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I notice that no-one posts interesting facts around here...so here we go
The longest dump ever verified was produced by an American, who produced a 'staggering t**d' over a period of 2 hr 12 minutes which was officially measured at 12 ft 2in. The offender is banned from 134 washrooms in his state
Bernard Clemmens of London managed to sustain a fart for an officially recorded time of 2 minutes, 42 seconds.
One of the most difficult items for sewage workers to handle, as it is insoluble, yet fine enough to pass through most filtration systems, is pubic hair. Every month Thames Water removes over a ton of pubic hair at its water treatment plants, whereupon it is taken away to a landfill site and buried
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
A female lobster is called a hen
The lung fish can survive for 4 years without water. They cover themselves with a layer of mucus, then burrow into river mud until the next rains
A Blue Whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a full grown African elephant, and its heart is compared to the size of a Volkswagon beetle
Jellyfish have been in the Earth's oceans for over 650 million years; they were here before the dinosaurs! The largest jellyfish has a bell that can reach 2.4 meters across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field. I bet you wouldn't like to come across that while swimming!
Fish sleep
Have you walked your fish today?... The Climbing Perch can walk on dry land in search of fresh water, and is said to even climb trees
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more
Coca Cola was originally green
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food
The brewing of beer in ancient Peru was considered such a sacred rite that it was entrusted only to skills of virgin priestesses. Today Peruvian beer drinkers often sprinkle a few drops of beer on the ground in honor of Mama Sara, the corn goddess.
Taurine, the main ingredient in Red Bull, is an extract of the stomach lining of cows
A study recently determined that moderate alcohol drinkers over age 70 did better on mental test than their peers who do not drink
Beer was considered an important dietary staple during the Revolutionary war. As one of its first official acts, on March 18 1775, the Continental Congress ordered a ration of one pint a day per soldier.
At age 14, Tom Cruise enrolled in a seminary to become a priest, but dropped out after one year
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
In high school, Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed."
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
A clown wrote the original music and lyrics to "Macarena."
The Bible has been translated into Klingon
One of Michael Jackson's hobbies is observing brain surgery. Said one surgeon after performing a particularly gruesome operation, "Jackson was smiling through the whole thing." In his room, Michael keeps a brain in a jar.
A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
When David Bowie was in school, he got into a fight, and was stabbed in the eye with a compass.
MTV made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
In 1471, a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was accused of being 'a devil in disguise' after laying a brightly colored egg. The chicken stood trial, was found guilty and burned at the stake.
A man was arrested in Belo Horizonte with tubes of glue stuck right up both nostrils. He died in custody. Someone called him Walrus face and he laughed so much he hemorrhaged.
A hunter in Uganda is being sought by local authorities for illegally hunting gorillas. He shoots them with a tranquilizer gun and dresses them in clown suits. So far six gorillas have been found wandering around in this condition.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.
Erwin, TN is the only place where an elephant has been hanged for murder
Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed when an eagle flying overhead dropped a turtle on his head.
A poodle fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires in October 1988. It killed three people. One was struck on the head, the second run over by a bus while watching, the third witnessed the event and died from a heart attack
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood
In Britain 2 women, Anuban Bell and Sunee Whitworth, were killed in 1999 by lightning conducted through their underwire bras, according to the West London Coroner's Office
Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 have been injured.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year
The longest dump ever verified was produced by an American, who produced a 'staggering t**d' over a period of 2 hr 12 minutes which was officially measured at 12 ft 2in. The offender is banned from 134 washrooms in his state
Bernard Clemmens of London managed to sustain a fart for an officially recorded time of 2 minutes, 42 seconds.
One of the most difficult items for sewage workers to handle, as it is insoluble, yet fine enough to pass through most filtration systems, is pubic hair. Every month Thames Water removes over a ton of pubic hair at its water treatment plants, whereupon it is taken away to a landfill site and buried
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
A female lobster is called a hen
The lung fish can survive for 4 years without water. They cover themselves with a layer of mucus, then burrow into river mud until the next rains
A Blue Whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a full grown African elephant, and its heart is compared to the size of a Volkswagon beetle
Jellyfish have been in the Earth's oceans for over 650 million years; they were here before the dinosaurs! The largest jellyfish has a bell that can reach 2.4 meters across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field. I bet you wouldn't like to come across that while swimming!
Fish sleep
Have you walked your fish today?... The Climbing Perch can walk on dry land in search of fresh water, and is said to even climb trees
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more
Coca Cola was originally green
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food
The brewing of beer in ancient Peru was considered such a sacred rite that it was entrusted only to skills of virgin priestesses. Today Peruvian beer drinkers often sprinkle a few drops of beer on the ground in honor of Mama Sara, the corn goddess.
Taurine, the main ingredient in Red Bull, is an extract of the stomach lining of cows
A study recently determined that moderate alcohol drinkers over age 70 did better on mental test than their peers who do not drink
Beer was considered an important dietary staple during the Revolutionary war. As one of its first official acts, on March 18 1775, the Continental Congress ordered a ration of one pint a day per soldier.
At age 14, Tom Cruise enrolled in a seminary to become a priest, but dropped out after one year
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
In high school, Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed."
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
A clown wrote the original music and lyrics to "Macarena."
The Bible has been translated into Klingon
One of Michael Jackson's hobbies is observing brain surgery. Said one surgeon after performing a particularly gruesome operation, "Jackson was smiling through the whole thing." In his room, Michael keeps a brain in a jar.
A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
When David Bowie was in school, he got into a fight, and was stabbed in the eye with a compass.
MTV made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
In 1471, a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was accused of being 'a devil in disguise' after laying a brightly colored egg. The chicken stood trial, was found guilty and burned at the stake.
A man was arrested in Belo Horizonte with tubes of glue stuck right up both nostrils. He died in custody. Someone called him Walrus face and he laughed so much he hemorrhaged.
A hunter in Uganda is being sought by local authorities for illegally hunting gorillas. He shoots them with a tranquilizer gun and dresses them in clown suits. So far six gorillas have been found wandering around in this condition.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.
Erwin, TN is the only place where an elephant has been hanged for murder
Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed when an eagle flying overhead dropped a turtle on his head.
A poodle fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires in October 1988. It killed three people. One was struck on the head, the second run over by a bus while watching, the third witnessed the event and died from a heart attack
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood
In Britain 2 women, Anuban Bell and Sunee Whitworth, were killed in 1999 by lightning conducted through their underwire bras, according to the West London Coroner's Office
Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 have been injured.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year
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Heh, very good. Where did you get them from? I've heard a few before in the Darwin Awards, I think.
I couldn't help but laugh when I read about the guy being banned from 134 washrooms in his state :)
I couldn't help but laugh when I read about the guy being banned from 134 washrooms in his state :)
I liked reading the first few facts...
I notice that no-one posts interesting facts around here...so here we go
The longest dump ever verified was produced by an American, who produced a 'staggering t**d' over a period of 2 hr 12 minutes which was officially measured at 12 ft 2in. The offender is banned from 134 washrooms in his state
Bernard Clemmens of London managed to sustain a fart for an officially recorded time of 2 minutes, 42 seconds.
One of the most difficult items for sewage workers to handle, as it is insoluble, yet fine enough to pass through most filtration systems, is pubic hair. Every month Thames Water removes over a ton of pubic hair at its water treatment plants, whereupon it is taken away to a landfill site and buried
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
A female lobster is called a hen
The lung fish can survive for 4 years without water. They cover themselves with a layer of mucus, then burrow into river mud until the next rains
A Blue Whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a full grown African elephant, and its heart is compared to the size of a Volkswagon beetle
Jellyfish have been in the Earth's oceans for over 650 million years; they were here before the dinosaurs! The largest jellyfish has a bell that can reach 2.4 meters across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field. I bet you wouldn't like to come across that while swimming!
Fish sleep
Have you walked your fish today?... The Climbing Perch can walk on dry land in search of fresh water, and is said to even climb trees
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more
Coca Cola was originally green
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food
The brewing of beer in ancient Peru was considered such a sacred rite that it was entrusted only to skills of virgin priestesses. Today Peruvian beer drinkers often sprinkle a few drops of beer on the ground in honor of Mama Sara, the corn goddess.
Taurine, the main ingredient in Red Bull, is an extract of the stomach lining of cows
A study recently determined that moderate alcohol drinkers over age 70 did better on mental test than their peers who do not drink
Beer was considered an important dietary staple during the Revolutionary war. As one of its first official acts, on March 18 1775, the Continental Congress ordered a ration of one pint a day per soldier.
At age 14, Tom Cruise enrolled in a seminary to become a priest, but dropped out after one year
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
In high school, Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed."
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
A clown wrote the original music and lyrics to "Macarena."
The Bible has been translated into Klingon
One of Michael Jackson's hobbies is observing brain surgery. Said one surgeon after performing a particularly gruesome operation, "Jackson was smiling through the whole thing." In his room, Michael keeps a brain in a jar.
A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
When David Bowie was in school, he got into a fight, and was stabbed in the eye with a compass.
MTV made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
In 1471, a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was accused of being 'a devil in disguise' after laying a brightly colored egg. The chicken stood trial, was found guilty and burned at the stake.
A man was arrested in Belo Horizonte with tubes of glue stuck right up both nostrils. He died in custody. Someone called him Walrus face and he laughed so much he hemorrhaged.
A hunter in Uganda is being sought by local authorities for illegally hunting gorillas. He shoots them with a tranquilizer gun and dresses them in clown suits. So far six gorillas have been found wandering around in this condition.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.
Erwin, TN is the only place where an elephant has been hanged for murder
Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed when an eagle flying overhead dropped a turtle on his head.
A poodle fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires in October 1988. It killed three people. One was struck on the head, the second run over by a bus while watching, the third witnessed the event and died from a heart attack
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood
In Britain 2 women, Anuban Bell and Sunee Whitworth, were killed in 1999 by lightning conducted through their underwire bras, according to the West London Coroner's Office
Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 have been injured.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year
The longest dump ever verified was produced by an American, who produced a 'staggering t**d' over a period of 2 hr 12 minutes which was officially measured at 12 ft 2in. The offender is banned from 134 washrooms in his state
Bernard Clemmens of London managed to sustain a fart for an officially recorded time of 2 minutes, 42 seconds.
One of the most difficult items for sewage workers to handle, as it is insoluble, yet fine enough to pass through most filtration systems, is pubic hair. Every month Thames Water removes over a ton of pubic hair at its water treatment plants, whereupon it is taken away to a landfill site and buried
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound
A female lobster is called a hen
The lung fish can survive for 4 years without water. They cover themselves with a layer of mucus, then burrow into river mud until the next rains
A Blue Whale's tongue is about the size and weight of a full grown African elephant, and its heart is compared to the size of a Volkswagon beetle
Jellyfish have been in the Earth's oceans for over 650 million years; they were here before the dinosaurs! The largest jellyfish has a bell that can reach 2.4 meters across and tentacles that extend over half the length of a football field. I bet you wouldn't like to come across that while swimming!
Fish sleep
Have you walked your fish today?... The Climbing Perch can walk on dry land in search of fresh water, and is said to even climb trees
For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more
Coca Cola was originally green
More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food
The brewing of beer in ancient Peru was considered such a sacred rite that it was entrusted only to skills of virgin priestesses. Today Peruvian beer drinkers often sprinkle a few drops of beer on the ground in honor of Mama Sara, the corn goddess.
Taurine, the main ingredient in Red Bull, is an extract of the stomach lining of cows
A study recently determined that moderate alcohol drinkers over age 70 did better on mental test than their peers who do not drink
Beer was considered an important dietary staple during the Revolutionary war. As one of its first official acts, on March 18 1775, the Continental Congress ordered a ration of one pint a day per soldier.
At age 14, Tom Cruise enrolled in a seminary to become a priest, but dropped out after one year
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
In high school, Robin Williams was voted "Least Likely to Succeed."
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
A clown wrote the original music and lyrics to "Macarena."
The Bible has been translated into Klingon
One of Michael Jackson's hobbies is observing brain surgery. Said one surgeon after performing a particularly gruesome operation, "Jackson was smiling through the whole thing." In his room, Michael keeps a brain in a jar.
A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
When David Bowie was in school, he got into a fight, and was stabbed in the eye with a compass.
MTV made its debut at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 The first music-video shown on the rock-video cable channel was, appropriately, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
In 1471, a chicken in Basel, Switzerland, was accused of being 'a devil in disguise' after laying a brightly colored egg. The chicken stood trial, was found guilty and burned at the stake.
A man was arrested in Belo Horizonte with tubes of glue stuck right up both nostrils. He died in custody. Someone called him Walrus face and he laughed so much he hemorrhaged.
A hunter in Uganda is being sought by local authorities for illegally hunting gorillas. He shoots them with a tranquilizer gun and dresses them in clown suits. So far six gorillas have been found wandering around in this condition.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. The offense was punishable by hanging.
Erwin, TN is the only place where an elephant has been hanged for murder
Aeschylus, the Greek poet and dramatist, was killed when an eagle flying overhead dropped a turtle on his head.
A poodle fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires in October 1988. It killed three people. One was struck on the head, the second run over by a bus while watching, the third witnessed the event and died from a heart attack
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood
In Britain 2 women, Anuban Bell and Sunee Whitworth, were killed in 1999 by lightning conducted through their underwire bras, according to the West London Coroner's Office
Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise. More than 100 have been injured.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year
Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.
The amount of gold dissolved in the oceans is nearly ten million tons, which is about 180 times the total amount of gold dug in mines in the entire history of humanity.
One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year
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