Post-A-Random-Fact Thread

[stedtale]

Facebook now has 24 million users who spend an average of 14 minutes on the site every time they visit. This is up from 8 minutes last September, according to Hitwise, a traffic measuring service.

MySpace has 67 million numbers -- nearly 3 times as many as Facebook! MySpace users spend an average of 30 minutes on the site each time they visit.

 

[stedtale]

Algae in the world's oceans generate two-thirds of all oxygen on the planet.

 

[stedtale]

Nintendo was originally founded in 1889 as a maker of playing cards.

They made their first video game in 1975.

 

[stedtale]

Between 1981 and 2003, the average horsepower of cars sold in the US rose 93%.

The average fuel economy of 2004 cars was 6% lower than the average of cars from 1987.

 

[stedtale]

Richard Kral from Slovkia peed himself free from an avalanche by drinking tons of beer.

 

[Atoz]

A word formed as a combination of two others, i.e., "smog" = "smoke" + "fog" is known as a portmanteau.

 

[stedtale]

OK, really stands for "Oll Korrect?".

 

[Dunne]

I thought this was pretty funny and interesting:
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes

 

[Baryonyx]

Facebook now has 24 million users who spend an average of 14 minutes on the site every time they visit. This is up from 8 minutes last September, according to Hitwise, a traffic measuring service.

Any TB'ers on Facebook apart from me?

 

[funkalicious101]

i got one

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I have a face and I have a book. Does that count?