3 Facts/Stories of the Day

[Perdita]

1. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs

2. The bubles in Guiness Beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top

3. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

[Abigail]

1. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs

Did you know that the average hair count depends on what colour hair you have the the shape of the follicles? 100,000 is about right but red heads have less.

[Perdita]

So how many has your scalp?

[Abigail]

It's far too early to get scientific on my day off Suffice to say, I have red/brown hair so not as many as the typical blonde.

[Perdita]

1. When Pablo Picasso was por he kept warm by burning his own paintings.

2. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

3. In 2003 Indian twin sisters Kali Bi Sheikh and Batul B Sheikh died on the same day on 29th May. They were also married on the same day, they died at the age of 114 and left 125 grandchildren and great-grandchildren between them.

[Perdita]

1. In 1998, Michael and Kim Blake of Stowmarket in Suffolk had their lawn stolen

2. In 2001, a survey revealed that one in three Britons would turn away Chris Evans and Posh Spice if they needed a bed for the night.

3. In 2001, rail chiefs warned of possible train delays in the summer because of 'sunshine on the line'.

[Perdita]

1. Oak trees don't grow acorns until they're 50-years-old or older.

2. Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do

3. Russian vodka-makers have designed a special woman's version of the drink which can be sipped with salad after a work-out at the gym. The inventor of the lady-vodka believes that is is no more harmful for women than eating chocolate. This glamorous product is a best seller in Russia but doctors are concerned it will cause a new wave of female alcoholics. I so could do with one of them NOW

[Abigail]

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2. Men leave their hotel rooms cleaner than women do

That's probably true. If I'm checking out, I'll put the towels in the bath and put the rubbish in the bin but I don't bother with anything else. The hotel are paying someone to clean the room after I leave, there's no point me wasting my time making the bed and cleaning the bathroom.

[Perdita]

1. In 1999, a six-year-old boy broke the world record by catching a rainbow trout weighing 19lb 14oz.

2. Clark Gable used to shower more than four times a day

3. Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created specially for Ronald Reagan.

[Perdita]

1. On 31 May 1927 the last Model T Ford rolled off the production line. Ford had less success with its model the Punto when they released it in Brazil. Apparently nobody had told them that Punto is Portuguese for 'small male genitals'.

2. In 1995, six people were killed in Egypt after jumping into a well to save a chicken.

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