3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[di marco]

1. A Spanish shopping centre has set up a creche for stressed-out husbands fed up with being dragged around by their partners. The mall, near Barcelona, wanted to provide a place for husbands to relax while their wives shop. The creche has comfortable chairs, newspapers and televisions, and has been named the 'husband parking area'.

haha! although who would then carry the bags lol?!

[Perdita]

1. An Indian teenager had an incredible escape after a metal pole went straight through his head in a bus crash. Doctors have declared it a miracle that the boy survived after the 4ft safety rail went through his forehead and came out the base of his skull. After rescuers cut him free, the teenager had to walk along the bus with teh pole still sticking through his head, before enduring an hour-long trip to hospital in rickshaw.

2. Cigarettes aren't just bad for your health, but new research has shown that smoking 20 or more a day can make you go bald. According to the results, hair loss may be a result of cigarette smoke destroying follicles, damaging blood vessels or interfering with hormones.

3. A suspected carjacker got into a sticky situation when his getaway was foiled by wet cement. The 25-year-old got stuck in some freshly poured concrete at a construction site in Reno, Nevada, after trying to steal a vehicle from a family moments earlier. After the attempt was uncucessful, he fled on foot and ran into a construction site, where he became stuck in setting cement. He was then tackled by builders who held him until police arrived.

[Hollie-x]

#1 . Bet he had a bit of headache in the morning...

[Perdita]

A Berlin based stund man raised $2,100 for charity by riding through a car wash on the top of a family car. Jesco Goebel emerged much cleaner after a seven-minute cycle of high-speed brushes, steamy water and hot wax.

A weather centre in Aberdeen and a tide gauge in Portsmouth were the only reported victims of the 'Millennium-Bug' in Britain.

The first man to fly over the North and South Poles was called Dickie Byrd.

In 1961 Copenhagen barbers went back to work after the longest strike in history. It had lasted since 1938.

In 1972, fifteen martial arts fanatics demolished a six-room house in six hours using only their hands and feet.

More when I am back from my hols

[Abigail]

23 year barbers strike?

[Perdita]

1. In 2001, a 44-pound tuna fish was sold for £150,000 at a Tokyo auction. It was thought to be the world's most expensive fish.

2. A man was beaten up by his financee and in-laws in India after they found out he was bald and wearing a wig. The 33-year-old told police his finacee yanked off his hairpiece after dinner and began beating and abusing him for hiding his bald head. Her parents then joined in, ripping his expensive wig apart and relieving the man of his wallet, mobile phone, motorbike and driving licence as 'penalty' for his deception. The wedding has now been called off. (I should think so too )

3. A group of crows is called a murder.

[Perdita]

Today's amazing facts are:


1. 'Taxi' is spelled exactly the same in English, French, German, Swedish, Portuguese and Dutch.

2. 10% of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

3. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink into quicksand. (You never know when this information might come in handy )

[di marco]

2. A man was beaten up by his financee and in-laws in India after they found out he was bald and wearing a wig. The 33-year-old told police his finacee yanked off his hairpiece after dinner and began beating and abusing him for hiding his bald head. Her parents then joined in, ripping his expensive wig apart and relieving the man of his wallet, mobile phone, motorbike and driving licence as 'penalty' for his deception. The wedding has now been called off. (I should think so too )

haha that ones funny! thanks for these

[Perdita]

1. A youth group in Colorado was told to find another name for its sponsored pig-kissing event because the American Diabetics' Association had copyrright on the name 'Kiss a Pig'.

2. A New York woman said she was going to sue the Manhattan police for $10 million dollars after a policeman made her walk home in her underwear as a punishment for drink-driving.

3. A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is still moving.

[Abigail]

$10m for walking home naked? :ekk: That's way too much.