3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[Perdita]

1. The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.

2. Musical condoms were lauched in Hungary in 1996. The choice of songs included the old Communist anthem 'Arise Ye Worker'

3. Avocados are poisonous to birds.

[di marco]

1. The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.

maybe ill never buy one again!

2. Musical condoms were lauched in Hungary in 1996. The choice of songs included the old Communist anthem 'Arise Ye Worker'

haha lol!

[Perdita]

1. The World's Nettle Eating Champion, Simon Lambert of Dorset, ate his way through 76 feet of stinging nettles.

2. Women's hearts beat faster than men's.

3. In 1997, a graduate sold his soul in an internet auction for £11,61 after watching an episode of 'The Simpsons'.

[Abbie]

some of these are really werid

[Perdita]

1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.

2. Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.

3. In 1882, hailstones up to five inches in diameter fell during a 13-minute storm in Dubuque, Iowa. Frogs were found alive in two of the storms.

[di marco]

1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.

how does that work?

[Perdita]

1. If you cut a 'V' shape into your toe nails, you can prevent in-growing toe nails.

how does that work?

To be honest, I tried cutting a 'V' shape into the centre of the nail, seems the only logical place to cut it, but it did not work for me, I still suffer from an in-grown toe nail, but it says prevent, not cure I suppose.

[Perdita]

1. Lightning travels from the ground upwards, not from the sky downwards.

2. The word 'Tips' is an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

3. Frogs cannot swallow without blinking.

[di marco]

1. Lightning travels from the ground upwards, not from the sky downwards.

wow i would never have thought that!

[Perdita]

1. Police in Germany are looking for thieves who stole a mile and a half of the central reservation from a motorway without anyone noticing.

2. Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.

3. A man from Bosnia has been the victim of five meteorite attacks on his home. The man believes aliens must be targeting him. Experts are now investigating local magnetic fields to try and work out what makes his property so attractive to these attacks.