Strange but True, Weird & Intersting Facts

**Lemmings** · 06-03-2009, 08:01 AM

Post all the strange, weird, intersting facts here.

(I'm starting this in honour of Noxide - with his chicken facts

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Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

**Noxide** · 06-03-2009, 08:04 AM

The latin name for chicken is Gallus Domesticus.

**Lemmings** · 06-03-2009, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Noxide Log in to see links

The latin name for chicken is Gallus Domesticus.

There's that chicken!

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

**Noxide** · 06-03-2009, 08:06 AM

Chickens were domesticated about 8000 years ago.

**Noxide** · 06-03-2009, 08:17 AM

A chicken can have 4 or 5 toes on each foot

**Outlaw** · 06-03-2009, 08:22 AM

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

**Outlaw** · 06-03-2009, 08:23 AM

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

**Noxide** · 06-03-2009, 08:24 AM

There are over 150 varieties of domestic chickens.

**Noxide** · 06-03-2009, 08:29 AM

The first Poultry Exhibition was held in the United States on November 14, 1849. There were 219 exhibitors, 1023 birds, and over 10,000 visitors.

**Lemmings** · 06-03-2009, 08:31 AM

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes