http://www.dumbfacts.com Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/quebec-is-the-worlds-leading-exporter-of-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/quebec-is-the-worlds-leading-exporter-of-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Quebec is the world’s leading exporter of asbestos. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/quebec-is-the-worlds-leading-exporter-of-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-wingspan-of-a-boeing-747-jet-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-wingspan-of-a-boeing-747-jet-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers’ first flight. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-wingspan-of-a-boeing-747-jet-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/each-day-14000-tons-of-garbage-are-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/each-day-14000-tons-of-garbage-are-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Each day, 14,000 tons of garbage are dumped into Fresh Kills, NY, the largest landfill in the world. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/each-day-14000-tons-of-garbage-are-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/astronaut-shannon-lucis-spent-188-days-in-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/astronaut-shannon-lucis-spent-188-days-in-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Astronaut Shannon Lucis spent 188 days in a row in space. That’s the American record. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/astronaut-shannon-lucis-spent-188-days-in-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-world-record-for-passing-gas-was-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-world-record-for-passing-gas-was-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The world record for passing gas was set on Japanese television, 3,000 times in a row. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-world-record-for-passing-gas-was-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-tallest-man-in-the-world-was-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-tallest-man-in-the-world-was-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The tallest man in the world was 8′11″ Robert Wadlow. He was just 22 when he died in 1949 from an infection caused by leg braces he needed to keep him on his feet. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-tallest-man-in-the-world-was-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-man-named-charles-osborne-had-the-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-man-named-charles-osborne-had-the-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow! ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-man-named-charles-osborne-had-the-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-worlds-oldest-piece-of-chewing-gum-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-worlds-oldest-piece-of-chewing-gum-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The world’s oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old! ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-worlds-oldest-piece-of-chewing-gum-/feed/ 0