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1A Japanese bikini model has been cleared of property destruction charges after a court heard how her large breasts meant she couldn't have commiteed the crime. The woman was convicted of kicking a hole in a man's door and crawling inside, because she was supposedly angry that he was with another woman. But the judge ruled she couldn't have possibly have made it through the gap.
2The biggest volcano in the world is Maund Load in Hawaii.
3A good samaritan from China who pulled a drowning boy out of a pond found out he was the son of a man he had rescued from the same water 20 years before. The 58-year old couldn't believe the coincidence and said he was happy to save two generations from the same family.
Abigail, what has happened to House? :eek: One trip to the US and you have fallen out with him? :lol:
#3 is vert freaky
#1 is just funny :lol:
Abigail, what has happened to House? :eek: One trip to the US and you have fallen out with him? :lol:
I watched three weeks worth of Home and Away and my already growing obsession for Aden suddenly exploded and I had to have a banner and avatar to drool over when I'm on here :lol:
Three weeks without House kinda ended my obsession :lol: I still watch House but I realise now that he's waaay too old for me.
Three weeks without House kinda ended my obsession :lol: I still watch House but I realise now that he's waaay too old for me.
I never though Id hear you say that :eek:
Three weeks without House kinda ended my obsession :lol: I still watch House but I realise now that he's waaay too old for me.
I never though Id hear you say that :eek:
Neither did I. I must have been on something for all those months that I was obsessed with him :rotfl:
Have you got some more facts Perdita? (Trying to get back on topic :p)
Tomorrow, hun, the thread is called 3 facts/stories of the day. I need you all waiting for more with baited breaths :lol:
Oh yeah, three per day, my memory isn't what it used to be :lol:
1. Stonehenge is estimated to be 1,500 years older than Rome's Colosseum.
2. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' cloakroom in the ancestral castle of Blenheim.
3.An American woman has been jailed for six days because her library books were overdue. She was given a £165 find for not returning items to the library. She had to remain in jail for six days.
1. Stonehenge is estimated to be 1,500 years older than Rome's Colosseum.
just wanted to add an Irish fact to this :
Newgrange was originally built between c.3300-2900 BC, which means that it is over 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dating),[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange#cite_note-1) it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza) in Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt), and predates Stonehenge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge) trilithons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilithon) by about 1,000 years
1. Stonehenge is estimated to be 1,500 years older than Rome's Colosseum.
That's amazing considering the state of the Colosseum.
1. A Chinese man is suing for divorce after discovering he is the father of only one of his twins. The man said he noticed the difference between the babies the day they were born, as one was substantially bigger than the other. He became suspicious when the smaller baby turned out to have a different blood type - along with the fact that it didn't look like him. After having his own and the two babies DNA tested he discovered that he was the biological father of only the bigger twin.
2. An average person visit the toilet 2,500 times a year.
3. A Cambodian boy refuses to go to bed without his beloved pet - a six-metre Burmese python. The snake first slithered into the village six years ago when she was just 20 inches long and the boy was three months old. His parents tried to return it to the forest three times but she kept coming back, and would be found lying next to the child. The unlikely pair have now slept together every night for the past six years.
1. That's incredibly rare for a woman to carry two babies at the same time that have different fathers.
3. :sick: I don't like reptiles.
You spend abut three years of your life in the toilet.
The world's longest continuous fence runs through central Queensland for 5,531 kilometres. It's designed to keep sheep safe from dingoes.
A barber in China has set a world record by cutting a customer's hair with 10 pairs of scissors simultaneously. The 41-year-old demonstrated his stunt in a television studio with hundreds of people, and Guinness officials, in the audience. The barber managed the hairdressing feat in less than three minutes and says he started practicing the stunt to try to cope with the number of customers coming to his shop.
Because I did not give you 3 facts last Friday (sorry), here are some more today:
If your tiny tearaway is having difficulty doing their sums, tell them to wave their hands in the air. New research has shown that gesturing can help youngsters solve mathematical problems, and kids who use their hands more can solve one-and-a-half times more sums than children who kept still.
In 1885 Gunnar Gavelin rode into Moscow on his pet pig. He had set out from Stockholm a month earlier in an effort to win a bet. :eek:
The first member of the British roayl family ever to leave home for a haircut was Queen Elizabeth II.
A barber in China has set a world record by cutting a customer's hair with 10 pairs of scissors simultaneously. The 41-year-old demonstrated his stunt in a television studio with hundreds of people, and Guinness officials, in the audience. The barber managed the hairdressing feat in less than three minutes and says he started practicing the stunt to try to cope with the number of customers coming to his shop.
How did he manage that?
In 1885 Gunnar Gavelin rode into Moscow on his pet pig. He had set out from Stockholm a month earlier in an effort to win a bet. :eek:
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Can't imagine that was a comfy ride :rotfl:
1. Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
2. California has issued at least six drivers licenses to people named
Jesus Christ
3. Four out of the 10 best universities in the world are in Britain, according to
new league tables. Oxford and Cambridge are both in joint second place
behind Harvard, and Imperial College London jumped four places up to fifth
position. University College London rose to ninth position from 25th last
year, which is the biggest improvement on the chart.
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'. :lol:
2. 'Jedi' is and official religion with over 70,000 followers in Australia.
3. All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise except Venus.
di marco
23-07-2008, 18:39
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'. :lol:
haha! although who would then carry the bags lol?!
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. :eek:
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
24-07-2008, 15:00
#1 . Bet he had a bit of headache in the morning...
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. :eek:
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. :eek:
More when I am back from my hols :D
23 year barbers strike? :eek:
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. :eek:
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 :lol: )
3. A group of crows is called a murder.
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 :lol: )
di marco
04-09-2008, 09:12
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 :lol: )
haha that ones funny! thanks for these
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'. :eek:
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.
$10m for walking home naked? :ekk: That's way too much.
$10m for walking home naked? :ekk: That's way too much.
She was in her underwear, mind you, depends on the state of that :lol:
Pinkbanana
06-09-2008, 21:11
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 :lol: )
Thanks, I'll keep that info in mind when I go for a run along the beach tomorrow (weather permitting)!! :thumbsup: lol
1. More than 163 million cups of tea are drunk every day in Britain.
2. The sandwich is the most eaten convenience food in the world.
3. A man admitted robbing a store in Port Glasgow and assaulting two shop assistants with a piece of wood. He also apologies to the court for stripping naked and putting his glasses on his manhood in protest at not being able to pick his own defence counsel. Were they clear glasses or tinted glasses, I wonder? :lol:
3. A man admitted robbing a store in Port Glasgow and assaulting two shop assistants with a piece of wood. He also apologies to the court for stripping naked and putting his glasses on his manhood in protest at not being able to pick his own defence counsel. Were they clear glasses or tinted glasses, I wonder? :lol:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: That's so funny. Wish I'd been there to see that.
1. An Arizona study into obesity discovered a 55-year-old athlete who weighted 260 pounds. 5'8" Dave Alexander admitted he was overweight, but it had not stopped him competing in 276 triathlons since 1983. :eek:
2. An Italian sweet shop owner has been fined after making chocolate copies of a local porn star's biggest asset. Police told the confectioner to melt down the chocolate version of the actor's manhood, after receiving numerous complaints from passers-bys with children. The woman was fined £150 for promoting indecency but said she only did it to get one up over her rival's displays. :lol:
3. A chimpanzee can learn to recognise itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
Number two is funny :lol:
1. An Australian football fan's tattoo tribute to his team went horribly wrong when the tattooist got the words 'day' and 'gay' mixed up. The man wanted a permanent reminder of his team's AFL triumph and decided to get a tattoo done on a celebratory trip to Thailand. But instead of writing 'Day Premiers 2007' the Thai tattooist wrote 'Gay Premiers 2007'. The man's instructions for each arm were also taken literally as he now has 'left arm' and 'right arm' tattooed on the appropriate limb, after he wrote down exactly what he wanted under headlines stating 'left arm' and 'right arm'.
2. A starfish can turn itself inside out.
3. Every day 20 banks are robbed. :eek:
Number one is random :lol:
1. In 1988 Schipol Airport in Amsterdam opened a special departure lounge for cows :eek:
2. A new way of reading horoscopes was discovered in China - astrologists produced horoscopes by reading the lines on the buttocks. :lol:
3. A woman spent a nightmarish flight from Scandinavia to the US stuck in the toilet bowl after being dragged into the bowl by the high-pressure vacuum flushing mechanism. :eek:
Departure lounge for cows? :confused: Why do they need their own? Random...
1. Kiwis are the only bird that hunt by smell. :eek:
2. In 2004, police in Montenegro were hunting a teenage gunman who burst into a school staffroom and forced the teachers to give all students top marks. :lol:
3. In 2001, authorities in Lima came up with a novel scheme to stop people dumping rubbish on the streets. Local leaders painted images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary on walls along some of the worst streets.
di marco
16-09-2008, 17:05
3. In 2001, authorities in Lima came up with a novel scheme to stop people dumping rubbish on the streets. Local leaders painted images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary on walls along some of the worst streets.
are they religious in lima then? cos i dont think it would make a difference here lol!
1. In 2001, Stuart Collins from Lewes was sentenced to community service after admitting robbery. He'd tried to rent the film 'Gladiator' from his local video shop and when he discovered it hadn't been returned, he went round to the house of the last person to have it and stole the film, TV and the video recorder. :lol:
2. A survey of fatal heart attacks in Japan showed that 80% of victims died during extra-marital sex and a third of them were drunk. :eek:
3. 28 barbers in Afghanistan were arrested after giving people haircuts in the style worn by Leonardo Di Caprio in the film 'Titanic'. :lol:
1. An ergasiophobe is someone who is afraid of work.
2. You use 200 muscles to take one step.
3. A couple were driving back to their hotel in Michigan when their minivan was struck by a falling object - a 600-pound cow. The year-old cow fell about 200 feet from a cliff and landed on the bonnet of the vehicle, causing heavy damage. The couple were unhurt but the cow had to be euthanised. A fire officer said the couple missed being killed by a matter of inches in the accident. (Try to explain that one to the insurance company :lol:)
1. Someone living in New York could eat out every night of their life and never dine at the same restaurant.
2. In1984 in Las Vegas, Glynn Wolfe married for the 26th time . It was a new record for non-bigamous marriages. He married 29 times in total. :eek:
3. It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of raisins.
.:SpIcYsPy:.
20-09-2008, 16:13
3. A couple were driving back to their hotel in Michigan when their minivan was struck by a falling object - a 600-pound cow. The year-old cow fell about 200 feet from a cliff and landed on the bonnet of the vehicle, causing heavy damage. The couple were unhurt but the cow had to be euthanised. A fire officer said the couple missed being killed by a matter of inches in the accident. (Try to explain that one to the insurance company :lol:)
:rotfl: I would like to see them explaining that too.. :lol:
Kirsty :]
20-09-2008, 18:29
3. It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of raisins.
:confused: Raisins are made out of grapes??
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3. It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of raisins.
:confused: Raisins are made out of grapes??
Raisins are in fact dried grapes :)
1. The Incas measured time by how long it took a potato to cook.
2. In 1698 Samuel Clinton awoke - after a total of 151 days asleep.:eek:
3. An exclusive one-room hotel has opened in a prefabricated building on a Paris rooftop. The room boasts a view of the Eiffel Tower, a king-sized bed and mini-bar and guests are only allowed to stay for one night. The room costs £313 per night - but breakfast is delivered to teh door and guests are encouraged to steal the towels. Even more interesting, the Swiss-built prefab is actually an art installation with guests becoming part of the exhibit.
Lets hope they don't exhibit too much :lol:
Kirsty :]
22-09-2008, 15:25
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3. It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of raisins.
:confused: Raisins are made out of grapes??
Raisins are in fact dried grapes :)
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I DID NOT KNOW THAT! WOW! Haha, that's just.. wow! lol
1. In 2001 The Pentagon released a list ranking the top 238 threats to national security. On the list were militia groups, religious extremists, ecoterrorists, cybercriminals and Hollywood producers, along with angry drivers, rap-metal bands, escaped zoo animals and Belgians. :confused:
2. Also in 2001, a poll revealed that Liam Gallager was more fearsome than Saddam Hussein. He was third in the survey, behind Adolf Hitler and Slobodan Milosevic. Saddam Hussein came fourth and Tony Blair came fifth. :lol:
3. Government scientists revealed the secret behind dwindling cod stocks - apparently they could not swim very well. :eek:
1. A giraffe's tongue is around 18 inches long. :eek:
2. It emerged that a cash-strapped Russian TV station had unveiled their version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' called 'Who Wants To Be Fabulously Wealthy?' The top prize was £33. :lol:
3. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red. :eek:
di marco
24-09-2008, 07:11
1. In 2001 The Pentagon released a list ranking the top 238 threats to national security. On the list were militia groups, religious extremists, ecoterrorists, cybercriminals and Hollywood producers, along with angry drivers, rap-metal bands, escaped zoo animals and Belgians. :confused:
2. Also in 2001, a poll revealed that Liam Gallager was more fearsome than Saddam Hussein. He was third in the survey, behind Adolf Hitler and Slobodan Milosevic. Saddam Hussein came fourth and Tony Blair came fifth. :lol:
haha those ones are funny! :D
3. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red. :eek:
wow i never knew that!
1. In 2004 a snorkeller in Sydney was attacked by a shark and then swam to shore before driving to get help - with the shark still attached to his leg. :eek:
2. The first freuit eaten on the moon was a peach.
3. With his first two shots at Bob Hope's Desert Classic golf match, American Vice President Spiro Agnew hit three spectators (1971). :lol:
di marco
26-09-2008, 07:59
1. In 2004 a snorkeller in Sydney was attacked by a shark and then swam to shore before driving to get help - with the shark still attached to his leg. :eek:
:eek: omg lol i wonder how he managed that!
1. In 1999 a European study claimed that British homes were the smelliest in Europe :eek:
2. A 'hairbreadth away' is 1/48 of an inch.
3. A Russian woman defied medical odds and grew a new set of teeth - at the age of 104. :eek:
3. A Russian woman defied medical odds and grew a new set of teeth - at the age of 104. :eek:
maybe that is what happens when you get over 100. you grow your teeth again but there is not many 100 + year olds around to prove this
1. In 1976 Brian McCauliff set a world record by running one mile up and down stairs in one hour and 38 minutes. :eek:
2. In 1999 it was reported that a contractor had been employed to build a submerged bridge in the Sea of Galilee to enable tourists to walk on water. :)
3. Doctors in India removed a pair of dentures from a man's stomach, two years after he swallowed them. :eek:
1. Bamboo can grow up to three feet in a 24-hour period.
2. It was revealed that an Australian civil servant had been on sick leave for two years because he claimed to be allergic to his telephone. :eek:
3. In 2002 a flight from Gatwick to Faro made a 500-mile diversion so it could pick up 63 bags of golf clubs for the Jimmy Tarbuck Classic celebrity golf tournament. :eek:
di marco
01-10-2008, 08:15
2. It was revealed that an Australian civil servant had been on sick leave for two years because he claimed to be allergic to his telephone. :eek:
haha thats funny! :D
1. Only 3% of the earth's water can be used as drinking water.
2. 75% of the earth is covered with water.
3. An inmate is suing the Utah Department of Corrections for denying him his right to practice an ancient Nordic religion while behind bars. The man is serving time for aggravated assault and robbery, and filed a lawsuit after accusing the prison of denying him items that he says are necessary to practice the religion. In order to properly practice he is demanding items including a Thor's Hammer, a prayer cloth, a Mead Horn, a drum made of wood and boar skin, a rune staff and a sword. :lol:
1. In 2004 it was revealed that the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast during half-time at teh Super bowl had become the most searched-for event in the history of the internet. :eek:
2. For their 'Twisted Roadshow' tour, The Housemartins collected tokens on Mars bar wrappers to pay for their national travel bus passes. While on tour, they reduced their hotel bills by introducing 'Adopt a Housemartin', whereby the audience were invited to take a member of the band home with them for the night. :rotfl:
3. A surgeon in Arizona is facing a disciplinary hearing for taking a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation. The doctor then showed the picture of the tattoo, which read 'Hot Rod' to his colleagues. The patient learnt of the photo when the surgeon phoned him to tell him what he'd done -after a newspaper received an anonymous tip-off and were about to run the story. The doctor now faces punishment from probation to dismissal. :lol:
A 12-year-old mare named Peggy has been barred from her local pub.
The horse, who has a taste for John Smith's bitter and pickled onion crisps, has been banned from O'Malley's in Jarrow, South Tyneside because landlady Jackie Gray doesn't want her ruining the new carpet.
"Although she is probably cleaner than some of my customers, I had to put my foot down and show her the door," said Gray.
Peter Dolan, the horse's owner, added: "People come into the pub and the first thing they say is 'Where's Peggy?' I tell them she's kicked the habit and is teetotal now.
"No-one even took any notice of her. Everyone just saw her as one of the locals."
1. Having a bad time? www.disapprovingrabbits.com is one of the funniest and pointless sites on the web. The collection of rabbits looking grumpy is a fun way to distract yourself if you're having a rotten day. :)
2. Louis XV was the first person to use a lift after he had one installed in the Palace of Versailles.
3. In 1905, a polar bear froze to death in a Chicago zoo, after the temperature there dipped to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. :eek:
1. In 2001 Superior Court Judge Patrick B. Murphy told a disciplinary hearing in LA that the reason he had managed to miss more than 400 days of work was because he was scared of his job. :lol:
2. In the German version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' a contestant had to give up on the 11th question because the right answer wasn't among the options she was given to choose from. :eek: :(
3. Macadamia nuts aren't sold in their shells because it takes 300 lb per square inch of pressure to break them. :eek:
1. An Australian woman who lost her nose stud while surfing in the sea claimed it has turned up inside a fish caught by her fiance. The 25-year-old was in the sea off Tasmania when she lost the tiny stud, and was shocked when it was found inside a flathead fish three days later that her husband-to-be was filleting.
2. Drinking raw onion juice was once considered an effective contraceptive. :p
3. When cleaning mushrooms, do not run them under the tap as they soak up the water like a sponge. Instead use a damp sponge to wipe off any dirt.
1. Mark Kennedy of Norwood, Massachusetts, sprinted 50 metres in 16.93 seconds, on his hands.
2. A Cambridgeshire woman was fined £210 after attempting to register her cows and her dog to vote in elections. :lol:
3. Sheep won't drink from running water.
di marco
10-10-2008, 08:28
2. A Cambridgeshire woman was fined £210 after attempting to register her cows and her dog to vote in elections. :lol:
haha that made me laugh! :D
1. In 2000, it was revealed that Dorset was populated with crazy frogs, after a shortage of females meant male frogs were trying to mate with anything from wellies to garden gnomes. :lol:
2. A couple on a weekend break stopped at the Watford Gap Services on the M1 and were arrested. They were accused of having stolen a sheet and spent the night in cells. The following morning they were released after hotel staff found the sheet. :eek:
3. Hot water is heavier than cold water.
1. A casino croupier can call for help by touching his ear.
2. In China, the stork symbolises death rather than birth.
3. Prostitutes in the Romanian town of Botasani suspended their services for Lent.
3. Prostitutes in the Romanian town of Botasani suspended their services for Lent.
:lol: Love this one....like they are good church going girls
1. Elephants only sleep for two hours a day.
2. Rainbows can't be seen at midday.
3. Dean Gould of Felixstowe threaded a needle 3,471 times in two hours.
1. In Stalin's Russia, it was illegal to be late for work. :eek:
2. In 1907, James Thompson got out of bed after 29 years. Doctors claimed he suffered from lethargy and attemtped to rouse him with electric shocks and irritating plasters. :lol:
3. A priest in Spain was pulled over for drink-driving - apparently his excuse was drinking wine in six communion services. :D
di marco
17-10-2008, 08:53
1. In Stalin's Russia, it was illegal to be late for work. :eek:
oh dear, i wouldnt have stood a chance lol!
1. Elephants only sleep for two hours a day.
Aww I love elephants!
1. A postcard sent from Queensland 112 years previously arrived in Aberdeen. It only left Australia a couple of weeks earlier. (In 2001) :eek:
2. In 2001, Billy Connolly won control of the internet domain name billyconnolly.com - it had been previously used by a labrador stud farm. :lol:
3. A 10 stone person would weigh over 25 stone on Jupiter. :eek:
di marco
20-10-2008, 10:09
3. A 10 stone person would weigh over 25 stone on Jupiter. :eek:
im so glad i dont live on jupiter lol weighing yourself there would be really depressing!
1. In 1995, six people in Egypt were killed after jumping into a well to save a chicken. :eek:
2. In 1970, Miriam Hargrave of Yorkshire passed her driving test on her 40th try. :lol:
3. In 1983, American John Sain built a 3.91 metre house of cards. :eek:
1. Papaphobia is a fear of the Pope.
2. In February 1980, Joe Bower set off from LA on stilts. He arrived 3,008 miles away in Kentucky in July. :cool:
3. In 1997, a man in Iran filed for divorce because his wife snored. :eek:
1. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
2. 20 banks are robbed every day :eek:
3. It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty ar in Russia.
1. Until the 19th century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
2. in 2000, the world's largest living organism was discovered. The mushroom fungus covered an area of 1,665 football fields in a forest in Oregon. :eek:
3. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 mph. :eek:
3. In 1997, a man in Iran filed for divorce because his wife snored. :eek:
That is cruel!
1. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
I'll have to tell my friend this, she also has no eyebrows, well she does but you cant see them
2. 20 banks are robbed every day :eek:
Thats awful! :eek:
3. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 mph. :eek:
wow! thats fast
1. In 1989 the largest ever game of musical chairs took place. 8,238 people took part. :D
2. A spray-on condom was demonstrated in Austria in 1996.
3. A lightning bolt generates five times more heat than the sun's surface.
di marco
03-11-2008, 09:31
1. In 1989 the largest ever game of musical chairs took place. 8,238 people took part. :D
:eek: wow! i bet that was fun to take part in! :D
1. In 2000, the world's tallest, fastest, deepest and longest rollercoaster opened at a theme park outside Tokyo. The rollercoster reached a maximum speed of 93mph on a one-and-a-half mile course, scaling a 320-foot hill and then plunging 310 feet down a 68-degree slope. The ride lasted just three-and-a-half minutes and cost £30 million to build. :eek: :sick:
2. A Chinese man has stunned onlookers by demonstrating his ability to squirt milk out of his eyes. The stuntman drank milk through his nose and then squirted it up two metres with his eyes. He also used his ears to blow up two balloons at the same time. :eek:
3. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second. :eek:
1. It takes glass one million years to decompose. :eek:
2. It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you are sitting on a curb in St. Louis. :lol:
3. In 2000, William Hague claimed he used to drink 18 pints a day when he worked for his father's drinks business. :eek:
2. It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you are sitting on a curb in St. Louis. :lol:
:rotfl: thats random
1. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, but a group of geese in the air is a skein.
2. A plastic surgeon has written a controversial children's book explaining nose jobs, tummy tucks and breast implants. Dr Michael Salzhauer, from Miami, wrote 'My Beautiful Mommy' book which comes complete with cartoon-style illustrations. He says it's to help four to seven-year-olds prepare for their parents' plastic surgery so they aren't shocked by the results. :eek:
3. In 1986, David Childs set the loo-the-loop record when his plane completed 2,368 loops. :sick:
1. In 1981, the world's largest kite was flown. It measured just under 6,000 square feet. :eek:
2. In 2000, it was reported that a 102-year-old woman in Brussels was to stand for the municipal elections, she hoped to win six years in office. :lol:
3. In 2003, a sheepdog carried an abandoned newborn baby two miles in a bag in its mouth - from a remote field where the baby had been abandoned to its owner's home. :clap:
di marco
08-11-2008, 20:46
2. A Chinese man has stunned onlookers by demonstrating his ability to squirt milk out of his eyes. The stuntman drank milk through his nose and then squirted it up two metres with his eyes. He also used his ears to blow up two balloons at the same time. :eek:
:eek: omg how weird!
di marco
08-11-2008, 20:47
2. It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you are sitting on a curb in St. Louis. :lol:
i love weird laws like that, theyre so funny lol!
1. Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people. :eek:
2. In EE, Max Branning should be suffering from taphephobia, which is the fear of being buried alive. :eek:
3. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. :D
1. Porcupines can float in water. :cool:
2. Sex in cars has been banned at a beauty spot in Croatia, after randy couples began to cause traffic jams. Signs warning that intercourse in vehicles is forbidden have been put up on the Croatian island of Rab after complaints about traffic levels. Apparently the amorous couples did not carer who was watching and carried on even when children were walking along the road. :eek:
3. In 1998, it was revealed that Gordon Brown's haircut cost £135. :eek:
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3. In 1998, it was revealed that Gordon Brown's haircut cost £135. :eek:
for that much he could have gotten a decent one :rotfl:
1. Windmills always turn counter-clockwise, except for the windmills in Ireland. :confused:
2. A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average. :eek:
3. A japanese man got one hell of a shock when he discovered that a woman had been living in his closet for a year without him noticing. The 57-year-old had been puzlled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator and installed a security camera. He called the police when he saw images of someone walking around his home while he was out. The woman told police that she had nowhere to live. It's unclear how she managed to enter the home undetected. :eek:
1. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4ft tall child inside. :eek:
2. Some hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny. :eek:
3. In 1982, Liberal leader David Steel made a single entitled 'I Feel Liberal - All Right'. :lol: Don't think it made the charts :rotfl:
1. In 2000, it emerged that the reception desk in the new House of Commons building had cost taxpayers a massive £75,000. :eek:
2. A pair of identical twin sharks were born at a sealife centre in Dorset. They were trapped in a single egg sack and would have died in the wild, but workers separated them and kept them in separate sandwich bags. :cool:
3. In 2004, a Belgian driver was told she couldn't get a registration document for her car because she had died in 2002. Officials refused to accept she was still alive. :lol:
3. In 2004, a Belgian driver was told she couldn't get a registration document for her car because she had died in 2002. Officials refused to accept she was still alive. :lol:
huh? how did that happen?
3. In 2004, a Belgian driver was told she couldn't get a registration document for her car because she had died in 2002. Officials refused to accept she was still alive. :lol:
huh? how did that happen?
Just what I'm thinking. Random
1. In 2000, a German traffic policeman interrupted Chancellor Gerhard Schroder in the middle of a meal at a posh restaurant in Berlin to ask him to move his armoured car, which was parked illegally. :lol: (What, no chauffeur?)
2. Workers at an Australian fish factory discovered a human head inside the belly of a cod. The search for a local fisherman who had fallen overboard was called off. :eek: :sick: (How big was this cod?)
3. Malcolm Storey from Southampton went out for a drink at his local - despite the fact he'd broken his back, pelvis, arm and nose. His mates wheeled his bed past security men and into the pub. :lol:
1. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. :cool:
2. Police in Bucharest are looking for a busking pole dancer who performs her raunchy routines on the city's underground. She apparently strips off to Tom Jones's 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' playing on a portable CD. She then passes around a container for passengers to show their appreciateion. The woman faces charges for indecent exposure and public begging if she is caught in the act. :lol:
3. In 1997, a bull in Bedfordshire found his way into a china shop but left without breaking anything. :lol:
1. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. :eek:
2. There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S. than real ones. :lol:
3. More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. :lol: (not in my house)
1. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. :eek:
How odd, I wonder if they can see through this eye when they are asleep, I know its sound stupid, but its hard to picture this
1. Slugs have four noses. :eek:
2. In 1924, British sprinter Eric Liddel refused to run in the 100m heats at the Paris Olympics because they fell on a Sunday. :lol:
3. Owls are one of the only birds who can see the colour blue. :thumbsup:
1. Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch television for three hours. :eek:
2. The US designer who invented the Pringles tube was so proud of his achievement he's been buried on one. The man, who died at 89, asked for some of his ashes to be put in a tube and buried in a grave in his home city of Cincinnati. He created the tube and the curved system for stacking the potato snacks inside it in 1966. :D
3. In 1997, Stone Roses drummer Alan Wren was jailed for seven days after being rude to a leading Manchester magistrate, who had questioned him about his earnings. :lol: :banned:
3. Owls are one of the only birds who can see the colour blue. :thumbsup:
How did they work that out?
Is it something to do with the wavelenth they pick up :searchme: we finished the eye in biology I know some birds/insects pick uo violet
Pinkbanana
21-11-2008, 18:23
2. In 1924, British sprinter Eric Liddel refused to run in the 100m heats at the Paris Olympics because they fell on a Sunday. :lol:
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Liddell was a committed Christian and refused to run on Sunday (the Sabbath), so instead he ran in the 400m, and won gold. A man of principle. :)
1. A housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again. :sick:
2. The average iceberg weighs 20 million tonnes. (How did they find this out) :eek:
3. In 2001, doctors in India found a fully grown jaw on the inside of a girl's chest - it was complete with teeth and tongue. :eek:
3. In 2001, doctors in India found a fully grown jaw on the inside of a girl's chest - it was complete with teeth and tongue. :eek:
I've heard about those sorts of tumour. I read a book about a woman who thought she was pregnant with a baby but it was actually a tumour with hair and teeth :sick:
3. In 2001, doctors in India found a fully grown jaw on the inside of a girl's chest - it was complete with teeth and tongue. :eek:
I've heard about those sorts of tumour. I read a book about a woman who thought she was pregnant with a baby but it was actually a tumour with hair and teeth :sick:
:eek: Ive heard about them but I just dont understand how they can happen
1. Dutch police say a 21-year-old man is recovering after an attempted mooning went horribly wrong. The man and two friends had run down a street in the town of Utrecht with their pants pulled down at the back 'for a joke.' At one point the 21-year-old pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant but unfortunately for him the pressur eof his buttocks was so forceful that the window broke, resulting in what authorities described as 'deep wound to his derriere.' :moonie:
2. Drinking milk might remind you of your school days but having three servings of low-fat dairy a day helps you burn up to 70% more calories. Calcium makes your body burn excess fat faster as well as making your nails and bones stronger. :thumbsup:
3. In Bangladesh, children as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals. :eek:
1. Dutch police say a 21-year-old man is recovering after an attempted mooning went horribly wrong. The man and two friends had run down a street in the town of Utrecht with their pants pulled down at the back 'for a joke.' At one point the 21-year-old pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant but unfortunately for him the pressur eof his buttocks was so forceful that the window broke, resulting in what authorities described as 'deep wound to his derriere.' :moonie:
:rotfl: :rotfl: Bet that was funny to watch.
1. Humans blink more than 10,000,000 times a year. :eek:
2. A person uses approximately 37 sheets of toilet paper each day. :moonie:
3. Japanese scientists have developed a talking teddy bear to help drivers find their way through traffic. The robot bear is placed on the car dashboard and advises motorists which roads to take. The bear has moving arms and neck so it can also point confused drivers in the right direction. It has also been programmed to offer up information about local landmarks when its head is rubbed. But the bear also has serious safety responsibilities and has been programmed to say "You haven't been drinking, have you?" if it detects alcohol on a driver's breath. :lol: I want one
3. Japanese scientists have developed a talking teddy bear to help drivers find their way through traffic. The robot bear is placed on the car dashboard and advises motorists which roads to take. The bear has moving arms and neck so it can also point confused drivers in the right direction. It has also been programmed to offer up information about local landmarks when its head is rubbed. But the bear also has serious safety responsibilities and has been programmed to say "You haven't been drinking, have you?" if it detects alcohol on a driver's breath. :lol: I want one
I so want one of those :D What would it say if you answerd yes to the drinking question? :hmm:
1. In 2001, a Finnish man was fined £16,457 for driving at 18 mph over the limit. Fines in Finland were means tested. :eek:
2. In 2001, Dutch tourists were given the chance to sleep rough in London for four days, at the cost of £300. :lol:
3. In 1997, the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists named the space between a woman's breasts her 'intermammary sulcus'. :lol:
Why would anyone pay to sleep rough when they can have a nice warm bed? :lol: Thats crazy.
1. Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.
2. Pasta washed down with a cup of coffee may be the best way to recharge your batteries after a workout. Researchers found that cyclists who consumed caffeine with carbohydrates had 66% more glycogen in thier muscles after finishing intense exercise, compared with when they ingested carbohydrates alone. Glycogen is the muscles main fuel source during exercise and is replenished faster when athletes ingest both caffeine and carbohydrates.
3. Fresh watermelon has a similiar effect to taking Viagra, according to scientists. Watermelons contain an ingredient called citrulline, which reacts with the body's enzymes when consumed in large quantities and is changed into arginine. Arginine boosts nitric oxide, which relaxes blood vessels and gives the same basic effect that Viagra has. It can also help with angina, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems.
Yeah but how much watermelon would you need to eat before you get the viagra effect? :hmm: Me suspects quite a bit.
1. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
2. The most used letter in the English alphabet is E, and Q is the least used.
3. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings.
1. In 1979 President Carter was attacked by a rabbit while on a canoe trip to Georgia. :lol:
2. In 2000 it emerged that four furbies had been taken off shelves in an American shop after a customer complained they swore when they sneezed. :lol: :eek:
3. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people. :eek:
How can a furby sneeze and swear at the same time? :rotfl:
A furby swearing :eek: :lol: how?
1. In 1999 Sister Virtus, a nun, was taken to court by London Transport for falling asleep and staying on a bus one stop after her pass validity expired. :eek: :(
2. In 2004 a Japanese woman flew from Tokyo for a job interview with a Yorkshire bakery. She spent £2,000 on a return ticket to Heathrow for the chance to work alongside a celebrated pastry chef in Leeds. She got the job. :cheer:
3. In 2001, it emerged that a Malaysian woman was living with 2,000 scorpions for a month to set a new record. :eek:
1. In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum :eek:
2. Rome was the first city to reach a population of one million people.
3. Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it. :p
1. In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum :eek:
3. Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it. :p
1. Is insane :eek:
3. I'll remember that one :p
1. All the moons in the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman gods, except the moons of Uranus which are named after Shakespearean characters. :)
2. A Chinese school in 2003 introduced a ban on breaking wind in public. Children were fined the equivalent of 50p. :eek:
3. In 2003, Drew Barrymore revealed that she had accidentally set her bottom alight during the filming of 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' :eek:
1. In 1998 it was reported that a man in Florida was suing a topless club after one of the dancers with a 60 inch bust thrust her breasts into his face with such ferocity that it caused him whiplash injuries. :rotfl:
2. 85% of movie actors earn less than £5,000 a year from acting. :eek: :crying:
3. A snail can sleep for up to three years. :eek:
2. 85% of movie actors earn less than £5,000 a year from acting. :eek: :crying:
3. A snail can sleep for up to three years. :eek:
Wow, about number 2, I thought they get paid like LOADS
and number three :lol: thats if someone hasnt stood on them or already thought the were dead
1. More people have a phobia of frogs rather than rats. :eek:
2. The mummified remains of a Croatian woman have been found sitting n her armchair in front of a black and white TV set. The woman was reported missing 42 years ago and is suspected to have made herself a cup of tea before sitting down to watch the tv. The police say they don't understand how she could have been missing so long before being found. :eek: :confused: :(
3. In 2004 a jilted lover sued his ex for the return of food he gave her after the end of their affair. The Russian man attempted to woo back his estranged girlfriend with chocolates and fruit. The woman claimed she couldn't return the gifts because she had already eaten them. :rotfl:
1. Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand by 15 to one. :eek:
2. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots. :lol:
3. In 2004 it was reported that female rice farmers were ploughing fields at night in the nude to entice the rain god into opening the heavens. :moonie:
1. A group of Kangaroos is called a mob. :)
2. A newly-wed demaned a divorce and sued his wife after finding out she was bald on their wedding night. :lol:
3. In 2003, there was a fire on a truck carrying 10 tonnes of cheese on a roead near Aberystwyth, creating a giant fondue. :)
1. Chained dogs are three times more likely to bite you than unchained dogs.
2. The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
3. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
1. It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg. :eek:
2. A group of nudists were arrested on an Italian beach after confusing a description of the beach which said it had 'naturalistic beauty' (2002) :lol:
3. In 2000 it was reported that Romanian fuenral companies were employing scantily clad female pall bearers to attract clients, after a fall in the death rate. :eek:
2. The speed of a typical raindrop is 17 miles per hour.
3. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
2. How did they work that out :hmm:
3. Good job I don't wear lipstick :D
1. A Russian trucker was allowed to cross into the Ukraine after telling customs officials the 28,000 condoms in his truck were for his personal use :lol:
2. It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg. :eek:
3. Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eigth grade music class. :p
1. In 1999 a survey revealed that the three richest men in the world - Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Warren Buffet - were collectively richer than the 43 poorest nations.
2. The glue on Israeli stamps is certified as kosher.
3. In 2004 a Romanian woman tied her ex-husband up for 35 hours - one hour for every unhappy year she had spent with him. She was moved to take this action after he sold some of her things to buy alcohol.
3. In 2004 a Romanian woman tied her ex-husband up for 35 hours - one hour for every unhappy year she had spent with him. She was moved to take this action after he sold some of her things to buy alcohol.
Interesting. Did she do anything with him while he was tied up, or did she just leave him there?
3. In 2004 a Romanian woman tied her ex-husband up for 35 hours - one hour for every unhappy year she had spent with him. She was moved to take this action after he sold some of her things to buy alcohol.
Interesting. Did she do anything with him while he was tied up, or did she just leave him there?
I don't know, my source for these facts/stories does not say :( Sorry. I would have liked to know more too :)
1. Four billion litres of vodka are consumed every year by the population of Russia.
2. A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.
3. While humans are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 different genders. :eek: (How did they find this out? :searchme: )
:eek: theres more than 2 genders?
1. The Blue Whale's tongue weighs more than an adult elephant. :eek:
2. You have no sense of smell when you are sleeping. :nono:
3. Hong Kong has more Rolls Royces per person than anywhere else in the world. (I expect that with the current credit crunch, this might change :hmm: )
1. Polar Bears can eat more than 50lbs of meat in one sitting.
2. Among older men, vanilla is the most erotic smell.
3. Baby beavers are called kittens.
1. A man from Nebraska who was suffering from breathing difficulties took medical matters into his own hands by performing a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife. He used the knife to cut a hole in his throat which let air into his lungs. Doctors say they they expect the man to make a full recovery from his throat-cutting experiment. :eek:
2. McDonald is the world's largest distributor of toys.
3. Dragonflies can travel up to 60 mph.
1. One in three snake bite victims is drunk.
2. If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.
3. In 1987, Hilda Crooks became the oldest woman to climb Mount Fuji at the age of 91 :eek:
1. One in three snake bite victims is drunk.
2. If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.
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1. I can believe that. People do silly things when they're drunk
2. That's the case for anything that has different sized bits in. If you shake the bowl when making scones, all the lumps will come to the top and you can get rid of the easy.
1. In 1998 the Queen was issued with an etiquette list for her visit to the Sultan of Brunei. The rules included not wearing yellow, not pointing and not sneezing in public. :eek:
2. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
3. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
1. In 1998 the Queen was issued with an etiquette list for her visit to the Sultan of Brunei. The rules included not wearing yellow, not pointing and not sneezing in public. :eek:
2. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
3. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
1. Does the Queen really need etiquette lessons?
2. Where does it store all that tongue?
3. Hmm, good job I don't live in some states America.
di marco
21-01-2009, 14:27
1. In 1998 the Queen was issued with an etiquette list for her visit to the Sultan of Brunei. The rules included not wearing yellow, not pointing and not sneezing in public. :eek:
2. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
3. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
1. Does the Queen really need etiquette lessons?
2. Where does it store all that tongue?
3. Hmm, good job I don't live in some states America.
1) maybe cos its a different culture so she needed to be told some things which are exceptable over here arent over there cos otherwise how would you know?
2) probably doubles/triples it over or something
3) i didnt know they still used gas chambers, i thought you were killed with an injection?
There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty
There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty
:eek: really! I didnt know that
Methods of execution still used in US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States Second paragraph under 'methods.' Lethal injection is used in 35 out of the 36 states that still have capital punishment. Breakdown of what you can get in each state http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution#state
1. Black Whales are born white.
2. A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.
3. In 2001, Gretna Green married 58 couples in a day - at 10-minute intervals.
I would love to be a koala bear in the next life. All that sleep :D
di marco
22-01-2009, 11:46
There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty
Methods of execution still used in US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States Second paragraph under 'methods.' Lethal injection is used in 35 out of the 36 states that still have capital punishment. Breakdown of what you can get in each state http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution#state
oh right i didnt know that, thanks
I would love to be a koala bear in the next life. All that sleep :D
Me too :p I used to live that fact when I was little
1. The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime. :eek:
2. The Black Ironwood tree has wood so dense that it can't float on water.
3. At one time, barbers combined shaving and haircutting with bloodletting and pulling teeth. The red and white stripes that spiral down a barber pole represent the bandages used in the bloodletting.
1. A male voodoo priest is called a hougan and a female priestess is a mambo.
2. The Pennsylvania Dutch are not Dutch, but German. :p
3. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
I have the 'Rock Around the Clock' album (it was my grans) and there is a track on it called Mambo Rock - I had no idea what mambo meant!
What about Mambo No 5 :hmm:
Yes- I had assumed it was a kind of dance..
Mambo may refer to:
Mambo (music) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_(music)), a Cuban musical form
Mambo (dance) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_(dance)), a dance corresponding to mambo music
Mambo section (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_section), a section in some types of Afro-Caribbean music, such as Salsa, Danzon
"Mambo No. 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_No._5)", a song originally by Pérez Prado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9rez_Prado) and more recently Lou Bega (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Bega)
Mambo (Voodoo) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_(Voodoo)), a Haitian Creole word for a Voodoo priestess.
Mambo (software) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_(software)), a popular open source content management system.
Mambo (greeting) (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mambo_(greeting)&action=edit&redlink=1), a swahili greeting commonly used by young people in East African countries especially Tanzania and some parts of Kenya. It's considered a slang greeting, and translates to "things?" as in "how are things?"[1] (http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/index.php?qi=366)
"MAMbo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAMbo)", the Bologna Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Italy
"Mambo! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo!)", a 2005 single by Elena Paparizou
Mambo Graphics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_Graphics) the company behind the Australian surf clothing brand Mambo
Mambo (club) (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mambo_(club)&action=edit&redlink=1), a club in Long Beach, California
Mambos (TFI Mambo's club) (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mambos_(TFI_Mambo%27s_club)&action=edit&redlink=1), a club in Urmston, Manchester
Mambo (cologne) (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mambo_(cologne)&action=edit&redlink=1), a men's fragrance made by Liz Claiborne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Claiborne).
1. Terry Burrows became a world record-breaking window cleaner, cleaning three windows in 18.46 seconds. :eek:
2. In 2001 it was reported that thieves in Denmark had robbed a man approaching a security van with a large box. Unfortunately for them it was a box full of wigs. :lol:
3. In 2002 it was reported that a 26-year-old student had been diagnosed with repetitive strain injury - from lifting six pints of beer a night. :lol:
1. The bark of the giant redwood tree is fireproof. :eek:
2. In 2004, newspapers reported that people might soon be able to communicate from the grave - using tombstone TVs. You will be able to record a video message and have it replayed for eternity on a screen embedded in your headstone. :eek: :lol:
3. Animal rescuers in Rio urged people not to put penguins in the fridge if they found them washed up on the beach. :confused:
2. In 2004, newspapers reported that people might soon be able to communicate from the grave - using tombstone TVs. You will be able to record a video message and have it replayed for eternity on a screen embedded in your headstone. :eek: :lol:
3. Animal rescuers in Rio urged people not to put penguins in the fridge if they found them washed up on the beach. :confused:
2. Won't the batteries run out after a couple of years?
3. :lol: Isn't Rio really hot? As if you could put a penguin in a fridge. That's like putting a guinie pig in a fridge (Lea :p)
Awww :( Penguins in a fridge
di marco
28-01-2009, 16:47
wouldnt the penguins suffocate? whod be that stupid lol?!
1. In 1999 Tesco called on their suppliers to grow smaller melons after research showed that customers subconsciously chose melons in line with their favoured breast size. They revealed that as fashion had moved towards smaller busts, the favoured size of melons had shrunk. :p
2. In 1654, the first toll bridge came into operation in Massachussetts. There was a charge for animals but not for humans. :)
3. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders. :confused: Would a dove not be more appropriate?
1. In 2006, one car out of every 230 made was stolen. :eek:
2. A stolen crocodile in Australia was found sitting in a car passenger seat while the driver recovered from an epileptic fit. Schocked ambulance officers were forced to call the police after spotting the crocodile, which was later identified as a reptile that had been stolen from a children's education centre. Luckily the 21-year-old driver hadn't suffered any bites. :rolleyes:
3. In 1999 Buckingham Palace revealed that the Queen's corgis were to be given rubber-soled, reinforced boots as the palace gravel was wearing away their paws. :confused:
2. How did he fit a croc on his passenger seat?
3. :lol: Can you imagine the queen saying to her corgis, "you need to put your boots on before you go out love"
2. How did he fit a croc on his passenger seat?
I think we are talking a little baby crocodile as it was stolen from a children's education centre. Would not think that it was a 6' salt water crock :lol:
1. Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.
2. Gondoliers in Venice stopped singing to their customers after a ruling that if they sang they would be classed as freelance musicians, and thus be liable for state pension contributions. :rolleyes:
3. Dutch settler Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from native Americans for goods worth about $25 (but it was in 1626 when that was a fair bit of money :lol: )
1. In 1812 the waltz was introduced to Britain and was condemned as immoral :lol:
2. In 1927, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was founded at the instigation of Louis B. Meyer. However, the first Oscars were not awarded until 2 years later. The first Oscars were partly an effort to dignify the tarnished reputation of the industry after the roaring 20s. Films winning the Best Picture Oscar have an estimated $33million added to their video rental value. To qualify for the Awards, a film haas to have been shown in LA for at least a week, between specific dates. The most nominated films to receive no awards were 'The Turning Point' and 'The Color Purple'.
3. Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
1. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. :eek:
2. Windmills always turn anti-clockwise, except for the windmills in Ireland. :confused:
3. In 2001, experts in Toronto claimed winning an Oscar could add years to your life. They said the average death for winners was 80 - compared to 76 for all the other nominees.
2. Windmills always turn anti-clockwise, except for the windmills in Ireland. :confused:
Yeah we don't do normal in Ireland :lol::lol:
3. Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
So do Clinophobics sleep on the floor then? :eek:
1. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. :eek:
What's a sloth?
3. Clinophobia is the fear of beds.
So do Clinophobics sleep on the floor then? :eek:
1. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. :eek:
What's a sloth?
I presume they must sleep on the floor or maybe a sofa is not the same in their view as a bed. :searchme:
Sloth: (from Wiki)
The living sloths comprise six species of medium-sized mammals that live in Central and South America belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, part of the order Pilosa. Most scientists call the sloth suborder Folivora, while some call it Phyllophaga. Both names mean "leaf-eaters"; the first is derived from Latin, the second from ancient Greek. Tribal names include Ritto, Rit and Ridette, mostly forms of the word "sleep", "eat" and "dirty" from Tagaeri tribe of Huaorani.
Until geologically recent times, large ground sloths such as Megatherium lived in South America and parts of North America, but along with many other animals they disappeared immediately after the arrival of humans on the continent Much evidence suggests that human hunting contributed to the extinction of the American megafauna, like that of far northern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Madagascar. Simultaneous climate change that came with the end of the last Ice age may have also played a role in some cases. However, the fact that ground sloths survived on the Antilles long after they had died out on the mainland points towards human activities as the agency of extinction.
That's the strangest thing I have ever seen. Looks kinda like a human or a dog with floppy limbs.
di marco
04-02-2009, 17:46
2. Gondoliers in Venice stopped singing to their customers after a ruling that if they sang they would be classed as freelance musicians, and thus be liable for state pension contributions. :rolleyes:
when was this? they were still singing when i went
di marco
04-02-2009, 17:48
1. The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur. :eek:
ive seen a sloth with algae on it!
That's the strangest thing I have ever seen. Looks kinda like a human or a dog with floppy limbs.
have you never seen a sloth before? i love them, i think theyre quite cute!
I looked them up on the internet and watched some videos on youtube. Wouldn't call them cute though :p
1. It is against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas :lol:
2. A racing driver sent a life-sized cardboard cut-out of himself and a pre-recorded speech to be best man at a wedding. Racing driver Andy Priaulx couldn't be there in person because he was racing in Brazil but his cardboard likeness stood next to the altar as Andy Richmond and Carlee Yates tied the knot. The twice world touring car champion had to drop out after unexpectedly being called to race in South America. :lol:
3. In 2002 a 21-year-old broke into a clothes store in Italy, then stood in the window pretending to be a dummy when police arrived. His plan worked until officers noticed that only one of the mannequins was wearing clothes and had hair. :lol:
1. Kermit the Frog is left-handed and has 11 points on his collar. :)
2. A 10-year old Devon girl has hatched two chicks - from eggs bought at her local supermarket. Jessica Sansom put two of the organic eggs in an incubator that the family had used to hatch geese and hens on their farm. And a month later her patience was rewarded when she watched the yellow chicks, which she named Splish and Splosh, hatch. :cool:
3. A rainbow can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon. :)
1. In 1996 a German tourist was thrown off his flight home from Brazil for smelling too bad. :eek: :lol:
2. In 2001 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
3. 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.
The only people that make real money are the lawyers and barristers :thumbsdow
1. Eyes don't freeze in very cold weather because of the salt in your tears.
2. The world's youngest parents were eight and nine and lived in China in 1910
3. In 2002 a study of 60 rodents appeared to show that clever people were more likely to become heavy drinkers. The study revealed that the rats who were quickest to negotiate a maze to find alcohol also drank the most.
Eight and nine and to be parents! :eek: omg
1. The tallest man ever was Robert Wadlow who was eight feet, five and 3/4 inches tall. :eek:
2. In 2001, new research in Russia showed that naked politicians had replaced naked women as favourite tattoos worn by prisoners. :cartman:
3. In 2002, doctors revealed that men ran the risk of injuring themselves when taking off women's bras. A medical journal showed one patient had suffered major ligament damage and a fracture to one of his fingers while completing the task. :confused: :eek:
1. If you were to spell out all the numbers in order and try to find the letter "a" you'd get all the way to one thousand before it occurs. :eek:
2. In 2002, a policeman in Brighton was called to a noise disturbance of a different kind. Michelle Cassonss's alarm clock was apparently annoying neighbours with the sound of a radio breakfast show. :banned:
3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. :nono:
1. The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels, which is the loudest sound produced by a living animal.
2. The number four is the only number in the English language that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.
3. In 1993, an Argentinian was sentenced to a three-year jail term for switching the 'Ladies' and 'Gents' signs around on public toilets. :eek:
3. We do that in our flat, except with 'Kitchen' and room numbers.
1. A graduate from North Carolina has developed a fridge that throws out cans of beer via remote control, to remind him of his university days. The 22-year-old engineering graduate came up with the idea on a night out and spent around £250 modidfying a fridge. It now projects cans of beer up to 20 feet. :D
2. In 1921, Chicago imposed fines for women wearing short skirts and women with bare arms. :eek:
3. In 2001, 'Buttock Clenching' was hailed as the next big thing to combat stress. :D
1. Skunks can shoot their bad-smelling spray about two yards but you can smell it up to two and a half miles away. :eek:
2. One way to tell the age of a fish is by looking at its scales. They have growth rings like trees.
3. In 2001, it was reported that stroppy waiters in France were being asked to sign a contract committing them to being nicer to foreign visitors. :p
1. Elephants purr like cats as means of communication. :eek:
2. In 1995, Alaskans were permitted to own elephants for the first time. :confused: :searchme:
3. In 2000, it was revealed that the largest two-legged meat-eating creature to roam the earth since dinosaurs was a giant duck. It was apparently 15ft tall. :eek:
Wouldn't the elephant freeze to death in Alaska?
Wouldn't the elephant freeze to death in Alaska?
They might, but it does not say that there are any in Alaska, only that you can keep one. You don't have to if you don't want to :D
1. It took 55 years before the telephone, invented in 1820, was put to use in society.
2. The Broadway show 'Cats' has used more than a tonne of yak's hair in the costumes. It has also made use of 48,000 condoms to protect body mics.
3. Ecclesiaphobia is a fear of churches.
1. Pogonophobia is a fear of beards.
2. A male calf in India is causing uproar and intrigue among villagers because the usually vegetarian animal has been defying nature and eating live chickens. A farmer said he discovered the behaviour after tens of his newborn chickens went missing from the shed and would never have believed the story had he not seen the calf gobble up a chicken with his own eyes. A local vet believes the calf's eating habits may be caused by a mineral deficiency. :eek:
3. In 1964, eleven boys were suspended at a school in Coventry for having Mick Jagger haircuts. :p
1. In 1998, a 14-year-old boy claimed to be allergic to school. He maintained that it gave him sneezing fits. :lol:
2. There are giant waterfalls under the ocean. The largest is between Greenland and Iceland. :eek:
3. Ergophobia is a fear of work. :)
2. There are giant waterfalls under the ocean. The largest is between Greenland and Iceland. :eek:
3. Ergophobia is a fear of work. :)
2. That's interesting. Wonder how they figured that out.
3. I think I have a really bad case of ergophobia :rotfl:
1. In a clear night the human eye can see between 2,000 and 3,000 stars in the sky.
2. Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.
3. In 2001 an American set a new world record - doing 4,181 sit-ups in one hour. :eek:
1. In 2000, the longest-married couple in Belgium declared it was no fun. After 75 years they claimed they still rowed every day. :lol:
2. Sea water weighs approximately one and a half pounds more per cubit foot than fresh water.
3. The last thing to happen is the ultimate, the next-to-last is the penultimate and the second-to-last is the antepenultimate.
1. Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades. :eek:
2. A lecturer published a book that was totally blank. Anne Lydiat said 'Lost For Words' was intended to be a 'feminine space where there is silence'. :confused:
3. An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25mph. :eek:
1. You need 100,000 Swiss francs or approximately £40,000 to open a Swiss bank account.
2. The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one of its stars was a pig.
A shrimp's heart is in its head.
1. A visitor to the Minneapolis Institute of Art sat on an artefact without realising and the £300,00 chair collapsed under him. :o :eek:
2. A man saying hello to his friend caused a full-scale security alert at Oakland airport when he said 'Hi Jack' near a microphone. :lol:
3. A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.
1. The word 'News' is an acronym standing for the four cardinal compass points - North, East, West and South.
2. Panophobia is the fear of everything.
3. Perspiration is odourless; it's the bacteria on the skin that creates an odour.
1. Bacteria that causes tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis and leprosy can be cured with cashew nuts. :p
2. the odds of getting a hole-in-one in golf is about 18,000-to-one. :eek:
3. The first bagpipe was made from the liver of a sheep. :sick:
1. In 2000, a British tourist who caught a five-foot shark on a fishing trip took it back to his hotel room and put it in the bath, but it wasn't dead and flooded the room. :eek: :lol:
2. During your lifetime you'll eat 60,000lbs of food, which is the weight of six elephants. :p
3. A toothbrush within six feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing. :eek: :sick:
1. The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning. :)
2. Musical condoms were lauched in Hungary in 1996. The choice of songs included the old Communist anthem 'Arise Ye Worker' :rotfl:
3. Avocados are poisonous to birds. :eek:
di marco
14-03-2009, 17:02
1. The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning. :)
maybe ill never buy one again!
2. Musical condoms were lauched in Hungary in 1996. The choice of songs included the old Communist anthem 'Arise Ye Worker' :rotfl:
haha lol! :D
1. The World's Nettle Eating Champion, Simon Lambert of Dorset, ate his way through 76 feet of stinging nettles. :eek:
2. Women's hearts beat faster than men's. :heart:
3. In 1997, a graduate sold his soul in an internet auction for £11,61 after watching an episode of 'The Simpsons'. :cartman:
some of these are really werid
1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.
2. Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.
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 storms. :eek:
di marco
17-03-2009, 10:42
1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.
how does that work? :confused:
1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.
how does that work? :confused:
To be honest, I tried cutting a 'V' shape into the centre of the nail, seems the only logical place to cut it, but it did not work for me, I still suffer from an in-grown toe nail, but it says prevent, not cure I suppose.
1. Lightning travels from the ground upwards, not from the sky downwards.
2. The word 'Tips' is an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
3. Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.
di marco
20-03-2009, 11:14
1. Lightning travels from the ground upwards, not from the sky downwards.
wow i would never have thought that!
1. Police in Germany are looking for thieves who stole a mile and a half of the central reservation from a motorway without anyone noticing. :confused:
2. Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem. :eek:
3. A man from Bosnia has been the victim of five meteorite attacks on his home. The man believes aliens must be targeting him. Experts are now investigating local magnetic fields to try and work out what makes his property so attractive to these attacks. :eek:
di marco
26-03-2009, 19:07
2. Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem. :eek:
im so glad girls dont have this problem!
2. Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem. :eek:
im so glad girls dont have this problem!
Haha, I think I've figured your name out :ninja:
What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
1. Pollen never deteriorates. It's one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.
2. A queen bee only uses her stinger to sting another queen bee.
3. In 1995 Albanian taxi drivers were charged a traffic light tax to enable the authorities to purchase some. :lol:
What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
Luveshni
di marco
28-03-2009, 00:03
What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
Luveshni
haha is that even a name?
What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
Luveshni
haha is that even a name?
Yep. Someone in my group is called that. You said it was unusual, began with an L and we'd never guess it.
Kirsty :]
28-03-2009, 00:30
What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
Luveshni
haha is that even a name?
Yep. Someone in my group is called that. You said it was unusual, began with an L and we'd never guess it.
But wasn't it a 7 letter name beginning with L and ending in E?.... that's why I jsut call Di M lettuce. It makes sense :lol:
di marco
28-03-2009, 00:38
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What do you think is the name: :angel: :D
Luveshni
haha is that even a name?
Yep. Someone in my group is called that. You said it was unusual, began with an L and we'd never guess it.
But wasn't it a 7 letter name beginning with L and ending in E?.... that's why I jsut call Di M lettuce. It makes sense :lol:
that is correct kirsty :)
1. 75% of the earth is coverd with water.
2. Only 3% of the earth's water can be used as drinking water. :eek:
3. Bamboo can grow up to three feet in a 24-hour period.
1. Spiders have transparent blood. :sick:
2. Goldfish lose their colour if they're kept in dim light or are placed under running water. :p
3. A law in Arkansas that mistakenly allowed toddlers to marry with parental permission was rejected after months of embarrassment for the state. Lawmakers didn't realise until the end of 2007 that the law had been approved and have created a minimum age for marriage. :eek:
1. In 1997, 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:
2. A campaign to promote Toronto was branded sexist as all its fibreglass models of Canadian moose were male. :lol:
3. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. :eek:
1. An adult's hair can stretch 25% of its length without breaking.
2. Contrary to popular belief, hair doesn't grow back darker and thicker after it's been shaved.
3. A survey revealed that a third of newlyweds did not make love on their wedding night.
di marco
02-04-2009, 08:56
1. In 1997, 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:
that made me feel sick just reading about it! :sick:
di marco
02-04-2009, 08:56
1. An adult's hair can stretch 25% of its length without breaking.
i tried, it didnt work!
1. An adult's hair can stretch 25% of its length without breaking.
i tried, it didnt work!
How did you know when you had reached the 25% point? :hmm: :lol:
1. Forensic scientiests can determine a person's sex, age and race by examining a single strand of hair. :eek:
2. Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off. :eek:
3. Mosquitoes are attracted to the colour bluetwice as much as any other colour.
1. Forensic scientiests can determine a person's sex, age and race by examining a single strand of hair. :eek:
That is indeed true. DNA can also be recovered if the root is removed with the hair.
di marco
06-04-2009, 13:22
1. Forensic scientiests can determine a person's sex, age and race by examining a single strand of hair. :eek:
That is indeed true. DNA can also be recovered if the root is removed with the hair.
yep i remember learning that while watching some crime show
di marco
06-04-2009, 13:23
3. Mosquitoes are attracted to the colour bluetwice as much as any other colour.
if i go somewhere where theres loads of mosquitoes i wont wear blue lol!
di marco
06-04-2009, 13:23
1. An adult's hair can stretch 25% of its length without breaking.
i tried, it didnt work!
How did you know when you had reached the 25% point? :hmm: :lol:
well it didnt stretch very much at all and my hairs quite long so i thought it must have been less than 25%!
1. Forensic scientiests can determine a person's sex, age and race by examining a single strand of hair. :eek:
That is indeed true. DNA can also be recovered if the root is removed with the hair.
wow! thats amazing
1. It was reported that a woman in Romania had stripped off her clothes in a remote road to flag down help for her injured husband after being ignored for three hours by motorists. :eek: :lol:
2. Doctors in Bangladesh said they'd removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains. They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb. :eek: This can't be true, surely.
3. The second hand on an authentic Rolex watch doesn't tick, it moves smoothly. :)
di marco
07-04-2009, 08:58
2. Doctors in Bangladesh said they'd removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains. They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb. :eek: This can't be true, surely.
i watched a documentary once about twins who dont form properly and become a growth like thing inside their sibling
But I would have thought that if you have something dead inside you, you become very ill eventually and long before you become a teenager and complain about belly ache. Would the dead twin not have poisoned his brother? :hmm:
di marco
07-04-2009, 21:53
But I would have thought that if you have something dead inside you, you become very ill eventually and long before you become a teenager and complain about belly ache. Would the dead twin not have poisoned his brother? :hmm:
in the documentary i watched, it did say that the twin is like a parasite to the living sibling, i guess it just differs how long til it becomes dangerous though
1. The moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches every year.
2. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death. :eek:
3. A Californian man has trained his pet goldfish to play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar. Comet the goldhish can also play fetch with a hoop, swim around a series of poles and push a ball over a set of posts. Dr Dean Pomerleau used a training technique called positive reinforcement to train Comet to carry out the tricks. :hmm:
1. Caterpillar means 'hairy cat' in Old French. :)
2. Trivia is the Roman goddess of witchcraft, the harvest moon and the crossroads.
3. People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar. :eek: :sick:
1. In medieval Britain, beer was served at breakfast. :)
2. Tobacco was originally smoked through the nose. :eek:
3. Cleopatra tested her poisons by giving them to slaves. :sick: :(
1. Elephants only sleep for two hours a day. :eek:
2. Rainbows can't be seen at midday. :cool:
3. Glass blowers in Bristol used to eat snails to improve their blowing power. :confused:
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