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Chepfer · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject: Odd but true facts

Very Silly Useless facts, hey I found them on the internet they must be true.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
An average of 13 people are killed each year by vending machine's falling on them.
Most fatal car accidents happen on a Saturday.
You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark

Odds of being killed in a car crash - 1 in 5,000.
Odds of being killed by poisoning - 1 in 86,000.

Odds of being killed in a plane crash - 1 in 500,000
(based on flying 100,000 miles per year on large commercial jets)

Odds of being killed by a dog - 1 in 700,000.
Odds of dying while in the bath tub - 1 in 1 million.
Odds of being killed by lightening - 1 in 2 million.
Odds of being killed in a tornado - 1 in 2 million.
Odds of being killed by falling out of bed - 1 in 2 million.
Odds of being killed by freezing - 1 in 3 million.
Odds of being killed by a crashing on you 1 in 25 million
Odds of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion.
Odds of being killed by a meteorite - 1 in 10 trillion

More than 2,500 left handed people are killed every year from using right handed products.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people.
If you are left handed, the nails on your left hand will grow faster than those on your right.
Polar bears are left-handed

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
The average smell weighs 760 nanograms.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Your brain weighs around 3 pounds. All but ten ounces is water.
The average human head weighs about 8 pounds.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.
98% of Japanese are cremated.

From 1840, every president elected in a year ending in the numeral "0" has
been assassinated, died in office, or been severely wounded in an attempt
on his life. Each event has taken place in an odd numbered year and each
on an even numbered day. In each case, the number of terms the president
was elected to has alternated between single and multiple (i.e. Harrison 1,
Lincoln 2, Garfield 1, Mckinley 2, etc). Ronald Reagan was the first president
who did not die because of this "curse." If this pattern continues, the person
elected in 2000 will die in 2001 or 2003, or will be wounded in an assassination
attempt. (Maybe a good thing Gore didn't become president)

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2215 Status:

I presume George W Bush was abducted and replaced by a drone?

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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4810 Status:

river avon means river river

daffy · Born and Bred Local Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 367 Status:

just out of curiosity does anyone know how many roundabouts swindon has got ?

rosco · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

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Chepfer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject:

Local,

Try the matalan clearance store by mannington roundabout ......

It's just mad real good clothes designer and all ........ for as little as a £1 for a pair of jeans .....

NOw thats a fact !