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[persiphone]

Originally Posted by wickedlilgrrl

more odditites

ODD SPOT #53
There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

people here "flamingo" neighbors lawns as a surprise :P

[pinkgeek]

Your yard needs flamingos... Seriously... Coffee drinking zombie flamingos...

Originally Posted by persiphone

people here "flamingo" neighbors lawns as a surprise :P

[persiphone]

Originally Posted by pinkgeek

Your yard needs flamingos... Seriously... Coffee drinking zombie flamingos...

YES. wantwantwant

[wickedlilgrrl]

more oddities

ODD SPOT #138
Humans produce about 40,000 litres of saliva in a lifetime.

ODD SPOT #340
When a woman is pregnant, her uterus expands to 500 times its normal size

ODD SPOT #319
The average person will consume 50 tonnes of food and 45,000 litres of water in a lifetime

ODD SPOT #371
Chickens can travel up to 15km per hour

ODD SPOT #334
People living at high altitudes have more red blood cells than people living at sea level.

[SoNotHer]

So here ares some Australian facts for Wicked and company -

*Waltzing Matilda - 'Waltzing Matilda' the title of Australia's most famous song, is German for 'carrying a backpack'.

*Long fence - The 'dingo fence' in Australia is the longest fence in the world, and is about twice as long as the Great Wall of China.

* Female vote - Australia was the second country to give women the vote.

*It is estimated that by the time transportation ended in 1868, 40 per cent of Australia's English-speaking population were convicts.

*Gracile - 50, 000 years ago, the more slender 'Gracile' people; the ancestors of Australian Aborigines, arrived in Australia. At the time of their settlement/invasion, the Gracile were the most technologically advanced people in the world.

*Canberra is Australia's capital city, and was built purely for the purpose of it becoming the national capital of Australia

*Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the world. It is the only country which is also a whole continent.

[wickedlilgrrl]

some more interesting Oddities

ODD SPOT #94
The loop on a belt that holds the loose end is called a "keeper"

ODD SPOT #327
Experts say the common cold will delay a child's growth for the cold's duration

ODD SPOT #39
The 50-metre-long wall that gave New York's Wall Street its name was only 3.5 metres tall.

ODD SPOT #372
On average a cow produces 40 glasses of milk daily

ODD SPOT #171
The highest temperature on record was 57.78 degrees on 13 September 1992 in Azizia, Libya.

[wickedlilgrrl]

:snow ysmiley:

well its xmas and im alittle busy but heres some rather long interesting oddities to tied over the xmas holidays

ODD SPOT #368
Figs have the highest dietary fibre content of any common fruit,nut or vegetable.

ODD SPOT #290
A ballet enthusiast is called a "balletomane"

ODD SPOT #211
A Boeing 747 plane holds about 216,846 litres of fuel.

ODD SPOT #114
Flamingos live up to 80 years.

ODD SPOT #98
A guinea pig can run three hours after being born.

ODD SPOT #37
The Pac Man video arcade game featured coloured ghosts names inky, blinky, pinky and clyde

ODD SPOT #269
The average loaf of bread is more than a third water

ODD SPOT #265
The largest eggs in the world are laid by sharks.

ODD SPOT #220
Spider silk is a very strong material and its on-weight basis has proven it to be stronger that steel.

ODD SPOT #14
Every living thing on Earth contains carbon.

ODD SPOT #74
It takes about 20,000 litres of water to produce one kilogram of beef.

ODD SPOT #276
On an average day, an adult spends 77 minutes eating.

ODD SPOT #172
A Person living to 75years of age will have slept almost 23 years of their life-or about 220,000 hours.

ODD SPOT #93
A "buccula" is the name given to a person's double chin

ODD SPOT #27
Male monkeys go bald in the same way men do

ODD SPOT#176
The pelican breathes through its mouth. It has no nostrils.



Merry Xmas everyone