Daily Fun Fact!

Post a random daily fun fact! Please cite the website/magazine/etc. where you got it from so that people aren't just posting bullshit.

But anyway I'll start:

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

http://www.randomfunfacts.com/

According to a recent survey of autographs written by celebrities who are now dead, Hitler's is the highest earner averaging 5,950 dollars.
Marilyn Monroe follows swiftly behind at 4,950 dollars.
In joint third place are President Kennedy and Princess Diana at 3,500 dollars.
You can have mine for a fiver.

http://www.paramountcomedy.com/comedy/facts/index.aspx

Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.


And another becuase its interesting:

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.


http://www.hightechscience.org/funfacts.htm

The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.

Holy crap. Didn't know they could do that.

Holy crap. Didn't know they could do that.

That's amazing, I'm not sure about that distance, my car's stereo has been rated right around 148db's and can probbaly only be heard a mile or so away at low frequency ; I do understand that dbs multiply every number they go up, so I guess it is fathomable. I think a jet engine is around 160db.

Well, the medium of sound from a jet plane and from a whale is different. Unless you know of any underwater jets.

Frogs sometimes eat enough fireflies that they themselves glow.

Thats pretty cool.

http://hotfact.com/random-facts/index.php

Pix plz

According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

Ew?

http://hotfact.com/random-facts/index.php

Thats fuckin gross

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

and

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~me/facts.html

thats wrong i can type anything using just my left hand


my right hand is usually very busy holding something (my mouse)

Is that what you call it now?

That's underwater, and I'm almost willing to bet that their underwater 'sound' radars can detect shit much easier than the human ear. It didn't say "could be heard", just says "detected".

Which makes sense. To me atleast.

Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office. The J.W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway. They have been operating for 125 years.

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Vernors ginger ale was created in Detroit and became the first soda pop made in the United States. In 1862, pharmacist James Vernor was trying to create a new beverage when he was called away to serve our country in the Civil War. When he returned, 4 years later, the drink he had stored in an oak case had acquired a delicious gingery flavor.

From (you can also find lots of random facts about your state):
http://www.50states.com/facts/

Nearly 91% of all senior citizens rely on prescription drugs on a regular basis.

The average person will spend 2 weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.

http://www.randomfunfacts.com/

2 weeks?

24hrs a day x 7 a week x2 = 336 hours in a lifetime. Damn that's a long time, but I still feel for me it may be longer, fucking redlights.