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Ten books on a shelf can be arranged in 3,628,800 different ways.

More than 60 percent of all recipients of organ donations are between the ages of 18 and 49.

Your birthday is not a special day after all--you share it with no fewer than nine million others.

The Netherlands is credited with having the most bikes in the world. One bike per person is the national average with an estimated 16 million bicycles nation wide.

Ten percent of frequent fliers say they never check their luggage when flying.

More than 63 million Star Trek books, in more than 15 languages, are in print; 13 were sold every minute in the United States in 1995.

You're just as likely to die by falling out of bed then you are to get struck by lightning; each is a 1 in 2,000,000 chance. You have a 1 in 3,000,000 chance of being killed by a snake.

The New York stock exchange had its first million-share trading day in 1886.

Ten percent of men are left-handed while only 8 percent of women are left-handed. Male or female, all left-handed people are "in their right mind."

More than 70 percent of all bagel shops in the United States are found in New York, New Jersey, Florida, and California.

ZIP code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, New York.

Hey Kat how often is it you post these facts? Is it once a month?

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

What if your bed is 1000ft up in the air? And has fallen out of a plane? And you're being shot at by Nazis? I bet those odds would change dramatically then. Did you take that into account, Kat? Did you?!

Actually, the part about left-handed-right-brain isn't always true.

Well, people will use both sides of their brain to function normally. A left handed person might be able to compose music and communicate emotions, but it is by no means a guarantee. Paul McCartney may be left-handed, but Lennon is just as good and right-handed. McCartney also went on to record horrible music, so he doesn't have a perfect track record or anything. If you don't know what parts generally do what, I'll give a simplified breakdown: Left side has the normal thinking, identifying, and problem solving. Right side has basically emotional type things.

Haha. Let me expand (and correct) that.

Left:
Logical
Sequential
Numerical

Right:
Artistic
Spatial
Creative

Left are the math and science people.
Right are the art and writing weirdoes.

Close enough, I said it was simplified.

Yes...those weak-minded right brains...emotions...hmph what pitiful fools!

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

So, if a guy's mucical, he'll use more the right half of his brain. And that'll mean he'll be more emotional, too? Then what about those Norwegian church burning black metal dudes who look like penguins and worship Satan?

They worship Satan or they are Satanists? There is a difference.

And BTW, Satan (Lucifer) doesn't exist.

And BTW, Satan (Lucifer) doesn't exist.

I'd like you to prove that. You can't prove that. As much as you can't prove that there is no God.

I don't need to prove that. I believe what I believe and I don't care who else believes it. I was just making a point.

Nedved exists. That I can prove.

On a lighter note, what point does your point make Merlin? Or have I missed the point? Point.

what kind of a wierdo are you if you are ambidextrus(or however its spelt). im not realy ambidextrus, i was just told i was left handed, and my hand writing was bad, but recently i figuerd out im about the same with my right hand, and thats without 12 years of practise. but actually, thats good for me, cause i'm a drummer and it makes me betterfull at drumming.

So you've been using your left hand for writing even though you're right-handed, just because someone told you you were left-handed?? XD

yup, but its cool, being a drummer, i couldent have asked for more (cept for mabye a new ride cymbal).

From facts, to brains, to evil, and finally to music...

Okay...so SabreTrout who is this NedVed and why do you worship it?

Oddly,
The Vault Dweller

NedVed is a soccer star if I'm not mistaken. Defender position, I belive. Don't know, don't follow soccer anymore like I used to.

Kat, maybe you could always do a crazy facts list as a monthly feature

He is no defender! He's an attacking midfielder, and runs up mountains for training. Therefore, he is very cool. Very, very cool. My favourite football star of all time. By far.

His name is fantastic too, so I've adopted him as my God.

"Our Nedved, who art in Juve, hallowed be thy name. Thy will be done, communism is fun, and Sabre shall lead the way" -- The First Book of Czech.

Okay Sabre... Worship anyone you like as long as it's not Satan

And I'm so sorry for calling your god a defender! Although a god would be better suited as defender than attacker, wouldn't you say

Is satan worshiping realy that bad? I mean, appart from all the human sacrafices and crap, its a life choice, and people should respect it.

Satanists worship Satan, but it's not the Satan Christians see. Satan to them is a god of nature.

I thought Satanists were basically atheist anti-Christian Nietschze followers.

eh, definitely not atheists.

Ahem,

Religious Satanists: Some of these are adults who worship a pre-Christian deity, (e.g. "Set" from the ancient Egyptian pantheon of deities). Others are Atheists or Agnostics who do not view Satan as a living entity; they see him as as a symbol of power, vitality and pleasure. To our knowledge, there has been only one conviction since the 17th century Salem Witch hunts of Satanic perpetrators of a serious crime. This involved the sentencing of three teenagers for multiple murders and a mutilation of children in Robin Hood Hills, West Memphis, AR. However, recent bite mark evidence on the skin of one of the victims has indicated that the alleged perpetrators were almost certainly not responsible for the crimes. Also, they knew little about Satanism when they were interrogated. One was a Wiccan and is now a Buddhist. The other two were and are Christians.

Have you even heard of Anton LaVey?

-Edit: here's a better description of the misunderstood Satanism.

In other words, what most people think of as Satanism is a conglomerate of pagan rituals, traditions, and anything else the Catholics didn't like in the Dark Ages. They associated it all with Satan just to keep people away from it and kill those who practiced it. This ties in with that letter I posted here.

Hey thanks Safmoor that was very in depth.

I suppose that since they worship nature that would explain why the animals worship Satan doesnt it?

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

And I'm so sorry for calling your god a defender! Although a god would be better suited as defender than attacker, wouldn't you say

You speak words of wisdom, Kyle. Words of great wisdom.

Though I guess it depends what sort of God he is...

Have you guys ever played bllack and white? you get to be an evil god, and make human sacrafices for prayer power and such. i like being evil.

Yeah I`ve heard of it But I like to be good though

good is boring, you can throw rocks a creches if your evil. rule by fear i say, or all your people will think your lame.

whens black & white 2 coming out?

I am good god, and that rules. the dark ones sucks ass

Speaking of sucking ass, worshipers of Satan take part in orgies, cut themselves, kick down gravestones, among with other fun little hobbies.

A satanist is one who worships satan. A christian is one who worships god. Those who do not worship satan are not true satanists, and those who don't worship god are not true christians.

A chrisitan tries to go to heaven. How is it done? by being good.

A satanist tries to go to hell. How is it done? By being evil.

But being evil is not a nice thing to do, that's why true satansim should never be accepted. Whether you respect their religion or not is irrelevant.

Most Satanists aren't evil.

Yeah. And the only reason we think that Satan is so mean, and that Satanism is so bad, is because of the Church. It was also the Church that made sexuality into something shameful. Just to mention something else bad the Church has done.

As we are talking about religion right now, I pose all of you a question. What do you call someone who belives in a christian god, and other gods, but *chooses* not to worship them, on the belife that we create our own afterlife from our subconsiousness after death? 'cause I really hate calling myself an atheiest, cause I'm not, but that's the only way to get it across to most people.

Polytheistic pagan scum. If you ever read the Old Testament, you'll discover that non-Hebrews believed in their god, they just didn't necessarily worship him.

-I put on the goddang smiley, can you re-instate the post now?

Hey, don't diss pagans.

You know, it isn't nice to call people scum. At least without a smiley.

Smilies don't even show up for me, and I was just being sarcastic.

I thought so. hehe

I don't really have a problem with pagans, I just think believing/worshipping in any god is dumb.

Uh oh...I can almost feel the flames brewing...

I suppose you'll know there's a God when its already too late.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

Well, if you diss Christians at the same time then it's okay.