3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[di marco]

1. In 1998 the Queen was issued with an etiquette list for her visit to the Sultan of Brunei. The rules included not wearing yellow, not pointing and not sneezing in public.

2. A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

3. It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

1. Does the Queen really need etiquette lessons?

2. Where does it store all that tongue?

3. Hmm, good job I don't live in some states America.

1) maybe cos its a different culture so she needed to be told some things which are exceptable over here arent over there cos otherwise how would you know?

2) probably doubles/triples it over or something

3) i didnt know they still used gas chambers, i thought you were killed with an injection?

[Abigail]

There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty

[Abbie]

There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty

really! I didnt know that

[Abigail]

Methods of execution still used in US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital..._United_States Second paragraph under 'methods.' Lethal injection is used in 35 out of the 36 states that still have capital punishment. Breakdown of what you can get in each state http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution#state

[Perdita]

1. Black Whales are born white.

2. A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.

3. In 2001, Gretna Green married 58 couples in a day - at 10-minute intervals.

[Abigail]

I would love to be a koala bear in the next life. All that sleep

[di marco]

There are several methods of execution still in use in America. Not all methods are available in all the states that still use the death penalty

Methods of execution still used in US http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital..._United_States Second paragraph under 'methods.' Lethal injection is used in 35 out of the 36 states that still have capital punishment. Breakdown of what you can get in each state http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/methods-execution#state

oh right i didnt know that, thanks

[Abbie]

I would love to be a koala bear in the next life. All that sleep

Me too I used to live that fact when I was little

[Perdita]

1. The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

2. The Black Ironwood tree has wood so dense that it can't float on water.

3. At one time, barbers combined shaving and haircutting with bloodletting and pulling teeth. The red and white stripes that spiral down a barber pole represent the bandages used in the bloodletting.

[Perdita]

1. A male voodoo priest is called a hougan and a female priestess is a mambo.

2. The Pennsylvania Dutch are not Dutch, but German.

3. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.