Random Facts -

[halo]

1. Apparently, ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

2. You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself.

3. Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of he menstrual cramps by having her doctor supply her with Marijuana.

4. The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungle.

5. An ostrich egg would take 4 hours to hard boil.

6 The human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

7. A snail can sleep for 3 years.

8. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

9. There are more pigs than humans in Denmark.

10. Being unmarried can shorten a mans life by 10 years.

and my personal favourite . . . .

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

 

[SuitsBlue]

note #10, earache can make a man go crazy and thus shorten his life anyway.

 

[Gazdalf]

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.

You think that is because we are better at attracting. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[halo]

You think that is because we are better at attracting. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

nah - its because when men get drunk they tend to pass out more under trees

 

[monty]

nah - its because when men get drunk they tend to pass out more under trees

or wave their feet out of windows in thunder storms??????????????

 

[halo]

or wave their feet out of windows in thunder storms??????????????

Do ya know what the trick is . . . . . . . . . . . .

wrap some tin foil round their big toe

 

[Titus Bramble]

The red liquid that comes out of steak isn't blood. It's myoglobin, the muscle equivalent of blood. People in the steak thread calling it blood are making me fume. Learn your biology FFS. /Rant.

 

[heatmeiser]

Most of the OP facts are bollocks to be fair.

My favourite fact is:

"There are more atoms in a glass of water, than glasses of water in all the oceans of the earth"

 

[Pat's Van]

whales cocks never get wet

 

[bluejock]

whales cocks never get wet

Frigid whale bitches.

 

[Pat's Van]

tomato ketchup contains absolutely 0% tomatoes

 

[heatmeiser]

tomato ketchup contains absolutely 0% tomatoes

And vinegar contains absolutely no vinegar at all.

 

[Pat's Van]

the so called "border" between England and Wales doesn't actually exist

 

[Jamo Martinez]

the so called "border" between England and Wales doesn't actually exist

But former Aussie cricket captain Alan Border has been to both countries. Amazing but true.

 

[Pat's Van]

prior to the year 1872, nobody could swim