some random facts

[Mr Sam]

some random facts from the local radio station

 

 

girls like pink because back in caveman days they picked the pink fruits and what not

 

boys like blue because back in caveman days a blue sky meant a good days hunting

 

and in 100 years time there will be no ginger people due to global intermingling

 

 

 

 

 

fell free to add any other stupid facts

[GT_Jim]

charles rolls (as in Rolls Royce) was the 1st person to be killed in a plane crash

 

model T's were painted black as they dried quicker but they were available in differnt colours and henry ford didnt say "anything as long as its black"

[Noodles]

The m25 is 118 miles long but is not a complete loop

[Mk2Jo]

A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of water.

 

Turtles can breath through their bottoms. :lol:

 

The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man

[Copey]

Turtles can breath through their bottoms. :lol:

 

really??

[Mk2Jo]

Turtles can breath through their bottoms. :lol:

 

really??

 

Dunno mate .... that's what the trivia thing said I guess it must be true, after all, some people TALK out of their bottoms

[MK2Ed]

If you've got blue (or light coloured eyes) you can see better in the dark than a brown eyed person, but

If you've got brown eyes you won't have to squint as much when its sunny.

[ZetecVan 2.0]

One of the first forms of correction fluid was invented in 1951 by the secretary Bette Nesmith Graham, founder of Liquid Paper (the mother of Michael Nesmith, a member of The Monkees).

 

Porn star Ron Jeremy appears as an extra in Ghostbusters. A job he took around the time he got into porn.

 

[Smudger105e]

Napoleon was scared of cats

 

A fully grown elephant's trunk can carry 4 gallons of water.

[Nettles]

Super glue was actually invented as a field dressing for the American troops fighting in Vietnam as an alternative to stitching up wounds.

Scarily though Super glue contains Cyanide.

[Mick The Mig]

Now I know why the only thing superglue sticks together is my fingers.

[Messenjah]

 

model T's were painted black as they dried quicker but they were available in differnt colours and henry ford didnt say "anything as long as its black"

 

model ts werent even originally availible in black m8 not for a couple of years

[flyingbanana]

There are 1000 different chemicals in a cup of coffee

 

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

[emu]

 

The average single man is one inch shorter than the average married man

 

Now I thought that would be the other way round.........What with all that time under the thumb

[emu]

The slinky toy was invented/discovered by a marine engineer during world war 2 when an instrument mounting spring fell off his desk.

[Pipster007]

Not so much interesting facts..........................................but more a case of on this day in history

 

Important Events on August the 24th:

 

0079 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Pompeii & Herculaneum are buried

1572 - King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants

1583 - St. Bartholomew's Day

1814 - British sack Washington DC White House burned

1869 - the waffle iron is invented

1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal

1912 - Territory of Alaska organized

1932 - 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a doris AE Putnam

1949 - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established

1950 - 1st US Negro delegate to United Nations appointed - ES Sampson

1956 - 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC

1960 - temp. drops to -87ø (-129ø F) at Vostok Antarctica (world record)

1964 - 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 6-4

1972 - 8th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 2-1

1976 - Soyuz 21 returns to Earth

1989 - Voyager 2 flies past Neptune

 

 

 

 

Earth's Record Holders

 

Highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year since two tectonic plates which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other. Earths highest waterfall is at Angel Falls in Venezuela which drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). Hottest place on earth is Azizia in Libya 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Celsius) and coldest was in Vostok, Antarctica -129 Fahrenheit (-89 Celsius). Pacific is the biggest ocean (32.6% of the Earth's surface)and Nile River in Africa is longest 4,160 miles (6,695 kilometers).

 

 

 

Fear Of Number 13

 

The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper before his captivity, it is recorder that Christ was crucified on Friday. Routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong on Apollo 13. Some hotels skip number 13 when numbering rooms. In Formula 1, there is no car with the number 13.

 

 

 

Dubai Facts

 

Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. No taxes on income and there are no personal taxes either. In Dubai Emirates Mall you can ski indoors while shopping, measuring 400 meters and using 6000 tons of snow. Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is completed. Eighty percent of Dubai residents are foreigners.

 

 

 

Monopoly Facts

 

Monopoly was invented by Charles B. Darrow during the Depression in the 1934 and at first it was rejected by Parker Brothers due to "52 design errors"! Streets in Monopoly are taken from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Game was very popular in Cuba until Fidel Castro took power and burned all the Monopoly sets. Standard Monopoly bank starts with $15,140 and it is estimated that Monopoly has been sold 250 million times through out the world.

 

 

 

Maya Predicts Our Future

 

Maya people were masters of mathematics and calendars and they were keeping track of time using three separate calendars. For predictions about the beginning and end of the “world” they used “Long Count” calender. And on December 21st 2012, the Long Count will be at the point zero which Maya predicts as the end of time and beginning of the new world. The Mayas were very accurate in their predictions and they predicted invasions on their soil and the World Wars.

 

 

 

Testis Or Testify

 

The word "testis" cames from the Latin meaning to bear witness. In ancient Rome, only men could bear witness or testify in a public forum. In order to show importance to their testimony, they would hold their testicles as they spoke, and an oath was declared while holding another's testicles.

 

 

 

Is This The Last Pope?

 

St. Malachy, (d. 1148) Irish Bishop and Seer, produced an accurate list of future popes which began with Pope Celestine II in the year 1143. The prophecy is concerned with the succession of the Popes and there will be one more Pope after the current Pope Benedict XVI according to the prophecies of St. Malachy.

 

 

 

The Seven Wonders

 

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World compiled by ancient Greek historians are: The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes and The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

 

 

 

The Great Wall Myth

 

It is common mistake to say that The Great wall of China is visible from outer space. It is too thin to be noticed from such a great distance. Only two man made structures visible from space are: The Pyramids of Giza and the Hoover Dam.

[Arched Escy]

damn Pip you'll make us suicidal with all that shit....

[Pipster007]

damn Pip you'll make us suicidal with all that shit....

 

I'm sure I can dig up more

[over_head_cam]

One of the first forms of correction fluid was invented in 1951 by the secretary Bette Nesmith Graham, founder of Liquid Paper (the mother of Michael Nesmith, a member of The Monkees).

 

Porn star Ron Jeremy appears as an extra in Ghostbusters. A job he took around the time he got into porn.

 

 

Mike Nesmith started MTV apparently