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[MrsVenti]

This probably isn't the best topic, but I an bored out of my mind....
Do you have any useless info that you have absorbed into your brain? Something you'll probably never forget? Here is one of mine...
Butterflies can see the colors green, red, and yellow.

Now you...

[strongbad_wi]

Jenny's # 867-5309

is a prime number

[Deceit]

Some people have seen code in their sleep (I can testify).

[xcessev]

mosquitos have 47 teeth (according to snapple)

[killer_queen93]

the colors red and yellow cause stress and hunger, whereas green and blue encourage relaxation.

[MrsVenti]

mosquitos have 47 teeth (according to snapple)

WHAT?!?!
Okay, here's another....
House cats are the greatest hunters in the world, info courtesy of EXTREME!!! on animal planet

[Deceit]

Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

[zena1818]

i've got a few:

1. the hummingbird has the ability to fly deliberately backwards, it's the only bird that can do this.
2. Most people when they think about school violence the first thing comes to mind is the Columbine shootings, but it's not the worst school Disaster, that belongs to the bath school disaster of May 18, 1927, which all started b/c some guy didn't want to pay the school taxes. http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/bath/index.html is the link to the info if u want to know more about it.
3.the guy that invented Eveready batteries sold the compay so that he can play with his model trains, which may seem werid but it's the best thing that he says he ever did!
4.pickles can light up like a light bulb when they are cooking!
5.s.o.s pads where first made as giveaways to make people buy more pots and pans, but they became a bigger seller then the pots and pans themself.
6. if it wasn't for Listerine there never would have been band-aids.

[zena1818]

Here are some more:

india has a bill of rights for cows haha werid huh?
Dolplins are the only other mamals besides humans that have s*x for fun.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
No president of the United states was an only child

[Hellish Gnome]

 A blue whale's tongue is so large that fifty people could stand on it. 

[killer_queen93]

a woodpecker's tongue, unlike other birds, wraps and curls around its skull.

[MrsVenti]

Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

That is so cool

a woodpecker's tongue, unlike other birds, wraps and curls around its skull.

That sounds fake...is it for real?

[killer_queen93]

a woodpecker's tongue, unlike other birds, wraps and curls around its skull.

That sounds fake...is it for real?

[/quote]

yup.

[aries]

 Cockroaches have lived unchanged for more than 320 million years. They are among the oldest fossil insects and are also among the most primitive living, winged insects. If a nuclear war broke out cockroaches would be the only living creatures to survive.

[Hellish Gnome]

Paracelsus the famous medieval alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist included gnomes in his list of elements, describing them as earth's elements