Did You Know

[balli hi]

I was reading an article about swine flu the other day , so i thought i would kick start the thread with this one ... the article went on to mention an amusing fact that :

A Pigs !Removed! lasts for an astonishing 30 minutes , yes folks thats half an hour of orgasmic bliss , it would seem that pigs are not so hard done by after all

[Bibbs]

Here are some little known facts:

Toffee is actually made by mixing tea and coffee.

A duckbilled platypus isn't actually a mamal, it's a type of nut.

Bill Cosby was the first ever black man. He was created for colour TV, hence the term at the time "coloured" (now percieved as not politically correct).

[Leeky]

Couscous was originally just called Cous. The second Cous wasnt added until the spring of 1927.

[Karma Supra]

The styling of the Metro 6R4 was actually based on an earlier model by scalextric. They toy makers made an “aggressive” version of a car that people would recognise and could relate too, which was later adopted for the real thing when they worked on a wider wheelbase AWD rally version.

[Bibbs]

Donkeys and Horses are actually the same size. Donkeys just looks smaller, due to them being further away.

The state of Kansas in the US doesn't actually exist. It was made up for the Wizard of Oz and everyone just assumes it exists.

[balli hi]

It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( try it and see )

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

Most lipstick contains fish scales. ( sounds fishy to me )

Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.

A snail can sleep for three years.

All polar bears are left handed.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

[KPARRIS-JONES]

An Eagle can, kill, and carry an animal as large as a small deer.

In an average lifetime, people spend four years traveling in cars, and six months waiting for red lights to turn green!

90% of women who walk into department store immediatly turn right.

[Karma Supra]

Stingray poo is corkscrew shaped!

[Bibbs]

It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( try it and see )

This one had been around SO MANY TIMES, and it annoys me for one reason. I can.

[KPARRIS-JONES]

Stingray poo is corkscrew shaped!

Goats do not have upper front teeth.

cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.

[balli hi]

It is impossible to lick your elbow. ( try it and see )

This one had been around SO MANY TIMES, and it annoys me for one reason. I can.

LoL As hard as i try i can't

[Bibbs]

Microsoft founder (William "Grower, Not Shower" Gates) called his company such, after an ex-girlfriend used the terms to describe his "package" after a lackluster performance.

[Boro Sera]

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

Isn't a snail an animal too?

Christiano Ronaldo has a phobia about being whisked off to outer space.

Bradley Walsh invented the Chicken McNugget

[Raistlin]

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is "Das Beste oder Nichts" meaning "the best or nothing.

6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it's already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it

is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

[Bizarra]

That about covers the subject, I reckon For once, I'm speechless :(

[balli hi]

That about covers the subject, I reckon For once, I'm speechless :(

I think any future posts should contain only one weird or amusing fact at a time lol :D

[Boro Sera]

I think any future posts should contain only one weird or amusing fact at a time lol :D

but Ctrl+V will feel neglected :(

[Bizarra]

Facts (strange ?) about Japan..................

Age of consent in......

Central America: 15-18

Europe: 12-18

North America: 16-18

South America: 13-18

Asia: 12-18

The age of consent means the age at which, according to the law, persons are bound by their words and acts. In Japan, you can't marry until your 16 if you're a girl and 18 if you're a guy

Japan is 70% mountains

Japan is made up of over 6000 islands

Golden Retrievers are the most popular pet

In Japan, the teachers move from class to class and the students stay in one room

Christianity comprises less than 10% of the Japanese population

The second highest population is Chinese, followed by Korean, Brazilian, Peruvian…

Pokemon is not as popular in Japan compared to the US

Japan has the seventh largest population in the world

Japan has the oldest surviving monarchy, which happens to be the oldest continuous hereditary in the world.

Vandalism rates in Japan are among the least in the world.

The Japanese will shop daily for their meat, fish and vegetable requirements, as they like all their food fresh and unpreserved. This is one of the prime reasons that small and medium sized refrigerators are sold the most in Japan.

[Bizarra]

Strange Facts

A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

A group of larks is called an exaltation.

A elephant is the heavest of all land mammals at around 8,000 pounds.

A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground.

A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.

A man had the hiccups for 69 years.

A millipede has 4 legs on each segment of it's body.

A mole can dig over 250 feet of tunnel in a single night.

A monkey was once tride and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend,Indiana.

A noisy resturant is 100,000 times as lound as a watch ticking. Rock Consert 1,000,000,000times as loud. Loud headphones 10,000,000,000. Shotgun blast 1,000,000,000,000

A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut.

A person at rest generates as much heat as a 100watt lightbulb

A group of owls is called a parliament.

A Penny whistle has six finger holes.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove.

A quarter of Russia is covered by forest.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champange will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

A rat can last longer with out water than a camel.

A rhinoceros' horn is made of compacted hair.

A rodents teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal's constant gnawing onbark, leaves, and other vegetables.

[Raistlin]

That about covers the subject, I reckon For once, I'm speechless :(

I think any future posts should contain only one weird or amusing fact at a time lol :D

Did you really want me to post each one separately ? B)

[Bizarra]

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!

Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!

A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!

A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day!

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

It is estimated that 4 million "junk" telephone calls, phone solicitations by persons or programmed machine are made every day in the United States!

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!

Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!

[balli hi]

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

And a person of that name with a rasher of bacon on his bonce is known as more-ham-ed

[Bizarra]

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

And a person of that name with a rasher of bacon on his bonce is known as more-ham-ed

:lol2:

[Karma Supra]

Amongst other things Goldfish can't get pregnant, they lay eggs ;) :P

Stingrays however give birth to live born young (pups). A Pregnant ray has a swolen back instead of front, and you can see it move as the unborn move inside her.

[Bizarra]

Amongst other things Goldfish can't get pregnant, they lay eggs ;) :P

Stingrays however give birth to live born young (pups). A Pregnant ray has a swolen back instead of front, and you can see it move as the unborn move inside her.

Maybe, then, they mean that if I think the Goldfish is pregnant, & refer to it as a Twit, then actually I am the Twit