Random Facts

[Lee]

Coral reefs are colonies of micro creatures named pollups, little hair-like things that live on the top layer of the coral. The coral grows because the next generation is born on those that came before.


Just thought i would let you know:)

[josh_smaxx]

We are doing about this stuff in Geography at the moment lol :thumbsup:

Just thought id let you know.

[Stu]

Some girls mothers are bigger than other girls mothers.

[Southwell]

Thanks Lee, i now feel more enlightened ;)

[Lee]

Thanks Lee, i now feel more enlightened ;)


There will be another one along tomorrow, watch this space;)

Did anyone else know that prince charles is circumcised or is that just me?:confused:

[Mrs oOple]

Did anyone else know that prince charles is circumcised or is that just me?:confused:


Now that's just a little TMI!

Thanks for the coral info though :)

[James]

Random farming fact:
The biggest combine harvester on the market today can harvest enough barley PER HOUR to make 1.2 MILLION PINTS OF BEER.. Its one incredible piece of engineering.. but costs over £400,000 inc VAT

[Southwell]

Thats my weekend sorted then! :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

How long can a chicken fly for?








The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

Reference:

[bigred5765]

and did you know The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

[Lee]

yeah

[bigred5765]

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired"

[Lee]

Nice carl

[racingdwarf]

Random farming fact:
The biggest combine harvester on the market today can harvest enough barley PER HOUR to make 1.2 MILLION PINTS OF BEER.. Its one incredible piece of engineering.. but costs over £400,000 inc VAT

I feel better now......I'm not the only sad person who knows that sad sort of fact:D now would that be a rotory drum type machine or conventional straw walkers.

[ben]

Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.

just so ya know

[MK999]

Ancient Chinese proverb:

Man who walk through airport door sideways, is going to bangkok.

[25pie]

the deepest part of the world (ie closest you can get to the so called hell) is the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 11,033 meters deep which i work that out to be 110312623 pascals (newtons per metre squared and i assume the temperature of water at the that depth is 0.1>x>0 celsius) which is equal to 1103.12623 atmospheres (earth atmos) so basically if you were to sit at the bottom the pressure exerted on you would crush you into a blob 1103.12 times smaller that you are now. HA:drool:

just something i worked out while i was bored in Physics last friday

[James]

I feel better now......I'm not the only sad person who knows that sad sort of fact:D now would that be a rotory drum type machine or conventional straw walkers.

That would be rotary separator .......

[Northy]

Never seen a horse puke? That's because they can't. Horses have no gag reflex and are incapable of throwing up. Sometimes their inability to throw up causes stomach upsets - which can be fatal.

[James]

The coldest recorded temperature in England was made at Harper Adams Weather Station about 25years ago, it was -20C

[Northy]

The coldest recorded temperature in England was made at Harper Adams Weather Station about 25years ago, it was -20C

Let hope Easter's a bit warmer this year :thumbsup:

[Southwell]

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.

[Southwell]

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.

[millzy]

i get a bone ever day mate-

[millzy]

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

[Northy]

You can anodise turnbuckles blue in Pepsi.

G

[millzy]

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.

[Wraggy]

Streets in Japan do not have names.

[Southwell]

Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!

[millzy]

In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.

[Southwell]

After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.

[Lee Martin]

a praying mantus mates with the male by biting off its head...........

[Lee Martin]

a pigs orgasm lasts 30 minutes!!!!! but humans and dolphins are the only species to have sex for pleasure!

[25pie]

I took a dump yesterday:)

[millzy]

In ancient England a person ! could not have sex unless you had consent

of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to

have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that

they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had

F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where

[Southwell]

If an average human scrotum were stretched until all its wrinkles were smoothed out, it could hold a basketball.

[millzy]

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!

[antnee]

In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.
I better not race there then!! pliers are my main tool!


Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating

[b4rs]

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

[millzy]

lloks like we all typed random facts into google

[big air]

Can you hear in space? In theory, if there is nothing to receive the sound, there is no sound. Because there are no "air waves" in space to conduct the sound, it would not carry. So, the object would make a noise, but it would not carry to any receiver, and no one would hear it. ;)

[b4rs]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
China has more English speakers than the United States.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.

enough for ya?

[rcracer]

copy and paste.. the wonders of the pc :yawn:

[Nick Goodall]

A Ducks Quack doesn't Echo......

[Tom3012]

if a tree falls in the middle of a forrest when no one is around, does it make a sound? :eh?:

[Tom3012]

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.


isnt that because bones fuse together to make one bone? i.e your cranium?

[bigred5765]

A Ducks Quack doesn't Echo......

thats false i saw mythbusters prove it does lmao:woot:

[Tom3012]

thats false i saw mythbusters prove it does lmao:woot:


such a good program!!!!!

[Mike Hudson]

Theres a three legged cat that comes in my garden every now and then

[bigred5765]

everyones on google typing random facts all of a sudden

[Tom3012]

what a way to spend an afternoon :woot:

did you know that lactic acid doesnt actually cause cramp? i was taught this in year 11 but its not actually true, i cant be bothered going into detail about it but yeah, it doesnt :thumbsup:

[Lee]

Theres a three legged cat that comes in my garden every now and then

Who cleans up after it?:woot:

[Lee]

OK so here it is, i know Ian has been waiting for this one. The fact of the day is:

Jimmy Storey is actually an anagram of JOY! My Merits.

Thankyou, im here all week:)

[bigred5765]

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