Wall o' Factoids

You are never more than 10 ft. away from a spider. I kid you not!

On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

The typical human farts an average of 14 times a day.

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

Watched QI about a hour ago. That is a lie. :P

The youngest girl to give birth was five years old, seven months and 21 days.

Taccy wrote:

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

Watched QI about a hour ago. That is a lie. :P

 Correction on my post - that is in a persons life time and it is very true. Whether people believe it is another story, but while you are sleeping there are bugs that will crawl all over you. I personally have waken up to flies, spiders, ants, etc crawling on me. Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if I swallow more than 8 spiders in my life time, well before I started having to wear a CPAP mask.

madscientist032 wrote:The typical human farts an average of 14 times a day.

 Then my dad is not close to being typical. I swear he farts at least 30 times a day. and Mr Big Mac Joe, I 1st read that CPAP mask as CRAP mask.   :lol!:

McDonalds fries contain 17 ingredients, and we wonder why they are so bad but so delicious :P 17 ingredients! There should be 3: potatoes, oil, salt :P

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

 If that's the case, then im duct taping my mouth shut.

madscientist032 wrote:The typical human farts an average of 14 times a day.

Guess I'm supernatural then..

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

Now I'm kinda wondering what a spider would taste like. Hopefully chicken or something edible that tastes good.

Alpha_Panda14 wrote:

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

Now I'm kinda wondering what a spider would taste like. Hopefully chicken or something edible that tastes good.

 The trick is too fry them until the legs are hard and stiff, because then the won't be as runny. Salt and oil is needed, because otherwise the spider would be too bland, although it does slightly taste like chicken or cod. With the frying, you get a nice crispy outside, with a soft, almost chewy center. The legs are rather stringy, since they don't have a lot of meat in them. The head and body have a delicate, white meat, while the abdomen is a brown paste of organs, eggs, and possibly excrement.

Yeah, Wikipedia is full of weird shit like this. 
So's Youtube.

The reason cats "play" with the water in their water dish is because they cannot see the water, so they are testing to see if there is water in it and how much. Sometimes they put cat food in the water dish for the same reason.

mickdude2 wrote:

Alpha_Panda14 wrote:

Mr_Big_Mac_Joe wrote:On average you swallow 8 spiders a year while sleeping. 

Now I'm kinda wondering what a spider would taste like. Hopefully chicken or something edible that tastes good.

 The trick is too fry them until the legs are hard and stiff, because then the won't be as runny. Salt and oil is needed, because otherwise the spider would be too bland, although it does slightly taste like chicken or cod. With the frying, you get a nice crispy outside, with a soft, almost chewy center. The legs are rather stringy, since they don't have a lot of meat in them. The head and body have a delicate, white meat, while the abdomen is a brown paste of organs, eggs, and possibly excrement.

Yeah, Wikipedia is full of weird shit like this. 
So's Youtube.

 Sure you can buy some good ol' fried spider from here:

http://www.edibleunique.bigcartel.com/category/edible-bugs

But yeah, now I'm scared to look up and see a spy spider hovering over me :3

 Skip to about 5:20. You don't swallow 8 spiders in your lifetime.

Heres a story to consider when you buy bananas :P

Mark Drinkwater, 42, was left shaken after his encounter with the spider – which he claims was the size of a man's hand.

Staff were called to the fruit counter and they launched a search for it.

Mark, from Sydenham, south-east London, said : "I went into the store and picked up a few items. Then I went to the fruit and vegetable area and picked up some bananas.

"I started to pick them apart and then I realised there was a tarantula hanging from the side of the bananas.

"It was the size of the palm of my hand. It was hairy. It was scary enough. I shook the banana and the tarantula fell back into the box.

BiggJ1939 wrote:
"It was the size of the palm of my hand. It was hairy. It was scary enough. I shook the banana and the tarantula fell back into the box.

This is exactly why I hate shopping for food.

The average American eats 28 pounds of French fries per year...

Here's a good one - anyone left handed most likely killed their twin before it could develope past the first stages.

Big_Piglet wrote:Here's a good one - anyone left handed most likely killed their twin before it could develope past the first stages.

 Haha, I remember you saying that the other day :P

I've got a few which I remember from past QI's and general 'weird' conversations XD

• The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
  
  
• TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can write on one line of a QWERTY keyboard.
  
  
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
  
  
• A 'quack' from a duck NEVER echoes and scientists have absolutely no idea why...
  
  
• The plastic bits on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets.
  
  

I should rename this post, the factoid wall, since I got a trend going! 

Guys, guys I have one NONE of you know.

 Bats can eat over 3,000 bugs in a single night, minecraft logic bats are useless things that don't eat spiders :\

Gweedo358 wrote:The average American eats 28 pounds of French fries per year...

 I don't eat french fries, it's not that I don't like them, but I haven't had one since 2011. 

revilo410 wrote:

• The plastic bits on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets.
  
  

Be honest... you got that from Phineas and Pherb.
 

mickdude2 wrote:

revilo410 wrote:

• The plastic bits on the end of your shoelaces are called aglets.
  
  
  
  

Be honest... you got that from Phineas and Pherb.
 

 omg that is a terrible song....but when he posted that my 1st thought went to that song and I could not get it out of my head.