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The Random Facts Thread
« on: November 22, 2010, 03:38:49 PM »
Ok I recently stumbled upon http://www.omg-facts.com/ and discovered some cool, totally random and mostly useless facts. Feel free to add interesting random facts here hehe.

Anyway check these three.....

1. Breathing the air in Mumbai, India for just ONE DAY, is equivalent to smoking 2.5 packs of cigarettes.
(More like 100 cigarettes a day?) http://www.healthylivingindia.org/2009/04/one-day-breathing-in-bombay-equivalent.html

2. Nearly half a BILLION people in China never BRUSH their teeth

3. Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world's countries COMBINED

Bonus:
The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth.

« Last Edit: November 22, 2010, 03:43:17 PM by woodyear99 »

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The Random Facts Thread
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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2010, 03:59:52 PM »
WTMC @ ants. o_O


HEY... Just who the HELL do you think I am?

Rest In Pixels, bitches.

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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2010, 04:12:48 PM »
lol @ Nearly half a BILLION people in China never BRUSH their teeth

so who interviewed these 500 million asians to come up with this statistic?

steups

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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2010, 04:31:03 PM »
Kinna hit close to home there eh Wyatt lmao.

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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2010, 04:31:23 PM »
lol @ Nearly half a BILLION people in China never BRUSH their teeth

so who interviewed these 500 million asians to come up with this statistic?

steups

This is an old article from 2002, perhaps dental hygiene has improved tho there still are many that don't brush their teeth hehe. It makes sense though, think about it, 2.6 Billion people don't even have access to a basic toilet in 2010....... http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52933920101115

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1943420.stm

Almost half a billion people in China never brush their teeth, according to the country's health chiefs. The Chinese Preventive Medicine Society believes that less than half of the country's 900m rural population brush regularly while just 10% of the 400m living in cities clean properly. Officials have also found that many people are using twigs or green tea to clean teeth, either because of tradition or a lack of money. Poor oral health habits can have major implications on everyday life and quality of life

Dr Paul Erik Petersen, WHO

The findings have prompted officials to launch a major health education campaign to boost oral health across the country. The Chinese national committee for oral health has launched information campaigns to encourage people to use toothbrushes, buy toothpaste and visit dentists. The policy is aimed at ending the practice of using twigs and green tea used extensively across the country extending as high as China's leaders in the past. The founder of modern China, the late Chairman Mao Zedong, is said to have had stained green teeth by the time he reached old age.

Health chiefs have also established pilot studies in some schools aimed at getting the message across to children. According to the World Health Organisation, the schemes are starting to make a difference.

Examining results

Dr Poul Erik Petersen, group leader of the WHO's oral health programme, said officials were examining the results from one of the school-based schemes.

"The pilot scheme was based in one province and covered 140,000 people. The aim is to set targets for what can be accomplished in the rest of the country. We hope to learn from this study to see what can be achieved."

"We are hoping to learn from those schools and will use those lessons to help other schools in China to adopt the scheme," he said. While the WHO is not directly involved in efforts to improve oral hygiene in China, it is supporting the country's national committee for oral health in that work.

"There has been work on issuing a new health message for Chinese people to adopt - visit the dentist regularly, use a toothbrush and toothpaste. We are supporting that," Dr Petersen said.

Lack of dentists

He added that many of the problems stemmed from the fact there were very few dentists in China - just one per 60,000 people. He said the lack of dentists meant it was important that a self-care message got across to people. "Self care has to be prioritised," he said. "Prevention and health promotion are important."

The WHO is also working on programmes aimed at improving oral hygiene in other parts of the world, including other countries in Asia and in Africa.

"The problem is you cannot rely on dentists. There are not enough," said Dr Petersen.
"In Africa, there are just one dentist per 100,000 people so we have to get the self-care message across." Dr Petersen, who is the group leader of the WHO's oral health programme, said improving dental hygiene was important because it had a direct impact on people's everyday lives.

"A lack of dental hygiene has health implications but it also has an effect on the quality of life. "If you think of children suffering from dental cavities, they may be in pain. This in turn may mean that they are not highly motivated to learn. "Poor oral health habits can have major implications on everyday life and quality of life. That is why the implementation of such preventative programmes is a high priority."


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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2010, 06:12:11 PM »
Hmm electric eels aren't actually eels

http://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/18906

They actually are much more closely related to carp and catfish! These fascinating creatures can generate an electrical charge of over 600 volts – five times that of a wall socket! Their bodies contain electric organs with about 6,000 electrocytes. These are cells that store power like tiny batteries.

Some electric eels can get up to 8 feet long and weigh as much as 44 pounds! Despite their size and high voltage shocks, electric eels rarely kill people. The most dangerous thing to worry about is drowning after being stunned by one.

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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2010, 10:04:53 PM »
IF you live to be 70, you will have been alive for over 2 billion seconds
God is dead.

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Re: The Random Facts Thread
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2010, 12:30:20 AM »
Did you know....

1. A baby alligator’s sex depends on the temperature of its nest.

2. The first cell phone cost $3,995US.

3. The Nazis also oppressed Jehovah's Witnesses.

4. Seeking a sage and wizened look, the creators of Star Wars modeled Yoda's face after Albert Einstein.

5. Giraffes sleep for only half an hour each day.

6. Comedian Ricky Gervais, co-creator of "The Office" was originally a pop musician.



6. An insect named the tuberous bushcricket proportionally has the biggest ball of any animal, packing 14% of its body weight! That is equivalent to to a 200-pound man with a 28 pound set of testes!

7. Your body is carrying 2 to 5 pounds of LIVE BACTERIA.

8. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words. lol



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