3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[Perdita]

1. If you were to spell out all the numbers in order and try to find the letter "a" you'd get all the way to one thousand before it occurs.

2. In 2002, a policeman in Brighton was called to a noise disturbance of a different kind. Michelle Cassonss's alarm clock was apparently annoying neighbours with the sound of a radio breakfast show.

3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

[Perdita]

1. The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels, which is the loudest sound produced by a living animal.

2. The number four is the only number in the English language that has the same number of letters in its name as its meaning.

3. In 1993, an Argentinian was sentenced to a three-year jail term for switching the 'Ladies' and 'Gents' signs around on public toilets.

[Abigail]

3. We do that in our flat, except with 'Kitchen' and room numbers.

[Perdita]

1. A graduate from North Carolina has developed a fridge that throws out cans of beer via remote control, to remind him of his university days. The 22-year-old engineering graduate came up with the idea on a night out and spent around £250 modidfying a fridge. It now projects cans of beer up to 20 feet.

2. In 1921, Chicago imposed fines for women wearing short skirts and women with bare arms.

3. In 2001, 'Buttock Clenching' was hailed as the next big thing to combat stress.

[Perdita]

1. Skunks can shoot their bad-smelling spray about two yards but you can smell it up to two and a half miles away.

2. One way to tell the age of a fish is by looking at its scales. They have growth rings like trees.

3. In 2001, it was reported that stroppy waiters in France were being asked to sign a contract committing them to being nicer to foreign visitors.

[Perdita]

1. Elephants purr like cats as means of communication.

2. In 1995, Alaskans were permitted to own elephants for the first time.

3. In 2000, it was revealed that the largest two-legged meat-eating creature to roam the earth since dinosaurs was a giant duck. It was apparently 15ft tall.

[Abigail]

Wouldn't the elephant freeze to death in Alaska?

[Perdita]

Wouldn't the elephant freeze to death in Alaska?

They might, but it does not say that there are any in Alaska, only that you can keep one. You don't have to if you don't want to

[Perdita]

1. It took 55 years before the telephone, invented in 1820, was put to use in society.

2. The Broadway show 'Cats' has used more than a tonne of yak's hair in the costumes. It has also made use of 48,000 condoms to protect body mics.

3. Ecclesiaphobia is a fear of churches.

[Perdita]

1. Pogonophobia is a fear of beards.

2. A male calf in India is causing uproar and intrigue among villagers because the usually vegetarian animal has been defying nature and eating live chickens. A farmer said he discovered the behaviour after tens of his newborn chickens went missing from the shed and would never have believed the story had he not seen the calf gobble up a chicken with his own eyes. A local vet believes the calf's eating habits may be caused by a mineral deficiency.

3. In 1964, eleven boys were suspended at a school in Coventry for having Mick Jagger haircuts.