greek nation anthem.

The colours yellow, red and orange are used in fast-food restaurants because those are the colors that stimulate hunger

The chances of making two hole-in-ones in a round of golf are one in 62million. 1/62000000.

The fingerprints of a koala bear is virutally indistinguishable from humans, so much that they could be confused at a crime scene.

Those Edison, the inventor of a light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

In 1988, the largest ice cream sundae in history was made in Alberta, Canada. It weighed in at over 24 tonnes.

On average, a blick lasts 0.3seconds

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.

The worlds widest road is the monumental Axis in Brazil where 160cars could drive side-by-side.

Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables.

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  1. Dawn
    Posted November 1, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    some very interesting facts here. i loved that Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark, it just proves that nessessity IS the mother of invention.

  2. #69
    Posted November 3, 2008 at 11:31 am

    No. I didn’t know that!

  3. Mrs. Haynez
    Posted November 16, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Haha, yeah the part where it states that Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark was funny! Its just like how bugs bunny (the voice of him literally) is actually allergic to carrots! Lol

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