3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[di marco]

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.

haha thats funny!

[Perdita]

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.

[Perdita]

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.

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.

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.

[Perdita]

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."

[Perdita]

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.

[Perdita]

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.

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.

3. Macadamia nuts aren't sold in their shells because it takes 300 lb per square inch of pressure to break them.

[Perdita]

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.

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.

[Perdita]

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.

3. Sheep won't drink from running water.

[di marco]

2. A Cambridgeshire woman was fined £210 after attempting to register her cows and her dog to vote in elections.

haha that made me laugh!

[Perdita]

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.

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.

3. Hot water is heavier than cold water.