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1. In 2001, it emerged that the first men on the moon had to go through US customs on their return. :D
2. One hen lays around 280 eggs a year. :moonie:
3. Romans used to eat flamingo tongues. :eek:
1. St Apollonia is the patron saint of toothache. :D
2. Humans have 350 smell receptor genes. Mice have 1,000. :eek:
3. A British mathematician named William Bourne drew plans for a submarine in 1578. But it was only in 1620 that Cornelius van Drebbel, a Dutch inventor, built one.
1. In 16th Centry Turkey, drinking coffee was punishable by death. :eek:
2. In China, the stork symbolises death rather than birth. :(
3. Intelligent eggs that 'self time' could be hitting supermarket shelves in the near future. The eggs are marked with heat-sensitive ink that enables the cook to judge when they're perfectly done. You'll be able to buy them in a choice of soft, medium or hard boiled varieties, whith the invisible indicator turning dark when the shells achieve the correct temperature. :)
3. Intelligent eggs that 'self time' could be hitting supermarket shelves in the near future. The eggs are marked with heat-sensitive ink that enables the cook to judge when they're perfectly done. You'll be able to buy them in a choice of soft, medium or hard boiled varieties, whith the invisible indicator turning dark when the shells achieve the correct temperature. :)
Can we dumb down anymore than this!
Boil an egg - time it for goodness sakes! One box will do all variations of 'hardness' if you time it properly!
Intelligent eggs for thick people!
1. In 1998, the Peruvian Congress voted not to ban mini skirts in the workplace. :lol:
2. Finnish firefighters were called to help a pet owner tame his aggressive anaconda by spraying it with a fire extinguisher. The 3-metre long reptile, which had been fasting for four months, attacked its owner as he tried to move it to his new apartment. The firemen calmed the snake by spraying it with foam then lifting it into a bag. :eek:
3. Greyhounds have the best eyesight in the dog world. :cool:
1. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft Sr. was born in 1904. He had a Christian name for every letter in the alphabet but shortened his name to Mr Wolfe Plus 585 Sr. :eek:
2. A 10 stone person would weigh over 25 stone on Jupiter. :eek:
3. A baby fish is called a 'fry'. :p
1. In America, a house catches fire every 45 seconds :eek:
2. Over a quarter of the world's forests are in Siberia.
3. The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515.
1. In 2000, a Glasgow man was fined £150 for the noise made by his ornamental croaking frogs :lol:
2. In 20001, a survey revealed that half of Britains's men thought they looked like Homer Simpson :cool:
3. In 2001, the state of Utah elected tohave jelly as its official snack. :D
2. In 20001, a survey revealed that half of Britains's men thought they looked like Homer Simpson :cool:
Wow, can they really see that far into the future? :p
Pinkbanana
16-05-2009, 18:45
3. In 2001, the state of Utah elected to have jelly as its official snack. :D
Aw.... I like that. :thumbsup:
1. In 2001, a paraglider from Breganz, Austria, survived a 4,500 foot fall unhurt. He then slipped over while picking up his glider and broke his shoulder. :eek:
2. In 2001, a Russian woman defied medical odds and grew a new set of teeth - at the age of 104. :eek:
3. Relatives who can't wait to see the latest addition to the family can cuddle a bag of rice shaped like the newborn baby. A rice shop in Japan developed the idea and is swamped with made to measure orders. The bags of rice can now be sent to distant aunts and cousins, which weigh the same as the baby and are printed with its face and name on. :love:
1. Brazilian football referee Carlos Jose Figueira Ferro was facing divorce after he pulled a lacy pair of red knickers from his pocket instead of a red card. :lol:
2. It was reported that a contractor had been employed to build a submergedf bridge in the Sea of Galilee to enable tourists to walk on water :cool:
3. In 2001, a tv vet was paid £250,000 over five years to find out why cats like to tear up sofas. :eek:
3. In 2001, a tv vet was paid £250,000 over five years to find out why cats like to tear up sofas. :eek:
He could have given me the money and I would have told him in 2 seconds.. cause they can!!
1. The wolrd's largest peanut was 10cm long :eek:
2. American supermarket giant Wal-Mart employs the most people worldwide.
3. The shorted war ever was between Britain and Zanzibar, it lasted 38 minutes. :p
1. A woman in Marica has been cahrged with assault and trespass after allegedly biting her boyfriend on the genitals while he slept. Accordint to authorities, the 25-year-old broke into her boyfriend's house while he was asleep and bit him on what is reported as 'his private area'. The woman was arrested and charged over the inciden, which tooke place in the aptly named Dickie County, North Dakota. :lol:
2. The concave-eared torrent frog is the only amphibian known to communicate by using ultrasound. :cool:
3. 15lbs of agave pulp are needed to produce one litre of tequila. :eek:
1. French kings Henry III and Louis XVI as well as Napoleon and Alexander the Great all suffered from a fear of cats. :eek:
2. The medical name for a fear of cats is ailurophobia.
3. If you have half an avocado left over, don't remove the stone. Storing it in the fridge leaving the stone in will stop the flesh browning so quickly. :)
I am rather scared of cats, too.
:eek: I love them, there is nothing scary about them :nono: Snakes, however, are a totally different story :sick:
My hubby is petrified of snakes.
When he was on a job in the congo he had to sleep in a tent in the jungle, and every night they had to check under the tent for snakes before they went to bed :eek:
I really really do not like cats. I hate the way they creep along the backs of sofas and pounce on your lap, and the way they dig their claws in when you scream and jump up.
My gran had one - I was pertified - and I have never got close enough again to change my opinion.
:eek: I love them, there is nothing scary about them :nono: Snakes, however, are a totally different story :sick:
I love Cats.. but my daughter is terrified of them...
The most scariest creatures on earth are spiders though, they really freak me out. In fact, I have a problem with any creature that has more than 4 legs :lol:
di marco
28-05-2009, 08:22
awwww i love cats! :) the scariest creatures are definitely wasps and craneflies though!
1. You'll burn off 25 extra calories during the day if you are wearing jeans. :confused:
2. The average woman tries on 14 pairs of jeans before they buy a pair. :eek:
3. Constructions workers have reportedly buried a stash of Scots memorabilia under the pitch of the new Wembly stadium. Scottish builders apparently left national scarves and shirts under goal lines, penalty spots, the centre circle and the England dugout after being the butt of football jokes from their English colleagues. :eek: :p
di marco
28-05-2009, 08:37
1. You'll burn off 25 extra calories during the day if you are wearing jeans. :confused:
oh good im wearing jeans today! :D
2. The average woman tries on 14 pairs of jeans before they buy a pair. :eek:
with me its more like a try on the whole shop before i buy anything!
1. Five million tonnes of CO2 could be saved each year if all UK residents switched to energy-saving lightbulbs. :eek:
2. £8.8billion was paid in bonuses in 2006 to financiers working in the city. :crying:
3. A twist in Welsh policy means that lorry drivers entering the country must stub out cigarettes, but only if they are sharing their cabs. Truckers on the A55 will have to be particularly careful, following the ban on smoking in Wales. A lorry cab counts as a workplace, meaning drivers are just as liable as anyone else at work. :banned:
1. On the island of Jersey it is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. :confused:
2. In 1979, a record breaking row of 169,713 dominos was toppled by Michael Cairney. :cool:
3. In 1996, Robert Norse Kalm became the first American to be convicted for feeding the hungry - he was giving out food to homeless people without a permit. :eek:
di marco
03-06-2009, 18:24
3. A twist in Welsh policy means that lorry drivers entering the country must stub out cigarettes, but only if they are sharing their cabs. Truckers on the A55 will have to be particularly careful, following the ban on smoking in Wales. A lorry cab counts as a workplace, meaning drivers are just as liable as anyone else at work. :banned:
im pretty certain thats the case in england as well, you cant smoke in a company van
1. Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for a while. :cool:
2. In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant. :confused: Why would you want to do that??
3. An American man set a new world record in 2001 - doing 4,181 sit-ups in one hour. :eek: :bow:
1. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as men. :cool:
2. In 1997, Mary Esposito of Georgia won an American competition to find the most cockroach-infested house. She had 75,000 in her home and won $1,000. :eek: :sick:
3. Tom Hanks collects 1940's typewriters. :)
1. Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year and taught himself to read and write. :cool:
2. A German woman has become Venice's first female gondolier. Alexandra Hai can't sing and has failed her gondola-steering exam three times. But after a 10-year-struggle, a court has ruled she can ferry guests to three one-star hotels in the city. Since gondoliering began in 1094, there's never been a female or foreign gondolier. To be good enough, you must take part in a 150-hour training course and complete both a written test on the technical aspects of the boat and a practical test. :eek:
3. People passing through London's Covent Garden were invited to tuck into a huge Easter billboard made from chocolate. The 14 ft by 9 ft creation weighed 60 stone and was decorated with 10 hand-crafted chocolate bunnies and 72 huge eggs. It also included 128 panels of chocolate and took a master chocolatier 221 hours to make. :eek: :thumbsup:
1. In 2000, a lecturer published a book that was totally blank. Anne Lydiat said 'Lost For Words' was intended to be a 'feminie space where there is silence'. :confused:
2. In 2001, a man from Essex stunned doctors after his heart stopped 13 times - and he made a full recovery. :eek:
3. In 1999, an advertising agency revealed a new breed of consumer - 'Brookside Man'. Apparently he had a TV in most rooms of the house, an expensive hi-fi and lived on a housing estate. :)
di marco
17-06-2009, 09:53
1. In 2000, a lecturer published a book that was totally blank. Anne Lydiat said 'Lost For Words' was intended to be a 'feminie space where there is silence'. :confused:
did anyone actually buy it lol?!
1. The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 'Mrs. Miniver' in 1924. It took an hour. :eek:
2. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were roommates at Harvard. :cool:
3. Swiss Christians in 2007 were calling for the country's Eurovision Song Contest entry to be banned, amid claims that it is Satanic. The Federal Democratic Union had handed in a 49,000-signature petition to the government demanding action was taken on DJ Bobo's single, 'Vampires Are Alive'. The FDU claimed that the singer trivialises hell and Satan in the song. But DJ Bobo insisted that the words were made up and that everyone has the right to say what they want. :eek:
In 2000, scientists revealed that early man had used a frozen lake as a prehistoric fridge. :p
2. In 2000, the world's first talking supermarket trolley was launched in Germany. 'Watson' told you what bargains to buy whilst in the aisles. I imagine there would have been plenty of arguments with 'Watson' if he pointed out stuff the shoppers really did not want to buy :lol:
3. In 2000 a high court in Ipswich had to be evacuated because of the stench from a £1 million haul of cannabis that was being used for evidence. :lol:
1. John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1968 album 'Two Virgins' was sold in the US in a plain brown paper wrapper as on the real cover they both had posed nude. :o
2. Ronald Reagan was the oldest American president to ever leave office at 77 years old.
3. Bulgaria has admitted that hardly anybody bothers to pay traffic fines because there is no one to collect the money. The legal loophole means that although the police are empowered to hand out everything from speeding fines to parking tickets, there's no official body to collect the fines. Last year, only £690,000 out of a total of £11 million was paid, mostly by foreigners who were unaware that they could avoid the fine. :p
1. Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected 35 Oscars. :clap: :bow:
2. In Fairbanks, Alaska it is illegal for a moose to walk on the pavement. :confused: What do they do to one if it does just that?
3. In 1882, hailstones up to five inches in diameter fell during a 13-minute storm in Dubuque, Iowa. Frogs were found alive in two of the stones. :eek:
di marco
26-06-2009, 10:03
3. In 1882, hailstones up to five inches in diameter fell during a 13-minute storm in Dubuque, Iowa. Frogs were found alive in two of the stones. :eek:
ive heard about that before, its weird!
1. On average, a baby's heart will beat about 60 million times before it is born. :eek:
2. In 2003, a shop opened in Kilburn, London, selling nothing but Heinz tomato ketchup. :eek:
3. If you're right handed you tend to chew on the right-hand-side of your mouth, while if you're left handed you tend to chew on the left. :D
di marco
30-06-2009, 06:11
3. If you're right handed you tend to chew on the right-hand-side of your mouth, while if you're left handed you tend to chew on the left. :D
really? i might try and remember to see if thats true lol!
:cool: 1. The average adult falls asleep seven minutes after turning the light off.
2. A father released after being wrongly imprisoned is back behind bars - for throwing eggs at the judge who jailed him. The 52-year-old had 'nursed a growing sense of grievance' after he was jailed for contempt of court two years ago. But when the Court of Appeal quashed his sentence recently, it triggered a reaction in the wronged man/ He went to the Royal Courts of Justice and managed to get through security with a box of eggs, once inside the courtroom he threw three eggs, hitting the judge. He was then sentenced to two months in prison. :lol:
3. The average human will accidentally eat about a pound in weight of insects over the course of a lifetime. :eek: :sick:
1. In the UK, the chance of a woman having twins has doubled since World War II. :hmm:
2. In 1998, a British woman who gave birth in a Los Angeles hospital was told she could not have an epidural whilst in labour as she did not have £250 to hand over there and then. :rolleyes:
3. Years ago in Europe, a prospective father would nibble on a huge chunk of cheese while awaiting the birth of his child. Instead of pacing outside the bedroom door, the father would eat from the centre of the cheese until a large hole had been gnawed out. Later, his newborn infant was ceremoniously passed through the hole. Must have been quite an ordeal for those who did not like cheese :)
1. It was revealed that the hearse that carried Winston Churchill's coffin had been sold to an American busnessman for £3million. :eek:
2. The heaviest known orange ws exhibited in Nelspruit, South Africa. It weighed 5.5lbs. :eek:
3. There are more English speaking people living in China than there are in the USA. :eek:
di marco
02-07-2009, 11:46
3. There are more English speaking people living in China than there are in the USA. :eek:
:eek: didnt know that!
1. On average, there are eight peas in a pod. :p
2. The word 'Queue' is the only word in the English language that can be pronounced the same even if the last four letters have been removed one by one. :cool:
3. The Chinese were the first people to ever use toilet paper. :moonie:
1. China is to create the world's first 'Woman Town' where women make all the decisions and disobedient men face punishments. And carved into the town gates will be the slogan: "A woman never makes a mistake. A man can never rejct a woman's request". Disobedient men will be punished by having to kneel on an uneven wooden board or wash dishes in a restaurant. :D
2. A British man has become a local celebrity in Croatia because his surname is Bond. Gavin Bond, a builder from London, moved to the village after looking for a change of scenery, but had no idea his name would bring him instant fame. He has been invited to civic dinners and locals flock to visit the wooden hut he shares with two stray dogs. :)
3. Mait Lepik won Estonia's first banana-eating contest. He managed 10 bananas in three minutes and three seconds. To save time he also ate the skins. :eek: :sick:
di marco
07-07-2009, 08:59
1. China is to create the world's first 'Woman Town' where women make all the decisions and disobedient men face punishments. And carved into the town gates will be the slogan: "A woman never makes a mistake. A man can never rejct a woman's request". Disobedient men will be punished by having to kneel on an uneven wooden board or wash dishes in a restaurant. :D
haha love it! :D
3. Mait Lepik won Estonia's first banana-eating contest. He managed 10 bananas in three minutes and three seconds. To save time he also ate the skins. :eek: :sick:
eurgh that made me feel sick just reading it! :sick:
1. In the USA, Christmas did not become a national holiday until 1890. :eek:
2. Native Americans' Totem poles represent family trees the same way as heraldic crests do. :)
3. Chop Suey was invented in new York City, not China. :p
di marco
09-07-2009, 07:55
2. Native Americans' Totem poles represent family trees the same way as heraldic crests do. :)
i learnt that when i went to canada :)
3. Chop Suey was invented in new York City, not China. :p
:eek: i would never have thought that!
1. The custom of serving a slice of lemon with fish dates back to the Middle Ages. It was believed that if a person accidentally swallowed a fish bone, the lemon juice would dissolve it. :p
2. In 1993, Israel's Supreme Court outlawed crocodile wrestling. :banned:
3. Rod Stewart once worked as a grave digger. :)
1. China is the second-largest fast food market after the US. :eek:
2. Attila the Hun was suspected of suffocating from a bloody nose after passing out from alcohol at his stag night. :eek:
3. Dromophobia is a fear of crossing the road.
3. There are more English speaking people living in China than there are in the USA. :eek:
:eek: didnt know that!
I think there's one billion people in China compared to 300million in America.
di marco
10-07-2009, 19:24
3. There are more English speaking people living in China than there are in the USA. :eek:
:eek: didnt know that!
I think there's one billion people in China compared to 300million in America.
yeh i knew there was 1billion people who live in china, but doesnt mean they can speak english, which is why i was shocked that that many could
1. Sweden is employing elks to test the salt used on roads to see which varieties taste the best. Every year dozens of accidents are caused by elks standing on the roads likcing the salt. The Swedish transport ministry now wants to find a type of salt that the animals won't want to eat. :p
2.In 1997, Nike were forced to recall a range of sports shoes that featured a flame-shaped logo because it was offending some Muslims in America. Some claimed that the new logo resembled the word 'Allah' in Arabic script. :eek:
3. Unatractiphobia is a fear of ugly people. :ninja:
1. By the law of averages, you are more likely to be killed by a flying champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. :eek:
2. There is a town in Maryland, USA, called Accident. :cool:
3. The ancient Egyptians ate mustard by tossing the seeds into their mouths while chewing meat. :)
1. The town of La Paz in Bolivia is 12,000 feet above sea level, making it a nearly fireproof city. At that altitude, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere barely supports fire. :cool:
2. Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. :lol:
3. In ancient Rome, parsley wreaths were used to ward off drunkenness. :p
1. Cats can listen for prey by rotating their ears independently. :cool:
2. In Gainesville, Georgia it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork. :eek: :confused:
3. Canadian researchers believe they have produced the world's smallest published book. 'Teeny Ted from Turnip Town' tells the story of a turnip contest, but readers would need an electron microscope to read it. The book measures 0.07mm by 0.10mm, which is smaller than the head of a pin. :eek:
I misread number two and thought it said it was illegal to eat children with a fork.
Pinkbanana
16-07-2009, 20:18
I misread number two and thought it said it was illegal to eat children with a fork.
I think it probably is.... :cool:
1. In 1997, the Aldermen of South Pacere Island in Texas voted to make the wearing of ties illegal. :)
2. In 1998, a burglar stole a collection of more than 400 CDs of Eurovision songs from a house in Kirkstall, Leeds. :p
3. In the Caribbean, there are oysters that can climb trees. :eek:
di marco
17-07-2009, 08:06
3. In the Caribbean, there are oysters that can climb trees. :eek:
:eek: haha that sounds really odd!
1. A jigsaw of 209,250 individual pieces was completed at a jigsaw contest in Taiwan. :eek:
2. A report revealed that one in 20 trainee teachers had failed basic numeracy tests introduced by the Government. :eek:
3. A report claimed that 'dress down days' led to increased absenteeism, tardiness and flirtation. :eek: :D
1. The great pyramids of Egypt stand three miles south of where they were originally built because that is how much the earth's surface has shifted in the last 4,500 years. :eek:
2. The Great Pyramid at Giza was the tallest building in the world until the Eiffel Tower was erected in 1889. :cool:
3. In 1997, C&A withdrew 6,000 pairs of men's pants from sale because the hole was in the wrong place. :lol:
1. If a piece of star the size of a 10p coin landed on earth, it would weigh 100million tons :eek:
2. When high speed trains pass each other, they must slow down or they'll break their windows. :eek:
3. As the weather gets warmer, you might start to feel hotter under your clothes. If you want to avoid excess sweating, wear loose cotton clothes, avoid spicy foods and wear an antiperspirant instead of a deodorant. I never knew that would make a difference :eek:
di marco
22-07-2009, 19:41
3. As the weather gets warmer, you might start to feel hotter under your clothes. If you want to avoid excess sweating, wear loose cotton clothes, avoid spicy foods and wear an antiperspirant instead of a deodorant. I never knew that would make a difference :eek:
yeh an antiperspirant stops the sweat whereas a deodorant just smells nice (i think). thats why you shouldnt keep reapplying antiperspirant too much throughout the day as it clogs the pores up
1. Reports claimed that Russian authorities were reconsidering their definition of lager as a soft drink after concerns about pupils drinking it in their lunch hour. :p
2. A double-decker boat capsised when all 60 passengers rushed to one side to catch sight of a group of nude sunbathers. :lol:
3. 46% of the world's water is in the Pacific Ocean :eek:
1. Apples contain a natural antiseptic that helps keep your breath fresh :D
2. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for trips less than 50 minutes :eek:
3. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card. :)
di marco
24-07-2009, 10:13
2. A double-decker boat capsised when all 60 passengers rushed to one side to catch sight of a group of nude sunbathers. :lol:
haha that made me laugh! :D
di marco
24-07-2009, 10:13
2. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for trips less than 50 minutes :eek:
:eek: omg!
1. Partners who kiss just for the hell of it have eight-times less stress and depression :D
2. A couple living on a flight path to Luton Airport were woken by a two-foot block of ice crashing through their ceiling :eek:
3. A German nightclub said it had reduced violence and doubled its turnover since using naked women as bouncers. :lol:
di marco
27-07-2009, 08:59
2. A couple living on a flight path to Luton Airport were woken by a two-foot block of ice crashing through their ceiling :eek:
the man who lives over the road from us had a block of ice from an aeroplane smash through his car
1. In 2007, one car out of every 230 made was stolen. :eek:
2. in 1682, Louis XIV, known as the Sun King, moved into his new palace of Versailles. It was the largest palace in Europe and had a population of over 2,000. :eek:
3. In 1654, the first toll bridge came into operation in Massachusetts. There was a charge for animals but not for humans. :)
1. A lightning bolt is five time hotter than the sun's surface. :eek: Wonder how they found that out? :hmm:
2. In 1979, in Tehran the minimum age for marriage was reduced to 13 for boys and 15 for girls. :eek:
3. In 1934, a 14 pound pearl was taken from a giant clam in the Philippines. :eek:
1. In 1997, Terry Burrows became a world record-breaking window cleaner, cleaning three windows in 18.46 seconds. :eek:
2. In 1999, all 500 locks at Whitemore high security prison were changed after a wooden copy of the master key was found in the cell of an inmate known as 'The Locksmith'. :lol:
3. In 2003, thousands of worms that had been on board the space shuttle Columbia - which disintegrated on its re-entry to Earth earlier that year - were found alive in the wreckage. :eek:
I wonder if the window cleaner did a good job?
1. Going for a romantic meal can be a great way to spend a first date. And research shows you can learn a lot about your potential partner's personality by what they order. If they order bland flavours or overeat, they're likely to be a worrier. But if they order something spicy or exotic they're probably a thrill seeker. Now you know :D
2. Skepticisms is the longest word to type that encourages you to alternate your hands. :)
3. In 2001, it was alleged that cows were producing less ceam in their milk. It was apparently because they were feeling miserable in the rainy weather :lol:
1. Rats can survive without water longer than camels. :eek:
2. A litre of vinegar is heavier in winter than in summer. :confused:
3. Great Danes were first bred in Germany and have nothing to do with Denmark, except for their English names. :cool:
1. In 2001, a New York hunter who shot two hikers claimed he had mistaken them for turkeys :confused:
2. In 2001, a South African newspaper offered free burials to anyone taking out a subscription for life. :)
3. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys chewing gum. :p
1. A 15-year-old schoolgirl who stopped an out-of-control school bus was given a detention because she was skipping school at the time. The girl from Monterey was on the bus with 40 other students when the driver fell out of her seat and hit her head. The schoolgirl jumped up and applied the brakes, bringing the bus to a halt. :eek:
2. In 2000, it was reported that two Romanians had been rescued after they attempted to cross the English Channel with a road map. Coastguards retrieved them and their black labrador. :thumbsup:
3. Over 2,500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people. :eek:
1. A 15-year-old schoolgirl who stopped an out-of-control school bus was given a detention because she was skipping school at the time. The girl from Monterey was on the bus with 40 other students when the driver fell out of her seat and hit her head. The schoolgirl jumped up and applied the brakes, bringing the bus to a halt. :eek:
That's a lot of kids skipping school :hmm:
I think that she used the school bus but did not go into school that day, I don't think that the other 40 students were skipping school too :)
1. In 1956, the Health Minister refused to back an anti-smoking campaign because he wasn't convinced it was harmful. :banned:
2. In 1980, Paul Geidel was freed from a New York prison after a record 68 years and eight months.:eek:
3. In 1987, the Monster Raving Loony Party gained its first local government seat in Ashburton, Devon. Loony policies included the privatisation of hot air from the House of Commons to heat half the homes in Britain. In 1996 odds of 15 million to one were offered on Screaming Lord Sutch becoming Prime Minister. These were greater odds than for Elvis crashing a UFO into the Loch Ness Monster. :rotfl:
3. In 1987, the Monster Raving Loony Party gained its first local government seat in Ashburton, Devon. Loony policies included the privatisation of hot air from the House of Commons to heat half the homes in Britain. In 1996 odds of 15 million to one were offered on Screaming Lord Sutch becoming Prime Minister. These were greater odds than for Elvis crashing a UFO into the Loch Ness Monster. :rotfl:
These odds are quite similar to those of winning the national lottery :p
1. We never wear around 70% of the clothes we own :eek:
2. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour :eek:
3. In 2000, a postman who was bitten in the genitals by a dog had been awarded £4,750 in compensation :cartman:
1. In 1999, four volunteers agreed to be locked in a room, armed with only a credit card and the internet to feed, clothe and entertain themselves for 100 hours. :)
2. In 2002, the most devoted fan of 'Cats' was unveiled. 71-year-old Bob Martin had seen the hit musical 795 times. He spent £20,000 and clocked up 51,675 miles travelling from his Hampshire home to the New London Theatre once a week for 14 years. :eek:
3. In 2002, Pepsi unveiled its latest weapon in the cola wars - a bright blue version of the fizzy drink. The 'berry cola fusion' took nine months to develop and was launched to rival Coca-Cola's new vanilla version. I have never seen the blue Pepsi but quite like the vanilla Coca Cola
1. In 2000, it was reported that a 16-year-old school boy was the youngest person to be fitted with a meal heart. However, a single raindrop could short circuit it and kill him. :eek:
2. Dr John Pemberton first sold his secret elixir formula for medical purposes at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta. The formula went on to become Coca Cola. :)
3. If you want an instant pick-me-up after a heavy night out, reach for a juicy apple. Their cleansing properties help you fell fresh and ready to face the day, so keep one by your bed ready for the next morning. :D
1. In 1812, the waltz was introduced to Britain ans was condemned as immoral. :banned:
2. In 2003, Tony Blair topped a poll of the Worst Britons, followed by Jordan and Margaret Thatcher. :eek:
3. The electric chair was invented by a dentist :D
1. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. :cool:
2. Two Polish bank robbers collapsed choking after they tried to use pepper spray on a cashier in front of an air conditioning unit. The wind blew the spray straight back over the pair of thieves who then staggered from the bank empty handed. Police did not find the failed criminals. :lol:
3. If your body is aching and your muscles stiffen up after a heavy workout at teh gym, try eating some fresh pineapple because it helps the body to repair itself and heal strains. :cool:
3. If your body is aching and your muscles stiffen up after a heavy workout at teh gym, try eating some fresh pineapple because it helps the body to repair itself and heal strains. :cool:
I will give that a try and see if it works.. I am starting a new dance class on Monday
Let us know whether it works or not please :)
Let us know whether it works or not please :)
I assume you take it next morning when you are in pain or right after workout to stop the pain?? I will give it a go and let you know if it works
Try both, after workout and a bit for breakfast :)
1. In 2000, a baby girl named Astha was chosed to mark the billionth baby in India. Her birth meant the country joined China as the only nation to exceed the billion mark for population. :eek:
2. In 2003, a student lost his driving licence after drink-driving a scooter wearing just a thong and fluffy tiger slippers, with 'kiss this' written on his bottom in lipstick. :rotfl: This is not meant to entice anybody on here to do the same :nono:
3. In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Ohio.
1. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night. :eek:
2. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone. :eek:
3. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming one tenth of a calorie. :p
1. In 1878, the trademark for Vaseline was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough. He was said to have eaten a spoonful every day. :sick: :eek:
2. In 1985, the first McDonald's restaurant, in Illimois, became the first museum of fast food. :p
3. In 1996, a German tourist was thrown off his flight home from Brazil for smelling too bad. :eek:
1. A Staffordshire couple had their baby christened in a pub because they didn't want a church service. The venue used was called The Polite Vicar. :D
2. The human thigh bone is stronger than concrete. :eek:
3. In 1808, a duel was fought from two hot-air balloons over Paris. :eek:
1. In Brussels, two men had been stealing mobile phones from beautiful women and demanded a kiss before they would return them. :p
2. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. :cool:
3. The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is more than 9,000 year old. The ancient equivalent of a Wrigley's Spearmint has been prised from the ground by a British archaeology student digging in Finland. The lump of birch bark tar dates back to Neolithic times and comes complete with Stone Age tooth prints. :eek: I guess it has lost its minty flavour by now though :D
1. The first wheel clamps were introduced in Britain. They were adopted by Kensington, Chelsea and Westmister councils in London. :angry:
2. In 2001, a law firm specialising in divorces caused outrage by putting posters in clubs and bars encouraging people to dump their useless other halves. :rotfl:
3. In 1934, female players were allowed to wear shorts at Wimbledon for the first time. :ninja:
1. More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. :p
2. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for three hours. :thumbsup:
3. A Russian police station had to be evacuated after an elderly woman walked in with a handbag filled with hand grenades. She wanted to get rid of some of the weapons that her late husband had kept under their bed. :eek:
1. Bill Clinton objected to being placed 53rd in a list of the century's top news stories. He particularly objectd to being placed after the invention of plastic, saying: "I don't recall a year of 24-hour-a-day saturation coverage on the miracle of plastic". :cartman:
2. In 1988, the first gathering of alien abductees took place in Boston. :ninja:
3. Fulham Football Club was formed by two clergymen looking for something to entertain the congretation and is the only club in Britain to have been managed by two different men with the same name. Bill Dodgins Snr and Bill Dodgins Jnr have both been in charge of the club.
1. More Monopoly money is printed in a year than real money :eek:
2. In 2000, it was announced that Charles Darwin would replace Charles Dickens on the £10 note because his bushier beard made it harder to forge. :thumbsup:
3. Nose prints are used to identify dogs. :cool:
1. Rice paper doesn't have any rice in it. :p
2. A woman from Brisbane saved her kitten from a python by punching it repeatedly. The 58-year-old broke her wrist and suffered two snakebites in the process but eventually managed to get her cat out of its jaws. Only a few days before the same snake had killed another one of her kittens. :eek:
3. The onion is named after a Latin word meaning 'large pearl' :)
1. In 1310, shoes were made specifically for left and right feet for the first time. :eek:
2. In 1959, Guy Trebert was arrested in Paris. He was the first criminal caught through the use of an identikit picture. :ninja:
3. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries :eek:
1. In 1923, the International Congress of Dancing Masters condemned the foxtrot and the tango. :eek:
2. The average adult sweats up to four gallons of fluid a day. :sick:
3. In 2005, the Chinese Government banned restaurants from serving food on the bodies of naked women, criticising the practice as both unhygienic and an infringement of women's rights. :banned:
2. The average adult sweats up to four gallons of fluid a day. :sick:
Where does it go? :eek:
I would rather not think about that but I guess it is perspiration we are not really aware of and it goes into the clothes.
1. In 1959, Alabama authorities banned a children's book that promoted interracial marriages between rabbits. :confused: :eek:
2. In 2001, 'buttock clenching' was hailed as the next big thing to combat stress. :moonie:
3. In 2002, a survey showed that the average British man had sex twice a week and each session lasted three minutes and one second. The average British man's penis measured seven inches when aroused and Mr Average owned 16 pairs of underpants and 22 pairs of socks. :D
1. In 2001, an American company started selling 'Invisible Him' toys in Britain. The package cost £1.99 and was completely empty. :eek: I don't tremember them :hmm:
2. A duck's quack doesn't echo. :searchme:
3. Butterflies taste with their feet. :p
1. A man from China who won a Miss Universe awards says he's stuck between genders after his plastic surgeon went bankrupt. The 27-year-old says he finds it difficult to find work because he can't confirm which gender he is. :eek:
2. In 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush. A crowd gathered to see them but they were held back by an undertaker squirting embalming fluid. :sick:
3. A Taiwanese man hired a stripper to dance at his father's funeral. The erotic dancer performed in front of the 103-year-old's coffin for more than 10 minutes for £80. The doting son had promised his father a stripper for his funeral if he lived beyond 100-years-old. :moonie:
1. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. :cool:
2. A woman from Kansas refused to get off her boyfriend's toilet for two years. Her partner brought her food and water every day and asked if she was ever coming out of the bathroom. The 35-year-old initially refused but was convinced to do so by police. :eek:
3. Hippos kill more people every year than sharks do. When hippos are angry they secrete a red liquid so it appears they are sweating blood. :eek:
1. A snail can sleep for three years :eek:
2. Polar bears are left handed :cool:
3. Pearls melt in vinegar :)
1. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs :ninja:
2. The bubles in Guiness Beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top :p
3. There is a city called Rome on every continent. :cool:
1. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs :ninja:
Did you know that the average hair count depends on what colour hair you have the the shape of the follicles? 100,000 is about right but red heads have less.
So how many has your scalp? :)
It's far too early to get scientific on my day off :lol: Suffice to say, I have red/brown hair so not as many as the typical blonde.
1. When Pablo Picasso was por he kept warm by burning his own paintings. :eek:
2. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. :p
3. In 2003 Indian twin sisters Kali Bi Sheikh and Batul B Sheikh died on the same day on 29th May. They were also married on the same day, they died at the age of 114 and left 125 grandchildren and great-grandchildren between them. :eek:
1. In 1998, Michael and Kim Blake of Stowmarket in Suffolk had their lawn stolen :hmm:
2. In 2001, a survey revealed that one in three Britons would turn away Chris Evans and Posh Spice if they needed a bed for the night. :cartman:
3. In 2001, rail chiefs warned of possible train delays in the summer because of 'sunshine on the line'. :confused: :eek:
1. Oak trees don't grow acorns until they're 50-years-old or older. :eek:
2. Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do :p
3. Russian vodka-makers have designed a special woman's version of the drink which can be sipped with salad after a work-out at the gym. The inventor of the lady-vodka believes that is is no more harmful for women than eating chocolate. This glamorous product is a best seller in Russia but doctors are concerned it will cause a new wave of female alcoholics. :D I so could do with one of them NOW :lol:
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2. Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do :p
That's probably true. If I'm checking out, I'll put the towels in the bath and put the rubbish in the bin but I don't bother with anything else. The hotel are paying someone to clean the room after I leave, there's no point me wasting my time making the bed and cleaning the bathroom.
1. In 1999, a six-year-old boy broke the world record by catching a rainbow trout weighing 19lb 14oz. :eek:
2. Clark Gable used to shower more than four times a day :eek:
3. Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created specially for Ronald Reagan. :p
1. On 31 May 1927 the last Model T Ford rolled off the production line. Ford had less success with its model the Punto when they released it in Brazil. Apparently nobody had told them that Punto is Portuguese for 'small male genitals'. :p
2. In 1995, six people were killed in Egypt after jumping into a well to save a chicken. :eek:
3. In 1964, eleven boys were suspended at a school in Coventry for having Mick Jagger haircuts. :eek:
1. In 2000, the 'impossible' Eternity puzzle was solved by an unemployed mathematician - he won the £1 million prize and the inventor had to sell his home to pay it. :eek:
2. A litre of vinegar is heavier in winter than in summer. :cool:
3. A snail's teeth are arranged in rows along its tongue like the edge of a saw. When it eats the snail cuts through its food using this serrated tongue. :p
1. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. :crying:
2. A pregnant goldfish is called a 'twit'. :lol:
3. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. :p
1. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. :eek:
2. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. :D
3. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. :p
3. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. :p
I must try this, whenever I get a chance to have champagne
1. Over 95% of fifteen-year-olds have already developed some decay in their permanent teeth. :eek:
2. Oaks and Poplars are struck by lightning more frequently than any other trees in England. :searchme:
3. In Spain you must always place your right foot in a boat before your left. To step in the other way is to incur almost certain disaster. :p
1. Over 95% of fifteen-year-olds have already developed some decay in their permanent teeth. :eek:
Neither of my boys, (15 and nearly 18) have any fillings, they have perfect teeth. No fizzy drinks :rolleyes:
2. Oaks and Poplars are struck by lightning more frequently than any other trees in England. :searchme:
Tallest trees? Or perhaps most common?
1. Ludwig van Beethoven believed that his brain was timulated if he poured ice cold water over his head while he was working :eek:
2. If you have an I.Q. of 180 or over you are literally one person in a million. :cool:
3. The planet Uranus was originally named after George III 'Georgium Sidum'. It was not named after the Roman god until 1850. :)
1. The daily outflow of the Amazon would be enough to supply the USA with two hundred times its daily municipal water requirement.
2. Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.
3. Teflon is the most slippery substance in the world.
1. Ancient Chinese belief held that sperm came from the brain. :hmm: Does this confirm the rumour that some men think with their privates instead of their head?
2. The USA had no national anthem until 1931. :nono:
3. Some of the dams built by beavers are as much as fifteen metres long. :eek:
1. The first man to be imprisoned for a traffic offence was ironically the first motorist Nicholas Cugnot, who drove his steam-powered tractor into a stone wall, at the top speed of six and a half kilometres an hour. :wall:
2. You can make up for a deficiency in vitamin A by eating young dandelions. :p
3. One psychological study has revealed that women talk about men three times as often as men talk about women. :D
1. If your hair should suddelny stand on end for no apparent reason, there is a strong likelihood that you are about to be struck by lightning. :eek:
2. You can tell a fish's age by counting the rings on its scales in the same way that you can estimate the age of a tree by counting the rings in the trunk. :cool:
3. Gambling dens in 18th century England employed one man with the sole responsibility of swallowing the dice if ever there was a raid. :eek:
1. Among the sports considered to be unsuitable for Sunday recreation during the reign of James I were bear-baiting, short plays and mines and bowling. :eek:
2. Only one quarter of the amount of plants grow on land each year as grow in the ocean. :eek:
3. Crows are able to distinguish a man with a gun from one without. I wonder how the found that out? :hmm:
1. Pink elephants are not only products of alcoholic indulgence. In the Tsavo region of Kenya the elephants bathe in pink mud which dries on them when they leave the mud pools. :cool:
2. The Royal Mint only produced four pennies in 1933. :eek:
3. Benjamin Hall, the eighteenth century politician, weighed 158 kilograms, which explains why the bell named after him is called Big Ben. :p
1. Cleopatra's Needle in London has no connection with that Egyptian ruler except for the name. It was erected in Egypt more than 1,400 years before Cleopatra's birth :cool:
2. Piano keys are generally made from the wood of the Hornbeam.
3. The redwood tree has fireproof bark.
1. Domestic cats spend only one third of their lives awake, compared with their owners who spend only one third of their lives asleep. :)
2. Saudi Arabia imports sand from Scotland and camels from North Africa. :p
3. The worst tornado ever recorded hurtled over Texas at a speed only slightly slower than the official World Water Speed Record, 464.45 km/h :eek:
1. The sun burns 240,000,000 tonnes of hydrogen dust every minute. :eek:
2. Ducks only lay eggs early in the morning. :p
3. The first 'guinea-pigs' to undergo smallpox vaccination in England were seven eighteenth century criminals. As a reward they were pardoned - after their recovery. :D
1. The world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls in Venezuela, is over twice as high as the world's tallest building, the Sears Tower in Chicago.
2. A fish's heart has two chambers.
3. Cabinet makers used to use shark skin as fine grade 'sandpaper'.
1. Bungalows are named after the Hindi word 'bangla' which means 'belonging to Bengal'.
2. Accordint to ancient Moslem tradition Eve ate a fig in the garden of Eden, not an apple. In fact there is no reference in the Bible to an apple either.
3. The sailfish can swim faster than a horse can gallop.
1. The so-called whalebone that was used to restrain corpulent female figures in the past was in fact baleen, a flexible substance in the whale's mouth.
2. Napoleon Bonaparte designed the Italian flag.
3. In one of his portraits of Charles I Van Dyck painted the king wearing his full armour and carrying two gauntlets, both for his right hand
annette_tr9
19-01-2010, 23:56
1. two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left..........
2. i used to be indecisve but now i'm not so sure
3. why do today what you can put off for another week
:rotfl: Really like these, especially the second one.
1. two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left..........
2. i used to be indecisve but now i'm not so sure
3. why do today what you can put off for another week
In response to no. 1 I have this for you:
Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year,
the Wongs have a new baby.
The nurse brings out a lovely, healthy, bouncy,
but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.
'Congratulations,' says the nurse to the new parents...
'Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby?'
The puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says,
'Well, two Wong's don't make a white,
so I think we will name him...
Are you ready for this?
Sum Ting Wong
1. Crickets hear through their knees, cicadas hear thorugh their stomachs :eek:
2. In strict medical terms, morons are more intelligent than imbeciles, who in turn are more intelligent than idiots.
3. A law in the state of Ohio, USA requires domestic animals that are out after lighting-up time to wear taillights. :confused: How are they going to manage that?
2. In strict medical terms, morons are more intelligent than imbeciles, who in turn are more intelligent than idiots.
3. A law in the state of Ohio, USA requires domestic animals that are out after lighting-up time to wear taillights. :confused: How are they going to manage that?
for 2: where do blonds rake in this list :lol:
and 3: I can only think of one place to stick a tailight on animals and I would hate to be the one to enforce this
:rotfl: to the blonde question lol
1. The dollar sign is a modified version of the figure eight which used to be stamped on the old Spanish 'pieces of eight'. :)
2. Spain is named after the Carthaginian word meaning 'land of rabbits'. :D
3, Women of the Asian Kirghiz tribe face instand divorce if they dare to mention their husbands' names. :eek:
1. Research has shown that a dog wagging his tail more to the left is more friendly :searchme: Is that before he bites you or after?
2. Research has shown that cat owners are more intelligent than dog owners. :eek: Don't shoot the messenger, it's what I heard on the radio this morning
3. Nelson suffered from severe sea-sickness throughout most of his life. :sick:
1. 1 in 5 people want to spend Valentines Day with their pet :D
2. It is said that Queen Victoria wore a new pair of bloomers every day :eek:
3. The Belgian state airline Sabena was originally called 'Societe Anonyme pour l'Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne' :eek:
1. 1 in 5 people want to spend Valentines Day with their pet :D
I'm quite happy to do that :D
1. Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel
more alert. :)
2. The world record for the number of body piercings on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat. :eek:
3. The slowest growing finger nail is on the thumb nail and the fastest growing is the finger nail on the middle finger.
1. The Old Faithful geyser in the Yellowstone National Park in the USA shoots boiling water into the air every hour. :eek:
2. Our muscles only work in one way, by pulling. They never push. :cool:
3. A man weighing 68 kg would require a breastbone 2 metres long to hold all the muscles for powering a pair of wings that could lift him off the ground. :eek:
1. Nothing female is allowed on to the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, which is inhabited exclusively by monks. :nono:
2. Nearly half the heat which your body loses i s lost through the top of your head. :p
3.Every corpse in New Orleans has to be buried in a mausoleum because the ground is too damp for normal internment. :eek:
1. Kangaroos can't pass gas. They convert the small quantity
of methane they produce into an energy source which their
body reuses.
2. It is believed that laughter is an ancient behavior, and
that the physical act of laughter is generated by a
mechanism that modifies respiration: this enables the
"ha-ha" sound.
3. In 1990 there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner related
accidents in the US
1. The game Monopoly was once very popular in Cuba; however, Fidel Castro ordered that all games be destroyed. :(
2. Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted
malaria and yellow fever. :eek:
3. Corned beef got its name because this beef was preserved with pellets of salt that were the size of corn kernels, which was
also referred to as "corns" of salt. :p
1. Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour :eek:
2. Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant female polar bears do. :)
3. The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half. :eek:
1. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable." :)
2. The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea :eek:
3. Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years :D
1. The Flintstones cartoon was the first thirty-minute cartoon to be aired during prime time. :p
2. The only South East Asian country that has never been colonized by a Western Power is Thailand. :ninja:
3. Emus cannot walk backwards. :eek:
1. The cross bow was invented by the Chinese and records of its usage goes back to as far as the Three Kingdom Period
(220 a.d.-280 a.d.). :ninja:
2. One-third of a pound of broccoli contains more vitamin C than 204 apples :p
3. Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he
received to charity during the 47 years he was in government :thumbsup:
1. A Canadian Tour company offers a two-day course in igloo building. :cool:
2. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles. :eek:
3. The word Spain means "the land of rabbits." :p
Poor Vincent Van Gogh had a tough life :(
1. The reason why the Mexican sombrero hat is so wide is to provide shade for the entire body. :cool:
2. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months. :cartman:
3. Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste, is made from recycled tin. :eek:
*** Today In History
1809 - Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day)
1960 - Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space
1993 - An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
2003 - Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
2. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months. :cartman:
I wonder how many miles the average bill travels in its lifetime.
3 Facts For The Day
1. Smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory.:thumbsup:
2. Sushi was created in the 4th century BC in China, not Japan as many believe. Sushi was originally a means of
preserving fish. :ninja:
3. Kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony can be traced to ancient Roman tradition where a kiss was used
to sign contract. :love:
*** Today In History
1835 - George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Deimos
1960 - Chad gains independence from France
1965 - Watts riots begin in LA last 6 days
2003 - A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44°C), leaving about 144 people dead.
2009 - A new species of a giant carnivorous plant, Nepethes attenboroughii, is discovered in the central
Phillipines highlands
1. Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste. :cool:
2. In 1907, for an ad campaign, women were offered a free box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes cereal for winking at the
grocer. At the time, the company was called the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. :) :cartman:
3. In 1890, Pepsi-Cola was invented by Caleb Bradham and was originally called "Brad's Drink." :)
1. Paper currency is covered with germs and may play a role iin the transmission of potentially harmful organisms. In
one study, 94% of bills tested were contaminated with bacteria known to cause illness. :sick:
2. Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored
with chili peppers. :eek:
3. Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933. :)
1. Sushi was not originally prepared as a delicacy, but as a form of preserving fish. Salted fish was kept in
fermented rice for several years to help preserve the fish and make it more portable.
2. A ham was a term given to an actor of low grade around 1875. The term is derived from the used of pig fat, which
actors used instead of cold cream to remove makeup.
3. The hippo's yawn is not a sign of sleepiness or boredom but is actually a threat gesture, displaying long, thick,
razor-sharp canine teeth, or tusks, with which it is capable of biting a small boat in half. :eek:
1. Some sea snails produce sulfuric acid, the most potent of acids, which they use for dissolving the shells of the
clams on which they feed.
2. There can be as much as 150-thousand tons of water inside a cumulonimbus cloud. That's enough to fill a pond
a mile long, 300 feet wide and five feet deep.
3. In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to
the word death.
1. In 1986, a Russian submarine almost launched a nuclear attack on the U.S. when its radar erroneously identified
an arctic seal as an incoming torpedo.
2. Studies show that couples that smoke during the time of conception have a higher chance of having a girl compared
to couples that do not smoke.
3. In the United States, you are more likely to be killed by a bee sting than a shark attack.
1. In the 19th century, it was common practice for a Japanese woman to dye their teeth black. They believed
that this enhanced sex appeal and maintained healthier teeth.
2. Thursday is named after the old Nordic god, Thor. He made thunder when traveling across the skies in his chariot
pulled by male goats. They would run so fast that their hooves created sparks of lightening.
3. Lightning typically has a temperature of about 30,000degrees centigrade (five times hotter than the surface of
the sun!)
1. Weird wedding ritual - Movie star Joan Crawford would change over all the toilet seats in her house whenever
she married a new husband. She married 4 times :)
2. In August 1999, Lori Lynn Lomeli set a record by spinning 82 Hula Hoops at the same time for three full
revolutions. :eek:
3. In Empire, California, 400+ copies of Red Riding Hood were removed from classrooms because this classic version
recounts that the little girl took a bottle of wine to her grandmother. :rolleyes:
1. A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine :eek:
2. The words "abstemioius," and "facetious" both have all the five vowels in them in order :cool:
3. French soldiers during World War I had the nickname "poilu" which translates to "hairy one." :ninja:
1. Pepsi became the first foreign consumer product to be sold in the Soviet Union. :cool:
2. Ken doll was named after the son of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler. :cartman:
3. Nearly half the heat which your body loses is lost through the top of your head. :ninja:
1. The melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature -- which is why it literally melts in
your mouth. :D
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. :cool:
3. Bamboo, the world's tallest grass, has been recorded as growing as high as 130 feet. This plant has also been
known to grow up to 4 feet in a 24 hr. period! :eek:
1. Mexico City boasts the world's largest taxi fleet with over sixty thousand taxis running every day.
2. Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of
philosophy at Purdue University.
3. In 1926, women were banned from competing in marathons because it was believed it caused infertility.
1. It's against the law to leave your house in Thailand if you're not wearing underwear.
2. Centuries ago in India, a person could get their nose chopped off for breaking the law.
3. Citronella, Catnip, Rosemary and Marigolds are 4 plants that will keep mosquitoes away and every plant in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA is edible.
1. The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
2. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of
Liberty in New York Harbour.
3. In Hershey, Pennsylvania, the streetlights along "Chocolate Avenue" are in the shape of Hershey Kisses.
1. The first modern dishwashing machine was invented by wealthy American socialite Josephine Cochrane in 1886.
She invented it so her servants would stop chipping her china.
2. There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world.
3. The titan arum flower is the largest flower in the world and gives off a horrible odor that smells like rotting
flesh when it blooms.
1. "Hello" wasn't always the first thing said over the phone. The first operating phone service was esatblished
in 1878 and the formal greeting back then was "ahoy"
2. The Jalapeno pepper was named after the town of Jalapa in Mexico, but it is no longer commercially grown there.
3. China is the world's oldest known continuous civilization.
1. Stinky shoes can be used to treat an epilepsy. In temporal seizures with secondary generalization, strong
olfactory stimuli can halt the progress of a seizure.
2. People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.
3. Clinical lycanthropy is the very rare psychological disorder in which a person believes they have been
transformed into an animal.
1. Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss. Some scholars speculate this
preference starts in the womb.
2. People with darker skin will not wrinkle as fast as people with lighter skin.
3. Each day 400 gallons of recycled blood are pumped through the kidneys.
1. The parachute was invented before the airplane. :cool:
2. The most recycled product in the world is the automobile. :thumbsup:
3. The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed
13,000,000 lbs. :eek:
1. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery.
2. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were seventh cousins.
3. If colouring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
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