Fun Facts!

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Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

 

There you have it staff; go do some moonshining...

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SilentShadow - I've read that on another web site. What was the point of this anyway?

 

To share fun and interesting facts that some people on here might not know.

 

For instance, did you know India has the most post offices in the world, and that Isaac Newton invented the cat door?

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Did you know that TankiOnline has already received such prestigious awards like "The Best Game without Publisher - The Best Technology (at KRI 2009 expo) and Technical Achievement at Russian Flash Awards 2009."

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Did you know that...

 

...the eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain?

 

...most common lipsticks contain fish scales?

 

...no two corn flakes will look the same?

 

...rabbits love licorice?

 

...the longest recorded time a chicken ever flew was 13 seconds?

 

...unless the food you eat is mixed with your saliva, you can't taste it?

 

...dreamt is the only English word ending in 'mt'?

 

...goldfish can see in both the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum?

 

...lightning can reach temperatures of 30,000 degrees Celsius? (54,000 degrees Fahrenheit)

 

...there are no naturally blue foods?

 

...M&M's stands for its inventors, Mars & Murrie?

 

...Australia is the only continent with no active volcanoes?

 

...every Seinfeld episode has a reference to Superman?

 

...the fortune cookie was invented in San Franciso?

 

...a quarter (1/4) of all your bones are in your feet?

 

...a "jiffy" is actually a hundredth of a second?

 

...dragonflies have 6 legs but cannot walk?

 

...in 1878, the first phonebook only had 50 names?

 

...consuming apples is more effective at awakening you than coffee?

 

...the oldest English word is "town?"

 

...it is physically impossibly for pigs to look up at the sky?

 

Post your own fun facts and trivia here! ;)

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