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Tarah716 · May 2011

Tell us a random strange fact that you know.

MrsGlitteryHooks · May 2011

Elvis had a twin that died at birth.

beewltched · May 2011

The skin on your elbow is called wenus.

Tarah716 · May 2011

April Fools day got the name because April 1st use to be the start of the new year. The King changed it to January 1st and anyone who continued to celebrate the new year on April 1st was considered a fool.

kzoomaggie · May 2011

The king of hearts is the only king in a deck of cards that doesn't have a mustache.

amynicoletta · May 2011

Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.

mary811 · May 2011

A turd burglar is someone that peeks through the crack of the stall door to see if someone is in there, instead of looking for feet.

catstoy73 · May 2011

We use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

KBabySmiles · May 2011

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

spence2007 · May 2011

amynicoletta:
Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.

This is true! A friend of mine is highly allergic to carmine and it's actually in quite a few different food products. Gross!!!

mardoll10 · May 2011

I know what a black hole is and why it works the way it does. Kind of hard to explain in type, but basically it is a star that has collapsed in on itself. Its mass is so high in such a small space that its escape velocity is faster than the speed of light, and therefore no light can escape from it. I can explain better in person.

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amynicoletta · May 2011

mardoll10:
I know what a black hole is and why it works the way it does. Kind of hard to explain in type, but basically it is a star that has collapsed in on itself. Its mass is so high in such a small space that its escape velocity is faster than the speed of light, and therefore no light can escape from it. I can explain better in person. )

Interesting! I say we have a GTG just for that!

Tarah716 · May 2011

amynicoletta:
Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.

I'm eating yogurt as I read this so I check the label - mine (Yoplait) is actually colored with annatto - which is "a derivative of the achiote trees of tropical regions of the Americas"

Whew - no beetles in my yogurt!

cwimer6154 · May 2011

In honor of my dentist appointment today: Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

lilnephie · May 2011

mardoll10:
I know what a black hole is and why it works the way it does. Kind of hard to explain in type, but basically it is a star that has collapsed in on itself. Its mass is so high in such a small space that its escape velocity is faster than the speed of light, and therefore no light can escape from it. I can explain better in person. )

I can add to this: What she described above is generally called The Event Horizon, aka the entry of the black hole. Meaning the hole is black because the light emitted will never reach the observer (us).

I am an astronomy nerd.

lawyerlindsay · May 2011

Most hairless Chinese Cresteds you see on tv are actually shaved that way.

janedoe09 · May 2011

mary811:
A turd burglar is someone that peeks through the crack of the stall door to see if someone is in there, instead of looking for feet.

Lol, I thought a turd burglar was someone that tries to bust in your stall even though it's locked.

amynicoletta · May 2011

Tarah716:
amynicoletta:
Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.
I'm eating yogurt as I read this so I check the label - mine (Yoplait) is actually colored with annatto - which is "a derivative of the achiote trees of tropical regions of the Americas"
Whew - no beetles in my yogurt!

They must use different coloring in different varieties. Is yours strawberry? You will mostly see it in stawberry or red/pink yogurt.

Tarah716 · May 2011

amynicoletta:
Tarah716:
amynicoletta:
Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.
I'm eating yogurt as I read this so I check the label - mine (Yoplait) is actually colored with annatto - which is "a derivative of the achiote trees of tropical regions of the Americas"
Whew - no beetles in my yogurt!
They must use different coloring in different varieties. Is yours strawberry? You will mostly see it in stawberry or red/pink yogurt.

No I'm eating peach today - I'll have to check my strawberry one. EW!!!

mardoll10 · May 2011

amynicoletta:
mardoll10:
I know what a black hole is and why it works the way it does. Kind of hard to explain in type, but basically it is a star that has collapsed in on itself. Its mass is so high in such a small space that its escape velocity is faster than the speed of light, and therefore no light can escape from it. I can explain better in person. )
Interesting! I say we have a GTG just for that!

I'm game. )

whrldtravlr · May 2011

That plastic thing on the end of a shoelace is called an aglet. Great word if you like crosswords but not nearly as exciting as turd burglars or beetle yogurt.

Mere7706 · May 2011

amynicoletta:
Tarah716:

amynicoletta:
Food companies use beetles to color yogurt, juice and ice cream. They are called carmine (on the label) and use the ground up parts. Don't believe me? Look it up.

I'm eating yogurt as I read this so I check the label - mine (Yoplait) is actually colored with annatto - which is "a derivative of the achiote trees of tropical regions of the Americas"

Whew - no beetles in my yogurt!

I just looked at all of my yogurt- Yoplait seems to use dyes (Red #40) and Beet juice- and I'll be honest, I first read it as "Beetle Juice" and had a small laugh that they'd actually label as that.

They must use different coloring in different varieties. Is yours strawberry? You will mostly see it in stawberry or red/pink yogurt.

kjewell · May 2011

A cockroach can live up to 2 weeks without a head.

Ohhhsnap · May 2011

beewltched:
The skin on your elbow is called wenus.

Wait, this is true? My little brother told me this and I totally thought he was just messing around, lol.

kjewell · May 2011

Ohhhsnap:

beewltched:
The skin on your elbow is called wenus.

Wait, this is true? My little brother told me this and I totally thought he was just messing around, lol.

Oh it's true. When my brothers and I were younger we thought this was HILARIOUS and whenever anyone would touch our elbows we would should "Stop touching my Wenus!" Confession: I still think it's a little funny.

beewltched · May 2011

kjewell:
Ohhhsnap:

beewltched:
The skin on your elbow is called wenus.

Wait, this is true? My little brother told me this and I totally thought he was just messing around, lol.

Oh it's true. When my brothers and I were younger we thought this was HILARIOUS and whenever anyone would touch our elbows we would should "Stop touching my Wenus!" Confession: I still think it's a little funny.

haha ya it is true Brothers! One day my brother told me this he was probably 20 at the time and making immature jokes. The next day, no kidding, I subbed in a 6th grade class where they were doing research on the internet and as I walked by there was a group of boys giggling and one asked me what a wenus was. hahaha good thing my brother told me the day before or I wouldn't have known how to respond LOL.

ajr_18f · May 2011

the circumference of the belly of a bowling pin is the same as it's height. That's the only thing I remember from a bowling class i took in college.... yep, I took bowling. Need a 1 credit "elective", why would I waste my electives on hard classes, lol.

HiggyFan42 · May 2011

lawyerlindsay:
Most hairless Chinese Cresteds you see on tv are actually shaved that way.

For reals? One of the girls I work with has a Chinese Crested and I feel you would have to wax a dog to get them to look like him. There is literally no hair his body... not even peach fuzz. The only hair on him are his feet (he looks like the Grinch) and his head like he's got a little hairdo going on. He even gets a little farmers tan since he's so ridiculously naked!

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