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[THE HCP]

There are over 52.6 million dogs in the U.S.

 

[THE HCP]

There are only thirteen blimps in the world. Nine of them are in the United States.

 

[THE HCP]

There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.

 

[THE HCP]

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.

 

[THE HCP]

Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that this was the day of the changeover.

 

[THE HCP]

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

 

[THE HCP]

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

 

[THE HCP]

Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland.

 

[THE HCP]

You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

 

[THE HCP]

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

 

[THE HCP]

You blink over 20,000,000 times a year.

 

[maxiep]

HCP really likes fun facts.

 

[MARIS61]

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.

How many heads does a donkey have?

 

[maxiep]

How many heads does a donkey have?

Two if it's male.

 

[jlprk]

That's all ya got, HCP? You don't know nuttn'.

My eyes are placed such that I can see my 2 feet any time I want.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

The Game of Life was invented because Abraham Lincoln grew a beard.

 

[Denny Crane]

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

I'm banned from Finland for the same reason.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Please don't tell me this is how you pick up women at a bar.

 

[crandc]

Wrong about condoms, HCP. Discover magazine reported (with an effort I can dig it out) the discovery of an object made of animal skin. It was wet & crumpled. When they slipped it over a tube to dry it out, they suddenly realized exactly what it was designed for. 14th century condoms may not have been as effective as latex but apparently they did work somewhat.

Over 90% of the cells in your body are not human. Something an "intelligent designer" would never do.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

You know Pacman was originally called Pucman but the developers didn't want people to scratch off part of the P.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Over 90% of the cells in your body are not human. Something an "intelligent designer" would never do.

Unless you are an "intelligent designer" of living creatures, how would you know what an intelligent designer would or wouldn't do?

 

[THE HCP]

The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

 

[THE HCP]

It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

 

[THE HCP]

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

 

[THE HCP]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

 

[crandc]

Unless you are an "intelligent designer" of living creatures, how would you know what an intelligent designer would or wouldn't do?

I would not design a cake as poorly constructed as a human.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I would not design a cake as poorly constructed as a human.

First show me that you can design a cake that can do all the things a human can do, and then I'll listen to your criticisms of the design of the human body.

 

[THE HCP]

90% of you guys on here are still virgins!

 

[maxiep]

90% of you guys on here are still virgins!

I was wondering why my "son" doesn't look like me!