Random Izzy

Okay so here’s a random list of things that most people dont know. I was kinda bored and the stuff on this list was interesting so i thought i’d share =) Unfortunately this list is like oh so super long but the list i saw had three hundred and twenty facts...so i spared you. Some of these are super crazy and weird and some are just educational..some are so outrageous im not even sure if they r true. Some lady named Jenn posted them on Yahoo Answers (she wanted credit) but i put mii own two cents in there too ( i mean this is MY blog..). So read as many as your eyes can take. Enjoy!

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. (Thats what i call freedom)

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 

Camel's have three eyelids.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.  

Most lipstick contains fish scales. 

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".

Slugs have four noses.  (wtf that makes me wana throw up)

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.   (Vintage 4 yo azz)

Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.  (lol wtf they jus mad cuz they taste nasty)

Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.  (guess the check aint come in)

The original name for butterfly was flutterby. 

In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.  (safe sex...get tested)

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. (So much for being healthy)

The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head. 

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. (Effin Js)

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public). 

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S. (The Bush’s probably sponsored this)

A snail can sleep for 3 years. (f**k a cat nap)

The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (I knew they were evil)

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on. (damn i aint buyin no pants from overseas)

Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing. (damn i guess im outta luck lol)

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck. (WTF that’s not sexy)

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 

There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable. 

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. 

An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000. (eww i hope it was a  chick...even though i doubt it was)

Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. 

"101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie. (Damn i wish i could be in all the others)

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.(What are the odds of that?)

Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies. (beach body to the fullest)

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (ON WHAT!!?!?!?)

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Now thats just nasty)

All polar bears are left-handed (cute)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (Damn that must suck)

Starfish have no brains. (no wonder they just sit there..also explains patrick retarded a**)

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. (I could use that, my stacks are so big mine always break.)

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. (THats freaky)

A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second. (Be back in a Jiffy makes sense now.)

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it. (OMG WTF thats nasty...i mean WHY!?!)

A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. (WTF compacted as hell)

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white. (How ironic)

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes. (LMAO wtf man)

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. (Thats fye as hell ima get a goldfish jus to do that)

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. (LMAO dumbasses)

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined. (Thats so sad)

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the '30s lobbied against hemp farmers they saw it as competition. (Isnt it funny that the ones who used to pick this cotton 70 somethin years later wouldn’t mind that competition.)

A jellyfish is 95% water. (Eww....)

The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet. 

Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths ,799 in 2001. (Wonder where construction placed)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.(Well i guess if you lose your mind you can be a little healthier in another light)

On average people fear spiders more than they do death. (Im one of them)

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (So ive heard ;-) )

If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple (what a rip off)

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours (damn talk about life in the fast lane)

In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50. (damn whats on the dollar menu...ketchup?)

Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5. 

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.(who would know that? why and how..i guess me now)

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket (how convenient)

The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined. 

People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond. 

A shrimp's heart is in its head. (Eww)

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.(oh hell naw Barack better watch his back)

God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed (Wut D hell??)

Around 2,000 left-handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.  (Damn....guess its a lesson dont try to b something ur nooottt lol)

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

Only female mosquitoes bite. (bitches n hoes...)

Negative emotions such as anxiety and depression can weaken your immune system. (dont worry b happy...or die)

There are seven suicides in the Bible: Abimelech. Samson, Saul, Saul's armor-bearer, Ahithophel, Zimri, Judas. (and seven is supposed to b a righteous number...huhm)

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe died on July 4th. Adams and 

Jefferson died in the same year. Supposedly, Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."   (wtf John..interpretation please?)

Humans and dolphins are the only animal species that have sex for pleasure.

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.    (Dolphins gotta b black)

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.    (I guess hence the name...?)

The past-tense of the English word "dare" is "durst". 

Well there it is.... Interesting huh? Its amazing the things you can occupy your time with on the internet. If you didnt read the whole thing i dont blame you.... remember i was EXTRA bored.... ; )