3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[Kirsty :]]

3. It takes four tons of grapes to make one ton of raisins.

Raisins are made out of grapes??

Raisins are in fact dried grapes

I DID NOT KNOW THAT! WOW! Haha, that's just.. wow! lol

[Perdita]

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.

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.

3. Government scientists revealed the secret behind dwindling cod stocks - apparently they could not swim very well.

[Perdita]

1. A giraffe's tongue is around 18 inches long.

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.

3. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red.

[di marco]

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.

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.

haha those ones are funny!

3. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red.

wow i never knew that!

[Perdita]

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.

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).

[di marco]

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.

omg lol i wonder how he managed that!

[Perdita]

1. In 1999 a European study claimed that British homes were the smelliest in Europe

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.

[Siobhan]

3. A Russian woman defied medical odds and grew a new set of teeth - at the age of 104.

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

[Perdita]

1. In 1976 Brian McCauliff set a world record by running one mile up and down stairs in one hour and 38 minutes.

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.

[Perdita]

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.

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.