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.
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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:
That is cruel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I'll have to tell my friend this, she also has no eyebrows, well she does but you cant see themQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Thats awful! :eek:Quote:
2. 20 banks are robbed every day :eek:
wow! thats fastQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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.
:eek: wow! i bet that was fun to take part in! :DQuote:
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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:
:rotfl: thats randomQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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:
:eek: omg how weird!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
i love weird laws like that, theyre so funny lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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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Originally Posted by Perdita
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:
huh? how did that happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Just what I'm thinking. RandomQuote:
Originally Posted by Abbiehuh? how did that happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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)
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 thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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:
How did they work that out?Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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
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. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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:
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
:eek: Ive heard about them but I just dont understand how they can happenQuote:
Originally Posted by AbigailI'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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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:
:rotfl: :rotfl: Bet that was funny to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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
I so want one of those :D What would it say if you answerd yes to the drinking question? :hmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
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.