3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[Perdita]

1. In 1998, a 14-year-old boy claimed to be allergic to school. He maintained that it gave him sneezing fits.

2. There are giant waterfalls under the ocean. The largest is between Greenland and Iceland.

3. Ergophobia is a fear of work.

[Abigail]

2. There are giant waterfalls under the ocean. The largest is between Greenland and Iceland.

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

[Perdita]

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.

[Perdita]

1. In 2000, the longest-married couple in Belgium declared it was no fun. After 75 years they claimed they still rowed every day.

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.

[Perdita]

1. Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.

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'.

3. An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25mph.

[Perdita]

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.

[Perdita]

1. A visitor to the Minneapolis Institute of Art sat on an artefact without realising and the £300,00 chair collapsed under him.

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.

3. A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.

[Perdita]

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.

[Perdita]

1. Bacteria that causes tooth decay, acne, tuberculosis and leprosy can be cured with cashew nuts.

2. the odds of getting a hole-in-one in golf is about 18,000-to-one.

3. The first bagpipe was made from the liver of a sheep.

[Perdita]

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.

2. During your lifetime you'll eat 60,000lbs of food, which is the weight of six elephants.

3. A toothbrush within six feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.