Did you know

royb · #1 08-15-2006, 07:58 AM

It's against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris

It would take around 6m breaths to fill a hot air balloon - that would take you about 8 months

The word avocado means testicles and refers to the shape of the fruit

Adolf Hitler had planned to change the name of Berlin to Germania

Mosquito repellents do not repel. They simply hide you from the Mosquito's receptors

There are around 650 muscles in the human body and you use 250 of them when you walk

Beer foam will go down if you lick your finger then stick it in the beer

The only food that does not spoil is honey

Of all his achievements Leonardo da Vinci was most proud of his ability to bend iron with his bare hands

Space probes have never visited Pluto. If one were sent it would take 8 years to get there

Orang-utangs warn people to stay out of their territory by belching

A scholar who studies the Marquis de Sade is called a Sadeian - not a sadist

A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes

One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen

Each anchor chain link on the titanic weighed about 175lb

Sherlock Holmes never said Elementary my dear Watson

The arm hole in clothing is called an armsaye

Al Capone's business card said he was a furniture dealer

limebrook1 · #2 08-15-2006, 09:39 AM

Did I want to? LOL! What a great load of useless information!

VodaHost · #3 08-15-2006, 09:55 AM

Did you know...

According to U.S. FDA standards, 1 cup of orange juice is allowed to contain 10 fruit fly eggs, but only 2 maggots.

The average French citizen eats 500 snails per year.

Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

Code-Burnt-Gemini · #4 08-15-2006, 04:11 PM

Gotta love tidbits of information. Information can never be considered useless as some time in the future you may need it even though it seems unlikely

FPRob · #5 08-15-2006, 04:14 PM

A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes - Then how does it float? HAHA Just joking :D

Here's a good one.. It takes 43 muscles to frown at somebody but only 6 to raise your hand and smack them round the head hehehe

kassi59 · #6 08-15-2006, 04:41 PM

Someone takes those six muscles on me and Ill be using quite a few more than that in retaliation!......lol..
j/k of course, Im a peaceful type....
big cheeky grins!

beegud2 · #7 08-15-2006, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by FPRob

A single storm cloud may weigh as much as 500 million kilogrammes - Then how does it float? HAHA Just joking :D

Here's a good one.. It takes 43 muscles to frown at somebody but only 6 to raise your hand and smack them round the head hehehe

NO wonder my siter continually smacks me around...and then frowns...the abuse I live with...lol

I have gott to build up the muscle power to reatliate...but first my coffee and then a danish I think...or if KAte still has any blueberry pie left....

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