October 2009
36 posts
Samhainophobia is an intense fear of Halloween.
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Bodies of suicide victims have been mistaken as...
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The jack-o-lantern tradition comes from an old...
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Bodies of suicide victims have been mistaken for...
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On Halloween, Irish peasants would beg the rich...
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An October 2008 CNN Poll showed:
• A majority of us, 48 percent, believe in ghosts. • Twenty-two percent of Americans say they’ve seen or felt a ghost. • Women are more likely to say they believe in ghosts than are men. • More than half of younger Americans aged 18 to 45 believe in ghosts. • A whopping 78 percent of us believe in life after death.
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Happy Halloween everyone! To celebrate, OYF will...
Halloween candy sales average about $2 billion...
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Elevators and escalators kill about 30 people each...
Taking the stairs now? Yeah, us too.
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Dr. Pepper was the first major soda brand to be...
Monday Mailbag question from: DontStopMatter
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There are approximately 35,000 tiny dots on a full...
Monday Mailbag question from: Incessant
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Candy Corn is made of sugar, water, corn syrup and...
Monday Mailbag question from: ByTheBook
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OYF Mailbag Mondays!
Hi everyone!
If it hasn’t become abundantly clear yet, we like facts. We like ‘em so much, we want to find more. So every Monday, we’ll be asking you to submit your questions, and we’ll answer some of them them. WITH FACTS.
For example, you may be wondering how many hairs there are on the average human head. Instead of counting, just ask us here! We’ll count for you...
American football is derived from the English...
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The iPhone is 2,000 times faster than the Super...
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Facebook users spend 8 billion minutes per day on...
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You're less likely to die in a plane crash if you...
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The world's most expensive dessert costs $1.4...
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Most trains leaving New York City are scheduled to...
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There are 4.1 billion text messages sent every day...
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In 1955, a book was returned to the Cambridge...
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The Hollywood sign originally read "Hollywoodland"
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Denver, CO is the most sexually active city in the...
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Thora Birch was only 17 during filming of...
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The longest word in the English language with only...
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Sting's real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas...
(The World’s Greatest Book of Useless Information)
Fasting for 16 hours will reset your body's...
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Unrelated: Hi! I’m James, and I like facts. Hope you do too, cause I know lots of ‘em.
Thanks for all the co-editor entries! It was hard...
Yeah. So. He’s the new editor. Wish him luck or congratz or continue along your dashboard. Kay bye.
The people most killed in bank robberies are the...
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10% of Star Trek fans replace the lenses on their...
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Children who are breast feed tend to do better on...
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So I just kinda noticed that the other editor of...
yeah, I know the email is still Fyfacts as opposed to Oyfacts, but cut me a break, kay?
Also, new layout. Just sayin.
1 in 5 people in the world's population lives in...
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So everybody seems to hate the new name.
Any other suggestions?
No profanity, innuendoes, and must contain the word ‘facts’
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