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1. Rice paper doesn't have any rice in it. :p
2. A woman from Brisbane saved her kitten from a python by punching it repeatedly. The 58-year-old broke her wrist and suffered two snakebites in the process but eventually managed to get her cat out of its jaws. Only a few days before the same snake had killed another one of her kittens. :eek:
3. The onion is named after a Latin word meaning 'large pearl' :)
1. In 1310, shoes were made specifically for left and right feet for the first time. :eek:
2. In 1959, Guy Trebert was arrested in Paris. He was the first criminal caught through the use of an identikit picture. :ninja:
3. Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries :eek:
1. In 1923, the International Congress of Dancing Masters condemned the foxtrot and the tango. :eek:
2. The average adult sweats up to four gallons of fluid a day. :sick:
3. In 2005, the Chinese Government banned restaurants from serving food on the bodies of naked women, criticising the practice as both unhygienic and an infringement of women's rights. :banned:
Where does it go? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
I would rather not think about that but I guess it is perspiration we are not really aware of and it goes into the clothes.
1. In 1959, Alabama authorities banned a children's book that promoted interracial marriages between rabbits. :confused: :eek:
2. In 2001, 'buttock clenching' was hailed as the next big thing to combat stress. :moonie:
3. In 2002, a survey showed that the average British man had sex twice a week and each session lasted three minutes and one second. The average British man's penis measured seven inches when aroused and Mr Average owned 16 pairs of underpants and 22 pairs of socks. :D
1. In 2001, an American company started selling 'Invisible Him' toys in Britain. The package cost £1.99 and was completely empty. :eek: I don't tremember them :hmm:
2. A duck's quack doesn't echo. :searchme:
3. Butterflies taste with their feet. :p
1. A man from China who won a Miss Universe awards says he's stuck between genders after his plastic surgeon went bankrupt. The 27-year-old says he finds it difficult to find work because he can't confirm which gender he is. :eek:
2. In 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush. A crowd gathered to see them but they were held back by an undertaker squirting embalming fluid. :sick:
3. A Taiwanese man hired a stripper to dance at his father's funeral. The erotic dancer performed in front of the 103-year-old's coffin for more than 10 minutes for £80. The doting son had promised his father a stripper for his funeral if he lived beyond 100-years-old. :moonie:
1. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. :cool:
2. A woman from Kansas refused to get off her boyfriend's toilet for two years. Her partner brought her food and water every day and asked if she was ever coming out of the bathroom. The 35-year-old initially refused but was convinced to do so by police. :eek:
3. Hippos kill more people every year than sharks do. When hippos are angry they secrete a red liquid so it appears they are sweating blood. :eek:
1. A snail can sleep for three years :eek:
2. Polar bears are left handed :cool:
3. Pearls melt in vinegar :)