Statically, mind blowing facts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20 mind boggling facts
1.Men need a minimum of two guys nights a week to maintain good health, and it’s a scientific fact, according to new research from a U.K. psychologist.- so now you have an excuse
2.In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
3.Scientists have found a shark in Greenland that eats polar bears and can live up to the age of 200
4.In 2002, a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
5.A man named Simon Bunce was arrested for buying child porn online, and lost his job and family over it, only to be revealed that someone in Indonesia hacked his credit card.
6.When the skydiver Joan Murray’s parachute failed, she approached the ground at 80 miles per hour, landing on a mound of fire ants. The shock from being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating, and allowed her to survive.
7.If you feel strongly that someone is watching you, they probably are. Your brain has a primal “gaze detection” system that determines whether someone is staring directly at you, or looking a few degrees to the left or right of you, which gives you a ‘feeling’ of being watched.
8. Kids Wish Foundation was named America’s Worst Charity. Only 3 cents of every dollar raised went to the actual cause.- now thats just mean
9.When working on “I Am Legend,” Will Smith got so attached to his co-star (Abbey the dog), he asked the owner can he buy her. The owner refused.
10.Smart people do more drugs, have more sex, and stay up late. Multiple studies have shown that night owls tend to be smarter individuals, people with an IQ of 125 or higher are exponentially more likely to use drugs, and students at prestigious academic universities spend more money on sex toys than students at other schools.
11. In 2009, scientists announced a skin disorder they called “PlayStation palmar hidradenitis” caused by too much video game playing.
12.The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.
13. In Japan, the sales of adult diapers have surpassed the sales of baby diapers.
14.A PayPal glitch in 2013 made a Pennsylvanian man become the worlds first quadrillionaire, with an account balance of $92,233,720,368,547,800.
15.City birds have learned to line their nests with cigarette butts in order to ward of parasites, as burnt nicotine works as an insecticide to ward off mites, lice and fleas.
16.There is a device that can permanently replace the function of your heart. Side effect- you have no pulse.
17.Ernest Hemingway begged his wife not to send him for more electroshock treatments because he lost so much of his memory he couldn’t even remember his own name. He committed suicide the day after his 36th shock treatment.
18.A loyal dog once stopped his owner from committing suicide by knocking the gun out of the owner’s hand. - good dog
19.If you were to produce a sound louder than 1,100 dB, you would create a black hole and destroy the galaxy.
20.After losing an election, an Oklahoma politician tried to challenge the results by claiming his opponent had died three years ago and was replaced by a body double. wow-thats crazy
John (azdewars)