An attempt to bring intelligence up

Ok, I gather that most people feel the intelligence level has dropped as of late, so in an effort to bring the IQs up I think everyone should post an interesting fact. Could be about science, history anything of intellectually thought provoking.

My fact
Micro-organisms have been brought back to life after being frozen in perma-frost for three million years.


*I know this isn't the most amazing thing in the history of mankind, but hey gotta start somewhere*

[Edited on Feb 05, 2004 by RomeoReject]

you're more at risk of dying from an asteroid striking the earth than from a plane crash.

On "Gilligan's Island" the skipper's given name was Jonas Grumby, and the professor's was Roy Hinkley.

And Ward Cleaver was an accountant.

Adolph Hitler's blood relatives are alive and well in New York State.

Ancient carrots were actually purple!

Thank you, Bathroom Reader!


Edited because I can NOT spell... soo tired...

[Edited on Feb 05, 2004 by SquidNasty]

7 is closer to its atomic mass. 3 is its atomic number.

I do believe you have incurred the wrath of Al...

10....

4.5 spiders are ingested by the average person annually- in their sleep.

Sleep tight.

there are seven letters in "lithium" ... which is a song by nirvana OMG! seven letters again!

i think, to counter this intelligence thread, someone should start a numerology thread.

Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

*yawn*

Soy farming is the leading cause of Amazonian deforestation.

i'm above average. do i get more spideys to eat? huh huh?

Approximately 3 days after death, the human body will begin to leak fluid from various orifices including the mouth, noise, vagina, and rectum.

A British medical journal called The Practitioner has determined that bird watching can be hazardous to one's health. They have officially designated bird watching a hazardous activity, using the example of the death of a bird watcher who became so wrapped up in watching a particular bird that he failed to notice his potentially dangerous surroundings and was eaten by a crocodile.

I love this thread.

The term "honeymoon" originated back in medieval days. The couple would receive a supply of mead, made with honey, that would last approximately one month.

Honey is an aphrodisiac, so the hope was that the couple would basically get drunk and screw every night. Since it was enough mead to last a moon cycle, it held reason that the new bride would get pregnant quite soon after the marriage.

Hence, this became known as the "honey moon".

the sweat of a hippopotamus is red.

Yeah, I alway shudder when I hear that.

The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.

Fact: Snopes is a handy resource.

a mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare).

a hinny is the offspring of a male horse (stallion) and a female donkey (jenny).

neither can reproduce.