Fascinating facts
 

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I just learned that 20% of the world's cargo ships are built far too large to take advantage of the Panama Canal.

Bummer dudes!

They're building new locks that are 3 times larger than the originals. Holy guacamole!

World champion memorizer, Ben Pridmore memorized 96 historical events in 5 minutes and memorized a single, shuffled deck of cards in 26.28 seconds. :eek:

i rememberedd my meds today,,

I heard about the panama canal one and the boats, which boggles me why would u build them that big if there isnt a way through with them heck if they cant fit there they cant fit through the the great lakes either:Bang-Head:

Of all the people who work from home, 10% do it in the buff. :eek:

First~~~ EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Just saw this on the news~~ Only 1 in 700 identity thieves get caught!! Now, that's scary!!

*changing my name and going into witness protection program*

The average chocolate bar in the U.S. contains at least 8 pieces of an insect.

After cacao beans are harvested, they're left on the ground to ferment for around a week. During that time adults, children, rats and other animals walk all over them......some vermin even making their nests amongs the beans.

YUK! :eek:

UUUHHH BETS
Don't you you work from home? 8-)

The U.S. Postal Service processes and delivers more than 212 billion pieces of mail per year. That would be:

700 million pieces per day
29 million pieces per hour
486,000 pieces per minute, and
(are you ready?)
8,000 pieces per second.

Why, yes, I do! (Try not to think about it.)

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.