There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are humans on the entire earth.


A housefly can transport germs as far as 15 miles away from the original source of contamination.


A mosquito has 47 teeth.


The black widow spider can devour as many as twenty 'mates' in a single day.


A dragonfly's penis is shovel-shaped at the end, to scoop a rival male's sperm out of the female it's impregnating.


President Teddy Roosevelt died from an "infected tooth."


Steven Spielberg is Drew Barrymore's godfather. After seeing her nude in Playboy magazine, he sent her a blanket with a note telling her to cover herself up.


Michael Jackson was black.


Milk delivered to the store today was in the cow two days ago.


Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine





got any to add ?

coke was originally sold as medicine, right?

and i mean the drink, of course.

TheFrog said:

im not sure, but that makes sense because of what it was back then

1% of the Earths inner core is made up of gold. If we were able to transport that 1% to the surface, it would cover the land mass of the planet knee deep in gold.

nakedpianoplayer said:

he was




and yes coke was sold as a medicine a pick me up it was packed with cocain (sp) i'm not a user
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Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill.

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.