Thanks to those of you who have so kindly kept us all informed with so many utterly ridiculous, and yet occasionally enlightening "Things We Didn't Know". It is your dedication to the absurd that keeps us all sane, or at least close to it on occasion.
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Lego is the world's largest tyre manufacturer.Rob, Yeldham
Wood frogs freeze solid in the winter and still live.Danielle, Lacrosse wi
What goes up but never comes down? Your age.hayley R
Slugs have four noses.Lisa , Witney
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.Lisa D
Rats can't vomit.Katie R
re: Paul E - what about men who have 3 nipples?lauren, camberley
The Vatican City is the only place on earth where you can find ATMs in Latin.pedro, LX, Pt
There are 83 beans in a pot from KFC.Sean, Kent
if you count how many words are in numbers, you won't find one with exactly 3 words until 100,000.James, Swindon
The 1st February 2010 is a rare date - 01022010 - a palindromic date.ellie, Moseley
It takes one hundred sheets of paper to create 2 seconds of a cartoon.BLITZ, BRISTOL
Vin Diesel bites straight into hot pizza without blowing first.Martin, Nottingham
It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis.Davie, Glasgow
Pickle a fresh, shell-wearing, uncooked egg in vinegar for a month for your own (unique), edible bouncy ball.Will, Roberttown
So far in Things We Didn't Know, 4 people have told us that bookkeeper/ing are the only English words with 3 consecuitev double letters, 3 people have told us that typewriter is the only english word that cna be typed only with the top row of a QWERTY keyboard and 3 people have claimed that it is illegal to die in the houses of parliament..... maths would suggest here that at least 7 people are telling us Things That we Already Know!Caroline, Atherton
you didn't know that i'm a speller-holic. the message given to me on your website was 'your shopping basket is dissapointingly empty'. can someone's mum please ensure the spelling list is reviewed thoroughly before the next test? many thanks.Mo, Irvine, Scotland
There are only 2 words in the English language with 3 double letters in. BOOKKEEPING and BOOKKEEPERSteve , Irvine
A stupid person is sometimes referred to as a 'wallie'. In Glasgow glazed objects such as wall tiles, ornaments and even dentures are called 'wallies'. In first half of 20th century the favourite household ornament was a glazed dog or as a Glaswegian would say 'wally dug'. Rhyming slang referred to a stupid person (a mug) as a wally dug . Gradually this contracted to 'wally'.joe, rugby
The sun converts 584 million tons of hydrogen to 580 million tons of helium every second. The missing 4 million tons is converted to energy (sunshine!). Claire, Malvern, Worcestershire
Re: Nicola S. It isn't *illegal* to die in the Houses of Parliament, it's impossible. Anyone who may be thought to have breathed their last on Houses of Parliament ground is certified as dying in St Thomas' Hospital-- so while you may literally die there, you can't officially do so.Bex, Norwich
Sri Lanka has the world's largest governing cabinet which is 106 members.Thushad, Colombo
The most common owl in the world is the "Teet".Royston, leicester
Nicola of Wrexham says cats can also get leprosy as well as armadillos. Pah and pshaw: a cat with fleas, yes, but I have never seen a cat with armadillos.JohnM, Grasse
Mike of Hull says that seagulls cannot land in trees because they have webbed feet. Pah and pshaw: I have never seen a tree with webbed feet.JohnM, Grasse
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.Luke, Cuffley
When Queen Victoria died all flags were flown at half mast in the USA, the first time ever for a foreign monarch.anthony, seaton
If you try to scan a ten pound note you are automatically given a warning message.pete, bournemouth
People say I suffer from insanity but I enjoy every minute of it.Jarett, o'leary PEI
Having cold feet reduces your sex drive.Jake , Liverpool
If you look too deeply into your coffee you'll burn your nose.Matthew, Quesnel
Rats have been trained to detect landmines.Bel, Dutton
The Saxon city of Nottingham, U.K., once held the charming name of Snotingham. Wonder why they changed it?Alison, Islington, London
Re: Steve, if all of the opposite numbers on a dice add up to six is there a secret side to a dice we don't know about opposite the number 6 which has a zero on it?Pete, Alvaston
Tigers love pepper, but they hate cinammon.Doug, New York
In Arkansas it is illegal to offer a dog a cigar, but I am unaware of any law preventing the dog from asking for one.Davie, Glasgow
To identify identical porcine singing sensations Pinky and Perky from each other, Perky wears a hat. debbie, london
The tog rating system for duvets is actually a measure of thermal resistance equivalent to 0.1Km^2W^-1 (Kelvin-metre-squared per Watt)Sarah, Rotherham
One square inch of your skin is hotter than one square inch of the sun's surface, it's just that the sun is very, very big.Sam, south molton
Owls do not make love in the rain as it is too wet to woo.Mab
Everything is in the last place you look, because you would not find what your looking for, then carry on looking for it.Andy, Runcorn
When your tummy rumbles you are losing weight.Lizzie, Manchester
Why is a it called a tv set when there's only one?jean, mancheseter
Seagulls cannot land in trees because thay have webbed feet.mike, hull
In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.Lisa P
Saint Nicholas of Myra, the original Santa Claus, was the patron saint of children, thieves and pawnbrokers.Jane W
In Tokyo they sell toupees for dogs.Claire B
Rudolph and the other reindeer are female.Nicola S
I understand that alligator tastes like chicken, as does a rat, but I can't visualise them being on general sale at the supermarket (YET).Kenneth M
New York City has the lowest crime rate in America.Abiy W
Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in 1895.Helen S
Aled Jones didn't sing Walking In The Air on The Snowman - it was Peter Auty (who was originally uncredited).Wayne R
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats. SOURCE: Dr. Bruce Ames, UC Berkeley, in Smithsonian Magazine 12/95Kerry F
All men's nipples are exactly 10" apart.Paul E
The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.Neil M
All snowflakes have six sides and no two snowflakes are alike.Andy S
Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.John W
The most popular days for suicide in UK is January 10th.Wayne S
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.Samantha R
Cuba's humming bird is 5.7cm long, weighs 14.2 g, lays eggs which are 0.6cm long and will fight birds 4 to 5 times bigger than itself.DJ K
Almonds are members of the peach family.Penny H
The Eiffel Tower is 6 inches shorter in the winter than the summer.andy P
If all the lego in the world was divided up evenly, we'd get 30 pieces eachAvis R
Every year between Christmas Day and New Year's day, there is a 2-for-1 sale on caribou patties at the Anchorage Deli.Barbara W
Angela Lansbury, star of Murder She Wrote, and Oliver Postgate, inventor of The Clangers, share the same grandfather.Adrian D
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.Viv J
the insults moron, idiot, imbecile and cretin were all once official medical diagnosesAvis R
In 1979 cricket-fan Howard King of Adelaide, Australia, called his son Howzat.Dave J
One standard teaspoon will hold one hundred and twenty teardrops.Claire B
Bats have an average IQ of 120.Victoria B
Wearing socks over your shoes when you walk on ice makes walking much easier because socks are 'grippier'.Frances L
There are 15 active volcanoes in Iceland.Annaloa H
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.Samantha R
If you don't put anything into the search box on the Google homepage and press "I'm Feeling Lucky" you get a countdown clock.Suzanne A
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.Penny H
Elephants can't jump.jane B
Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.Lisa P
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me four collie birds. 'Collie' means 'black like coal', they weren't calling birds.Katie S
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.graham H
Insects are highly nutritious and some have as much protein as raw meat. As larva they also can have a high fat content with important minerals and vitamins. Is this the next food source?Kenneth M
Babies are born without knee caps.charlotte D
The most common name for a goldfish is Jaws.DJ K
The world record for running while on fire is 100 yards.andy P
The largest hailstone recorded fell on 14 April 1986 in Bangladesh weighing 1kg (2.25lbs). The hailstorm reportedly killed 92 people.GLENDA P
Dirt can be good for children under 15 and should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists.Nathan M
Every year since the 1930s, Hollywood Boulevard has been officially re-named Santa Claus Lane, during Hollywood's annual Christmas paradeBarbara W
In medieval Japan it was fashionable to have black teeth.John W
There is actually a medical condition called Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, which has symptoms of detachment from reality, being confused about what size things are and visual and auditory hallucinations. I wish I had it...Sarah P
The gramophone was the first record player to use discs instead of cylinders for recordings. It was produced 10 years after Thomas Edison invented the very first record player in 1877.Rob R
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.Viv J
Jellyfish are born with teeth but lose them after the first day.Victoria B
The bubbles in Guinness sink to the bottom rather than float to the top as in other beers.Lisa P
As a precaution in flight travel, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane (should there be a crash).Paul D
Cats can also get leprosy as well as Armadillos.Nicola, Wrexham
You can put a lightbulb into your mouth but you cannot take it out.Nicola S
Charlie Sheen's real name is Carlos Estévez.Adrian D
There are more aeroplanes under the sea than submarines in the sky.Pamela C
Dark chocolate contains anti-oxidants which can protect against some forms of cancer and heart disease - get eating!Maria H
Two-thirds of the world's eggplants are grown in New Jersey USAJULIA C
Two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic.John , East Halton.
More people are killed each year in America from vending machine incidents than from spider bites.cat K
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.Nathan M
"Mai Tai" means 'out of this world' in Tahitian.Katie S
Mix PVA glue and corn flower to make your own bouncy balls.Jason T
The lifespan of a taste bud is ten days.Russell K
International mini-golf (crazy golf) players may just use a putter but use a different ball for each hole.Paul M
A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows.Samantha R
There are a few skiing resorts in Morocco.Sean W
King Louis X1X ruled France for 15 minutes. Stalin's left foot had webbed toes.John W
Chocolate manufacturers currently use forty (40) % of the world's almonds and twenty (20) % of the world's peanuts.Kerry F
Christmas dinner was traditionally served on Christmas eve, followed by leftovers on Christmas day so that the servants could have the day off.Jo E
Dissolvable stitches are made out of animal guts.DJ K
In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.colin R
A snail can sleep for 3 years.Joyce B
When the Egyptians conquered Libya in the 13th century BC, they removed and kept 13,320 penises belonging to defeated enemy soldiers.andy P
Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff before they buy, thereby making a "public performance".simon T
Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprintsgraham H
To hypnotise a frog, just put it on its back and gently stroke its belly.Andrew M
It's actually very easy to ride a bike on ice & snow. Stopping is the problem...Jo E
Soil lasts longer if you dip it in vinegar first.peter jones, leeds
There will be no Nativity Scene in Westminster this year! The High Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the British Capital this Christmas. This isn't for any religious reason. They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in Parliament. The search for a Virgin continues. There was no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable.Diane H
Holly was thought to snag and capture evil spirits, a bit like flypaper for faeries.Katie S
George Washington wore false teeth made out of wood.Simon H
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.Viv J
In the deep ocean, the sperm whale uses sound to stun or kill its prey. It sends out giant grunts, immensely powerful bursts of sound that can disable nearby fish, squid and other victims.Patricia M
The island of Bali used to be home to plush rainforest, until deforestation and the introduction of rice paddies eradicated this.Daniel C
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.Claire B
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.Nicola S
In 18th century Britain, you could take out insurance against going to hell.John, East Halton.
In the top 40 charts, 98% of singles that contribute to the chart are from downloads now.Rowan P
Monday is the only day of the week that has an anagram: dynamo.JULIA C
The average person laughs about 15 times a day.Lisa P
Banana plants can move by up to 40cm during their lifepsan.Carl I
Every year in the UK, 885,000 mobile phones are accidentally flushed down the toilet.Avis R
It is a 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. There are no man made structures that are visible from space or moon. Man made objects start to disappear after 300 miles up. From that distance you can barely see the outline of the Great China Wall.Nev P
Only 7% of the numbers drawn on euromillions are re-drawn the following week.NIGEL V
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.Russell K
The Song Jingle Bells was originally titled One Horse Open Sleigh.Penny H
One third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.Abiy W
17% of people attending their work Christmas parties will embarrass themselves.Barbara W
If you make a picture 3 by 3 pixels, save it as .bmp, then set it as your wallpaper in Windows with 'Stretch', you get a nice pretty gradient design.Shimon L
In 1915 William Wrigley Jr. sent chewing gum to everyone in the phone book.John W
In the 1970s and 80s farmers were encouraged to use urea as a fertiliser, rather than Ammonium Nitrate (which could be used in explosive devices). However much of the nitrogen in the urea evaporates before being absorbed by soil/plants leading to much higher levels of nitogen pollution and ruination of the environment.Paul M
Fish can swim at 68 miles per hour.DJ K
Snow is white, not blue, because its crystalline structure reflects white light in all directions. Ice is more dense and so appears clear.Andy S
When McDonald's opened an outlet in Kuwait shortly after the end of the Gulf War, the line of cars waiting to eat there was seven miles long.Neil M
The world's first coral reefs occurred about 500 million years ago.Joanna P
Camel's milk has 10 times more iron than cow's milk.Lisa M
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.colin R
Friction (related to speed) would melt Father Christmas if he visited every child on Christmas Day.Christopher F
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.Scarlett J
Roughly 3 people die each year from testing 9v batteries with their tongue.Andrew M
Did you know 7 people a year are killed using their dishwashers?thomas G
Roll a lime in the palm of your hand to gain much more juice when squeezing.liam W
If a red wine becomes too warm it can lose some of its fruity flavour. It's best served just below room temperature.Maria H
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.Viv J
The first account of serving ground meat patties on buns - taking on the look of the hamburger as we know it today - took place in 1904 at the St. Louis World Fair.Stella U
Below -30C, there is usually not enough moisture in the air for it to snow, but it is technically possible at any temperature. Snow has fallen at -41C.Andy S
Britons eat 22,000 tonnes of chips each week.Katie S
You burn more calories walking backwards.Michael V
The nine banded armadillo is the only other greature in the world that can get leprosy.Hilary T
A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.Penny H
The word 'Xmas' has been in use for at least 600 years and has a special, religious meaning. The X does not, as many think, represent the Christian Cross, but the Greek letter 'chi', which is the first letter of 'Christos', meaning Christ.Neil M
it cost $7 million to build the Titanic and $200 million to make a film about it.John W
An amputated newt limb will grow back fully in ten weeks.Avis R
On Christmas Eve in 2001, the Bethlehem Hotel had 208 of its 210 rooms free.Barbara W
Did you know... ... that 50% of the Kyoto agreement's goals can be realised by mounting radiator thermostats on all radiators in Europe?JULIA C
Myiagros was the Greek god responsible for chasing away flies during sacrifices.colin R
In Sweden there is a ski-thru Mcdonalds! How cool is that?Jane W
Father Christmas has two addresses, Edinburgh and the North Pole. Letters addressed to 'TOYLAND' or 'SNOWLAND' go to Edinburgh, but letters addressed to 'THE NORTH POLE' have to be sent there because there really is such a place!GLENDA P
The company that produces the most tyres a year is Lego, producing around 306 million.Jasmine Q
Despite his name, Werner Roth, who played the captain of the Nazi soccer team in Escape to Victory, was actually a Yugoslavian-born US citizen and was capped 15 times for the USA.Adrian D
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.Viv J
Rosehips are a great source of vitamin C.jackie H
If a lobster loses a claw or an eye, it will grow a new one.Samantha R
Reindeer have furry noses thats why it tickles to feed them - an they are so well-insulated they can lie down in snow and when they get up, no snow is melted.John R
Levi Hutchins invented the first alarm clock in 1787 which went off EVERY MORNING at 4am.One morning he was murdered by his wife... at 4.05am.Stuart L
The heaviest snowfall in the UK was in 1695. It snowed every day in London for 5 weeks - and the Thames froze over. The snow didn't fully clear until mid-April.Andy S
The first female jockey to ride in the Grand National was Charlotte Brew in 1977.Simon H
the average British person will eat 550 chickens, 36 pigs, 36 sheep and 8 cows in a lifetime.Avis R
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.Lisa P
Count de Grisley was the first magician to perform the sawing a woman in half trick, back in 1799.Vicki W
Bruce Forsythe's great-great-great-great grandfather was one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society.Sarah G
The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred. I had one that lived for 14 years. It was called orange juice.peter A
The Coors Beer slogan is "Turn it Loose" They translated it into Spanish for the marketing campaign there not reasiling it means "suffer from diarrahoea" in Spanish.Russell K
There are more people alive in the world now than have ever died.Helena J
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.Penny H
Due to the fact that water expands when heated, the Atantic ocean increses in width by 3cm every year.Neil M
On the penny, Abraham Lincoln faces to the right while all other presidents on other coins face to the left.George M
Bond star Daniel Craig is said to owe Dakota Blue Richards £200, his Golden Compass co-star,after starting a swear box on set.GLENDA P
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.Stuart P
In 16th century Turkey, drinking coffee was punishable by death.John W
Sir Michael Caine was knighted as Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, his real name.Kenneth M
All drakes, except Muscovies, have their sex indicated by by 1 feather curling just in front of their tail.Alan B
Robot waiters are becoming increasingly common. In Japan, many restaurants have robotic drink trolleys - some of which even apologise if they bump into you!Stuart L
In Nebraska, a parent can be arrested if his or her child can't hold a back a burp during a church service. While in Alabama it is illegal to wear a false moustache which causes laughter in church.JULIA C
The Millennium Falcon out of Star Wars was based on a burger that George Lucas had taken a bite out of.Ian S
The Thief of Baghdad (or was it Bagdad?) featured Sabu who was 16 at the time. He later became a US citizen and distinguished himself in WWII as a tail gunner being awarded the DFC.Kenneth M
The first known case of robot homicide occurred in 1981, when a robotic arm crushed a Japanese Kawasaki factory worker.Kerry F
A ParSec is a measure of distance not time (as Han Solo would have you believe! - never trust a smuggler...).Peter T
The biggest snowman was built by the villagers of Bethel in Maine, USA in 2008. It was 122ft 1in tall & weighed 13,000,000lb. The eyes were 5ft wreaths.Andy S
Elvis is working at a petrol station in Southend-on-Sea.james P
In 1873, Colgate made a toothpaste that was available in a jar.Scarlett J
My brother once held the world record for conger eel caught on rod and line.Paul K
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"linda R
St Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.Andrew M
The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.Viv J
Louis XIV had 413 beds.Claire B
The bubbles in a glass of fizzy dirnks is actually the carbon dioxide reacting with the dirt on the class.Mark S
In Texas it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.JULIA C
Canadian porcupines kiss one another on the lips. Katie S
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000Stuart P
There is a place in Essex called Gnome Magic where you can visit 100s of gnomes in their own little world.Lin K
Most people say that the human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death. This is actually incorrect, the skin retracts after death, giving the impression of growth.david b, croydon
Norwegians don't let snow and ice stop them cycling; in the winter the just change over to studded bike tyres.Julia B
Emus cannot walk backwards.Russell K
New drivers in Germany have to pass a first aid course before they get issued their license.Pamela P
Gnomes love to dance, are 7 times as strong as a man & have a sense of direction as good as a homing pigeon.Kerry F
I.O.U. originally stood for "Is Owed Unto".Stephen D
An iguana can stay underwater for 28 minutes.Anthony M
Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.Lynn G
The average snowflake is made up of 180 billion molecules of water and falls at a speed of 3.1mph. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches wide.Andy S
You probably know that in Scotland they deep fry everything. Well, that includes Pizzas. Yes, in most chip shops in Scotland you can get a deep fried pizza in batter. It's more commonly known as a Pizza Crunch.Ross H
The first Garden Gnome was German.Jo H
Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.Joshua C
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.colin R
English Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas between 1647 and 1660 because he believed such celebrations were immoral for the holiest day of the year.Neil M
A group of larks is called an exaltation.Joanna P
Christmas pudding should be stirred from east to west.Barbara W
A crocodile's tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.Lisa D
'Stewardesses' is the longest word in the English language that can be typed solely using the left hand.Andrew L
Taping a banana skin over a wart will get rid of it.Tricia W
Today's ten-pin bowling descended from a a nine-skittle German game called ''Kegal'', which spread across Europe and onto America.Rob R
The Christmas decorations put up in the town of Greenock by the local Council have not changed in 25 years.Douglas A
A spooked turkey can run at speeds up to 20 miles per hour.Viv J
Roughly 50% of the population is of below average intelligence...Peter W
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.lauren L
A chicken is only called so once its dead. when its alive its called a hen or a rooster depending on gender.David G
1 in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.Lisa P
Dueling is legal in Paraguay so long as both parties are registered blood donors.Claire B
Oysters can change gender.Emily F
The french phrase foe window shopping translates as "window licking"!Jane L
One of my pre-school went home and told his mother he was going to be a leopard in the nativity - when she checked with us he was of course going to be a shepherd. susan C
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.Val P
For every grain of sand there are 10 million stars.Kathleen E
What is "new car smell"? That aroma is actually a collection of noxious fumes caused by the various glues holding the car's interior together. And while collectively it may smell good, it's not at all good for you.becky R
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface.Ash F
The people in Venezuela roller skate to church on Christmas Eve.David E
An estimated 7,000 Americans die each year as a result of doctors' bad handwriting.Avis R
The wife of a Sultan is called a Sultana.Joseph C
Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.Mike satterthwaite, Barrow-in-furness
A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.Helen M
It would take roughly 3 1/2 years of non stop jogging to get to the Moon.Jonathan J
The largest collection of refrigerator magnets belongs to Louise J. Greenfarb also known as The Magnet Lady.Kerry F
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.Jane W
In 2002, 350 people needed hospital treatment after falling down while putting up Christmas lights or from receiving electric shocks or burns from faulty lights.Andy S
I have been researching the possibility of Santa's existence. Out of 2 billion children in the world Santa deals with about 378 Million. I have excluded all Muslim, Hindu,Jewish and Buddhists. He has got to make around 822.6 visits per second (based on the average number of children per household and the time he has available). He would have to whizz through the skies at 3,000 times the speed of sound, and, if each child were to receive only ONE present each the sleigh (and the 214,200 reindeer it would take to pull it) would weigh more than 350,000 tonnes. Such a load, at such a speed,would create so much air resistance that the entire thing would burst into flames and vaporise within 4.26 thousands of a second.So therefore, Santa does not exist.... Merry Christmas!Stu, Evesham, Worcs
In 1916 the first mechanical fridges were sold to households across America. The same year, the temperate in a town in Montana dropped from +6.7°C to -48.8°C in one day, the greatest change ever on record for a 24-hour period. Co-incidence?Stuart L
An eyelash lives for 30 days.leigh, south wales
The French have a doughnut called "Nun's Fart."Penny H
There is a city called Rome on every continent.Lynn G
Put milk in your mug before the boiling water to stop scum forming on the top of your tea.Keri J
the human head can survive for up to 20 seconds after decapitationcarrie J
You can unlock your car remotely if someone presses the key remote to you down the phone.Anne L
Cobras are able to tell the difference between their trainers and strangers.Katie S
Japanese students think eating Kit Kats bring them good luck for their exams - it sounds similar to a phrase which means 'win without fail'.jacqui F
If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.Stuart W
The Sun has enough energy to burn for another 5 billion years.Rachael C
The youngest pope was 11 years old.Joanna P
That the surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.Emma C
Dogs will yawn if people yawn.Jeanette B
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.andy P
If you cackle loudly in church, people give you strange looks.Shaun C
Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce because his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese.colin R
Kris Kringel, a man in his 40s, lives in North Pole, Alaska, and delivers pizzas for a living. He drives a 1984 Ford Tempo.Barbara W
25th December was a pagan fire festival.John W
Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night in 453 AD.Ken L
The Airbus A380 (Superjumbo) can unbelievably carry 853 passengers.Kenneth M
Christmas was first celebrated on 25 December in 336AD.Alison F
Horses can't be sick.Steph, Liverpool.
In 1888 Kodak produced a camera, containing a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter circular pictures.Rob R
4/4, 6/6, 8/8, 10/10, 12/12 always fall on the same day each year.Ian P
Contrary to popular belief mice don't like cheese at all, preferring nuts.Maria H
A dogs sense of smell is so powerful, it can smell cancer.Daniel P
Someone else's chips always taste better than yours.Rachel B
Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.Viv J
The last thing Elvis Presley ate before he died was four scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.Jane W
The fondant in creme eggs is a bi-product of whisky distilling.Sheena F
The only bad thing about having a lung transplant is coughing up someone elses phlegm.Tony W
You can still drink and eat whilst upside down, as the esophagus will always push ingested product towards the stomach.Christopher C
9/10 people have one leg longer than the other.Elisabeth S
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los angeles de Porcinula".Claire B
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.ashley L
When you sneeze, some of your brain cells die.Avis R
The emergency insurance cost for the iPhone on Orange is apparently £500.Jon F
Fortnum and Masons invented the scotch egg.Gregg B
When glass breaks, the cracks move at over 3,000 miles per hour.Greg L
Assuming Rudolph was always in front there are 40,320 ways to arrange the other 8.Nicola S
Sucralose, now known as Splenda, was invented by scientists looking for a new insecticide. An assistant thought he had been instructed to taste a compound he'd only been asked to test.Tom M
Right-handed people live, on average, 9 years longer than left-handed people.John T
Swansea has the tallest restaurant in the UK.barry V
Chickens can get colds and sneeze.Alan B
Basketball was invented by a Canadian.Jamie M
Flies don't wee, they squeeze out a solid block of urea instead. Delightful.rhiannon K
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.Anita B
Chicken Kiev's can contain as little as 6% actual chicken, and an extra 10% chicken skin, and still be classed as 16% chicken.Nathan C
The energy an average hurricane expends in 1 day could power the United States for three years. - If only we could get one to hold still while we put the darn solar panels on.Rachel S
Artificial spiders, complete with a web, are often included as a decoration on Ukrainian Christmas trees. It's believed that a spider web found on Christmas morning will bring good luck.Andy S
Your brain uses less power than your refrigerator light. The brain uses 12 watts of power. Over the course of a day, your brain uses the amount of energy contained in two large bananas. Curiously, even though the brain is very efficient, it's an energy hog. It is only 3 per cent of the body's weight, but consumes 1/6 (17 per cent) of the body's total energy. Most of its energy costs go into maintenance; the added cost of thinking hard is barely noticeable.Beverley J
The African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.Anthony R
The first recorded sighting of a Clanger was in the 1967 Noggin the Nog book The Moon Mouse.Adam N
The energy required to produce a normal battery is 50x greater than the energy stored in the battery.Phil N
A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.Chris C
There is an internet myth that the name of the game Golf stands for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden."BARBARA B
A flamingo stands on one leg because half of it is sleeping. The other half is awake and looks for predators, and the two halves swap around.Dale W
If you hold your nose so you can't smell, a bit of onion, apple and potato will all taste the same.Eleanor W
The average time Santa has to visit each dwelling would be less than 2 seconds.Kit L R
All of Santa's reindeer were female as male reindeer lose their antlers in winter. This probably explains why they were able to find their way!Simon P
In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.JULIA C
The computer in 2001; A Space Odyssey was made by IBM. When they found out that it was going to kill everyone they decided they didn't want their name all over it. So the film-makers went 1 letter forward in the alphabet to create the name. I-H B-A M-L, and IBM became HALAdam P
if you add up all the presents in the song the twelve days of christmas you get 365 presents - 1 for each day of the year.Steven Q
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.Ryan C
The Welsh word for carrot is moron.Helen K
Marmots wolf whistle like builders.edward L
In a Pirate Charter if you lost a leg etc. you could be given 6 slaves or 600 hundred crowns.Kenneth M
A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.Daniel F
The Blue Whale, the largest animal alive, can't swallow anything bigger than a grapefruit.Greg S
If you draw a line due south on a map from Detroit, USA, the first country you would hit is Canada.George M
If you're trapped in an avalanch and dont know which way is up, just spit... gravity will do the rest.Gary T
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue.colin R
A giraffe's heart weighs about 25 pounds.DJ K
Each person has a unique tongue print.Pam S
In 2000 the Pope was made an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter. Slamdunk!Andrew M
Any dog can give blood to any dog as unlike humans they do not need cross matching first.Susan H
The mum from The Cosby Show and the dance teacher from Fame are sisters.Adrian D
When a person gives up smoking, on average, they need an hour less sleep per nightAvis R
Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.Jane W
The shell of a hen's egg is 12% of its overall weight.Sean L
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.Lisa P
The Blackwall Tunnel in London, which is used to cross the Thames, was built in a snake shape to prevent horses in the times before cars bolting for the light at the end of the tunnel.Samuel P
If you shake an egg and it rattles inside then the egg is off.Sean D
The coldest place in Space is the Boomerang Nebula. The coldest place in the Universe is in Cambridge, Massachusetts...Mike P
A Jesus Nut is not some sort of Crazy Cult Leader but the huge connecting nut that joins the Blades of a Helicopter to the Helicopter itself.Stuart L
I find Peter Capaldi strangely attractive.Susan C
The skin between your thumb and index finger is called the waddle.Katie S
The average Christmas tree takes an average of 8 years to grow from a sapling, which is itself 3 years old.Andy S
The largest turkey on record was 86LB.Helen S
A humming bird flaps its wings 600 times a second.Joanne B
Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England 1920-1944, died after he was walking home one night and fell over a sitting cow.colin R
Norway has been presenting England with a Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square since 1947.Barbara W
The first fully controllable R/C model helicopter was built by Dr. Dieter Schluter of West Germany in 1968.Rob R
You can set light to water. Put a battery in a glass for a couple of hours, take it out. Amaze your friends - set light to a glass of water.Chris G
Japanese researchers have concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.Andrew M
French-made helicopters spin their rotor the other way which can be very confusing for a pilot.Maria H
Talin is 650 times sweeter than sugar. It is made from the seeds of the West African Katemfe plant.Dan C
The view from the top of a hill in the USA looked so similar to the view from Richmond Hill in Surrey that they called it Richmond too (virginia).denis, richmond
Bing Crosby was originally offered the role of Columbo.Simon H
Flo-Beephobia is the irrational fear of vaccum cleanersSamantha R
The Isle of Wight was the last place in the country to be converted to Christianity, mostly by killing Heathens.T O
You and Ewe are the longest pair of words in the dictionary that are pronounced the same but have no letters in common.Annette C
Doctor Who has been on the most Radio Times covers.Suzanne A
There are no red cars in Japan.Carol M
There are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth.Jane W
There is as much salt in your blood as there is in seawater.Derek B
At any given moment there are almost twice as many chickens alive as there are humans.Avis R
A chicken's brain is the size of a pinhead.Alan B
Christmas wrapping paper sold in the UK equates to 83 sq km, which is enough to cover 33 Hyde Parks.Andy S
The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.graham H
Beethoven, who was a coffee lover, was so particular about his coffee that he always counted 60 beans each cup when he prepared his brew.Lisa P
The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.George M
Handed down from Druids, burning Yule Log as a good luck charm was part of the ancient 12-day Christmas celebration.Barbara W
A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.Viv J
In Oklahoma, dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate on private property in groups of three or more.JULIA C
People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights.Sandra G
A gyroplane was designed by Sr. Juan de La Cierva in Spain and flown on 17th of January, 1923.Kenneth M
The new Gorden Brown postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail would not stick to envelopes, after a lot of government research into why, it was discovered that people were spitting on the wrong side.SALLY T
Mel Blanc, who was the voice behind Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.Lisa M
Ice ceram was invented by the Chinese, not Italians.Lynn G
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.andy P
St Nicholas is also patron saint of thieves and pawnbrokers.Andrew M
Hair grows slower in winter.Dorothy R
The earliest references for vertical flight have come from China.Rob R
A snail can sleep for 3 years.Val P
In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.Viv J
Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany. I kid you not...Adrian D
A severe contusion in the region of the gluteus maximus is more commonly known as a bruised bottom.Dan C
Dublin is home to the Fairy Investigation Society.Claire B
Your eyes never grow as you age. A baby's eyes are the same size as an adults. That's why babies have such big eyes.Anna-Marie D
Wicked, the stage musical, holds the record in the UK for the biggest selling stage show on its opening weekend - taking £100,000 in the first hour of sale.Suzanne A
The Wizard of Oz was banned in the US for a time as it was thought to be subversive.Dorothy G
At Christmas, it is traditional to exchange kisses beneath the mistletoe. In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was associated with peace and friendship. That may account for the custom of "kissing beneath the mistletoe".Andy S
In 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving people slipping on skins.Lisa P
Humans share 50% of their genes with butternut squash.Sam M, Hull
There are 12,000 Limo's at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen.Yvonne J
There is no "Dark Side" of the moon. The "Far Side" of the moon receives as much light as the "Near Side", once per day.Abbie P
There are as many types of fog as there are cloud formations in the sky.Katie S
Turkey has the 2nd largest tea drinkers in the world behind only India.Helen S
In Britain, trousers cause twice as many accidents as chainsaws.Avis R
Below -30C, there is usually not enough moisture in the air for it to snow, but it is technically possible at any temperature. Snow has fallen at -41C.GLENDA P
Three leading pseudo-sugars reached human lips only because scientists forgot to wash their hands. Cyclamate (1937) and aspartame (1965) are byproducts of medical research, and saccharin (1879) appeared during a project on coal tar derivatives. Yummy.Neil M
In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.Joanna P
One person out of 2 billion has a chance to live up to 116 years.George M
Brainjacking - determines which brain parts become active when incriminating details are mentioned.Clementina K
Polar bear liver is poisonous to humans (too much vitamin A).Christopher F
California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.Barbara W
The yeti is 4cm taller than the figure beneath the Turin Shroud.Kelly D
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. There's no need to refrigerate it and it can be stored unopened, indefinitely, at room temperature in a dry cupboard.colin R
If a tortoise can not right itself if it turns onto its back, it will suffocate because its gut falls into its lungs and compresses them.jodie W
In 1934, when Clark Gable stripped off his shirt for his Oscar-winning role in It Happened One Night, revealing no undershirt, sales of vests plummeted by 75 per cent.Adrian D
WD40 means water dispersant created on the 40th attempt.joseph r, manchester
The first marshmallow-like confection, called pate de Guimauve, was made in France from the juice of the marsh mallow.Viv J
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.Val P
Diaper is an English word from the Tudor times (involves 6 layers of moss and 6 layers of cloth alternated).kate, exeter
The youngest regiment in the footguards are The Welsh Guards, formed in 1915.wendy B
I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalises intercommunications? Incomprehensibleness. Did you work out that work that each word contains one more letter than the previous word in the sentence?Sue H
You shouldn't brush your teeth immediately after eating sweets because they soften the enamel.Jane B
At Christmas in the UK, around 125,000 tonnes of plastic packaging will be thrown away (that's the equivalent weight of more than 50,000 polar bears!!)Andy S
Parma Violets sweets first appeared in Italy in the 16th century.Maria H
I love all the old fashion sweets, but why dont the milk bottles taste the same?laura P
1 teaspoon of sugar contains 15 calories..... so think about that when you put the kettle on.Samantha R
A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.BARBARA B
How does bob marley have his doughnuts? With jammin'.anna Y
A giraffes heart is 2 foot long!Annette C
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.Abbie P
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.graham H
The specias cockroach are as old or older than the shark - prehistoric.Christine N
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.Joanna P
How did Apple computers get it's name? It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.Neil M
The sun is composed of Hydrogen and Helium (so people there talk funny).Kenneth M
You can stand on an ostrich egg without it breaking.Adam C
Austria produced the first Christmas Stamps.Alison F
Jingle Bells was actually written in America as a Thanksgiving song.Andrew M
In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.Shaun C
This box would've been blank if I hadn't written this.Stephen D
More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.Viv J
Dr Fox isn't a real doctor. Or a real fox.Adrian D
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.Maggie M
Kris Kringel, a man in his 40s, lives in North Pole, Alaska, and delivers pizzas for a living. He drives a 1984 Ford Tempo.Abbie P
Rudolf, although the most famous reindeer, is not one of the original line up.Samantha R
you can save 100 kilogrammes of CO2/year by changing one regular radiator valve for a thermostatic one.JULIA C
Green iguanas have a white photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye (also called a third eye).samantha S
In America its illegal to get a fish drunk.Tabitha, Malpas
Everton Football Club sold Anfield to Liverpool Football clubGary G
Guinness is a very dark red, not blackPaul H
Why do socialists drink herbal tea? Because all proper tea is theft...Tim, London
The egg came first.John W
In New Zealand, there are 10 sheep to every one person.Celia, Um, Nowhere?
There are 6,500 windows on the Empire State Building.Debbie C
Most pirate ships operated a rudimentary democratic system on board.Samantha S
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.Kirstie B
More people claim to own a domesticated cat then there are domesticated cats.George D
Orangutans share 97% of the same DNA as humans.Katie S
The outside of your ear that collects sounds is called the pinna, which I always remember because I lived in Pinner when I was a baby. Georgie W
Austria was the first country to use postcards.rebecca J
One billion Christmas cards (17 for every man, woman and child) could end up in bins across the UK this year. One tree is needed to make about 3,000 cards.Andy S
Fruit salad is neither a real pudding or a salad.Lynn G
Antarctica is a desert.Katherine D
Way back in 1959, the best selling Christmas toy was Barbie.Jennifer F
Avacados are poisonous to most animals.Shaun H
In 1998, sixty-seven people somewhere in the world were killed by pirates.colin R
Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been struck by lighting.Tracy W
ONE FINE SAWTOOTH is an anagram of I WANT ONE OF THOSEgraham H
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.Danielle H
Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.andy P
Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States.Shaun C
During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.Neil M
You don't need pink to make the boys wink - a finger in the eye usually works too.John G
Camels can't swim.Carroll M
Oklahoma was the last state to make Christmas a legal holiday (1980).Alison F
A human's DNA is closer to an ape than a zebra's is to a horse.Edward J
Zebras are actually black with white stripes.Gemma M
A drum is called a membranophone an instrument that creates sound by striking a stretched membrane with some type of object.Rob R
Mince pies were originally made with meat and fruit and were an oval shape to signify the manger.Donna H
The brats in Harry Enfield & chums are based on Lily Allen & her little brother.Jo E
Kippers can live to the age of 50.Victoria B
A Melvin is the same as a Wedgie, except the pants are pulled up at the front, not the back.Adrian D
Did you know that the smell of rotten eggs is meant to be a mild aphrodisiac for men? An Italian study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences was released Mar 3, 2009.katie louise cuddington., worthing
The nose pad of a cat is ridged in a pattern that is unique, just like the fingerprint of a human.Viv J
In media effects theory the hypodermic model refers to the idea that the media injects influence into society with immediate and obvious results.Lisa S
Dr Joseph Greemes, a Sheffield doctor, took his own pulse, managed to gasp out the word 'stopped', and died.Dave J
A geostationary satellite orbits at the same rate as the earth so is always over the same part of the earth, which is why they are used as communication satellites.Dan C
In Bahrain, a male gynecologist can only examine a woman's private parts through a mirror.Maggie M
New-born babies have more bones in their body than adults!Alison S
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.Andrew J
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.Whitney H
No other word rhymes with the word penguin.Lizzy B
There is no 'V' in the Welsh alphabet. Or 'Z'.Nia L
All boys grow taller than their mothersVictoria P
December 31st 2009 is "Once in a Blue Moon" as it will be the 2nd Full Moon of the month (which is called a Blue Moon). This only occurs 7 or 8 times every 19 years... hence the saying... once in a blue moon!David V
In the UK, People will use an extra 500 million aluminium drinks cans over the festive period.Andy S
Barbie's measurements (if she were life size): 39 23 33Christine W
A healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.Lisa P
The two-toed sloth has either six or eight toes.Marie C
In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes".linda R
Whisky is clear - it gets its colour from the oak wood barrel.Sarah B
The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboardNeil M
If your dog has rolled in something smelly, wash with tomato ketchup. It gets rid of the smell. No, really!Lynn G
if you are left handed you are more likely to commit a murder. Most murderers in Englands jails are left handed.craig, canterbury
Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.Debbie C
Mr. Potato Head was the first children's toy advertised on television.Jennifer F
There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bunandy P
You cannot snore and dream at the same timeLinda H
In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.Lisa D
stewardesses is the longest word you can type using only the fingers of your left hand (if doing proper touchtyping not hunt and peck)Alison F
To test if an egg is fresh, place it in a bowl of water. If it floats, it's bad and if it sinks to the bottom it's fresh.Phil, Gt Waldingfield
Sharks are the only fish that can blink with both eyes at the same time.Luke F
The tip of a 1/3 inch long hour hand on a wrist watch travels at 0.00000275 mphNicola S
Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were roommates at UniversityAdrian D
Mickey Mouse was almost called Mortimer.Viv J
Florence Nightingale spent the last 50 years of her life in bed.Patricia C
A well watered christmas tree will drop no needlesSamantha R
A cat dropped out of a 7th floor window or above is more likely to survive then one dropped out of the 6th or lower because it has the time to reach terminal velocity and relax turning over in midair spreading itself out to slow itself down and sort of glide down to avoid massive injury.Nicky P
There are about 1.5 billion cows in the world.Mary S
Elvis Presley made only one television commercial - an ad for "Southern Maid Doughnuts" that ran in 1954.Jane W
In Teignmouth theres actually a street called, "The street with no name".Ollie, teignmouth
Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels, happy days!Gary J
90% of the Canadian population lives within a 1 hour's drive of the US border.jennifer R
In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.Lisa P
Nearly 3,000 tonnes of aluminium foil will be used to wrap Christmas turkeys in the UK alone.Andy S
A smurf is 3 apples tall.Anna N
Lobsters have blue blood!Tristan W
One of the only places you can turn right on a motorway, is on the M25 just south of Swanleyasher H
The average man will spent about 145 days of this life shaving.Debbie C
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbook can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.George M
Mince Pies were banned by Oliver CromwellPatricia E
honey bees have 5 eyesAnne M
In Sweden there is a ski-thru McdonaldsLiz P
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.Barbara W
The average life span of an umbrella is under two years.Neil M
A litter of kittens can have more than one father.DJ K
The fingernails on your writing hand grow quicker than the nails on your other hand.John G
Harry James (trumpet virtuoso) was born to a circus family.Kenneth M
The Star-nosed Mole can detect, catch and eat food faster than the human eye can follow (under 300 milliseconds).linda R
There really is a lake under the Paris Opera House, like in the Phantom of the Opera story.Katie S
Although umbrellas are an ancient invention, they are found sculptured on the monuments of Egypt it was an Englishman - Jonas Hanway (1712-1786) - who made the umbrella as we know it today popularRob R
The ozone layer smells like geraniums...Andrew M
Goldfish dont actually have a 3 second memory, scientists have got them to push a lever which releases food every hour.Daniel, Earth
Baked potatoes cook in a microwave much better if you wrap them in kitchen rollFrances L
The language Llanito is unique to Gibraltar.Viv J
If the population of china walked past you in a 8-people-wide line the line would never end becasue te population is growing so quickly.Norman I
Watch out for gammon flu... it's swine flu that's been cured.Stephen P
The majority of piranha fish breeds are vegetarian.Abbie P
Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets.Jade, surrey
Ovinophobia and seipamother both terms for a fear of sheep.... horrible creatures!!!Samantha R
A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.Shaun C
A peanut isn't a nut - it's a legumeGemma B
Apparently there are more chickens in the world than there are humans!! (Nando's fact)Alex, London
There is more of a chance of dying while going to pick your lottery ticket up then what there is of you winning. Ieuan, Rhondda, Wales
Sound can not travel in a vacuum but dust canJason T
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped furLiz P
1 in 3 men will wait until Christmas Eve to finish their shopping.Andy S
The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 daysStuart L
Percy Shaw invented the cat's eye by seeing a cat walking towards him, if the cat had been walking away he would have invented the pencil sharpener!graham H
Nyctophobia is the fear of darkness. Lygophilia is the love of darkness.colin R
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.George M
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!Barbara W
Panama hats originate in Equador.Ann B
There are 8,240 species of reptiles in the world, inhabiting every continent except AntarcticaNeil M
Keith Relf a musician with The Yardbirds died in 1976 after being electrocuted playing guitar in the bathtub.Lisa P
A Christmas wreath on your door symbolizes health and happiness in the coming year.Mary S
Horses cannot see a jump when they are coming towards it and jump it from memory.Joanna P
Chablis can only be made from the chardonnay grapeNaomi B
Politicians and bankers alone are responsible for 37% of global warming gases.susan M
Up to two thirds of a Great White Shark's brain is comprised of areas that analyse smells.Katie S
The Earth has a mass of six million billion billion kilograms, and yet its gravity isn't enough to overcome the magnetic force generated by a magnet whose mass is a small fraction of one kilogram.Rob R
The moon smells like gunpowder.Chris C
Shark skin is so efficient at stopping small sea creatures from attaching themselves to it that the military have developed a synthetic shark that is currently undergoing testing skin to cover their boat hulls saving them millions in anti fouling treatments and cleaning.Nicky P
Fungi are neither animal nor plant but nearer animal than plant.Alison F
Humpty Dumpty was a canon that a peasant accidently pushed off a wall.Jonah Freud, London
Reindeers don't go to school as they were 'elf' educatedLaura C
In New York it is illegal for a person to walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.Sam, Devon
Most cats are lactose intolerant.Sorcha H
Black and white are not coloursLynn G
More money is spent on gardening tham any other hobbyBarbara W
Based on previous surveys, 17 % of you will embarrass yourselves, in some way, at your office Christmas party.Andy S
The key to get total peace and quiet with a houseful of kids is to be totally embarrassing.. they soon decide it's better to be in a different roomSue H
One plain milk chocolate bar has more protein than a banana.Neil M
Robert the Bruce was said to have had leprosy.Kenneth M
Scientists estimate that sleep lost due to daylight saving time reduces the average lifespan by nearly two full months.Debbie C
Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the only vegetable flavoured ice cream produced.Lisa P
A stack of twelve cornflakes is equal in height to a centipede standing on its head - but difficult to verify. First, train your centipede.steve, leeds
The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.Abbie P
Delia Smith baked the cake on the front of the Rolling Stones album Let it BleedSAF, Triangle
THE world's tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.SANDRA B
Trebor (the mint company) was named after the company founder, Robert Robertson, he spelt his first name backwards!Katie S
The average woman kisses 29 men before she gets married.Jennifer F
The nicest thing about banging your head on a brick wall is stopping.harry, fleetwood
There are more Ikea books in the world than bibles.Jenny N
You could fit the world's population into Loch Ness and still have room for more.Abbie P
Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company.Andy S
The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.Maggie M
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.Andrew J
Men fart an average of 17 times a day, and women fart an average of 9 times a day.Jacki H
Horace Wells (pioneered the use of anesthesia in the 1840s) was arrested for spraying two women with sulfuric acid; he anaesthetised himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor thus killing himself.Lisa P
Coldplay's "X&Y" album features a selection of coloured blocks on a black background. These blocks actually spell out "X & Y" in Baudet code.Paul J
Worms have 5 hearts.Helen O
Snails have teeth on their tongues.Christine N
Roald Dahl always wrote on yellow paper.Katie S
Today, December the 5th, is Walt Disney's birthday.Susan M
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.com is the longest single word .com domain name in the world.Neil M
Autogenous (made from your own blood) drops can help eye ulcers.Elizabeth S
Santa has 31 hours to deliver presents - taking into account time zones.GLENDA P
Diamonds will vanish if heated to 1405 degrees Fahrenheit.Andrew M
The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!Shaun C
As of September 2009, more than 220,000,000 iPods had been sold worldwide.Rob R
Travelling from London to Inverness is a longer distance than travelling from Earth to the Moon.Susan M
A gherkin is part of the cucumber family.lisa R
The first place to celebrate St Patricks day was Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1737.Avis R
I've just had a sneaky Twix and I'm on a diet.Karen M
Antarctica's area code is 672.Nicola S
The word robot is the only word that we use in everyday language that is Czech.Kelly W
Unborn babies appear to like The Prodigy, as mine is throwing shapes when I listen to 'Invaders Must Die'.Susan C
Lemmings are no more suicidal then any other creature.Abbie P
The thick lipped mullet thinks about sex on average 5 times a day.Victoria B
Lizards are a very large and widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3,800 species. Lizards first appeared approximately 200 million years ago, evolving alongside the dinosaurs.Joanna P
Eskimos hane 36 names for the colour of snow.Lynn G
Pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. Both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.Lisa P
Hanging up a stocking is closely related to Saint Nicholas' habit of dropping money down chimney pots to help people. Legend has it that an elderly man had three daughters but no money to give them for a dowry. When St Nicholas dropped some money down the man's chimney it fell into the stockings of his daughters, which were hanging to dry over the fireplace.Andy S
Nadolig Llawen = Merry Christmas in Welsh!Helen S
Bulls are colorblind, therefore they will charge at any colored cape waved at them, be it red or neon green.Debbie C
Alexander Graham Bell believed that moonlight was dangerous.colin R
Light never ages, otherwise we couldn't see the stars.James E
You can't out-run a crocodile.terence V
Orange peel is explosive.graham H
Friendship is like wetting yourself... Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth it brings.Dave G
An old wives' tale says that bread baked on Christmas Eve will never go mouldy.Suzie M
I currently hold the Guinness World Record for 'Most Concerts attended in 7 days'!Richard H
Microwaving sausages first makes more fat come out.Mary H
My wife thinks I'm 26 but I'm really 32!andy P
Peggy Caserta, who was Janis Joplin's lover, was in Lee Harvey Oswald's 7th grade class in Covington, Louisiana.Bob, Burlington VERMONT USA
The Earth receives more energy from the sun in an hour than is used in the entire world in one year.Rob R
Holly and mistletoe are poisonous plants.Katie S
Many parts of the Christmas tree can actually be eaten, with the needles being a good source of Vitamin C.Medea G
A certain fried chicken secret recipe contains an ingredient that makes you crave it fortnightly.Edward W
Soak fabric conditioner sheets in a pan or dish that has burnt on food and it will lift the burnt stuff straight off.carole R
The more brightly coloured the frog, the more dangerous it is.colin R
Candles will last a lot longer if placed in the freezer for at least 3 hours prior to burning.Adele B
A year is exactly 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 54.5 secondsGeorge M
Alexander I of Greece - died from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.Lisa P
Hibs have not won The Scottish Cup since 1902 !andy T
Sorry Christine O, but not true. It's Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle, and it effectively says you can't know exactly where you are going AND exactly where you are at the same time. One or t'other exactly, the other roughly.Rick MInstP, Burton
Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys.M W
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.gavyn N
Haribo were started in Bonn.Lynn G
Glass is actually a liquid, and thickens towards the bottom over the course of time.Tim, Manchester
It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them.Neil M
In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.Barbara W
Salad cream & mint sauce actually go really well together in a sandwich.Katie S
The kilt is a modern invention - the plaid was originally just a wrap/blanket.Lorraine C
When the Model T Ford car was first introduced, the glass windscreen was an optional extra.Rob R
Chewing gum whilst chopping onions stops you from crying.Avis R
In Chester there is a house that is actually called 'Nowhere'. This is rumoured to be the place that the Beatles wrote 'Nowhere Man' about as John Lennon had visited the place.Caroline D
The oldest continuously occupied town in the United States is the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, occupied for at least the last 1000 years.Bob, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Male anglerfish bite onto the larger female, and then waste away. Leaving just a pair of testes hanging from her side supplying her with his genes.Melanie C
When cats wash over their ears intensely, it's going to rain tomorrow.Susan M
There is on average, 8 insects legs in a bar of chocolate ;)Jennifer K
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.Joanna P
The word ciabatta, used in English for ciabatta bread, actually means slipper in Italian. It was in fact chosen because of the slipper-like look of the ciabatta bread.Annalisa, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate.Jeremy, Sidmouth
The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak.Jeremy, Sidmouth
Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.Jeremy, Sidmouth
According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.Jeremy, Sidmouth
A turtle can breath through its butt...and it's not a joke!Jeremy, Sidmouth
The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.Charis M
Hulll City is the only english football without any letters that can be coloured in.Andrew J
Labradors were bred to retrieve fishing nets and that's why they have short coats and an otter-like tail.Abbie P
Harrison Ford has a species of ant named after him called Peidole harrisonfordi.Kevin G
7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.Andy S
If you put an egg with its shell on in vinegar it'll become transparent.Jade S
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.Nick M
Only female reindeer have antlers in winter, so Rudolph's a girl!Rick, Burton
Did you know that....On 2nd December 1982, Dr Barney Clark received the world's first artificial heart. He died 112 days later...Gemma B
I got my first "double yolker" egg from my chickens this morning, now I know you don't know that.. even my husband doesn't know yet! Do you feel priveleged?Sue H
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.Alison A
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!Barbara W
You cannot know both the speed you are going at and the direction you are travelling in at any one instance (the Heidenberg Uncertainty Principle).Christine O
Reindeer eat lichen.Jane, Exeter
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.Neil M
Crustaceans have blue blood!Kerry K
If you cook brussel sprouts for between 5 and 8 minutes they don't give you wind.Lynn G
Gary Numan is not only a pop star, but also has a pilot's license.Nicole H
A Rhino's horn is actually made out of the same stuff hair and nails are made of 'keratin' and not ivory like commonly thought :)Dave G
21% of Twitter users have never posted a Tweet.Debbie C
The Peacock Spider is brightly coloured.Yvonne J
When you kiss someone under the mistletoe you are supposed to remove a berry for each kiss.Sharon M
Reindeer are some of the only animals that can survive by eating moss.GLENDA P
The College of Cardinals in the Vatican predates Christs time by centuries, and was originally the Priesthood of Janus, the two-headed Roman god, also known as the Priests of the Hinge. They were allowed to choose the Pope due to their control of the Praetorian Guard, and therefore great influence and power.BOB, Burlington VERMONT USA
Chocolate is always the answer.Linda F
Yorkshire terriers have no undercoat.Cecelia A
A male worm will turn female upon meeting another male.Hayley J
If Benny & Bjorn had been born Steve & Dave, then ABBA would have been called ASDA.Andrew W
Mackerel have a 3 second memory.Janice P
Boxing day got its name from servants being given presents on 26th dec.denise J
Black felt tip tastes better than red felt tip.Michelle H
There are more insects in the world than all the other animals added together.Christina C
It's been 6 horrid weeks since i had my last cig.tracey M
Einstein didn't learn to write until he was ten years old.Avis R
Pears sink and apples float, so never do pear-bobbing.jamie, bradford on avon
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.Ryan B
Spam stands for Special Pressed American Meat.Charlotte S
Sophia is the highest capital city in Europe.Stephanie L
New Order's 'Blue Monday' is the biggest selling 12" single of all time.John M
Rowan Atkinson has a degree in electrical engineering.Lisa S
The Mamas and Papas were once called the Mugwumps.Maggie M
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.CAROLINE G
Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.Derek H
Only 3% of the population are redheads.clare D
Typing "Why won't" into Google provides hilarious suggested results.Beverley M
If you chew orange pips they taste like licorice.Becky G
There are not too many fish in the sea.linda R
The Moon is not really made of cheese.Jo K
An Asda van got stuck up a FOOTPATH while following the in-van Sat Nav.Jane B
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes.Barbara W
Did you know that male iguanas are sensitive to the female oestrus cycle? They get aggressive as it makes them want to mate! Our work iguana JubJub can get quite grumpy!Melanie C
My budgie can ask if you would like a cup of tea!Claire H
There's no such thing as the "force" of gravity.James E
Your eyesight gets better with age if you are slighly short-sighted.Nicola R
If a tree falls in the woods, it does indeed make a sound.D W
Did you know that "Lowenek Nadelik" means Merry Christmas in Cornish?Gemma B
If you drop a penny off a really tall building and it hits someone on the head it WILL NOT kill them. Even if you threw one out of a plane. Doesn't stop people from trying though.Rachel G
You can guess someone's sex with 95% accuracy just by smelling their breath.Joe W
There are no blue birds in Dover!Sally H
That reindeer like to eat bananas! A group of crows is called a murder. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". On average, people fear spiders more than they do death!Matthew G
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.amy S
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.Dan F
The little circle of paper that is cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher is called a "Chad".Denise H
The word 'lethogica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.Suzanne A
80% of a swan's feathers are on its neck.Samantha A
GPS satellites are fitted with atomic clocks accurate, to within 1 second per 300,000 years.Rob R
I've got a loose tooth (well you did ask)Stuart M
The word for 6 in Swedish is "sex". V embarrassing in languages lessons when you're encouraged to teach classmates to count in a family language!Sarah G
Male bats have a higher rate of homosexuality than all other mammals.Katie S
In Alaska it is illegal to wake a bear for the purposes of photography!Claire B
There are only four different tastes we can experience. Smell and texture add the extra variation we experience in food.Jeremy, Sidmouth
Fossil viruses are responsible for mammals being able to make babies (as opposed to laying eggs).SH, Penang, Malaysia
There is only one English league football team whose name begins with 5 consonants - Crystal Palace.deb, LEICESTER
Butterflies taste with their feet.Zoe, Ellesmere Port
Not all bricks thrown at your head will give you a headache.Tore, Arendal
Did you know that Exeter FC's football stadium is called St James park just like Newcastle Utd's ground...Jack, Essex
There are more curry houses in the UK than there are McDonalds.Francesca, Milton Keynes
My iPhone will make me fail my A levels.Jordan , Northern ireland
The largest crystals in the world can be found in Mexico; in a giant crystal cave packed with crystals up to 36 feet long and weighing 55 tons. If a human was exposed to the scorching temperatures of the cave, it could kill him in 15 minutes. Shaun, Braunton
You can fit a cueball in your mouth, but you can't get it back out again!Allison, Limehouse
A group of Jelly Fish is known as a Desert.Bill, NZ
On average, you breathe 23,000 times a day and take about 600 million breaths in a lifetime. As your body is composed of about 55% to 75% water, you lose around one litre of water a day through breathing, enough to fill an average watering can in just over a week!Eddie, Luton
"If you can't remember which side of the car your petrol cap is on the car - look at the dashboard illustration of a petrol pump to see whether the filler is on the left or right side and this will tell you! Irene, Fort William" - No, it doesn't! Not on my car anyway. Jo , York
The barnacle has the longest penis in relation to its size in the animal kingdom.rick, warrington
The human heart pumps about one million barrels of blood during the average lifetime - enough to fill more than three supertankers!Eddie, Luton
Apart from your brain cells, 50 million cells in your body will have died and been replaced by more cells, while you have been reading this sentence.Eddie, Luton
"If you're on a diet, water is best drunk at room temperature. Cold water briefly slows down your metabolism, so you burn calories more slowly; and hot water literally contains calories - due to its heat.Andrew, Glasgow". Cold water actualy boosts your metabolism and calories dont come from heat.Davina, lancaster
Your body kills off 5 million cells every secondMatthew, Kent
The Ostrich egg is the world's largest single cell. That's a big ol' cell right there.Conall, Belfast
Chuck Norris can believe it's not butter.Jack Armstrong, Chesham
Lego are the biggest manufacture of tyres. More then 300,000 are made per year. Amy, Oxford.
Imagine if there no more hypothetical questions?Nick, Reading
Did you know, enamel, of the tooth is the hardest substance in your body... even harder than bone.Craig, Swindon
The King of hearts is the only king without a moustache.Lynne Martin, Maybole
If Pinocchio was about to say his nose will grow, what would happen?Ella, Southampton
If you are fully submerged, you are technically not "wet".Ewan, Cambridge
The longest word in the English dictionary is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters), but the longest technical word is Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine (all in all 189,819 letters long. It is the chemical name of titin, the largest known protein!)Seb, Guildford, Surrey
The Echidna and the Platypus are the only mammals still alive today that lay eggs.Jamie, Yateley, Hampshire
A 'jiffy' is a measure of time (1/100 of a second), hence the phrase 'i'll be there in a jiffy'.Callum, Hessle
Crocodiles can't stick out their tongues.Qian Hui, Surrey
A honeybee's wings flap about 11,400 times per minute, which causes the buzz we hear. Qian Hui, Surrey
The South Pole was visited by men for the first time on the 14th of December, 1911. A team of explorers led by Roald Amundsen beat the British team (lead by Scott) there by a few days. Qian Hui, Surrey
On average, we each blink over 10,000,000 times annually. Qian Hui, Surrey
The banana plant is actually a herb - the biggest herb in the world.lynsey, tintagel
If the earth was just a few centremetres closer to the sun we would all boil to death. If we where a few centremetres further away we would freeze!!Bernie, Liverpool
The 'brain freeze' you experience when eating cold food is actually referred pain from the vagus nerve. This nerve runs down your oesophagus, and comes from your brain which is where you feel the chill!Rob, Nottingham
Door hinge rhymes with orange.Zane DeVoe, Oklahoma City
If you break up the word 'manslaughter' incorrectly (I saw this done in the Express and Star newspaper recently....you get mans laughter......horribly inappropriate, don't you think?Jill Shilvock, Wollaston, Stourbridge
It is an offence to eat a chocolate digestive chocolate side down.Caroline, Atherton
In iced drinks, a sliver of lemon will sink, but lime will float...Lori, Campbeltown
The 'v' in Latin words is pronounced as a 'w'.Rachael, Manchester
Noah's ark wasnt real but the flood was.Laura, Liverpool
Only 6% of the population are true blond. 6% are left handed and fingernails grow 6 times faster than toenails.peter j strawson, clacton on sea
If seven lions are in the same square mile at once, then a duel is commenced.Jake, Ash
Chip butties must be eaten with buttered bread, vinegar and salt, nothing else. By the way, the chips must be crispy and fat-free to stop the bread getting soggy!Steve, Newbrighton
My brother works for iwoot :DPaul, southampton
The term "pulling out all the stops" comes from Pipe Organ Playing. It is because it produces a joyfull and full sound!Keith, Edinburgh
Sharks only eat wet people.Mick, Cleethorpes
Triangle sandwiches always taste nicer than square ones.Lucy, Liverpool
Sophie - Hampshire, I am afraid you are incorrect. No matter what the size of a planet is, it will never be a sun. A sun is a star and planets by definition are bodies that orbit a star.Stephen, Glasgow
"By the time you see a star it's not there anymore-Rhi, Cardiff" So the Sun isn't there anymore? Tim, Belfast
If you put two identical containers of water, one at a higher temperature than the other, in a freezer the warmer one will (in most circumstances) freeze before the cooler one. It is caled the Mpemba effect.Eamon , Birmingham
Think of a number between one and ten... got one? Good...you picked seven, didn't you?gareth, whitchurch shropshire
89% of womens clothes are returned within the first week of purchase.David , Croydon
"The only thing you can't do with your eyes open is sneeze. Sharon, Bransgore" Or blink.Matt, Reading
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.Nicola, N.Wales
10,000 people are injured every year in America in toilet-related accidents!! Alan O L, Cork
The dots on i's are called a tittle.Nicola, Wrexham
If you watch Jaws backwards its about a shark that keeps on throwing people up until they open a beach!Jack, Reading
Has anyone noticed that "No More Nails" adhesive only seems to be advertised on television at Easter time? Andrzej, Salisbury
The average human head weighs 8 pounds.Lauren, Beckenham
Sorry Mike of Bristol, antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) is beaten by floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) and means "the action of valuing something as worthless". Check, it is in the OED!Alan, Ipswich
Marmite turns white(ish) if you pat it with a spoon. Ben, Swansea
Moodlights give you a nice outcome of your inner self.Kelly, Tacoma
Old golfers never die - they just loose their balls!John, Leeds
The tradition of carrying a bride across the threshold comes from the Romans.Alex, Cambridge
A shopping trolley is stolen every 90 seconds.Laura, Aberdeen
Axl Rose (lead singer of Guns n' Roses) chose his name because it is an anagram of oral sex.milli, manchester
Apparently, according to Stan Laurel, you can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead!Gary, Crewe
ANTIDOTES is the only anagram of STATIONED.Glenn Willshire, Milton Keynes
In London until 1973 it was still a requirement, BY LAW, to carry a bale of hay in a taxi.Ricky Prince, London
If you get the recommended 8 hours of sleep each night you will sleep over 2,900 hours each year.Qian Hui, Surrey
There are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building.Qian Hui, Surrey
I fear sharks but only in a water situation...sharks on land are not scary. However this is reversed when you consider lions...Martin, Stevenage
There are entire websites dedicated to Gaffer tape!Ciaran, London
The black mamba gets its name from the colour of its mouth.renny
It is impossible to break wind on the deepest parts of the London underground, due to changes in air pressure.Tim, Manchester
Koalas are nature's biggest carriers of chlamidia.Winch, Newport IOW
In Grand Theft Auto 4 all the cars in the game dont have any proper numberplates!James, Herne bay
Your food recycle bin eats better than 30% of the people in this world.Sue, Manchester
Aparently we spend 336 hours in our lifetime kissing.Laura, Aberdeen
Did you know there is only one country in the world that begins with the letter "O"?Stuart, Glasgow
The collective term for bankers is a wunch. A wunch of bankers.Andrzej, Salisbury
(Rachel, Devon) Actually, most humans have slightly more than the average number of legs. The actual average must be slightly less than two due to amputees.Shaun, Nottingham
My granny could break a swan's wing with a single blow of her arm.Nick, Langport
The term 'money for old rope' comes from the days of public hangings. When the rope was too worn/old to use it was sold by the executioner to the spectators.Jo, Southampton
A Woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a Woodchuck could chuck if a Woodchuck could chuck wood :-DHayley, Radstock, Somerset
The first thirty minutes of your life was spent as a single cell. Qian Hui, Surrey
It's estimated that 20 % of the Earth's population breathes severely contaminated air, generally with carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide resulting from industrial processes. Qian Hui, Surrey
Michael Nesmith (of Monkees fame)'s mother actually invented Tipp-ex (Liquid Paper) and it was originally called Nes-Paper. While In The U.S. Army Michael also managed to tip over a generals plane while cleaning it. He also invented and patented the idea for MTV, originally 6 half hour shows aired on Nickelodeon and called "Pop Clips", after it was aired he sold the rights as he didn't wish to be involved in running a 24hour music channel.Gary, Scunthorpe
According to Jez in Taliesin on this page 'The biggest foot in the world is exactly 12 inches long.' If so then I have the biggest foot in the world! Elliot, Alrewas
Actually, St. Nicholas didn't live in any Turkish town as a user suggests, as the Turks came to the region several centuries later. He actually lived in the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine, as it was named after its fall.Makis
Spike Milligan's gravestone reads 'I told you I was ill'. Max, London
An adult griaffe's kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion!Max, London
The only thing you can't do with your eyes open is sneeze.Sharon, Bransgore
An anagram of teacher is cheater.Scott, Leeds
there are 1073741824 bytes in a real Gigabyte but if you buy a one Gigabyte hard drive you are actualy only getting 1000000000 bytes or 0.93 Gigabytes and a Tera byte hard drive is actualy ony 909.5 Gigabytes not 1024 as it should be.Daryl, The Shetland Islands
Did you know that mosquitos have 47 teeth?Jeane, London
The chances of any idea being accepted by the hierarchy of any organisation is directly proportional to the rank of the suggester thereof, and inversely proportional to the amount of common sense contained therein.Davie, Onich, Scotland
The typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long. Qian Hui, Surrey
The oldest person ever was Jeanne Louise Calment, who died at 122 years old from smoking-related complications. Qian Hui, Surrey
Moomintrolls aren't real.Jack, Reading
When your shoe lace undoes by itself, it's The Borrowers hitching a ride.Jenny, Hinckley
Banana plants creep sideways as they get older.Debs, Wolverhampton
All sellotape rolls are made from 1 "mother" roll that has 6000m of tape.Adam, Hertfordshire
The collective term for ferrets is a business. A business of ferrets.Danni, manchester
You have over the average amount of legs.Rachel, Devon
The opposite sides of dice always add up to seven not six. Ken, Nottingham
The longest word in English vocabulary is 'Antidisestablishmentarianism'. Mike, Bristol
Las Vegas, Nevada is the brightest man-made place, when viewed from space. Qian Hui, Surrey
The average human body gives off enough heat in thirty minutes to bring a half gallon of water to boil (if we could concentrate that heat). Qian Hui, Surrey
In the mid 16th century, you could be hung for attempting to commit suicide.Rob, Ellerker
Your jaw is the strongest muscle in your body.Rob, Ellerker
Paint always dries darker, watercolour fades in the sun.gale, dewsbury
The biggest foot in the world is exactly 12 inches long.Jez, Taliesin
Bizarrely, Rasputin invented Angel Delight and trowels.Jez, Taliesin
Pythagoras (the guy with the theorem) avoided eating beans because he thought they had feelings!Marianne, Plymouth
Buttered (and jammed) toast will only land face-down 53% of the time... so, do you feel lucky, punk?richard, edinburgh
It requires 60 tonnes of paint to paint the Eiffel Tower.Chris, Haslemere
If Jupiter was a bit bigger, it would not be a planet anymore, but be another sun... therefore we would have two suns and it would never get dark...Sophie, Hampshire
Spain is the largest consumer of alcohol free beer, and people there don´t automatically assume you are pregnant just because you are drinking it.Rach, London
Carnoustie is the only place name in the UK to contain all of the vowels! It is also home to the world's largest Rolex. Hazel, Montrose
If you're on a diet, water is best drunk at room temperature. Cold water briefly slows down your metabolism, so you burn calories more slowly; and hot water literally contains calories - due to its heat.Andrew, Glasgow
Ducks will randomly eat acorns voluntarily. Katie, Tring
To Dianne Brown Summit... the phrase "enough blue sky to make a pair of trousers for a cat" is usually " there's enough blue sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers". I first read this in a book called "The Family From One End Street (when I was a kid).Trish, Liverpool
There are 18 posts relating to Giraffes prior to this post!Leonard, Peel, Isle of Man
Hamsters can't blink, they wink each eye!Emma, Portsmouth
By the time you see a star it's not there anymore.Rhi, Cardiff
World of warcraft will destroy your social life!Hayley, Telford
The man that invented Vaseline ate a spoon of it a day.Hannah, Northampton
There are currently around 6,798,000,000 people in the world meaning there is 6,798,000,001 humans heads in the world, because of twins born with one body and 2 heads - both of which control their own side of the body.Marco.Z, St,Albans Herts.
Scotland is the only country in the world where Coca Cola is not the biggest selling soft drink (it's Irn Bru).Chris, Balfron
Greenland has more ice than Iceland. (the country, not the shop your mum goes to).Andy, Par, Cornwall
The word Hello was invented when John Logie Baird was testing his first transmission. Before then it was not used.Gary, Thaxted
As per The Highway Code, always give way to trains.Olly, Crawley
If you put a raisin into a glass of champagne, it will rise and fall repetedly. Except no one has raisins with champagne. :DRomilly, London
If you spit a worm in half it becomes two worms!Tommy, Colchester
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.Casey, timsbury
The first VCR, made in 1956, was the size of a piano.elle, chester le street
The first coin-operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.elle, chester le street
If hot water is suddenly poured into a glass that glass is more apt to break if it is thick than if it is thin. This is why test tubes are made of thin glass.elle, chester le street
Calcium Gluconate, a substitute used to increase Calcium in humans (patients in hospital), is an antidote to Black Widow Spider bites.Tina, Stree, Somerset
Cheese tastes nicer grated than when it's sliced from the block!Ellie, Barnsley
Ronald Reagan was the studio's first choice to play 'Rick' in Casablanca! Luckily Bogart got the role.ERIC, PETERSFIELD
A giraffe's tongue is black!Davey Mayne, Belfast
Streets in japan have no names.Lisa, South shields
If you hold a pencil between your teeth (not touching your lips) you will find cartoons funnier than if you held the pencil in your lips only.Steve Wilson, Writtle
Frogs can't swallow without blinking.Lisa, South shields
David Lloyd George "The Welsh Legend"was born in Manchester.gary lee haigh, holyhead
Re Cathy,New Cross,London.Mike Nesmith played guitar in the Monkees.It was Micky Dolenz on the drums,miduck.I know,cos I used to be in their fan club.Yes,I AM OLD!!!! Cathie, Wimborne.
Half a 'byte' is a 'nibble'.Lis, Glasgow
A spider's web is like a family crest: you can track a family according to its web design! Rhett , Louth
More than half the world's Silver is melted for use in the Photographic Industry.Clare Lumsden, Aberdeen
Benin is the only country in the world where Voodoo is an official religion.Gabriel, London
You're more likley to be bitten by a human than a rat! Rachel , Porthcawl
In 1996 astronomers pointed the Hubble Telescope at a patch of sky - the size of a grain of sand held at arms length - that they thought was completely empty. After 10 full days of exposure time they found there were over 3,000 galaxies in this 'empty' patch! Each one of these galaxies contained hundreds of billions of stars. Just how big is the Universe?Jeff, Walton-on-Thames
Standing on the beach, looking out to see, the Horizon is 3 miles away. Andy, Long Eaton
The Gull family is the only type of bird that can excrete while mid-flight.Ricki, Lymington
Donkeys have one less lumbar vertebrae than horses.Liz, Broadbottom
You should never clean your windows with a hard-boiled egg.Ben, London
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Groucho Marx)Julian, Winchester
Oblivion is a wonderful place to live.John, Leeds
Peacocks are actually black. The colours come from diffraction of light, the rest of the light being absorbed by the black pigmentation. That's why albino peacocks look pure white to us, the white base colour reflects the light brighter than the diffraction from the feather.Deborah, Gravesend
The Kiwi bird, technically, has the shortest beak in the world as they are measured from nostril to tip.Mike Spiller, east malling
The little white tags that attach the price ticket clothes are called Kimbles and they are punched through the cloth without damaging it by a Kimble tagging gun.Karen, Bearsden, Scotland
Aluminium is the most abundant metal on Earth, and the 3rd most abundant element, after Oxygen and Silicon.Ben, Farnborough
The "You Are Here" pointer on a map is called an Idiomarker.Mares, Swindon
If left unchecked, public boards will fill with half-truths, old wives tales and rubbish.ben, cambs
There were no helicopters during the second world war!!Barrie, Durham
Carrots used to be purple, red and yellow, but dutch farmers favoured an orange variety around the 16th and 17th century. I guess they grew the most carrots!Jacqui, bristol
George W. Bush received 8 death threatening letters each day during his administration. Barack Obama recieves 30 of them each day.Bodecious, Amsterdam
More people recognise the golden arches of Mcdonalds than the church cross.Stephen, Southport
The oils in prawn cocktail crisps reacts with the oils in your hair and can cause your hair to fall out if you put them in your hair.Sebastian, Ipswich
Nine people lost their lives during the Wapping newspaper dispute.Nathaniel, London
Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart.Amy, Stirlingshire
A drunken ant will always fall onto its right side.Bryan, Oxford
In 1888 the body of an old laborer was found in a hayloft in Aberdeen,Scoland.He had burned to death but his face showed no signs of pain.The beam on which he was lying was unharmed, and nearby bales of hay had not burned..........Spooky.Jenovefa S
The question should not be why do men leave the loo seat up, it should be why do women leave it down?Charlotte, Ridgeway Nr Sheffield
A fish's stomach Is the same size as its eye. Sibby, Wallasey
the first ever contraceptive was created by the egypitans in 2000 BC, it was crocodile dung!Ben, london
Sardines are baby pilchards! Fact!Rhian , Paignton
When born, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs only four ounces or so.Qian Hui, Surrey
Giraffe's tongues are 22 inches long and black with pink dots. Qian Hui, Surrey
French champagne makers tell you to drink it at room temperature not chilled. This is because the bubbles are better and the flavour comes out...Rhiannon
Muay Thai is also known as the "art of 8 limbs".Nicola Smillie, Whitburn
You know guide dogs for the blind?When out walking them, who picks up their poo ?Scott, Burntwood staffs
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. tom, kettering
The first computer bug was just that, a moth actually, it flew into the machinery of an early computer causing problems and other errors.Chris, Midlands
André Michelin published the first edition of a guide to France to help drivers maintain their cars, find decent lodging, and eat well while touring. The guide was distributed free from 1900 until 1920. However after a pile of guides was found propping up a workbench in a garage, they saw a free guide would not be taken seriously so they introduced a charge. The guide introduced the star in 1926 to note good cooking; two and three stars were added in the early 1930s.Nicky, chiswick, london
Why is dyslexia so hard to spell?Goughy, St Austell
Your thumb is the same length of your nose (go on, try it!)Kirsten, Aberdeen
Carrots were originally purple.Ana, London
The slogan used by US brewers COORS LIGHT, "turn it loose," translated into Spanish as, "Suffer from diarrhoea".Dan, Leeds
In winter we are approx 3 million miles closer to the sun than in summer.Ryan, Belfast
The word 'bluetooth' came from the Danish king Harald "Bluetooth" Blaatand who unified Denmark and Norway.Matthew, Stafford
You can remain conscious for up to 8 seconds after being decapitated - probably not quite long enough to check your favourite app even if you were able to operate your fingers LOL Philip, Thurso
The reason super glue sticks skin so well is that it was originally developed by the armed forces as an emergency battlefield dressing to use instead of stiches!!!David, Cuffley
Underneath The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington in Kent are the remains of the Rose pub, where Wat Tyler (leader of the English peasants revolt) planned the revolt and led his men from when he stormed London!Charli, Dunstable
Quasimodo's wife used to use a wok to Iron his shirts!dewi, Cardiff
Putting salt on the tip of your tongue while chopping onions will stop you from crying. Try it and see!Eddie Gachegua, London
If your pint has too much head on it and you need to fight through it to get to your beer, rub your finger on your nose and touch the froth. The oil from your nose will dissolve it enough to glug your ale.Stevie, Port Seton
A cockroach can survive for 27 days without its head! Its brain is in its back. mark edwards, Kingston Upon Thames
We all have Gold, nickle and zinc in our toe nails.Suzan, Birmingham
Alexander the Great had a wig made of Lebanese Cedar and he used a jewel encrusted copper chisel to comb his 'hair'.Michael, Hove actually
If you stretched out all the DNA from every cell in your body and laid it end it end, it would measure roughly 12 thousand million miles. That's 2 thousandths of a light-year, or enough to get 0.0005 of the way to the sun's nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri. If you pooled your DNA with 2000 buddies, it'd stretch all the way! Wonder how far all the DNA from all living things would stretch?Matthew, Swindon
Did you Know about Garlic: The Romans claimed that garlic was used to repel scorpions, treat bladder infections, dog bites, cure leprosy and asthma. It was thought that hanging garlic bulbs on doors would also stop the spread of smallpox.Cindy Mackintosh, london
A chamelon's tongue is twice the length of its body, and it can't roll its eyes. I think your research team needs to amend your USB chamelon ASAP, since its tongue is way too short!Chris, Little Plumstead
Dolphins are the only other animals to Mate facing each other.Francis, Ballymena
You can fit the UK into most states of the USA except for Texas where it fits twice and new york where it would only fit England. John, Suffolk
Swinging the lead (being lazy) comes from an old nautical term. It was the job of a deck hand to test the depth of water with a lead weight on a rope.To save getting frozen cold wet hands, they'd pretend by swinging the lead and lie about the depth.adrian, Pott Row ,Kings Lynn
The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second. Yes farts are ALWAYS funny ;-)Tim Mantle, Warrington
The shortest unit of time is a 'planck time' and to put that in perspective, a 'planck time' is to a second as a second is to the age of the universe.Peter , Scarborough
Teacher: "Simon can you say your name backwards?" Simon: "No Mis".Sara, Slough
If the coast line of Australia was streched out it would reach around the world.Aidan, Chichester
If you can't remember which side of the car your petrol cap is on the car - look at the dashboard illustration of a petrol pump to see whether the filler is on the left or right side and this will tell you!Irene, Fort William
On January 28, 1984, the day I was born, Michael Jackson's hair caught fire while he was filming a commercial. Gareth
Weasling out of things is important to learn, it's what seperates us from the animals, except the weasel.Jamie, Stafford
There are only 10 types of people. Those that understand binary, and those that don't.TerryG, Dereham
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hourNicola, Frizington
Fish don't have stomachsAlex, England
A gentleman in search of the quiet life would do well to avoid accidentally switching on his lightsaber umbrella whilst walking through town on a Friday night.Howard, Preston
Pirates (who had both their eyes) wore an eye patch and would switch it when they went below deck so they would become immediately accustomed to the dark!Ant, Sheffield
The weight of insects eaten by spiders every year is greater than the total weight of the entire human population. Phil, Rous Lench
More people are kicked to death by donkeys every year than are killed in plane crashes.Nicholine Hayward, London
Batophobia is actually an abnormal fear of passing high buildings and chiroptophobia is the fear of bats ... go figure!!Andy, Essex
In 1938, Time magazine named Adolf Hitler as their 'Man of the Year'.Michelle, Blackpool
If fish had feet they'd be mice!PP, Maidenhead
Archaeologists have found batteries near Baghdad dating back to 200BC. Reconstructions of these relics proved that they do work and generate around 0.5V.Dave, Manchester
A lion's roar can be heard for up to 5 mileseghosa, london
Human urine cures athlete's foot.Mark, Purfleet
A spider's webbing is strong enough to stop a plane- it is stronger than steel!eghosa, london
Ra is the abbrevation of radius in maths, and also the name of the egyptian sun god.eghosa, london
Everywhere is within walking distance, if you have the time!Joel, Essex
If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, the only food that would keep you alive is the potato.Big Rob, Rothwell
If it wasn't for Mondays you would hate Tuesdays.John, Notts
Elizabethan women drank the urine of puppy dogs to improve their complexions Dan, Leeds
To get your pornstar name take the name of the first road you lived on, and your mother's maiden name (in that order). I'm Bruce PittmanNick
The word " Loo " for the water closet came from the British visiting France in the old days. When the French lady's would empty their night pots out of their windows, they would shout out "Attention l'eau !" (Watch out water) and the British would hear "Loo" not knowing "L'eau" but just saw liquid coming down.Pierre, La Tour de Peilz
If bill gates put all his money into dollar bills and put them under his mattress, if he fell out of bed he would take over 40mins to hit the floor!!Jon, Worthing
All domestic dogs are thought to have originated from one pack of wolvesSam, Windsor
Squirrels swim on their back to keep their nuts dry. connull, calgary,canada
It's been scientifically proven that the people who play their MP3 players out loud on buses and trains are the lowest form of life on the planet.John, Worksop
Beetles taste like apples, wasps taste like pine nuts and worms taste like fried bacon. And yes I've tasted them all, not!!Kieran, Darlington
Sorry Alexa G, there are rhymes for three of your non-rhyming words - the only one which doesn't have a recognised rhyme is month. Silver rhymes with Chilver, Purple rhymes with Hirple or Curple and Orange rhymes with Gorringe or Blorenge. All real words apparently!Phil, Dartford
The phrase 'sides reversed is' is a great way of making sensible palindromic sentences. For example take the words 'live' and evil. The palindromic sentence is 'live sides reversed is evil'.Bringidon, Newcastle
Tony...Amy is not wrong with regards to the origins of the name "Wendy" and I believe that there are two beliefs. They have both been argued for many years. Consider yourself corrected. Camilla, London
A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and female horse. You cannot mate 2 mules for a baby mule as male mules and most female mules are infertile!Sha-En, Singapore
On the London Underground there is only one tube station name which does not have any letters of the word "mackerel" in it - St John's Wood.Richard, Barking
The words IWOOT and Iphone can be combined to make the anagram "Hope I win too!" Jeanie , Hutton, Brentwood
The copper horse at the end of the Long Walk at Windsor Castle doesn't have any stirrups!Janis, Loudwater
Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of liquid paper. She was also the mum of Monkees drummer and country star, Mike Nesmith.Cathy, New Cross,London
So many visitors were taking his cigars, so Thomas Edison devised a plan to discourage the practice. He had several boxes of cigars custom-made with cabbage leaves. But when the offensive smelling stogies were delivered to his office, his secretary sent them on to his home where his wife went ahead and packed the items in his luggage, and the offensive items accompanied Mr. Edison on his business trip. This just goes to show you that even a genius can't outsmart his wife.liam, middlesbrough
The average male produces enough sperm, in his (or her!?!) lifetime to fill the boot of a rover metro car!Lord Milton Stilton, London
All telephone numbers in movies have or begin with the numbers 555.Michelle, London
Science-Fiction is made up of 85% fiction and 15% scienceMark, Chatham
A collector of beer mats is a "Tegestologist"colin, Newcastle ,Staffordshire
You have a 0.002% chance of being a photic sneezer and have an extranumerary nipple. Oyvind, Inverness
In England it is still legal for pregnant women to wee in a policemans hat if desperate for the toilet when there is not one in sight...Lucy
Msot pleope wlil sltil be albe to udenrsantd tihs eevn touhgh ist taotl rbubsihJay, England
If you hit yourself on the back of your head hard enough a teaspoon will come out of your forehead.Chris, Colne
Modem stands for Modulate- Demodulate.John, Hartlepool
I once paid £4000 to attend a reincarnation seminar. Well let's face it, you only live once!Nashie, Leigh on Sea
The Fear Of Phobias Is Called Phobophobia, that's ironic.Stephen, Colchester
Two thirds of the World don't know what the other half are doingNashie, Leigh on Sea
B, Ireland. Glass is not a liquid, it was the way it was made then. If it were liquid all of the old glass panes would have fallen out by now. Also ancient glass beads are still spherical or in their original shape.Audio Angel, Newcastle
If all the space were extracted from between all the atoms and elementary particles in the universe, the resultant matter would fit into no space at all. You'd have a black hole. Al, Ickleford
If you fry termites in butter, they taste like peanut butter.Heather, Oke, Devon
It's said that there are three moments in television history big enough that the average American remembers where they were when they watched it; The assasination of JFK, the moon landing and when Michael Jackson performed at Motown 25.Kim, Aalborg, Denmark
Chocolate tastes better when you let it melt in your mouth.Mitch , Leicestershire
If the first cigarette of the day makes you dizzy, start with the second!Frank, Yatradgynlais
The word 'plumber' comes from the Latin ford for lead, 'Plumbum', and comes from when lead pipes were used instead of copper in our water supply.Alex, Sunderland
Multi-tasking doesn't exist, the brain prioritises tasks and we switch from one to the other, and then go back. Our brain doesn't have the capability to do multible things at once.Andrew, Darlington
The Amazon rainforest produces 50% of the Earth's oxygen.Sam, Basingstoke
There are only two landlocked countries surrounded entirely by landlocked countries (doubly landlocked countries): Liechtenstein and UzbekistanRichard, London
According to the song, Joseph's Technicolour Dream Coat has only 29 colours! if you want me to name them, just ask. And how do I know this? I am a dance and drama teacher and have had to teach the song to kids at least 4 times now! Emily, Bingley
You should never bend down to tie your laces in a revolving door!Tom, Whitwick
Earwigs have two penises! Both are larger than it's body and if it needs the second one just in case one of them snaps offHelen, Warlingham
An Idiot and a Genius both lack the same thing, 'common sense', which when you think about explains why they both capable of some very stupid things.JR, Wallasey
The name Wendy was created for the film Peter Pan.Amy, Sutton
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.Steve, NZ
If everyone in the world was the size of a grain of salt the entire human race would fit in a tuna canStaci, Sudbury
Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.Daniel, tonypandy
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head." Daniel, tonypandy
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. Daniel, tonypandy
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year.Daniel, tonypandy
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.Daniel, tonypandy
Did you know that a towel gets wetter the more it dries. Figure that!Clive, Thatcham
Tapirs have no eyelidsSarah, London
Plutonium was the first man-made element. It's atomic weight was first determined in 1942 at the University of Chicago. Qian Hui, Surrey
Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up Scotty"Adam
The saying 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey' comes for the old war ships that when in extreme cold the brass plates that held the canon balls would contract throwing the balls alll over the place these plates were called monkeys. phil, worcester
Did you know that Hiltler invented methadone? Also that it is very hard not to wiggle your bottom when you brush your teeth? And that things are always in the last place you look because thats where you find them? Vikki, a land far far away
Woman who boils beans and peas in same pot is not sanitary (Confucius)alex, borders
Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana...Chris Chenery, Crystal Palace
Keep it under your hat - English longbow men kept a spare bow string under their hats.thomas, leytonstone e11
Knowledge is knowing that a Tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.Kim, Gillingham
There are the about the same number of water molecules in a teaspoon of water as there teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.Jules, Tonbridge
If you cut the legs off a grasshopper it can't jump!Peter, Preston Lanc's
Pigs don't fly, no matter how much gunpowder you put in the canon.Clone6291, The great circle, grand council palace, saturn
Our finger and toenails take six months to grow from base to tip. Qian Hui, Surrey
Sotheby's auction house sold a piece of moon rock for $442,000 in 1996. Qian Hui, Surrey
Somebody below me said that 1% of the people on the world have an IQ on 135 or more. well I have an IQ of 137, and I'm only 13 years old.Mollie, cumbria!
Never Eat Yellow Snow.alex, Borders
the fear of becoming bald/being around bald people is Peladophobia. chelsea campanella, parker,colorado
an ant can survive for two weeks under watercathy, merstham surrey
Despite the many stories, only one alligator has ever been found in the sewer system of New York City - a 125 pound (57 kilogram) alligator was captured by four boys in 1935. Qian Hui, Surrey
The body of a jellyfish is 95 percent water! Qian Hui, Surrey
Do they use bacon bandages for swine flu?Caroline, London
It has always been thought that the only cells that did information processing in the brain were neurons, and that all the other cells simply sat around feeding / taking excretia away from neurons. Not so, it turns out that these interesting little blighters too get involved in what you're thinking and doing. Yeay.Caroline , Farrington Gurney
The sparrow that flies high can never build a dam like a beaver. (Ancient Indian proverb)Geoff, Newcastle
Rizla+ cigarette papers were originally made of rice paper by a Frenchman called La CroisLynn, Billericay
Sorry CJH - spiral staircases were made both anticlockwise and clockwise (eg. wolvern castle)Dan, london
The letter b is typed with the right hand - I learned to type touch type 20 years ago and I am definitely right. I also know how to spell definitely so I must be right!!!Suzanne, Cambridge
"Did you know? A shark will only attack you if you're wet?! Jez taylor, Southwold" Sorry Jez, but you can. If you're Samuel L. Jackson. Michael, Belfast
Children who spend too many hours playing fantasy games online, show the same addiction signs as gamblersRebecca, Dundee
The 'fact' by CJH in the e-mail sent on the 16th Sept is incorrect. Staircases are clockwise for the reason stated, not anti-clockwise. I know this because last week I climbed all 275 very narrow steps of the Tower at York Minster!Neil, Weybridge
Clock watching definitely does NOT help Wednesday 16th September 2009 pass more quickly..Jon, Warlingham
the fear of long words is: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.ironic rite?chelsea, parker,colorado
You can now get Bacon Bandages, Bacon Wallets, Bacon Flavour Toothpicks and Floss, Bacon Bubble Gum... and of course Bacon.Anastasia, Begbroke
The only thing which i know is that up until now we use more than 30000 short words in our daily online chatting and after few years oxford will be publishing a dictionary named "Chatting words " :P Muhammad, karachi
the bible is the most shoplifted book in the worldgery, caventry
Have you ever seen a Gerkin that hasn't been pickled?Robert, South Ealing.
The double bass is in fact the weirdest of the string instruments - it's shoulder slope, the strings are each a perfect 4th instead of a perfect 5th apart, it is more common to find it with 5 strings than any other classical 4 string instrument, it does not play in a string quartet, it does however, play in a symphonic wind band and many jazz ensembles.Samuel, Stoke On Trent
The Turkish Van is a breed of cat that can--and likes to--swim in water. It has no undercoat, therefore its fur dries quickly.Naim, Tirana
Everything is good with vinegar.Barnabas Penor, Mexico City, Mexico
Did you know that cordless tools only stop working when your using them?Richard
The flesh of a banana can be split equally into 3 segmentsBev, Manchester
Graham, Cottingham: "Quote "The sky is not blue, it is black. It only appears blue when sunlight shines through the atmosphere. Rob S" This is inaccurate, the sky is only black in absence of light the same way that everything is black in absence of light. The sky is actually blue, thanks largely to the high levels of Nitrogen gas and Oxygen gas, both of which (Oxygen being darker, but less abundant in the atmosphere) are a blue colour, noticable only in the liquid form usually." I would like to point out that light is made up of a spectrum of colours (visible when we see a rainbow in the sky). Different things absorb different colours from the light, the colours reflected from the light are the colours we percieve objects to be (when in fact it is more true that this is the colour they are not), this is why when there is no light everything is black, all light is absorbed (as you said). The sky in fact appears blue as blue has the shortest wavelength, when the spectrum of light enters the earth's atmosphere the gasses scatter the colours towards us, reds and oranges have a longer wavelength and pass straight through, whereas the shorter wavelength of the blue light is scattered much more, meaning that anywhere we look in the sky we have some of this blue being scattered in our direction. At sunset, the sunlight is nearly at a tangent to the earth's surface and therefore has a longer path, so by the time it reaches us much of the blue has been scattered away leaving the longer wavelengths of reds and oranges.Natalie, London
Students studying law cannot/will not listen!Rose, Bedford (bedfordshire)
The practice of eating insects is called entomophagy Most insects are edible. According to eatbug.com, there are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacinRachel, Swanscombe
The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is called a frog.Rachel, Swanscombe
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. - H. L. MenckenRachel, Swanscombe
In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb sent David Letterman a statue of Madonna, made of 180lb of ham.Rachel, Swanscombe
Scrimages are deliciousOwen, Australia
All Continents begin and end with the same letter. Europe, America, Africa etc.James, Glastonbury, UK (yes, where they have the festival!)
This newsletter contains more made up stories, urban myths or just mistakes than any other in the history of newsletters! Oh but you probably knew that already.MrTinkles, Eastbourne
pigs have curly willys, and cats have barbed willysemma, surrey
You are only as good as other people think you are. You are only as bad as other people think you are. You are only as popular as other people think you are. You are only as wanted as other people think you are. (Unless the law enforcment agencies are involved) Jeff, Eastbourne
The right half of the brain controls the left half of the body. This means only left-handed people are in their right mind.Jeff, Eastbourne
The small bits of plastic at the end of your shoelaces are called 'aglets'. This comes from the French and Latin words for 'needle'.Louise, Lancaster
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. Lucinda, Cirencester
The wing tip lights of a boeing aircraft flash once at a time, the wing tip lights on an airbus aircraft flash twice at a time...and before any of you decide to moan that its not true, as seems popular, I am currently sat at the edge of the runway watching them land and do so on a regular basis. trust me. I'm right.Sarah Peirce, Derby
US President Harry S Truman did not have a middle name until he was elected President. He then decided that a president should have a middle name so he added the initial "S" which stands for nothing. (and in my opinion was an odd choice due to a tendency to sound like "Harry Ass" when spoken quickly)kiera , nashville, TN USA
Alien abductees always describe their captors as having large heads and black, shiny eyes. Experts believe that these people were, in fact, abducted by pandas - but were just too embarassed to say so.Steve, Cambridge
You can burn off 3000 calories by continuously banging your head against a wall for 10 and a half hours.Louise, Lancaster
A pint of hippopotamus milk contains 3000 calories. Louise, Lancaster
Did you know that Mexico city sinks about 10 inches a year?Erin Davie, Aberdeenshire
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have to sit still for 8 hours!Brad
dwarf tossing was only outlawed in USA in 1983. It took till till 2003 to be proposed to be banned in Canada. It was deniedChris, london
more people live in London than in Australiachris, london
The only letters that aren't used in the Periodic Table are Q and J.Jen, Merseyside
pixies song "where is my mind?" was played on mars.jimmy, derry city
In Australia it was legal up to 1962 to shoot an Aborigini for sport (barbaric!)Michael, Colchester
28% of all Spanish men are not waterproof. As a result of this disadvantage Spain has never won an Olympic swimming medal (apart from any they have won).Chris, Chepstow
the letter b is typed using the left hand. i learnt to touch type on a manual typewriter over 35 yrs ago and it is DEFINATELY the left handpauline, london
coffee increases in volume during roasting by 18.6% Chris Turner, blackpool
At 30 mph in the wet, a driveway is not a safe stopping distance to avoid hitting a fence......or next doors greenhouse! ooopsPhil, Romford
Adam, Portsmouth: is it longer than pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?Rachel, Faversham
I'm sorry Adam from Portsmouth but you'll find the longest made up word in the English language is the plural of bdkjhfdskajhfeukwhfiuekwhfuiheuhhhtrerditrateismitation and in fact bdkjhfdskajhfeukwhfiuekwhfuiheuhhhtrerditrateismitationsPaul Wileman, Orton on the hill
The gas that is expelled from a scotch egg when you bite into it does not occur naturally anywhere on earth.AERRIS, Cambridge
It is foolish to tear out one's hair in grief as if sadness would somehow be lessened by baldness.Milessa, Darnassus
Humans actually have four nostrils, two outer ones, and two 'inner' ones - a pair of tiny vomeronasal ducts near the bottom of the cartillage dividing your nose.Izzy C, Oxfordshire
if you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got,steve , yeovil
no place in the uk is more than 75miles from the sea!Deane , llandovery wales
bdkjhfdskajhfeukwhfiuekwhfuiheuhhhtrerditrateismitation is the longest made up word in the English language Adam, portsmouth
Quote "On dice whatever side you look at the opposite facing side will always add up to 6 e.g. 1+5 = 6 :) steve H Close but no cigar, they add up to 7, the opposing sides being 1 and 6, 2 and 5 and 3 and 4, all adding up to 7 for each pair of opposing sides.Graham, Cottingham
Quote "The sky is not blue,it is black.It only appears blue when sunligh shines through the atmosphere. The moon is falling but don't worry.It's speed keeps it aloft. A common misconseption is,if a window breaks on a pressurised aircraft,objects are"sucked out".They are in fact blown out as the force comes from inside the aircraft. Rob S" This is inaccurate, the sky is only black in absence of light the same way that everything is black in absence of light. The sky is actually blue, thanks largely to the high levels of Nitrogen gas and Oxygen gas, both of which (Oxygen being darker, but less abundant in the atmosphere) are a blue colour, noticable only in the liquid form usually.Graham, Cottingham
Sorry Ani ... dermatoglyphics (the study of fingerprints) is also 15 letters and they are the longest words without repeating.Simon, London
Neil, Southhampton states that this is not his real name. It's also not my real name. I wonder if we are related.Geoff , Queensbury
Did you know: I spent over 3 hours reading this entire page, and my eyes hurt.Yaz, London
Due to genetic mutations the DNA in your right hand is slightly different to the DNA in your left handChris, Nottingham
The villages of Mellon Charles and Mellon Udrigle sound as though they should be somewhere in the depths of rural Gloucestershire. They're not: believe it or not, they're both on the West Coast of Scotland, about halfway between Skye and Cape Wrath! As a point of interest, can anyone come up with any reason as to WHY such rural English names appear in the Scottish Highlands? Davie, Onich, Lochaber
Gravity doesn't in fact exist...the earth just sucks..Ben, Sutton
For Andy of Eastbourne, The Mongols used silk next to their skin as the "bullet [arrow] proof vest of their day." The Occidentals they attacked thought the Mongols were some sort ghost / superior race. When an arrow met its mark the Mongols were often able to easily withdraw the arrow and this occurred on various instances without [apparent] blood loss as the silk plugged the hole. Hence unlike bullet proof armour the silk was often self sealing...chris h, brissy
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!ani, london
Cats believe it's rude to stare; polite cats squeeze their eyes closed and glance away as a friendly greeting. This is why people who dislike cats (and so don't look at them) are more likely to be approached by a cat- they're not staring rudely. Try the eye-closing thing on a cat; it will usually respond in kind.Anna, Cambridge
The centre chapter of the Bible is Psalm 118. There are 594 chapters before that and 594 chapters after it. Add up these two numbers = 1188 and the centre verse of the Bible is Psalm 118 verse 8. How amazing is that and worth a read!carolyn, Northop
An Ostrich's eye is bigger then its brain! Gareth, Conwy
I would like to know where Steve from Bardfield heard the saying "If there is enough blue in the sky to make the cat a pair of trousers, it won't rain." My grandmother always said that, but I also thought it came from a book that I read when I was a small child...does anyone know?Dianne, Brown Summit
Most household appliances 'hum' in flat keys - vacuums, washing machines etc.carolyn, Northop
keith moon and mama cass not alone both died in the same apartment but actually died in the same bed 4 years apart, moon in 1978, cass in 1974, the apartment was owned their mutual friend harry nillsonmike , kerry, ireland
An Albatross can sleep while flying.Casandra, Wrexham
is saabbookkeeper the only word in the english language with 5 consecutive double letters?( or is it the Swedish language!)bob, worcs
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.Sean, Ireland
You only need 3.14 metres of slack in a rope around the surface of the Earth to raise the rope half a metre off the ground all the way around the globe.Ben, London
Buzz Aldrin was the first man to wee on the moon! If you watch the video of Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon Buzz stops on the second step for a little moment :)George, Sheffield
Did you know England is a limited company! Riaz Vali, Bolton
That sticky out brown lumpy bit half way up a horse's leg is called the chestnut. It's all that remains of the fifth toe.Jill, Manchester
according to the books james bond wore a Rolex not an Omega. However when Pierce Brosnan played James Bond he was already contracted to wear Omega and was not allowed to be seen wearing any thing else.john, worksop
Re: PAUL, barry- did you know humans and koalas both have fingerprints and its impossible to tell them apart! I can tell them apart, Koalas climb trees and sleep for 18-19 hours per day...few humans do!! Mike, Portpatrick
Re: Ivor Biggun, Lowestoft - Did you know that if you squeeze an ant it will sing the Spanish national anthem...Big bluff..There hasn't been any words to Spains National Anthem since 1978. Apart from that all the ones I squeeze just say "Ouch!" Mike, Portpatrick
Ludwig van Beethoven when preparing his coffee is said to have insisted on precisely 60 coffee beans were used per each cup he consumed and always counted the beans himself Oxana, London
We are what we accept.ann, Waikanae, New Zealand
Colsy, I'm afraid you're wrong on not being able to lick your elbow, my friend can do it, so either he has really short arms or a super long tongue (: He put ink on his tongue before, licked his elbow and hey presto, he had a nice navy blue elbow (:Ffion, Anglesey
In starbucks, (or any other overpriced coffee shop in fact) the size of the drinks tall, grande and venti all mean large with the exception of venti which is Italian for 20, as in 20ounces of coffee.Paul M, Belfast, Norn Iron
David, Glasgow: Light actually has the same speed in all media. The apparent change of speed is caused by light bouncing off atoms in more dense media and, hence, taking a longer path. Imagine light "zig-zagging" from wall to wall in a glass block rather than going in a straight line.Tom, Gloucester
RE: Lauren, Atherton - This is because the Regular Coke has sooooo much sugar in it! FACT. Sorry not true, the reason Diet Coke floats and regualr coke sinks is because Diet Coke uses artificial sweeteners such as Saccharin, which is less dense than water, whereas regular coke has sugar as it's sweetener, which is more dense, hence it sinks!!!Adam, Abingdon
Henry's partly right about the UK driving on the left. When knights used to pass each other, they did so sword arm to sword arm, just in case, ie right arm to right arm, or to the left of each other. Jimbly, Bedford
Seven fifths of all people do not understand fractions.Colin, Michigan
Is Stephen sure about the new origami channel on Sky? I heard it'd folded.Dr Vic, Carrickfergus
Contrary to everyone saying that at 04:05:06 on the 7th of the 8th month 2009, would be "4,5,6,7,8,9 day." It was ACTUALLY "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 day" at 12:34:56 on the 7th of August 2009.Ninx, London
A Monkey is funnier than a bear. Funiness = Monkey > Bear.Kevin, Darlington.
If there's enough blue in the sky to make a cat a pair of trousers it won't rainSteve, Great Bardfield
You can deter flies from your outdoor eating area by hanging up clear plastic bags (like a sandwich bag) filled with water. Apparently, the reflections look like predators to the pesky flies. Hurrah!Shelley, Clevedon
Only 43% of people believe most statistics are bulls%@t.Lucas Fenix, Birmingham
Adam Clarke(Glasgow)Designed the first bridge between the towns Obuda and Pest now its called Budapest.James , Newton Mearns Glasgow.
A BUTTERFLY HAS 12,000 EYESRACHEL D
The common goldfish is the ONLY animal that can see the whole colour spectrum. from ultra violet through to infra red. But, perhaps more pressingly... WHY?Bill, Dagenham, Essex
When he was 10 years old, Einstien's teacher once told him 'You will never amount to much'...AM, Leicester
People think Robinson is going bald, this is not true, in fact it's just his forehead growing therefore giving the appearance of baldingPaul, Orton on the hill
Maybe Chrissy, Burntwood, used her left thumb to type the 'b' of devertebrated. I, another touch typist, use the index finger of my right hand. Try typing other words with the letter 'b' in.Christine, Birkenhead
Did you know that if you squeeze an ant it will sing the Spanish national anthem.Ivor Biggun, Lowestoft
According to Petey R it is not true about Mikey J being a ferret in disguise, he is infact duckzilla the water hating duckPaul, Orton on the hill
Cats have three eyelids on each eye. The third eyelid is a milky-white colour, and mainly appears when the cat is sick. You can however, get a glimpse of it as the cat open its eyes.Izzy C, Oxfordshire
the most efficient machine for turning food into poo, is the human baby. i have just discovered a more efficient machine, a military chef.Slinky, Bielefeld
Mikey J is actually a ferret in disguisePaul, Orton on the hill
Butterflies can taste through their feet.Fraser, Carluke, Lanarkshire
Did you know that if you shake bacon it cries? Even if you don't shake it, once you put it in the frying pan you will soon see those porky tears half fill your pan!Adam, Kessingland, Suffolk
Chrissy, Burntwood. Ooh!! I too was taught to touch-type properly but maybe, I'll admit, a longer time ago than you and on a real typewriter. As a special treat, occasionally we had to type the alphabet to a beat on a record! It was definitely the right hand - it's imprinted on my brain forever!Joy, Horbury
If you think you can or you think you can't you're right. ps you can whistle and eat jelly Phil G. It just gets really reallt messy!Janet, Verwood
98% of things on here are wrongrab, monkeytown
"Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension :) Karl H" nope any liquid in space will boil to gas then freeze due to lack of atmospheric pressure.rab, monkeytown
Sorry Amy, the name Wendy is recoded in the USA in 1828. It can also be found in the English Census of 1881 as a boy's name. It was often used as acontraction for the Welsh "Gwendolyn". Popularised by the Childrens' play "Peter Pan"Tony, Mazarron, Spain
Sorry Joy, Horbury but Matt, London is correct. You do type the letter B with your left hand. Also the beasts number is 666 not 616. The number 6 symbolises imperfection or something abnormal/monstrous and the fact that it's written 3 times is for emphasis or intensity.Sharon, Swindon
6 out of 7 dwarves aren't Happy...Jo , Bristol
Do you know there is only one team in the Scottish football league with the letter J in its name.James , Newton Mearns Glasgow.
Silly Putty was discovered by someone manufacturing polymers for the army, not from latex condom residues.a, london
the titanic crashed on its second voyage its madien being from the shipyard where it was built to the dock it departedfromon its doomed voyagebenjamin, bedford
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!Russ, York
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.Susan, Denny
Re: Stephen Barber, Barnsley - 04:05:06 07-08-09 will next happen in 2109 not 3009. Sorry!!Jan, Northampton
The largest thing a Blue Whale can swallow is roughly the size of a grapefruit. Oh and sharks CAN get cancer, contrary to popular belief.Milly, Aldridge
Did you know that if you put a can of Diet Coke & a can of Regular Coke in a bucket of water the Diet Coke will float whilst the Regular Coke will sink! This is because the Regular Coke has sooooo much sugar in it! FACT.Lauren, Atherton
The word, "umbrella," means little shade. UMBRA > Latin = shade -ULA > Latin = diminutive indicator [form-ula]Linda, Phoenix, AZ USA
Joy Harbury - re@ 'stewardesses' v 'devertebrated' - the letter b is not typed with the right hand. Certainly not for those of us who were taught touch-typing at college.chrissy, burntwood
Ferrets can't digest vegetables. This is because they are carnivores like cats, not omnivores like dogs.Patricia, Beccles, Suffolk
The reason england drives on the left side of the road, is that when jousting, generally people would be able to strike better if your opponent was on your right hand side, and we have carryed that on to this day.Henry, Hunmanby
Termites produce more methane than cows. (Not one termite more than one cow, its all the termites produce more than all the cows). Henry, Hunmanby
All inanimate objects are, by nature, hostile.Flissy, Harlow
did you know humans and koalas both have fingerprints and its impossible to tell them apart!PAUL, barry
Bubble wrap is a very cheap version of therapy! It calms you down - and sends everone else mad! It also keeps your feet warm when worn inside wellingtons in the snow! Jude, Bampton
You can not lick your own elbow .... give it a try !colsy, glasgow
did you know that if you use boiled water for your ice cubes, they come out transparent when frozen?james, blantyre
They said nothing rhymes with Purple, Hurple is a real word. Piers , henley
the first bulletproof vests were actually invented by Casimir Zeglen (male) of Chicago in 1893 from silk. (sorry Faye)andy, eastbourne
Since the Earth is not a perfect sphere, the pull of gravily varies slightly at different points on its surface. A person who weighs 150lbs at the equator would weigh 151lbs at the North PoleNick L, Rugby
Napoleon was born with teeth.Mark, Bielefeld, Germany
Further to Hilary's quote that "Bookkeeper is the only word in the english language with three consecutive double letters." Subbookkeeper - is the only word in the English language with four consecutive double letters.Phil, Dartford
If aliens are sooooo advanced and they come to study us in secret why do the always put their headlights on when they arrive ,so we can see them doh!Charlie, Leslie,Fife
Spaghetti CAN be broken in half, by twisting the ends whilst snapping it.Mark, Darlington
There are more ways of playing a game of chess than there are stars in the universeArthur, Worksop
Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart.Christine, Birkenhead
Ants are tone deaf.Adam, Lowestoft
In old buildings spiral staircases always go up clockwise. This is because all knights were right handed (left handedness used to be a sign of satan so you'd never get a left handed knight), so the defending army would be upstairs and as they came down to fight their sword wielding arm would be in the free space of the staircase. However, the attacking army coming up would have their sword arm tucked in close to the centre of the spiral staircase and therefore would not be able to freely wield their sword. Also, dolphins do not all have little legs tucked up under their stomach, occasionally dolphins and whales are found with additional limb like growths which adds weight to the argument for sea living mammals once living on land.Sarah, Hampshire
Water will melt again when cooled under -180 degrees celcius, however this only happens when the body of water consists of 48 atoms. Daniel, Northwich
Matt, London - the letter "b" is typed with the right hand so Stewardesses wins! Love these comments almost as much as the products.Joy, Horbury
Did you know? A shark will only attack you if you're wet?!Jez taylor, Southwold
Every year there are 8 Tea Cosy related deaths.Jonny, Newcastle
While in some countries the penalty for driving while intoxicated can be death (yes, death), in Uruguay intoxication is a legal excuse for having an accident while driving. "Please believe me officer, I really was drunk."Ethan, kings lynn
Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers were all invented by women. Faye, Eastbourne
This is not my real nameNeil, Southampton
THE HEARING IS THE FIRST SENSE TO BE DEVELOPED BY A HUMAN WHILE IN A MOTHER'S WOMB.Frank, Beckenham
Sorry Graham of Bolton but Percy Shaw was inspired to make catseyes after seeing car lights reflecting on road signs. He patented his Maltese cross-shaped road studs and trademarked the name Catseye. He formed the Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd to manufacture the new Catseye road studs, however, sales were sluggish until the Ministry of Transport mandated Catseyes for British roads.Jenny, Wigan
A crocodile's brain is equal to half the size of it's biggest tooth!Ann, South Shields
AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M., ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST, THIS YEAR, THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE: 04:05:06 07-08-09 THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!Stephen Barber, BARNSLEY
Seagulls, chickens, and all birds alike CAN actually pass gas. The reason they don't is because their stomachs do not contain the specific enzyme that humans do that produces gas. Birds CAN pass gas, they just don't NEED to.Brian, Minnesota, USA
We've all walked upstairs & forgotten what we wanted up there - but as you get older you don't know if you were upstairs coming down or downstairs going up. True Frank, woking
For those who keep posting about nothing rhyming with silver... check chilver (ewe lamb)... god bless QISam, Coventry
time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.Emma, Burnley
If all the people in China were to hold hands around the world, over half of them would drownRoss, Bookham, Surrey
Did you know.. my fuel gage went a bit rubbish a few weeks back and for that amount of time i've had no idea how much fuel is in my car... a few minutes ago i broke down in the fast lane of the M5 and now i'm sat on the hard shoulder waiting for my mom and gallon of petrol to turn up... =]Faerie, Southampton
Actually, 'Stewardesses' isn't the longest word typed with you left hand - 'devertebrated ' is.Matt, London
Did You Know... that "Bedroom" is an anagram of "Boredom".... Ah... The English Language never ceases to amaze... :-S!Tasha, Warrington
To all those who say that nothing rymes with orange. I climbed the Blorange whilst eating an orange. Blorange being a mountain in Wales.ken, prenton
'Twyndyllyngs' in the longest word in the English language with no true vowells. It is the plural of the archaic English word 'twyndyllyng' meaning 'twinling' or 'twin'.James L, Newport
If you want to check an urban legend - try www.snopes.com. To check on the origin of a phrase try www.phrases.org.uk. Both great time wasters!Karl, Farnborough
There are more molecules in a glass of water than there are grains of sand in the sahara desert.Dwayne, San Diego
Amanda-marie from Cardiff holds the world record for bunking off punctuation and grammar classes at school. david, Poole
The 'fact' that the "average person consumes 8 spiders in a lifetime" while they sleep, etc is fiction. A woman was researching how quickly word spread on the internet (with nothing to validate the claim) before it became "common knowledge". This lady chose to publish an article online saying that the average person consumes 8 spiders in a lifetime while sleeping, as more and more people spoke about it more and more people accepted it as common knowledge , when it is actually nonsense.Craig McA, Aberdeenshire
Amanda-Marie from Cardiff doesn't know the difference between 'their' and 'there'. Three times the wrong one was used in the same sentence. So their!Daniel Weisberg, Birmingham
Mel Blanc (the voice of bugs bunny) was allergic to carrots!!Dan, Brighton
Annoyingly, thanks to Harold Wilson, British economists are quoting the American Billion now ie a thousand million. A billion is from a French Mathematician using Latin prefixes and is by definition a million million. Likewise a trillion is a million million million.David, St Ives
I got married for the third time on May 22nd 2009 and went to Madeira for our honeymoon and had a fanastic timeBrian Keating, Cranleigh
"After Eights" are semi-digested before you put them in your mouth. They start life as a slim wafer of minty sugar but, thanks to the inclusion of a digestive enzyme in the mixture, after several weeks of contolled storage, the sugar has been worked upon to produce a delicious goo. Yum!janet, dalton-in-furness
The youngest person to get given a full set of dentures in the UK was a boy age 3 years and 301 days !!!Lorna, Belfast
There are more people living in London than the whole of Scotland.Alison, Dundee
The platypus and the Echidna (Spiny Anteater) are the only living examples of egg-laying mammals.Emilie, Bromsgrove
Polar bear's don't cover their noses but they all are left handed and if you could get close enough to one to shave off it's fur you would see that their skin underneath is black.Sarah, Chester
When you find something in the last place you look it's for a reason. It's because you've stopped looking.Chris Turner, Blackpool
Hamsters are not nocturnal as is commonly thought; they are crepuscular. If an animal is crepuscular it means it's awake at dawn and dusk. Kelly, Sunderland
'Screeched' is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.Rachel, Faversham
did you know that 30% of women in america carry a brick in there handbags so they have less risk of a robber running away with there bags because the woman can hit them with the brick in there bag.amanda-marie, cardiff
Your nearly right about Humpty Dumpty, it wasn't a castle, it was St. Mary's at the Wall in Colchester, Essex. One the other hand, other reports refer to Humpty Dumpty as being the gunner, known as 'One-Eyed Jack Thompson' who was in charge of the great cannon. Thompson was a battle-hardened soldier, who had fought in many skirmishes. He may have lost vision in one eye but he was still an excellent shot.Drummer, Up t'north
the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire was the 1st town in England to have full electric street lighting,we fell out with the gas board over a bill! shaun, chesterfield
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. So Watch your Ass!!! MissD , Milton Keynes
The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache!MissD , Milton Keynes
'Dreamt' is the only english word that ends in the letters 'mt' MissD , Milton Keynes
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed only with your left hand, 'Lollipop' is the longest word typed only with your right hand and 'Typewriter' is the longest word typed only using the top row of letters on a keyboard! MissD , Milton Keynes
Babies cannot grow teeth until the "soft spot" on their head is closedDi, NOTTINGHAM
There are more English speakers in China than there are in the USA!Matt, Newcastle
The best way to avoid being attacked by a shark, is to sit under a treeMark, Market Rasen
Staying awake for seventeen hours decreases your mental performance the same as a blood alcohol level of 0.05%. A nap may be a good idea.Qian Hui, Surrey
One man in eight snores while sleeping, and one in ten grinds his teeth.Qian Hui, Surrey
There are more people living in India than in all the African countries combined.Tim, London
There's allot of wrong facts in this list! NJS, Bromley - Your 'statues of mounted warriors' fact is a myth Alana Paterson, Aberdeen - No Polar bear has EVER been recorded or seen covering its nose when hunting. Diana V - The Earth's population has already exceeded 7 Billion! kim B - '96%' was a made up figure by a US paper with absolutely no fact or research behind it! Alexa G - silver: Gulliver, purple: Turtle (Ok one is a name and the other isn't a true rhyme, but they both work) Fact: even I'M not anal enough to check the whole list! Philic, Malvern
Humpty Dumpty was actually a Cannon that fell off of a Kings castle that was being besieged and broke into bits. The Kings men tried to rescue it and put it back together but failed. Hence "all the Kings horses and all the Kings men could not Humpty together again" The Castle was taken.Chalky, Peterborough
the area behind the knee is called the Popliteal Fossa in anatomical parlancePatrick, Gex
the Q.E.2 ocean liner does 15cm to the gallonNigel Davies, Shrewsbury
Its a myth that pancakes stick to the ceiling. But they will stick to the cat if you toss them the wrong way!Em C, birmingham
Stupid Arrow Related Laws: English all men over 14 are meant to carry out 2 hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy. In York it is still legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays), while in Chester you can shoot a Welsh person inside the city walls after midnight.Dave, Widdrington Station
A saltwater crocodile has a bite of 3000 lbs per square inch! But it can have its jaws heald together by a human. Something went wrong in evolution i thnkAndy, Middlesbrough
People keep repeating the same facts on this page eg nothing rhymes with orange. I've read that at least five times on this page.Bill, stoke
the letter J is the only letter in the alphabet not included in the periodic table of elementsMike, Beeford
Shakespeare was one of only four men in James' court to receive rose damask material for his livery. Everyone else (around 2,000 and apart from footmen who had gold) had scarlet. This shows his status as King's Player as above that of several of the other players, including some of the more famous ones. Some see this as proof that he did in fact write his own plays rather than had someone else write them as many suspect.Lexy, London
Sigh. Your latest newsletter is rife with inaccuracies. Humpty Dumpty is NOT named after Richard III, Humpty Dumpty was the nickname for a large cannon. And Emma Bunton is categorically NOT 103rd in line for the throne, she doesn't even place in the top 500 - even if true, such tenuous descent wouldn't place her that high, and besides all that, her Catholicism would disbar her due to the Act of Settlement. And looking at some of the dubious facts on this page.... there is no code of where horses hooves are on statues that tell you how the rider died, "sh*t" does not mean "store high in transit", it is derived from an anglo saxon word that meant.... sh*t.The Pedant, Pedantic Towers
Did you know that the little bits of hole punched paper are called chads.Amanda , Poole
The Isle of Wight is the smallest county in England - at high tide the land mass is less than that of Rutland, commonly held to be the smallest independent county.James, Ealing
mimosa plants close their leaves when touched to protect themselvesAnna D
Did you know that my friend melanie didnt know who Freddy Mercury is....... BizzareMegan, newport
bad news - time flies... good news, you're the pilot!caroline E
Did you know that notes (money) aka paper notes, aren't made from paper at all? In fact they are made from cotton (which is why they can survive a spin cycle)Pearce, Reading
The area behind the knee has no scientific name, I propose knee pit??claire, rochester
ARRIVE: The everyday word 'arrive' is linked to the word 'river'. In former times the river was the bank, not the wet bit, a notion continued in the word 'riparian' - 'of the river bank'. Travellers from afar would come by boat to the river bank - in other words they would 'arrive'. The waters-edge concept lives on in the word 'Riviera'.James, Wolverhampton
Percy Shaw invented "Cats Eyes" after his headlights shone in the face of a cat. Had he have been following a cat he would have inented the Pencil SharpenerGraham, Bolton
Why is it before you can do what you want to do you have to do something else first?Graham, Bolton
Hailli Selassi claimed Ventnor beach (on the Isle of Wight) as part of Africa.Kerstee, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Einstein got it almost right. There is actually something faster than the speed of light, originally thought of as just a piece of humour, there is actually a Speed of Dark! Scientists involved in researching Black Holes and Dark or Anti matter have confirmed that Dark does in fact move fractionally fgaster than light.Mike, Nottingham
I'm pretty sure the majority of these things we could have lived our lives quite comfortably not knowing. But it's a great way to pass the day reading them all!Hailey, Oakley, Basingstoke
What is an occasional table the rest of the time?Doc, Hednesford, Staffs
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma FlintstoneChloe D
I love this web site. But I guess you kind of knew that. LOLJ, Philadelphia
It is estimated that a full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white.Qian Hui, Surrey
Niagara Falls are 'switched off' at night after the tourists have left for the day. Most of the flow is diverted through a hydro-electric generating installationPeter Clayton, Ashford
if everything doubled in size every time you went to sleep you'd never know!Kevin, Penzance
humans share 35% of their DNA with the Daffodilcharlotte, warrington
DON'T SNEAK UP ON BADGERS AND POKE THEM WITH SPOONS, THEY WILL TURN AND SAVAGE YOU.ROB, BILLERICAY
if you put a tiny drop of alcohol on a scorpion, it instantly goes mad and stings itself to death. (what sadist discovered this?)Jim J, London
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and raw sex appeal. Seconds after the contract was signed, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil and took his soul back.Rob, Halstead
The petrol dial on your car will have a small arrow near the picture of the pump indicating which side the petrol cap is on. If no arrow is there the petrol cap is indicated by whitch ever side the petrol pump has the nozzle..lee, Newcastle
The definition of a split second is the period between the lights changing to green and the driver behind you hooting.NJS, Bromley
If you removed all the fake facts from this list you would end up with only four entries. Matt, London
87.3% of all stastics quoted on this site are made up.ALLEN, GLASGOW
On average a caterpillar has sixteen legs.Simon, Wakefield
there are more planes in the sea than submarines in the air!andrew, leeds
Light travels at different speeds through different mediums. For instance it travels at about 300,000 Kilometers\Sec in a vacuum but a third slower through glass. The thing is, does it slow down when entering the glass and accelerate as it exits, or does the transition take place instantaneously, with no time involved? I should get a Nobel Prize for this one.David , Glasgow
There are 2.5 million rivits in the eiffle towerDavid Parish, Port Talbot
Panama hats don't come from Panama but from Ecuador. They are called Panama hats because thousands were bought for the construction workers on the Canal.John, St Peter Port
Eskimos never gamble.Me, Boston
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." There was never a recorded Wendy before. (:Amy , Halesowen
Statistically the TWDK list suggests too many David's have too much time on their hands.David, Haddenham, Aylesbury
Every clam is born female. About half way through their lives, a few "decide" to be male. Adam, Leeds
You (all most certainly) have more than the average number of legs! No one has more than 2 legs, but some people do have less. therefore the average number is something slightly less than two. Barry, woking, surrey
The first town in England to receive Natural Gas was Cranleigh in Surrey. I was there.Virginia, Coulsdon, Surrey
Statues of mounted warriors - if both the horse's front feet are off the ground, the rider died in the battlefield; if one hoof is off the ground, the rider died later of his injuries sustained in battle, and if both feet are on the ground, the rider died of natural causes.NJS, Bromley
did you know that the word SHIT stands for 'Store High In Transit' harping back to the days when Guano was transported as a commodity via sailing ships from tropical islands, the dried pooh had to be stored above the water line in the holds as if it came into contact with the sea water it was not only liable to spoil and hence be worth nowt it also tended to react quite badly and blow up - making it a shitty day for the sailorsDebs, Little Sutton
On a Boeing 757 airplane there is a product warning saying Fragile: DO NOT DROP andrew, brentwood
Some turtles can breathe through their bums!Lauren, Folkestone, Kent
If your tongue gets stuck to a frozen lamp post, you can escape by urinating on it.Rick, Sheffield
Red meat will not kill you. But green fuzzy meat can make you wish you were dead.NJS, Bromley
The phrase "you're pulling my leg" derives from centuries ago, when, if someone was hanged for committing a crime, family members would pull the hanged persons legs to help them die more quickly!Gareth, Cardiff
Heaven 17 were named after a band mentioned in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork OrangeBarry, Frimley, Surrey
James Bonds preferred sidearm was the Beretta 418 not the Walther PPKAndrew, Dublin, Ireland
In China, the fifth most famous American is Paula Abdul, due to there being an all-American-Idol channel on their basic cable package.Mel, Harrogate
Most of the 'facts' on here are just made up. That's probably the only true thing on here so far!Ross, Malvern
If you eat nothing but rabbit you will die of malnutrition, because it has no nutritional value.megan, Long Lawford
Putting an unstuck match between your lips when chopping an onion stops your eyes watering!Lynette F
A little known fact.... The first testicular guard "Cup" was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important.Diane H
If marble hasn't been carved within 7 years of being taken from the ground - it becomes too brittle to work.Doug M
England didn't invent the idea of the discount on a new car if your old one is older than 10 years; they borrowed the idea from Germany.Ryan A
Did you know that when polar bears hunt, they cover their noses as it's the only part of it that has color and they can become almost invisible to catch their prey.Alana Paterson, Aberdeen
Many animals engage in deception, or deliberately misleading another, but only humans are wired to deceive both themselves and others.Qian Hui, Surrey
Some of the items people find under roller coasters besides wallets, change, and keys are glass eyes, fake legs, brassieres and false teeth.Lynn M
fish don't have any eyelids, and also cannot regulate their body temperature to maintain their immune system, which is why some fish are cold water and some fish are tropical :)vanessa, nottingham
Eating an apple a day can cause bruising!Ysanne J
Babies don't have kneecaps when they are bornDavid F
If a bee fell into an empty jamjar it would never be able to escape by its own means, it will just go round and round the bottom of the jar for ever looking for a way out untill it diesbilly, runcorn
The reason the financial year starts on the day it does is to do with the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar back in 1752Dionne N
more people are killed by cocconuts than shark attackschris W
The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.Katie M
The duck-billed platypus is the world's only venomous furred animal. All platypuses are born with spurs on their hind feet. The spurs on the female fall off after the first year. The spurs on males become venomous during the breeding season. Grant, Harrow
The humber bridge is 2200 metres longAndrew T
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime. Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.Andy B
the Armadilo is the only animal other than humans which can catch leprosy.Ruth T
Humpty Dumpty and the nursery rhyme actually came about from a king of England, Richard III who was apparently a little on the plump side!Simon P
Up until very recently (blame the financial crisis!), English billions and American billions were actually different amounts. In America it was a thousand million, and in England was a million million. But most people in th UK use the American version now.Hannah W
You can't whistle whilst eating Jelly.Phil G
Female sealions can delay pregnancy (implantation) by several monthsChris M
Uhura in the new film has been given a first name Nyota in the original series she was just known as Uhura.Tamsyn J
The United States would fit into the continent of Africa three and a half times.Mark A
you can get rid of sea urchin spikes (which are poisonous) by strapping papaya skin to it overnight... it draws it out and dissolves it.Neil W
Did you know I still buy stuff from your site after 4 years ! And I can safely say you have no idea how much I love tem gadgets!Diana N
A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the groundHelen M
there's the same amount of caffeine in a shot of espresso as there is in a cup of filter coffee.Kristine B
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension :)Karl H
the Earth's population will reach 7 Billion by 2012Diana V
The technical term for eating your own snot is "mucophagy"Christopher S
Dogs cant bark and run at the same timeAlex A
Husky sledging sounds great, until you realise they don't stop to pee, poo or fart!Richard Foxton, Ilfracombe
One billion seconds is roughly 32 yearsAlice T
When jumping into water with flippers on separate your legs one in front of the other, then as you hit the water swap them, it'll stop your head from going under!Angela R
The surface area of an average-sized brick is 79 cm squared.Mathew W
FaceBook has more than 24 million photos uploaded dailyfiona W
Nocturnal is to be awake during the night. But Dyurnal iss an animal that is awake during the day and sleeps at night.Lee B
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwardsSimon H
If an Octopus gets so angry it will eat it's self!Michael G, Somerton
The foraminifera can expand their over all body surface to three times their size, to absorb oxygen from low oxygenated watersJohan, Llandudno
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhillLouise S
A ducks qwack does indeed echo, despite popular belief, however the echo is so similar to the decay of the sound of the qwack itself that it's very very hard to detect.Ben A
On Aug 27 2009 the planet Mars will be the closest it has been to earth in at least 5,000 years. It will be the brightest thing in the sky next to the moon, and may not come this close again until at least the year 2287.Mal T
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100 of a second.Shaun G
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is 'uncopyrightable'.Ewen M
The Owl is the only bird that can see the colour blue.Julie C
Cats have more bones in their bodies than humans so that they can arch their backs in a particualr wayRay W
By law No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour in California!!!Peter M
The oldest person to do a tandem skydive was Estrid Geertsen, who on the 30th September 2004 jumped from 4,000m. At the time she was 100yrs and 60days young.David P
In the 1950's the Government tried to ban saucy seaside postcards!Anita E
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.Brett S
A person standing under an oak tree is 16 more times liable to be hit by lightning than if he had taken refuge beneath a beech tree! The oak tree has vertical roots which provide a more direct route to ground waterlJonathan C
It takes 12 bees their entire lifetime to make a teaspoon of honey!Jamie C
A basset hound is the only dog that can't swim.laurel R
Something you didn't know? We texted the 118 number and asked who would win in a fight, Dumbledor or Gandalf, they replied with Dumbledor as he shows off his magic more.Liam M
In Danish, a bog-handel is a bookseller, fag-litteratur means 'non-fiction', removal men are called flytte-folk and a bag-rude is a rear-windowTom R
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US treasurymark S
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.Elspeth G
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle...Helen N
Did you know that Polar bears can smell seals who are 20 miles away and their livers contain so much Vitamin A that they can be fatal if eaten by a human? No? Didn't think so!Sarah B
Warming a pan of white vinegar on the stove (do not boil) will get rid of fish smells in the house.Victoria C
Elephants both laugh and cry.Victoria B
Some wallabies have "bifid" penises! i.e. they split into two at the end.James E
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long wordsJames D
The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!Tracey C
Jelly Belly, make vomit and ear wax flavored jelly beans !Carl, Brisbane
96% OF ALL AMERICAN PAPER MONEY HAS TRACES OF COCAINE ON IT!kim B
In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.Kim H
David Caruso's younger sister, Joyce Caruso, produces Fox News in New York.Geoff D
A starfish can eat more than it's body weight by pushing some of its stomach outside its body.Elaine M
The average UK woman spends two years of her life gazing in the mirrorAvis R
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.Adele B
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,"uses every letter in the alphabet.Jake Q, Flaxley
When a piglet is happily suckling it is said to be `Gruntled`. Take the piglet away from the teat and thats where the word `Disgruntled` comes from.Justin W
You are more likely to get hit by lightning than get killed in a plane crash!!Lucy H
Outside the USA, Ireland is the largest software producing country in the world!Mark B
If you feed a seagull bicarbonate of soda, they will blow up. This is because seagulls cannot fart.Alexandra, Whittle le Woods
the origin of the word sabotage is from when French factory workers were being replaced with machines. They threw their shoes (knows as Saboes) into the machines to break them.James M
An octups can squeeze through a hole the size of a 10 pence pieceMelanie H
there is only ONE atm in afghanistan. The queue must be mental on a saturday night.Greg D
If you pick a guinea pig up by its tail, its eyes will pop out with the shock of it all- they don't have tails you see...Siobhan P
When two hippos are about to fight, they point their anuses at each other, wag their stubby little tails vigorously, and flick faeces at each other.Lisa P
The very first radio broadcast happened on Christmas Eve 1906 and was made by Reginald Fessenden.Hazel S
Potato starch is worse for your teeth than sugar, because it takes longer to dissolve in your saliva and rots teeth just as badly!Tina U
Really, it was just a great affirmation to win that competition, ... On Saint Patrick's Day in 1978, U2 won a talent show in Limerick, Ireland. .... it was confirmed that U2 signed a 12 year deal with Live Nation worth an estimated $100 ...William George H
In a lot of ways, the heyday of FM radio in the late ?60s and early to mid-?70s was an anomaly as it pretty much flew under the radar catering to rock fans with often eclectic tastes. It is only when people realized that this audience actually had income to spend did advertisers and big business get involved and the audience was looked at less as a consumer of programming to consumers of products. Like the major record labels who feed the commercial radio machine, the whole point of commercial radio these days is the ?commercial? part and not the ?radio? part. One point that makes podcasters like myself smile is the encouraging fact that ?85 percent of teenagers now discover new music through sources beyond the FM dial.? With the growth of Internet radio in general and podcasting in particular, music fans now have a place to go where music actually matters. As commercial rock radio fumbles for a new identity and audience they are just now realizing that, unlike years past, music fans have actual alternatives these days. Unsigned Indie artists and bands may not have a completely level playing field, but it is a start. One point that makes podcasters like myself smile is the encouraging fact that ?85 percent of teenagers now discover new music through sources beyond the FM dial.? With the growth of Internet radio in general and podcasting in particular, music fans now have a place to go where music actually matters. As commercial rock radio fumbles for a new identity and audience they are just now realizing that, unlike years past, music fans have actual alternatives these days. Unsigned Indie artists and bands may not have a completely level playing field, but it is a start.William George H
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E".Natalie C
A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallonTom T
Using peanut butter, on noodles, as a substitute for satay sauce doesn't quite work ...Frances L
My office are now all secret IWOOT fans. Average age is 50 but real age is 17!cathy F
On average, a person produces about half a litre of fart gas per day, distributed over an average of about fourteen daily farts.Ian S
sloane square is the only part of the district line that goes under a riverMichela H
If you let your wet cat sleep on your snooker table he will turn greenAlison E
Child choking on an ice cube? Simply pour boiling water down its throat to quickly and easily remove the blockage.James T
Radio one was the BBC answer to Radio Carolin it was the start of pop radio.Steven S
Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma Gate is the shortest street with the longest name in YorkBarbara B
A cow doesn't have four stomachs as is commonly believed but in fact has one, with four chambersChristine B
The pirate radio station in Harry Potter and the Deasthly Hallows was called PotterwatchJill J
Simon Dee was NOT the first voice on Radio Caroline, but was Chris Moore.MARK K
The thing about the daddy long legs being the most venomous creature is purely an internet fabrication.Alex A
A group of birds of a certain genus (that will become apparent) when travelling together looking for food/nesting sites etc is called a 'Roaming Tit Band'.Rachel S
Baking soda and vinegar will make your scrambled eggs fluffierScott W
Goats can see the wind.nicholas B
If humans hadn't evolved to walk on two legs, babies would spend longer in the womb.Amy B
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purpleAlexa G
Winters in Reykjavik are actually warmer than in New York! Although Iceland borders the Arctic Circle, warm waters from the Gulf Stream travel around the island providing surprisingly mild climates all year round.Sandra M
The average human body consists of (10,000,000,000,000 or about ten trillion) cellsMark G
3 is the new 5Derrick S
Glass is a liquid that never competly sets/dries, any old houses windows are thicker at the bottom and thinner and weaker at the top and middle...B, Ireland
Semen shoots out at 28mph apparently ... don't ask me how that was measuredBurak Sezgin, St Albans
With just over 280,000 residents Iceland is the least populated of all European countries. Just over half of those people live in the capital city of Reykjavik.Catherine D
Welsh is the only language in Europe, spoken before the Romans, during the Romans...and after the Romans!anne O
poppadoms are designed to mop up the grease in your mouth after a curryHeather G
amethyst is apprently a gem that stops you getting drunkRebecca J
3 apples a day lower cholesterol!John H
parasites live on your eyelashesRebecca J
did you know the time between each dong from big ben is 5 seconds!jennifer B
there are over 40,000 muscles in an elephants trunk!dianah C
If colouring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.kathy C
Arnica helps the body to heal from injury and reduce swellingDan C
I want a device that screams 'diesel, diesel, diesel' when I open my fuel cap so I don't put the wrong fuel inWendy A
Black ink is actually very, very, very dark GREEN ink.Ced Y
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. If you're ambidextrous do you split the differenceangelo, lisburn
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutesangelo, lisburn
The Amazon is the longest river in the worldNicola P
Iceland is considered to be a part of Europe, not of North America, though geologically the island belongs to both continentsandy M
Luke Skywalker was origally Luke Starkiller but was changed on first day of filming.Jill J
The first KFC in the UK was in Preston, LancsAndrew P
Never put off till tomorow what you can do today. 'Cos if you do it today and you like it you can do it again tomorrowAndy H
Icelanders eat Smoked PuffinPenny S
stoke city football club used to be owned by an icelandic consortiumtrevor P
It's illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there's a law against selling dolls without human facesMaria D
The latin name for beetroot is Beta vulgarisGeoff D
In the state of Kentucky the law states that every citizen must have a bath at least once a year!moira M
the word pizzle means a bull's penis (usually made into a whip)jon R
glass is a liquid!David C
Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.amy S
You weigh less at the top of a mountain than at sea levelLyndsay R
You cannot see any man made object from the moon.Nick S
As the majority of the planet is covered in water, diving is something that everyone, who loves their planet, should take upjonathan P
the power of the mind is stronger than the power heart.charlotte D
The M25 is shorter anti-clockwise than clockwise !FREDA K
It is possible to become so fat you can actually become bulletproofSailesh P
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.Samantha S
The toothbrush was invented in 1498Philip C
there are no green mammals (on earth...)Jennie R
A woodpeckers tongue is 2/3 the length of its bodyJennie R
If you blow bubbles when it's below freezing you can get frozen bubbles - but you need to blow them upwards (or blow them from an upstairs window) so they have time to freeze before they hit the ground.Hazel R
Most wild animals kept in captivity only live half their natural lifespanKIM A
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.Lisa D
Barry Nelson was the first actor to play James Bond on radioSimon H
Legend has it that the Manx Cat lost it's tail when the doors of Noah's Ark cut it offSimon H
The pressure on Venus is 92 times the Earth's.Shaun A
Tigers turn into commited and persistant 'maneaters' once they have killed their first human because they like the salty taste that the human diet gives to our flesh.david, leicester
A fly, after landing will always "take off" going backwards. thats why its easier to swat at a fly from behindRachel, lewisville
In 2003, 1 in 3 Toys given to a child in America were from McDonalds.Olivia W
Kawaii is Japanese for "Cute"Olivia W
Every Year WHSmiths sells enough paper to write a letter to everyone on earth.Olivia W
40% of people here in the UK can't write. 50% cant read and the other 75% cant add up.shane Garet, sutton
Frost2050 said "if the space between the nucleus and the electrons of every atom was taken out, the whole universe would fit into 1cm cubed" ...but if that is where the universe is where would all these spaces have gone?Cameron, Dundee
A female horse is the only animal with a hymenTracy P
we really enjoyed your compo - great fun and a brilliant way to learn your product range. good for you. merry xmaskatrina H
Fingernails don't carry on growing after death, the skin shrinks making them appear longerRachel F
Standard Lightbulbs give out approx.90% heat and only 10% light.Jill J
Nick Park of Wallace & Gromit fame turned down Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill when he asked for a part in one of his filmsLynne B
Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.Claire B
dolphins sleep with one eye openPeter J
wild cosmos flowers always have eight petalsRob R
women blink twice as much as menchristine S
It's impossible for kangaroos to fartJames, Milton Keynes
The first people believed to have settled in Iceland were Irish monks.Paula G
That Wiccans believe in reincarnation rather than heaven and hell.Abbie P
the 5 gold rings line of 12 days of christmas is copyrightedAlison F
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!Rob R
The average office worker burns 1,552 calories during a day's work.Murdo M
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!Grant F, Cardiff
A group of Giraffes are called a TowerRosemary Sheppard, Rugby
Electrical hearing aids were invented in 1901 by Miller R. HutchinsonMurdo M
A policeman has to hand over his hat to a pregnant woman to relief herself in it, by law.Isa, Notts
A whales tongue can weigh the same as an elephantIan F
Taekwon-Do means foot hand way in koreanLaura S
80% of the world's rubies come from BurmaJohn M
my son thinks that the three gifts from the wise men are; gold, myrrrh and "frank sent this"katrina H
A cat is more likely to survive a 30 foot drop then it is a 3 foot drop! FACT!Tom, HULL
80% of kids didn't know that animals produce milk it just appears in the supermarketsDan C
Charles Dickens had a wry sense of humour with the naming of his characters. David Copperfield (David Copafeel), Uriah Heap(Urea Heap) etc.Kenneth M
a pigs orgasm lasts half an hour ( lucky pig )katie R
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!Gillian H
If you were given all the presents in the sone 12 days of Christmas you wojld have 364Joanne W
Q: Where is the Foramen of Vesalius? On the moon? In Indonesia? A side chapel in St Peter's in Vatican City? A: In the skull!Chris A
Goldeneye was actually Bond author Ian Fleming's Jamaican home .James Bond does not have a house in Jamaica , but does have a flat in Chelsea and a housekeeper called May ( who doesn't appear in the films )Ben
Doris Day was nominated for her first Academy Award as 'Best Actress of the Year' for her role in "Pillow Talk"Rob R
Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!Gillian H
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!Gillian H
A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!Gillian H
There is more vitamin C in an onion than there is in a orange.Michelle H
Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.Johan S
In 1760, the College of Physicians and Faculty of Divinity in Paris classified the beaver as a fish because of its scaly tail.Willow J
Most believe alcohol kills braincells, but it actually only stops the small electric connections between them, which we develop when we learn.Andrew F
Did you know... The only country in the world beginning with O is Oman, a middle eastern country.Sophie H
if you liquidise a sponge (the animal not bathroom variety) it will regeneragte into a complete sponge again. however if you put 4 different species of sponge in a blender and pour it out onto a table, within a day it will have separated into individual species and reformed into the original 4 sponges.Daniel, birmingham
Champagne shouldnt be fizzy. it is only fizzy because of chemicals in the wine reacting with tiny specs of dirt on the glass (called neucleation sites) giving off Co2. so next time you order some champagne and its fizzy you can complain that its proof that the glass is filthy.Daniel, birmingham
Did you know... that all 13 of the minerals and vitamins that a human needs to survive can be found in alcohol...?Sophie H
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typingGemma B
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.Murdo M
the first umbrellas or parasols, were first designed to provide shade,"umbrella" comes from the Latin root word "umbra", meaning shade or shadowRob R
?Formicophilia? is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.Kelly M
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day!Gillian H
In 1848, Niagara Falls had a break of half an hour because of an ice jam blocking the source river!Damien D
Christmas was a holiday thought up by the PegansAndrew F
BABY RATS ARE CALLED KITTENSSARH, UK
x+z-y(38x6)=71will T
One out of 20 people have an extra ribChris S
a 2 year old can destroy a xmas tree in less than 15 secs!sue G
Cat urine glows under a black-light!cally, chasetown
it a known fact that every average man thinks of sex every 5 seconds of his life.....and if u only tap your head you loose about 100 brain cells at once....and did you know that when a male rabbit stamps and flicks his feet at the same time he is calling for a female to mate.... ALL FACTS ! amanda-marie w, cardiff
85% of the men who cheat on their wives die while having sex. I don't know if that's true, but is it worth the risk?!Linda V
the naked mole rat's skin cannot feel painLynne B
I live in Minnesota where we can get Marmite, but it is EXPENSIVE.Elspeth S
Only approximately 1% of the people in the world have an IQ of 135 or over.Kenneth M
Although the character of Elmo didn?t debut in Sesame Street until 1984, the Elmo puppet was used regularly as a background Muppet since the early 1970?sRob R
In Turkey, Turkey's are called "American Birds"Lucy, Nottingham
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be lifted by the law if the driver is deemed either 'poorly dressed' or 'unbathed'.amanda D
Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.amanda D
The french words for 'love' and 'death' sound remarkably similar: l'amour and le mort. So watch out.Lucy, Manchestah
a woman's heart beats faster than a mansAvis R
Its impossible to fart when your scuba diving below 33 feet underAlex C
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis is the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionaryjohn, jamestown
When a starfish has an upset tummy, it will spew it up and grow another one in only 3 days..Kris G
Cherry Tomatos are 100% tomato, 0% cherry. Sadly.Philip S
The female owls Twit and the Males whoo.Karen O
Ants have alcohol in their blood, so they are constantly merry.Allie B
The large intestine in the human has as many neurons as an adult brain and has an intelligence on a par with an insect.Alan, Clentry
kangaroos suck their wrists instead of sweatingHarry, Cat and Bronwyn, Belper
The chicken is one of the few things that man eats before it's born and after it's dead. Although you knew that.Linda V
roxy roker, one half of the interracial couple from "the jeffersons" is the mother of lenny kravitzgabriel, berlin
Grattitude is the sign of noble soulsTara H
Deux fois deux means 2 x 2Nicholas F
A snail can sleep for 3 years.Linda A
milk is a greater pollutant than sewageWilliam S
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.Murdo M
Your brain uses about as much energy (10 watts) as a bulb on a string of christmas lights.Sharon D
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.Bob N
A worker called Sam Carter died during the building of the Hoover Dam when he was hit by a train on his way to work - FACT!Catherine X
?Formicophilia? is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.Kelly M
cats have 18 claws, not 20.s M
You know that some octopues have 3 hearts ?Germain N
Henry VIII was not as pretty as JRM when he courted Anne Boleyn!Angie H
Chameleons are stone deafChristopher F
Did you know, that the standard dart board is made from Horse HairMark, Coleraine
humans and dolphins are the only creatures that mate for fun! wooo go us! Emma, bristol
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors!Liam N
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. disgusting I know, sorrykimberley B
there were actually 10 reindeer ... dancer, prancer, dasher and vixen. cupid, comet, donner and blitzen. and rudolf...but everyone forgets olive..."olive, the other reindeer"katrina H
cats don't like walking on frosty pavementsFrances L
Gordon Brown is the first British Prime Minister with loss of sight in one eyeKenneth M
U.S City that consumes the most ketchup per capita: New OrleansSharon D
Christmas fact: Mistletoe is actually an apple tree parasite!Yolanda, Hove
First permanent photograph was taken in the year of 1827 by Joseph NicephoneRob R
half a teaspoon of sugar in carnations will help them to last longerChristine B
A survey by Which? Magazine in 1981 showed that mice prefer chocolate, dried fruit, nuts or lard in their traps to cheese.Patricia O
?Formicophilia? is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.Kelly M
Adolf Hitler helped design the VW BeetleCath R
In Ancient Greece, if a woman watched even one Olympic event, she was executedAnthony M
bats always exit left from there caveJames H
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left handSandra G
Jaws is the most common name for a goldfishPatricia M
Snails grow penises on their heads to have sex.Ruth M
A 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightableStephie H
you make lace with 4 bobbinsMrs M
True, every part of a Yew tree is poisonous, except for the red fleshy part of the berry which tastes sweet. However, be careful not to eat the seed inside!Ben, Wiltshire
There are 26 Malteesers in each packetRachel M
Champange is actually an english invention. the monks of the 12th century didn't like if flat so they put the bubbles into the wine!Chereen O
All telephone equipment, regardless of whether barred, out of credit, without a SIM card, or even disconnected landlines must be able to make calls to emergency services - by law.Paul M
Many female spiders attack and eat their mates after copulation, but one species takes it a step further, the poor male inevitavely dies randomly after the actRachel Rouvray, Essex
Giraffes can lick their own ears.Cathy B
Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice water over his head.Bob N
Killer whales actually do kill whales!!!Chris P
all the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666. Spooky huh?vicky B
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hairMyriam C
?Formicophilia? is the fetish for having small insects crawl on your genitals.Kelly M
when you hold a shell to your ear you do not hear the sound of the sea - it is the sound of your blood rushing...dawnlouise M
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.joe M
it is only the female mosquito that bites, the males leave you aloneMaria H
Every tongue has its own individual print, which is unique to each person.Avis R
A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the groundKim L
There are 525 948.766 minutes in a year.Frances H
things that grow above the ground float in water, things that grown below the ground sink......strange huh!Anna B
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.Karla D
pregnant women are allowed to relieve themselves in the street by law!valerie F
it takes 8 mintues for the light from the sun to travel to the earth.Gareth C
A Tigon, a cross between a male lion and female tiger grows to a huge size because the growth regulator "gene" occurs in female lions and in male tigers, and so there is no growth inhibitor in the Tigon's DNA.Paul M
No word in the English language rhymes with "month"!Yulia S
an air bubble in an hypodermic injection cannot kill.you would have to use a bicycle pump to make ones blood frothy enough to kill.ron, cottingham east yorkshire
Lemon Juice kills HIV virus but would also kill humans at the dose needed to be effectiveChris M, galashiels
The tale that the US spent loads on a pen which could write in space while the Russians used pencils is a myth. Ordinary biros will work in space and the Russians did not use pencils as the tips if broken off could have caused an electrical short.DAVID, Whitchurch Shropshire
Not only is casino royale a remake of an earlier made "spoof" movie of the same name, in 22 movies, it is the first james bond movie to have an official sequelAndrew B
James Bond's home in Jamacia was called Goldeneye.Zoe H
The mosquito is the deadliest insect on the planet, the second is the Hepatitis BeeJustine Wills, Bodmin
when a baby seal sneezes it spurts bloodgarry l, chippenham
tigers dont just have striped fur but also striped skin!sadia H
it's been measured that a reticulated python's death squeeze would be like resting a school bus on a glas jar and thn placing it on your chest!Natalie, Portsmouth, UK
if the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long when he died kev, lancs
the largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm kev, lancs
did you know your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still kev, lancs
Hmmm, American executives proposed Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood for the role of Bond in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Mel Gibson was also considered for the Bond role.Greg B
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.... anyone dare to try it? lolStacey M, Edinburgh
Sharks are immune to all known diseasesHarry, Cat and Bronwyn , Belper
When a hedgehog is run over all it's entrails come out of it's bum because it's skin it really thick Amy, Morecambe
Mattel have produced more dresses than any other company in the world. Barbies gotta wear something!!Josh, Johnstone
rabbits can't burp or fart!natalie, cardiff
Hitlers was a fan of Charlie Chaplin, thats where he got the moustache fromSarah W, Shotton
Weatherspoons was named after the teacher of the man who created the restaurant. The teacher told him that he would never be anything after school.Sarah W, Shotton
there is a word to rhyme with purple is CURPLE its the strip of leather that holds the horse saddle to the horseangelo, lisburn
If you weighed a truck carrying birds, standing on the bed of the truck, it would weigh exactly the same if they all decided to take flight.Paul G
santas suit was green before red. coka cola turnd it red for a advert..darren, oldham
Heinz use enough tomatoes to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool everyday & Heinz sell 1.5million cans of beans everydayLaura, Aberdeen
The artery of a blue whale is so big that a baby can crawl through it.Karen F
The longest animal pregnancy is the elephant at 2 years while the shortest is the opossum at just 13 days.Holly G
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.victoria C
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.victoria C
if you cut up several different type of sponges and put them in a bath tub with water over several weeks they will all reform back into the orginal spongesSarah B
Daniel Craig is the first actor to play James Bond who is younger than the series itself.Kim A
2 cans of coke and a banana cures even the most stonking of hangoversFrances L
A group of Ravens is called an 'unkindness'.Lizzie, Sheffield
The first couple to be shown in bed together on TV were Fred and Wilma FlintstoneStuart R
Red is not a colour it is a hue. A colour is made up of hue, chroma and intensityDan C
parrots like to wrestle! (well mine does)jolene B
the first product hp made was an automatic urinal flusherpaul, glengarriff west cork ireland
did you know the front door to number 10 downing street can only be opened from the inside kev, lancashire
On average 15% of people secretly chew their toenails.julie C
Boy George was fired from a job at Tesco supermarkets for "choosing to wear the store's carrier bags#Steve H
A rat can last longer without water than a camelMyriam C
The Sweat Of Onion is an anagram of I Want One Of ThoseSteve R
When I juggle my fireclubs I end up with no hair on the back of my hands.If I stop juggling for a couple of weeks it grows back againAlistair R
You need to buy a good pair of shoes and a good bed because if you are not in one you're in the other!Diana A
the collective term for a group of mechanics is a clutchAndrew S
Butterflies taste with their feetLinda A
James Bond has one child - a son named James Suzuki. His mother is Kissy SuzukiSandra G
Sheena Easton was the only singer of a Bond Theme to appear in the title sequence.KEVIN R
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. =)Lawrie N
tigers are ticklish right at the tip of their tail.Victoria B
When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.Stephanie D
The bumblebee bat weighs less than a penny and full grown is about 11 mm in length.Yvonne P
there are to date 6000 satellites launched into space are still in orbit only 700 are operationalMATTHEW S
Remy Bricka was the first man to 'walk' across the atlantic on a pair of floating polyester skis in 1988helen W
In Tudor times, Theatre was a new craze that the people loved. They would stand & watch new plays by Shakespeare, but as there were no toilets, people just went where they stood! Ew!Lesley W
Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... 'goodnight, sleep tight.' angelo, lisburn
A rat can last longer than a camel without waterSteve H
Flamingoes get their colouring from eating blue-green algaeAlison F
Dogs can't sweatAdrian, Ripon
the ovedraft of this country costs half a milion pounds a second in interest!Joanna P
One in every 3,400 Americans is an Elvis impersonatorLorraine R
There are tactile cones under all pedestrian crossing control buttons that rotate and shake when the green man shows, for blind or deaf pedestrians.Darren T
A rhinoceros's skin can be up to 4" think and is almost completely bulletproof to most guns!Rhoda B
Place unpeeled bananas in icy cold water, in fridge over-night. When used next day in fresh fruit salad - THEY WILL NOT TURN BLACK !Eileen E
there are enough germs trapped under a ring on your finger to equal the number of inhabitants of europe. Think of how infrequently the tudors washed and how many germs they must have been carrying.Martin B
Did you know that in medieval times it was considered rude/scandalous to show off ankles or hair, but completely fine for breasts to be out? (possible reasons for this might be that children were breastfed, so it was an everyday thing)Nikki K
A kiwi is also known as a Chinese gooseberryGenevieve H
Gorillas can't swimSandra C
The creator of Peter Pan (J M Barrie) didn't create the name Wendy, but he was one of the first to name a girl WendySandra C
If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.Chris C
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.Lisa R
In the last 4000 years......... no new animals have been domesticatedCharlotte B
'Four' is the only number whose total of letters equals the value of the figure.Peter George Decker, Ilford, Essex
the term to "wet your whistle" comes from the days when Ale houses aloud patrons to keep their own tankards behind the bar. These tankards would have whistles moulded onto the side of them so that the drinker could blow his whistle to signal that he needed his tankard topped and his whistle wet!Gemma, Northern Ireland
only pigs and humans get sunburntBarbara, Dublin
the only dog that can't swim is the bassett houndlaurel R
If you remain celibate your body naturally emits 'nocturnal emissions'CHris F
coca cola gets rid of rust and is a great toilet cleaner.Victoria S
The Turks and Caicos Islands do not have traffic lights anywhere in the country. The motorway speed limit is 40mph and you can drink and drive, as long as you are not legally drunk.Sean, Bridgnorth
word describing the shape of the bubbles in beer foam is orthotetrachidecahedronsLinda H
Male & female owls have different hoots.marie D
I once ate 72 hot dogs over 4 days in Chicagomichael C
an inch of washing up liquid in a bottle lasts nearly as long as half a bottleJenny P
You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two daysChristine B
It is impossible to apply mascara without opening your mouthSarah-Jayne W
A pound of armadillo meat contains 780 calories.Leanne M
Some male spiders pluck their cobwebs like a guitar, to attract female spiders.Jo B
If a pregnant woman needs a wee in public, it is a legal obligation for the police to shield her with their coatAmelia, Sandbach
Physicists now believe the universe to be three billion years younger than previously thought.Mark A
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.Timothy P
butterfly's used to be called Flutterby's!Ian M
Ghost Town in Dutch is spookstad !Simon K
The fear of long words is called Hippopotamonstrosesquipedaliophobia.Josie H
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!Jane A
Mosquito is the deadliest animal in Africa.Liisa T
In Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, "London Calling" by The Clash ranked number 15, the highest for any song by a punk bandSally R
Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.Alan D
In Estonia it's illegal to simulantiously have sex and play chess.Lucy, Southport
A hippos milk is pink!!!!!!!! :-)Lana M
Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cookkim J
A cockroach can live up to a week without it`s head.Sal, Taunton
There are ten times as many bacteria in or on your body than human cells.Victoria J
Brazil is 600 square meters smaller than Europe.Amy R
your goodies are better value than Fireboxsue B
Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling waterBridgette O
Peanuts, almonds, pistachios, Brazils, cashews, coconuts, horse chestnuts and pine nuts aren't nuts! They are seeds ir peas instead Callum, London
Interestingly... use of caravans will go down soon! (woop woop) because "new" driving licenses don't automatically permit people to be qualified to tow them like the "old" ones did. So HOPEFULLY people won't bother getting trained to be allowed to drive them and therefore we'll see less of them on our roads! There you go :)Christine B
James Bond's star sign is Scorpio.Daniel O
I have a son called Ben!Lorna M
The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. OUCH!Timothy P
a group of owls is called a parliamentnicola S
the hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters - a,e,i,o,u,h,k,l,m,n,p and wc B
The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heartSimon P
When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. How dumb!!Martha S
While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's garden wall!Danielle M
in the new james bond film quantom of solace the film does not end with bond sleeping with the girl ! oops sorry to spoil the ending but you did say tell us something we don't know !Lisa C
A man is not allowed to marry his widow's sister (for obvious reasons)!Adam C
In an effort to raise funds and awareness, The Eczema Society will shortly be releasing a scratch card.Jonathan P
an anteater can only physically roll sideways 3 times.Richard T
the left leg of a chicken is more tender than the right! :o)rachel H
Did you know the the song 'Video killed the Radio Star' was the very first video to be shown on MTV when it launched.Elizabeth C
An elephant has 40,000 muscles in its trunk, but not a single bone!Robert G
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear quite bright until you hear them speak.Mike H
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants!Danny A
i once tipped a sleeping cow...Stephen F
If you put a wooden spoon in a pan of boiling water, when cooking, it won't boil over, no matter how high the heat.Gemma M
Dolphins are the only other mammal (and animal) that has sex just for pleasure. Also is you multiply 1,111,111,111 x 1,111,111,111 you get 12345678987654321 :)Elizabeth H
All porcupines float in water :)Louise S
its freezing todays W
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from.Kathleen T
hot water is heavier than cold waterFiona M
when you peel an orange you are the first person in the whole wide world to look inside itAshley J
king william the third was killed by a molehill thats his horse tripped on in 1702helen W
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!Emma B
All babies are born with flat feet, the arch is developed.Hazel S
Our galaxy is at this very moment colliding with a further 2 other smaller galaxies, but too far away for us to see it happening.Stewart M
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumbTim G
you can live on beer alone for 2 weeksnicola H
in a colony of ants some of the workers are farmersnicola H
Cats that eat flies become thinLaura W
In Alfred Hitchcocks film Psycho the blood in the showere scene was Hersheys Chocolate SyrupAnthony G
Banging your head against the wall burns 150 calories an hourRuwan U
You can't tickle yourselfRuwan U
There is a cat fish in india, possibly nine feet long that has drowned and eaten fully grown ale victims!! The largest caught in that area was ix feet long and weighed about eleven stoneMark T
On average 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.V P
Wes Craven got the idea for Freddy Kruger's black and red jumper when he was a kid: he heard noises coming from the bins next to his house in the middle of the night and went to look through the curtains to investigate, as he looked through the tramp (in a black and red stripey jumper) looked straight at hime, little Wes got scared and quickly closed the curtain. When he went back to peek half an hour later the tramp was still staring at his window!!Amy J
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seem like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute--- and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity... ( Albert Einstein)Shaun, Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire
there are buses from London to Oxford 24hours a day mon-satMaureen W
Butterflies have 12,000 eyes!Kristian S
Alfred Hitchcock appears in all of his films..... somewhere!Helen O
The word 'disco' is Latin for I Learn.Gregory M
The duck billed platypuss and the Echidna are the only mammals that lay eggs.Sarah L
A kangaroo can't jump unless its tail is touching the ground.Simon W
Honey is the only food that doesn't go off.Helen C
In America on average 25,000,000 (that's 25 million) packets are sold every day! That is on average 12 packets per person every day! Yes, EVERY DAY!!!Max R
When Led Zeppelin were first being formed, Jimmy Page originally wanted to call the band The Whoopie CushionJohn M
Dr Crippen was the first criminal to be caught via the use of telegraphArthur H
everyone likes the smell of there own farts.jared saraga, wyndmoor pa
A day is never precisely 24 hours long. It is always a fraction of a second over or less than 24 hoursScott B
Car adverts use symmetrical number plates so that they can mirror the footage depending on whether the country the ad shows in drive on the left or the rightNick W
The 100 years' war wasn't actually 100 yrs long- it was 116 years long.Matt, Verwood
Bagpipes were invented in France not ScotlandDave N
Despite the common drawings of Noah's ark with giraffe's heads sticking out the top, the ark was huge, only slightly smaller than a football pitch and completely housed all the animals on board.John A
Ripe bananas glow blue under a UV light!Chris Q
Most children have imaginary friends, my daughter has imaginary cakes :)Paul S
A tortoises gender is determined by the temperature of the location in which it's egg is laid. Coooooooool!Michael A
The first electronic gadget used by London Transport to track the progress of London's red buses, way back in the 1960's/70's, was a roadside device that sat on top of a post, about 3 meters high, which recognised an i.d plate on the side of each bus: 'Bus Electronic Scanning Equipment', affectionately known as 'Bessie' by the bus drivers, (well not so affectionately because they objected to the fact they were being 'spied' on!).Fred O
before becoming a rock god Kurt cobain used to be a janitor!Chris R
DID U KNOW THAT HUMANS ARE MEANT TO SHARE 49% OF THE SAME D.N.A WITH A BANANNA!!HANNAH, PEWSHAM
In case of earthquake, lay in the bath seeking shelter under a mattress.Liam
It takes 48 hours for your liver to fully recover from one pint of beer. Sandy, Long Eaton
When a Horned Toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes!Lewis G
The distance between a man's nipples is the same for every man no matter what his chest size is.Alice, Brighton
Pimlico is the only London Underground station that does not contain any of the letters in the word 'badger'!Gemma C
Every part of the yew tree is poisonous.Alison H
In the Czech and Slovak languages, the word for rollmop is the same as for the @ signAdele, Buckingham
There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing!Melanie P
if you draw a line of chalk infront of an ant they cant cross it. encircle one and its trapped Karen, England
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania used to be in Kenya, until Queen Victoria gave it to her cousin Kaiser Wilhelmclive M
Skoda means broken in CzechMike W
Unatractiphobia is the morbid fear of ugly people.Karen F
A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallonTom T
Cows poo on average 16 times a daySue S
The best weightlifting equipment in the world is made in Sweden.Simon M
Your tongue is the only muscle joined to a bone at one end!Richard, belfast
A group of twelve or more cows is called a flinkSARA L
Bombo has the closest rail line near the beach in AustraliaLynn Paton, N.S.W Australia
widcome judson invented the zipper! :)Monika A
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. ^^S K
The bad winter of 1709 killed off all the walnut trees in the UK.Susan B
moles head up hill in winter and downhill in summer!Neil M
If thrown from the 7th floor a cat is more likely to survive than if it were thrown from the 3rd floor as it would have time to prepare itselfNick, Norwich
Moray eels have an extra jaw with teeth in the back of their throath that 'shoots' forward when they open their mouths, grap their prey and take it in. (Just like the xenomorph Alien has in the Alien movies) It's called a Pharyngeal jaw, and it's the friggin' coolest thing I've ever seen!!Thijzer, Groningen
In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.Paul F
Albert Lee owns a black 1958 Les Paul Custom given to him by Eric Clapton, a black 1958 J-200 given to him by Don Everly[49] and an Everly Brothers model. Lee played the J-200 during the Concert For George. The guitars are usually kept under lock and keySally R
On the subject of guitars a guitarist in the 70s once had an 18 string guitar (the story goes that the neck was strengthened with clutch cable. Another guitarist played a 9 string guitar (a 12 string with 3 strings removed)Geoff L
Barnacles have the longest penis in the animal kingdom in proportion to their body length!! Their schlong is 40 times bigger than the little buggers body! Sccchhhhhwwwwing!!!!! :)Michelle H
Porcupines float in water.Nikolas C
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.CHRIS Y
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.Jordan R
King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.Thomas G
Did you know that GAA in Ireland stands for the Gaelic Athletic association. Liam
if you cover a birds eyes, it will not move or struggle if you lift it up. great for poaching!!!Nina, Malvern
Badger cubs are only born between mid January to mid March, although a female badger can mate and produce a fertilised egg at any time of the year. This is because the fertilised egg goes into suspended animation due to a technique known as delayed implantation. A female badger can store fertilised eggs until she feels the time is right to release them to gestate. it also means that theoretically, one litter of 3 - 5 cubs may have more than one biological father!Margie the vet nurse, Amble northumberland
Coconuts are actually berries, but strawberries aren't :)Wolf, Londond
Chickens Can Get Milked!Billie, arbroath
In Bavaria, it's forbidden to: wash your bicycle in the street, cycle on the cycle lane on the left hand side of the street (even though you're not on the flippin road), cycle without lights attached to the bike (even if it's noon at midsummer), walk across the road when the little man is red, make domestic noise between noon and 3pm on weekdays, recycle on a sunday, use a washing machine or hang your washing out on a sunday. For some of these, you can get fined up to forty euros! T, Munich
Germany's white high-speed train is called "tunnel tampon" by the technicians themselves.Institute for Advanced Hair Splitting
I have found out to my cost that when a girl has PAT written on a badge on her lapel, it is her name, NOT an instruction.Wadatodo, Oldham
The word news comes from North, Rast, South and West.sue, brampton
you should never take a laxative and a sleeping tablet at the same timeVincent O
Flys take off backwardschris H
Total cheese production in Holland is 30 million pounds per weekVictoria R
Henry V invented passportsJohn M
Don Planner was the first blind man with a heart by-pass to climb Mont Blanc, in 1996Vivian D
Planet Earth is closer to The Sun in January and furthest away in July!Phillip D
There are 206 bones in the human bodyAsh R
Green tea is not fermented, but black tea is. Oolong tea is half fermented....Claire K
Lots of berries on holly etc DO NOT mean a hard winter will follow, they are result of a good spring !Eileen E
1 in 18 people have a third nipple!Wendi B
If you chew an apple pip, then it get metabolised by your body and will turn into cyanide! So in theory it is possible to die from eating apple pips!Christopher B
Casino capitalism is destroying the worldEmma F
Adnams brew Carbon Neutral beerAndy G
There are 36 Tic Tac's in a packClaire, Surrey
The valley of the kings is only just 1/3 excavatedGraham W
in olden days criminals were buried upside down in case they rose from the dead..Karl T
bats always fly left out of a caveandrew P
worms have five heartsanna R
Elephants communicate on a frequency not detectable by the human earRebecca L
there are a million insects to each single human on this planetvalerie F
A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.JAKI R
A recent survey by Co-op insurance in the UK has concluded that car drivers with the star sign Aries are the most likely to have an accident and those who have a star sign of Sagittarius are the least likely. Car drivers with an Aries star sign account for 9% of all accidents. Given this is only slightly higher than the statistical average you would expect its unlikely anyone is going to check your star sign before getting in the car with you!Kim L
Mississippi Alligators have the most powerful bite force ever measured. these Alligators snap their strong jaws shut with an average force of 2,125 pounds, or with about as much force as a mid-size car falling on top of someone. One even bit as much as 2,960 pounds of forceTracey C
Every person has a unique tongue printCathie S
The DNA of a pig is 98.7% identical to that of humansliz B
In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of NovemberHelen J
A smurf is 3 apples tallGenevieve H
The worlds populaion would fit onto the Isle of MullColeen A
The land we stand on rises and falls a few feet twice a day due to the center of gravity between the earth and moon. Not a biggie, but it's the best I could think of on short notice!tom, bethel park
Women blink twice as much as men.James
Experts who study poo are called SCATOLOGISTS :)Avis R
Not sure if this will be allowable so I wil use an asterix where prudent: The word "F*CK" comes from the request to have sex from the King Fornicating Under Consent of the KingShameless, Hemel Hempstead
Before you criticise someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you do criticise them you are a mile away AND you have their shoes.Tim, Kendal
The movement of Daleks is based on a traditional Russian danceSimon H
Did you know...Forty six percent of the world's water is in the Pacific OceanSuzy P
Wilkinson was buried in an iron coffindork, wisbech
Author Chris Ryan used to be in the SASPeter H
Badgers can consume up to 100 times their own body weight in cous cous.Rob M
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."Michael C
some people are like slinkies, they serve no purpose in life but they do make you smile when you push them down the stairsberni, nth yorks
Sheep cling to the sides of mountains because they have velcro on their feetSandie, Wirral
The measurement from your hand to inside your elbow is the same length as your foot.Sandie, Wirral
The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia.amy B
Cockroaches fart every 15 minutes.Panda, Saaf Eest, innit
There is no specific word for a male ballet dancer.Louise G
The Ploughman's Lunch was actually a marketing device dreamed up by the Cheese Marketing BoardArthur H
slugs change their gender every 3 weeksHolly G
Santa Claus lives in Finland, Lapland and is called Joulupukki.anne E
Each femur makes 2 million red blood cells per second...Robin D
The latin word for goose is brandyKay S
A 'jiiffy' is a unit of time. About 0.01 seconds. Hense the phrase 'back in a jiffy'Matthew H
All train engines in North America blast a single letter in morse code with thier horns. That letter is "Q". matthew, seattle, wa
cow's farts is the main reson for globel warmingmaria S
Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cookAnnemiek S
all the numbers on a casino wheel add up to 666Graeme S
'Cold enought to freeze balls off a brass monkey' refers back to the Royal Marines. Canon balls were piled on a brass monkey, made of brass (seriously) and when it got cold, the brass would shrink, causing the canon balls to topple over because of a lack of space. Hence, freezing the balls of a brass monkey...Kaz, Cape Town
the largest thing a blue whale can swallow is a grapefruit, though it usually prefers krill. also, a blue whales heart is about the same size as a smallish hatchbackFinny, Malvern
All of the clocks in the movie ?Pulp Fiction? are stuck on 4:20.Jane A
The saying "sleeping like a baby" is an oxymoron.Thijs, Groningen, Netherlands
73% of our body is water! That fact rather worries me... I hope we don't evaporate (in times of global warming ;-)!!Piet Brysse, Oostkamp (Belgium)
if you drop an egg on the floor, spray it with hairspray, it will harden it making it easier to clean up.Kaidyn, leicester
did you know that......eventually humans fingers are all going to be the same length due to evolutionlouise, wallasey
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from cryingTyler, Eastbourne
Airplane seats are filled with carbon to dis-spell any gases expelled from the bottoms of passengers.Suze G
wearing earphones for 1hr multiplies ear bacteria 700 times! which is why i bought an ilogic sound hat :-)Pamela J
The sky is not blue,it is black.It only appears blue when sunligh shines through the atmosphere. The moon is falling but don't worry.It's speed keeps it aloft. A common misconseption is,if a window breaks on a pressurised aircraft,objects are"sucked out".They are in fact blown out as the force comes from inside the aircraft.Rob S
Why is it that when you tell someone there are billions of stars in the sky, they believe you. But when you tell them the paint is wet, they check?Billy, Darlington
mushrooms hide at nightellen W
Hong Kong has prepared a multi million pound plant to deal with 20 tonnes of manure a day from all the horses at OlympicsJoanne D
Beard hair grows at twice its usual rate when you're in a plane.Michael, Colchester
If water temperatures do not get high enough, some tadpoles may remain as tadpoles until the following year.George P
All McVities Jaffa cake delivery vans have 'no jaffa cakes are left in this van overnight' due to the amounts of thefts that occur.Laura W
"Ping Pong wasn't invented by the Chinese, the british invented it... and we called it Wiff Waff!" (BoJo)Jonathan B
Friday the 13th is unlucky because it was this day in October 1307 that the King of France attacked the Knights templar basesDavid H
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury! :)Mark P
Did u know, florence knightingale invented the piechart.Jonathan, Norwich
That gigantic RolerBalls are going to take over the world ridden by MoPods that want to controle the universe and destroy their arch nemisis The Verballs who will launch their USB Missile Launchers and killer USB powered humping dogs so dont delay grab your Giant Stress Ball and wind up space hoppers to bounce away to a far far far unknown galaxy using your trusty Cat-a-pult to defend yourselves and your Laser Cosmos to map the way, Good Luck and may the Sat Nag be with you!!!!!!!Christopher H
A person has no sense of smell when they are sleeping.Tracey C
There is no Jazz music at Jazzercise...only loads of Jazz hands!!Ntokozo D
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hourAndrew C
A googol is the number 1 followed by a hundred zeros. If you got silver balls 1cm in diameter and filled the known universe with them, you would not even have a googol of silver balls.Andrew S
Louis IV of France had a stomach the size of two regular stomachs.Carla W
Houseflies take off backwards - that's why they're so hard to kill. Try hitting form 'behind'. TRUE.Alison S
In the very early stages of development, the human foetus grows a pair of gills, which are later reabsorbed. How cool is that!Graham L
lime is not put in corona for taste it is used to keep the flies out by locals in MexicoEmily K
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.Matthew H
The longest snake ever found is a reticulated python that was found in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia in 1912. It was 33 feet longAnthony M
Armadillos can hold their breath upto 6 minutesamanda H
bird poo is both urine and faeces in one, which proves that birds have excellent "time management" skills.Jacqui A
Hong Kong has the secong highest life expectancy in he world.Emer H
if a female panda gives birth to two babies, she will only look after one of them and the other is left to die.... sad i know!Sian B
The most common owl in the Uk is the Teat Owl.David T
A polar bears skin is blackDarren L
The late great English singer-songwriter Nick Drake wouldn't let sadly still living painful crooner Chris De Burgh join his school band because he was "too short".Alan K
the worlds biggest living thing is a mushroomLynne B
Nova Scotian pedestrians have right of way at roads, blinking annoying especially as they just wander out at any time and don't even look!!!samantha G
I bet you didn't know that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was Monsanto's lawyer before he got the nod.patric J
Aberystwyth (means mouth of the Ystwyth river) is on the rheidol river.Trevor M
there is no propper name for the back of the knee!!!ali M
In a year's time a man will shave off about 500gms of beardMartin D
The distance from fingertip to fingertip (when your arms are outstretched like the angel of the north) is EXACTLY the same as your height!!!Kate H
It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour.Jamie B
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edibleamy S
Peanuts are vegetables.helen S
The ropes on a sailing boat are called sheets because you often get tangled in them and u also get tangled up in the sheets on your bed.James H
a sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. (spike milligan)Mike B
Humans are the only creatures that look at something when you say "look at this" - animals cannot distinguish to follow a point - apparently! :)Lucy C
Scoby-doo has been around since 1969 - so he is old in human years and antique in dog yearslisa B
Marilyn Monroe used to chop a little bit of a heel off just one of her shoes, which would have the effect of making her bottom roll as she walked.Simon T
the DNA responsible for a butterfly's wings to beat is the same DNA responsible for the human heart to beatmaria, Hanover
if you were to be standing on the closest cluster planet to earth and had a huge telescope that would alow you to see earth, you would see dinosaurs!ewan, london
Chickens can't swallow when they are upside downMelanie P
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!Gary C
Asian hornets can destroy a beehive of 10000 bees in a dayPauline C
the bamboo bat is the size of a bumble beeantony
The average size of a herd of cows is 21.Martin T
Canine tapeworms can migrate to the human brain and form a huge cyst filled with millions of tapeworm larve....oh and by the way this will kill you.Rachel T
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear any pants!Sheila W
the vauxhall nova (car) did not sell well in spain, because in spanish nova literally means it doesntgosomeone, Bristol
The pitohui, a songbird from Papua New Guinea, is the first known case of a poisonous bird: it has the same toxins in its skin and feathers as poison dart frogs.Cerian T
During the English civil war, roundhead troops were given condoms made from sheep's bladders.Tony L
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!Adrian B
Guiness is not good for your health. It's just a falacy.Ian S
nazi germany funded experipents to extract gold from seawaterrj M
From the top of Snaefell in the Isle of Man it is possible to view seven kingdoms.Steve L
Did you know that sea is salty because of all the nutrients fresh watergets from the rocks on the way down to the sea?Rachel R
The word "Pen" comes from the usage in days of yore of the wing feathers of a male Swan, also called a "Pen". How interesting.Catie A
During the Great Fire of London Samuel Pepys buried some Parmesan cheese in his back gardenBridgette O
Guinea pigs cannot vomit.Ron G
The QE2 only moves 6 inches for every gallon of fuel that it uses.Carl E
Traditional victoria sponge cakes use raspberry jam not strawberry!Sharon M
most horses are scared of pigsSally H
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skinjoanne W
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!Lisa D
cheese does'nt give you nightmares unless injected intra(blue)veinouslymark B
Over land, hippos can run faster than peopleThomas C
The phrase "Holy Moly" is originated from the Classical history, in "the Odyssey" where Odysseus is given Holy Moly, which is a magical herb, to defeat Circe! Now isnt that a useless fact everyone wants to know!?ben cain, Richmond
Slugs, aside from eating your treasured plants and vegetables, are in fact canibalistic too. We had a family of slugs that came in through the cat flap to eat catfood, I started to find them cute and they would gather with the cats for ham tidbits. But then one had a nasty foot squashing accident and when I came back to bury him later, the family were gathered around eating him. Needless to say that was the end of my pet slugs. juju, omnipresent
The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue!Sarah W
the plastic bits on the end of shoelaces are called agletsdenise C
When the Coke slogan Coke is Life was translated into Korean the translation meant Coke brings your ancestors back from the graveAnthony G
the gerkin isput in a hamburger at mac donalds because if it wasnt there there would not be enough nutritional value for it to be soldlouise F
Lithium-ion batteries can explode if exposed to high temperature!Kevin W
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Much worse than "going blind!")Denise F
Place some Ice Cubes into the gravy and remove before they melt. This will attract the excess fat making nice gravy which is not oiley.Steven J
An adult cat has 32 teeth.Jason S
The Box jellyfish has 64 anusesNick C
Some people have a better sense of direction when they're in the Southern hemisphere...Sharon C
On dice whatever side you look at the opposite facing side will always add up to 6 e.g. 1+5 = 6 :)steve H
A child has 94 more bones than an adult.Anne-Marie W
Hippopotamus milk is pinkJohn W
Hedgehogs don't have any fur when theyre born and their spines are soft.Susan B
You can extend your car key range by holding it under your chin or next to your head and it can almost double the range to lock/unlock your car! Google it if you don't believe it...Shahbaz M
That a golf ball has about 300 - 450 dimples on it.Richard B
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.Kerri S
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter, is uncopyrightable.Simon P
In 32 years. there are about 1 billion secondsTym B
strippers used to dance around the north and south pole, but had to stop because they kept getting stuck. also, polar bears don't appreciate lapdances.pandi, hampshire
The black lines under the cheetah's eyes act like sunglasses and stop the sun reflecting into their eyes. All the better to see you with!David B
Slugs have four noses.Kim D
The total body count in the first Robocop film is thirtySTEVE N
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.Jonathan B
Bears can't run downhill.Mark A
Did you know If a man farted non-stop for six years and nine months and then lit it he would produce an explosion equal to the power of the first atomic bomb!tracy G
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zooJamie M
the inventor of elongated sugar packets that come with your coffee in restaurants comitted suicide when he saw people tearing the end off the packs just like with the square packs instead of breaking them in half as he had intendedSarah T
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.Adam P
Pall Mall gets its name from palle maille - a precursor to croquet that was played there in the 17th Century.Simon B
Purple is a copyright of Cadburys!Oliver H
Children need to be told they are good (repeatedly!) before they will be good.Nicola W
The idea that goldfish only have a 7 second memory is a complete myth!Robert L
In Japan if you are unwell, your family make origami cranes out of bits of red paper. 1000 cranes means the illness will be cured. It takes hours and hours to make the cranes. It also proves their devotion to you. My Japanese daughter-in-law has made her first 100 cranes, only 900 to go, in her efforts to make me well. It is such a beautiful gesture.Lynne H
There are more oraganisms living on one persons skin than there are people in the world - Creepy :)Paul S
The Horseshoe Inn in the village of Tatenhill near Burton upon Trent has a Mammorth called Marvin living in his own little cave in the Bar... Ask staff to meet him!Edd S
The oldest tube line in the world is the Metropolitan line. It opened on the 10th January 1863Joanne S
The Canary islands are actually named after dogs not birds. The original name was 'Canariae insulae' or 'Island of dogs' due to the wild wolves that roamed there. The Canary bird actually derives its name from the islands on which it was first discovered.Tim L
basenji breed dogs can't bark - they howl like a wolf when they are happy and meow like a cat for attentionFiona L
When a female horse and a male donkey mate, the offspring is called a "mule". However, when a male horse and a female donkey mate, the offspring is called a "hinny". And when a male zebra and a female donkey mate, the offspring is called a ?zedonk? or ?zebrass?....Richard S
In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.Iain M
when fat people die, they sometimes turn into mummies. if the conditions are right, their fat turns to adipocere - a waxy/soapy material which can preserve a corpse for 100 years or more.Ashley B
Whales sneezeshelley B
World's largest egg was laid by a one-year old hen in Cuba (179.7 g) earlier this yearLee F
'Dead Hedgehog' flavour cripsp don't actually taste like dead Hedgehoggs at all!Anthony M
The redback spider (an Australian relative of the black widow) uses it's web as a trampoline in order to catch prey.Andrew M
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.Kelly H
In Doctor Who, if the vortex is blue, he is travelling into the past and if it is red, he's travelling into the futureGemma M
Baby Stingrays are born with feet.Aaron B
All the sturgeon (the fish from which we get caviar) caught in British waters are property of the QueenJulie S
The alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star are the same tune...well I didn't know until yesterday!Emma S
You can teach an old dog new tricks if you've got some chocolate drops in your hand to bribe him.Debra
Did you know that a rhinos horn is made of hair, compacted downNicola
87% of facts are made up on the spot.James, Kent
There are more than 7 million millionaires in the worlddale, shropshire
Common sense is dead.It was not so common some time ago and now its extinct.Jes, Malta the Great
cows can walk up stairs but they can't walk down them... its all to do with their knee hinges!!Fisha
The longest word you can spell on the top row of a QWERTY keyboard is typewriter.Lyndsay Matthews, Horsham
chickens catch and eat flies and they talk to each otherchrissy, perthshire
Whoever said that nothing rhymes with the word "orange" is just plain wrong. Try saying "door hinge" in a Dick Van Dyke-esque cockney accent: "daw 'inge". Job done.Snell, Reading
My friend Beth, while out on a normal Saturday drinking, stole a banana suit and wore it all night until she got crapped on by a pigeon.Teresa, Newcastle upon Tyne
It is unknown how long it would take a clown to eat the average human being - experts say it is because after a finger or two, it would stop eating and protest that you tasted funny.Louis, Worcester
"Racecar" is spelt the same forwards and backwards.Keith, Devon
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!Henry H
After finding out the hard way, I learned never to play leap frog with a unicorn.Alan, Dumfries
After finding out the hard way, I learned never to play leap from with a unicorn.Alan, Dumfries
The pain of having children doesn't stop after birth...Trust meJoseph W
It's not actually impossible to lick your own elbow! My brother can do it, and I know two other people who can.Susie, Nottingham
Earth has two moons; the second one is called Cruithne which orbits the Earth every 770 years.Holden, Leeds
The say time is money...as it turns out I have loads of time, I must be very rich!Pete, Magherafelt
All the names of the continents begin and end with the same letter.Chris, Liverpool
octopi like cheeseVictoria B
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LICK YOUR OWN ELBOWLORAINE D
My missus paints ace portraits of Storm TroopersMatt G
snails can sleep for 3 years without eatingMELANIE S
the space beetween your eyebrows is called glabellaAdam S
More people are killed each year by coconuts falling on their heads than are killed by sharks. Take that Jaws. You got beaten by a coconut. Which is actually a seed, not a nut.Susie, Nottingham
Wrap onion skins around an egg and boil it and the shell becomes marbled.Gerri T
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age!CHRIS Y
Turkey has 8 borderssharron P
Hippo's milk is pink..Andrew D
There is 2,700 languages spoken in the worldTracey C
An espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee!Elisabeth R
In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.Ruth P
The Spoonerism of 'Sock Cooker' sucks.Carla W
A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.Graham M
Both the male and female octopus dies after reproducingSamantha S
A blue Whale's tongue is bigger than the size of a fully grown ElephantStuart W
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.Nicola D
how can anyone draw a blank?andrew D
Costa Rica does not have an armyDavid B
Human lung biopsies will carry on contracting for 48 hours after being removedRachel F
all species of beetle are ediblekelly-ann M
Microwave popcorn is a great low calorie snack.alex B
I have a goldfish called Tiny who is not.Paula S
I love doing competitions !Tony H
Typewriter is the longest word you can make from the top row of a qwerty keyboard.Beth B
i love to win competitionsjo H
the All blacks Haka is about a man hiding down a well and then being let out by a hairy manAnthony M
revolution is the birth of equalityneil T
Nothing rhymes with orange.....Ellie T
fratton park spelt backwards is nottarf krapDeborah A
Red Bull doesn't really give you wings!!adrian S
In China the stork is a symbol of death, not of birthCarolyn J
The title music of Some Mothers Do Have 'em is the title of the programme spelt out in Morse CodePatricia M
My Great Grandfather invented the phrase 'Stop me and buy one' for the Walls Ice Cream Company in 1910 in response to a competition for their new sales tricyclces with cold boxes on them. He was paid £10.Jonathan , Braintree
The menstrual cycle of a duck billed platypus lasts for 106 days. Billiam
did you know apparently polar bears are left handeddavid S
Whales and dolphins sleep with one eye open.Nathan C
80 babies born in uk every hour and 70 people die in uk every hourvalerie F
The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.Richard F
A Crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouthSimon W
The banana plant is actually a herb.Marianne S
The world's shortest commercial flight was between two of the hebrides island and lasted 96 seconds. It costs around £14 for residents of the islands, but loads more for us punters :(Richard, Belfast!!!
the length of a year is actually 365 days 5 hours, 59 mins and 56 seconds. Every 4th year we have a leap day on feb 29th. But where do we get those extra 16 seconds from?Simon E
A bird can sing with a broken wing, but you can't pull feathers off a frog.jec, the lakes
THE ACTUAL AVERAGE MEMORY OF A GOLDFISH IS APPROX 4 WEEKS.richard M
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.Sebastian L
If you feed a seagull Alka Seltzer their stomachs will explodelisa, london
Tiramisu is the ultimate comfort food: it's name literally means "pick me up"Neil, Weston-super-Mare
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.Jane M
a mans shirt buttons up the other way to a womans blouse. This dates back to older times when men were too lazy to dress themselves and the women had to dress them. jen, cardiff
Giraffe's can clean their own ears using their 30cm long tongue!Stephanie R
Sharks don't have bones.Sarah B
Note to martyn - there Is a word to rhyme with purple. It's 'gherbil' Ask Richard Gere to say it three times fast. And there's 'furbil', which is what cats upchuck. And herbal. And... and...Holden McGroin, Birmingham
you can eat cactus!Sarah W
A mobile phone emits enough microwaves to fry and egg in 22 years.Kieran B
a cat can not breathe though it's mouthmichael R
cats cannot survive without meatChris M
the correct geographical name for the earth is an 'irregular oblique spheroid', due to the gravitational forces of the sun and moon it is always changing shape, therefore at any one point in time since its birth the earth has never held the same shape.Mr Jamie Coleman, gosport
The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to seven digits for so long.Kim L
Where IS the peck of pickled pepper peter piper picked?Jessica, looking for the peck of pickled pepper...
The plastic things at the end of shoelaces are called "aglets".fergus C
When on a plane after it has landed and you want to get out as quickly as possible and people are in the way, just make retching sounds and shout as loudly as you can ''I'm going to be sick''. People will soon move out the way, thus ensuring a quick exit.Sarah
the medical name for the back of the knee is the popliteal fossaPeter B
the rocket launch countdown 10- 1 was first used in the 1928 silent movie the girl in the moonhelen W
In Ohio, it's illegal to fish from horseback.Owen, Rochdale
Cigarette lighters were invented before matchesRoger O
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. It's true!LiquidMatt, Langford
Catfish are the only animals that have an odd number of whiskersJames W
in Ohio it is illegal to push a moose out of a moving aeroplane after 9:30 pm on a thursday. humans and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure. Spike miligan has "i told you i was ill" written on his grave in celtic. if your stomach did not produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks it would digest itfself. a cat is 30% less likely to survive a drop from 7 stories than 20 stories. a jifffy is 1/100th of a second. i have no life.Rob, Halstead
A duck's quack doesn't echo!Lian C
An elephant is the only animal that cannot jump!Laura D
80% of adults in the uK have a left leg longer than their right leg. I think that's why we never win at athletics - if only they would run clockwise, we'd win every time!Nicola Lennon, Plaistow, East London
Coventry will win the Premier League next seasonStephen S
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same timeAnthony M
ear wax when placed in the headof a pint of bear will make he head disapearAnthony G
The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver. Also, human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.Richard T
purple is my favourite colour so I love looking at your site for the stuff & the colour scheme!Denise W
The first auction ever held on ebay was for a broken laser pointer around September 1995. It was intended as a test but actually sold.Katherine S
The average person laughs 10 times a dayChris C
The space between the eyebrows is called the Ophryon.Harry P
When you bleed on your clothes if you spit on it a couple times it will disappear. Nobody else can do this it won't work.Lorna P
No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!Gary C
The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.amy S
Stan Laurel was born in DerbyshireRay L
Custard can support the weight of a man as long as you keep movingBridgette O
Mint is a mild poison - hence the numb feelingNicola R
On average, there is 8 insect legs in every bar og chocolate!!Lisa C
At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.Mark D
ROOSEVELT OWNED A SCOTTIE WHOM HE TRUSTED TO TELL HIM WHO WAS TRUSTWORTHY - HE BIT THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON THE KNEE!GLENDA P
Tigers have stripey skin as well as furWendy J
A rat can last longer without water than a camelLisa D
Lions can mate over 50 times a day!Sarah B
A butterfly smells with it's feetGabriella W
if you pull a giraffe's neck down quick enough it can explode due to only having one blood vessel controlling the flowColin S
there are more stars in the sky than there are grains of sand on the whole planetnicola H
If the biggest Planet in the Solar system JUPITER was immersed in water it would floatCecelia A
there are more Avon reps than soldiers in the army!Ellen A
FASHION and CUSHION are the only two words in the English language that end in SHION.CAROL K
Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar.Paul N
You cant sneeze in your sleepjohn M
Women blink nearly twice as much as menTym B
The geodesic dome is the only structure that becomes stronger as it increases in sizeGreg D
more people are allergic to cows milk than any other fooddenise C
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only Place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in The roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall Off the roof. Hence the saying, It's raining cats and dogs.Bob N
In Korea, cider is a non-alcoholic drink. A bit like Sprite.Matthew B
Cats only get cancer in their extremities because they purr. Fascinating, eh?Sarah B
An Octopus has three hearts!Elizabeth R
The Dolphin actually has two tiny little legs tucked up underneath its tummy. They are so well hidden most do not know about them.Nik H
An owl does not say "twit twoo". One owl says "twit" and another responds with "twoo"Gill C
That your nose never stops growing.Lisa A
1) Because of the high density of the sun, once light is created by the fusion of atoms at the centre, it takes one million years for it to reach the outside of the sun. From there it takes mere minutes to get all the way to Earth.Sophie, My Bedroom
A group of Flamingo's is called a FlamboyanceNemivravi, Melbourne
Elephants are the only mammals with four knees.Anna N
Donald Duck's middle name is FauntleroyAndrew F
Earthworms have five heartsSebastian N
A human has the same number of bones in its neck as a giraffe.Tim O
In 7 years, one female cat and her babies can theoretically be the source of 420,000 cats.J W
hedgehogs should not be given milkYvonne P
Spitting whilst skydiving is near impossible and not recommendedBrendan K
Ice- T's real name is Tracey!chris G
I saw Derren Brown at the Theatre the other week and he guessed what colour boxer shorts I was wearing! He's so freaky!Liam H
While it's an offence to drop litter on the pavement, it's not an offence to throw it over someone's garden wall.Sarah W
There are 56 bumps on a Dalekraj A
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.Sharron D
only smarties have the answerHayley T
A leech has 32 brainsEmma J
Did you know that on the fuel indicator on the dash of your car the little petrol symbol actually indicated on which side of your car the petrol filling cap is situated - saves all that looking out of the window to see which side it is - or having to strain the fuel nozzle over the car boot/roof! Take a look I bet you had not realized this.Margaret Y
The most expensive operation on the NHS... the cochlear implantMared D
80's denim LEGEND Shakin' Stevens real name is Mike Barratt - not so rock 'n roll!Kristel O
If eaten in one meal, 30 to 90 grams of polar bear liver is enough to kill a human beingSTEVE N
In the movie "Toy Story", the carpet designs in Sid's hallway is the same as the carpet designs in "The Shining."Graham H
Cats eat rabbits from the head end downG G
If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will jump straight back out again! HOWEVER!!!!! If you put i frog in a pot of cool water then heat it up until it boils the frog will just stay there a boil to death!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!:):):)Michael W
Flies land on the ceiling by hookig on with their front legs and swinging through 180 degrees.George O
In the USA sparkling wine can be called Champagne as they signed a separate copy of the Treaty of Versailles.They emitted this clause after the lifting of prohibition, they then emitted it again when the treaty was re-signed years later. Crafty eh? Crack open a bottle and get sloshedPeter L
An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet......honestSimon P
In average you swallow 8 spiders in your lifetime, they crawl down your throat while you sleep!James, Davenham
92% of all statistics are made up...... just like that oneJoe, Surrey, UK
Apple computers decided on their name so they would come before Atari in the phone book. Richard Clews, Birmingham
'An orange' should actually be pronounced "a norange", it was a Spanish word (Naranja) adapted for the ever incapable British Martyn, Iver
Orange isn't the only colour that has no matching rhyme, try Purple Martyn, Iver
Contrary to popular belief glass is NOT a liquid it is a solid, an amorphous solidChay
Having assured the manufacturers of toothpaste that his idea would double their profits and having been astute enough to secure payment in advance, the clever individual then advised them to double the size of the hole in the tube! Also, I have heard that there is no reason at all to shampoo your hair twice, once is sufficient and the instruction for a second session is motivated purely by profit!Russ Williams, Pinner
One click of a mouse burns 0.0000024kcals of energy, so if you eat a chocolate bar you'll need to click your mouse 765,551,000 times to burn it off.SUPERCOOLGUY
Anitidiphobia; the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.Ciaran, Egham
Independance Day celebrated by the Americans on the 4th of July is wrong. The declaration was signed on the 2nd July but was printed on the 4th...Debbie, Bournemouth
It's illegal to dig holes in the woods under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.Rob, Portsmouth
If you put a piece of the sun the size of a pin head on the earth, you wouldn't be able to stand closer than 90 miles of it!Ben, Orpington
When the ice cream van plays the jingle that means the ice crean is all sold outAlice, Hampshire
The first married couple to be showed in bed together on TV were Fred and Wilma FlinstoneMonica, Winchester
cocacola used to contain cocain as an active ingrediant but now it doesnt so there is no chance of getting high ind cocacola anymore fred, basingstoke
if you buy baged organic watercress and put it into your pond it will grow and you will have free watercress all year long!!!!!!!!phillip, kings lynn
The phrase "tight as a duck's arse" must be true, otherwise they would fill up with water and sink.Anthony, Leigh on Sea, Essex.
In the 1830's, ketchup was sold as medicine.Charlie, Abersyswyth
Is it true that a smile is a curve to set things straight ?brian hamlett, tadley
5 Amazing Chinchilla facts! 1) They can jump 4 feet in the air 2)They can live for 20-25 years 3) They don't squeak they BARK! Like a small dog on acid 4) They have the densest fur of any mammal 5) They love watching TV (mine seems to favour "Top Gear") Ben, Westoning
the average Hungarian will consume over 1kg of paprika a yearVicki, Newcastle upon Tyne
a cat has 32 muscles in its earmaffa jaffa, harrogate
snot and earwax are the same material.Ross, UK
your stomach lining has to renew itself every 3 weeks or you would be eaten away from the inside out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!louise, Reading
more people die each year from falling coconuts than people who die from shark attacksrichard, Doncaster
Hippos cant swim. They walk along the bottom of the waterLottie, Bournemouth
"History is a cruel trick played on the dead by the living" Travis , Fairfield, Tx.
I Will Prove that some words rhyme with orange. Grorange ? a blend of green and orange (occurs in a Mario Brothers novel) Borange ? "rubbish", "of poor quality" (coined by comedian Ross Noble on the Triple J Ross & Terri show). Porange ? a blend of pink and orange Snorange ? a fictional type of orange that grows in the Arctic Tasha-Bob
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories. Guy One: "Hey remember time tha--" Guy Two: "Don't... Just.. Don't." *Guy Two Wimpers in the corner.*Tasha, Colchester
My uncle owned a paper shop but it blew away.Hugh Jarce, Bath
The first woman to walk on the moon will be shopping for shoesGreg H
"A white rhino takes its name from the Afrikaans word widj which means wide, because of its wide mouth. The black rhino has a smaller, beak-like mouth and is only called black to contrast the 'white'. Both are, of course, grey. Michelle, Seaford" The word 'wijd' (not spelled widj) is not Afrikaans, but Dutch. The Afrikaans word is 'wyd'. born2strum, South Africa
Cats have a 3rd eyelidRachel F
Butterflies used to be called "Flutterbys!!!"Ian M
a ducks Quack has no echo!Stefan D
THERE IS NO RHYME FOR ORANGEKeith E
Moist air holds heat better than dry air.Fiona D
Vacuums do not suck things. They create spaces into which the surrounding atmosphere pushes matter.Julie S
No American has died of old age since 1951, because that was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificatesjulie E
arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouthAnnette T
sailors had one gold earing so that they had something to pay for their burialbryan S
Did you know that Yahoo got its name from the word YAHOO used by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers Travels. i.e. a Yahoo is someone who looks repulsive and who,s actions are barely human!sharon P
goats have square pupilsJonathan J
Written exams were invented by the same guy who developed mathematical logarithms.Mark A
Bananas are actually herbs. Bananas die after fruiting, like all herbs do.Paul M
Koala Bears make rubbish pets.Martin B
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words!Tim F
California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.Gillian H
The river Isbourne is the only river in England that flows north.David H
You can ski in Morocco.Simon W
The pituitary gland is affected by trance.Alison C
The word miller is derived from the greek word for apple.Anthony G
Most people die between 3 and 4 am.BRIAN S
A group of giraffes is called a Tower.Debbie W
If your eyesight was as sensitive as your hearing, you would be able to see a lit candle as far away as the moon.Rob F
The youngest Pope was 11 years old.Richard G
There's a genre of music called 'sludge metal'.Cherryl T
The capital of Bulgaria is Sofia.Tim S
You can clean your shoes with a banana skin.Christina H
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.david C
Silk worms only live on mulberry bushes.Andy C
There is a new breed of ant coming to England. 3 times the size of our home grown one & it will eat almost everything.George D
The can opener was invented 48 years after the can was first introduced (prior to that, cans were opened with a hammer and chisel).Anthony G
There is no tipping at restaurants in Japan.Mark D
Keep a clear head & always carry a lightbulb.Tamsin C
You shouldn't put kiwi fruit in a jelly because there's something in ziwi fruuit that stops jelly setting.Frances L
All glass is coloured in an undetectable shade of green to stop the sun from bleaching your curtains and furniture.Gary C
When twin calves are born, and one is male with the other female, the female is nearly always infertile (a Freemartin).Andrea M
The longest creature in the ocean is a worm - the bootstrap worm.George S
There were strange flashing lights in the sky over Yorkshire last night.David P
Kenny Everett was born on christmas Day.nigel C
Snakes have no eyelids.Paul N
The world's 1st ATM was opened by Reg Varney at Barclays Bank in Enfield.duncan H
In the financial year 2004-5, 10 people bought train tickets for Watford West station. This is despite the fact that the station is ?temporarily closed?, and no trains have served it since 1996, and part of the railway track leading up to it has been lifted.Greg D
Hufu (the tasty tofu-based alternative to human flesh) is no longer available, but it was not a hoax as some thought.Cathy B
The Big One at Blackpool is not the tallest rollercoaster in Europe as claimed - Silver Star at Europa Park is.Roger C
Pigs have more tastebuds than humans.Kim A
Dolphins cannot differentiate between water and solid food.Richard D
It's not 'Humble pie' but 'umble pie'. The edible innards leftover from the kitchen which the lesser members of the staff were given to eat.Philip M
Daniel Day-Lewis broke ribs doing the film My Left Foot, by hunching over in a wheelchair while getting into charactertim P
50% of people survive a fall from a height of 3 stories.helen W
Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes.Lisa D
George Washington had wooden false teeth.Helen O
Mosquitoes like to bite people who have recently eaten bananas.Alison F
Latest predictions are that the Earth will be destroyed by the Sun in 7.5 Billion Years (a Red Giant by then).Peter W
Pigeons explode when fed baking soda.Chris B
The Nhs is the world's fourth largest employer.Nicola R
The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42.Roger N
The maximum recorded lifespan of a leech is 27 years.Steve L
MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations.Marc F
Erinsborough is an anagram of neighbours!Sally P
The Eros statue in Picaddilly isn't a statue of Eros.Norman P
Napoleon didn't like his women to wash.Geoff D
There is not one orange food that is native to Britain.Jo B
Each unit on the Richter Scale is equivalent to a power factor of about 32, so, a 6 is 32 times more powerful than a 5.john M
The Isle of Man has the largest water-wheel in the world.Dave B
Cracking your knuckles doesn't cause arthritus.Alexandra C
Kangaroo in aboriginal means 'I dont know'. When English settlers pointed them out to the aborigines they replied gungaru or kangaroo, the English took this to be the name of the animal by mistake.neil O
ODEON = Oscar Deutscher Entertains Our NationDean H
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."julie E
The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.Jason S
Mongolians NEVER wash because they believe that all things on earth - including water - contain spiritual beings, and cannot therefore be soiled or tainted.Daniel T
5000 years of civilisation and all we get is 2 days off a week!Shawn D
Frogs predict earthquakes.Sally H
The new voice ok KITT from Knight Rider is Val Kilmer.Anish M
Americans eat on average, 18 acres of pizza every day.Neil C
The speed of light has been broken by two German physicists, meaning Einstein's theory is incorrect.Chris C
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.Joanne M
Knock, knock jokes began in 1068.Matthew B
A bean has more DNA per cell than a human cell.Paul A
Mageirocophobia is the fear of cooking.Graham F
If you reverse the letters of your first name, then add the four digits of your year of birth, you will get a meaningless jumble of letters and numbers.Nick, Dublin
It only costs u £400 to go bankrupt.john B
The celebratory song 'Happy Birthday' is protected by copyright until 2030!Daniel M
There are no great white sharks in captivity.darren C
Chewing gum stops your eyes watering when chopping onions.joshua M
The chinese army is the world's secong largest employer.Nicola R
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that Noah took 2 of each animal onto his ark! This misconception comes from the childrens song - Who Built The Ark!Adele B
The original screenplay was called "The School of Rock", and it was later shortened to "School of Rock". However, the opening credits had already been designed and partially shown in theaters with the word "The" in the title. Director Linklater decided not to digitally remove the extra word from the credits.Martin S
The Beatles featured two left handed members, Paul, whom everyone saw holding his Hoffner bass left handed, and Ringo, whose left handedness is at least partially to blame for his 'original' drumming style.Tracey C
Turkey produces half of the world's legal supply of opiumSharon C
Penguins and polar bears do not live in the same place, regardless of what the cartoons would have us believe.Janette W
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off. ("Honey, I'm home. What the....")Ricky C
Did you know that the bow end of a large supertanker comes to a stop before the aft end when it has entered a lock? This is because of all the iron plates are rivetted and they always have some play in them.Barbara, Charleston
Did you know that, in the middle of a dry Canadian winter, that you can blow a light bulb (from the static build-up) when you switch the light on if you are wearing a nylon nightie?Babsie, Ottawa
I love you in iceland is - Ég elska ÞigAngela S
Crabs teeth are in their stomachs!Amy, Hull
The Stephens Island Wren is the only known animal to be made extinct by a single individual. It was a cat called Tiddles.Richard, Stroud
Hen's have 4 kneesPaul C, Chorley
If you jumped off the highest point of the empire state building you would have enough time to eat 3 chocolate digestives before you hit the ground.Joe, Reading
The difference between theory and reality is much greater in reality than it is in theory.Retowesaca, Santee, CA
Photons take 20,000 years to travel from the centre of the sun to the surface. This means that the average speed of light inside the sun is 4 metres per hour. There are also photons in the Sun that were formed five billion years ago, but have still not made it out.Eric, Huddersfield
Many people who work with pineapples have their fingerprints "dissolved" by enzymes on the pineapple skin.Richard , Belfast
What is the richest country in the world? Ireland, 'cos it's capital is always Dublin. Pammy, Blackburn
Trees actually make a sound as they grow. However, they do this so slowly the sound is inaudible. Sped up, it is a fairly loud cracking/stretching noise. That's true.Chantal, Burton-On-Trent
The plastic fixings at the ends of shoelaces are called 'aglets'. And their true purpose is sinister.Jonathon, Perth
Things we didnt know has 866 possible anagrams, of those about 20 make senseTom
A Slovenian TV programme that tried to prove top models were brainless bimbos was scrapped after a beauty queen turned out to have a higher IQ than a nuclear physicist.Edward, London
The wife of Napoleon, Josephene, was generally considered rude and aloof because she neither ate with, nor smiled at anyone, esp in public. She also very rarely spoke to anyone. The real reason was that she was embarrassed to death by her hideously rotten teeth. Gabriel, Cape Town
The number of steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower is 1652Hugh G. Rection, London
All toilets flush pitched at E FlatStuff, Chelmsford
Chris, Downham Market is wrong... he has stated a common misconception amongst nerdy fact finders quiz wizards and booky worms... only royal mail postal workers delivering a declaration of war can legally run a red light... and these days will more than likely be a postal and courier soldier from the RLC who deal with the BFPO's (British Forces Post Office) which is still a branch of the royal mail. Thus it is more likely that the vehicle which legally passes through that red light just before war is declared is going to be a British Army general service landrover... so there :-P2lt McCrystal, Belfast
WD-40 dissolves cocaine - it has been used by a pub landlord to prevent drug-taking in his pub's toilets.Carey, Chorley
It is a known fact that dogs hate it when you blow in their face. So why is it that the first thing a dog does, when he gets in your car, is put his head out of the window?Nathan , Pontypridd
The famous Tarzan call sounds exactly the same whether it's played forwards or backwards.Andrzej, Salisbury
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old! Jack, Burton-Upon-Trent
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.Stuart, Birchanger
The Bank Of England make a £100,000,000 note.Abiy W
Did you know that the driest place on earth is not a desert as you would expect but it is Antartica as certain areas have had no rain in over 2 million years.David, Stockport
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.Neil D
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were: Fred and Wilma FlintstoneAmy S
Red cars are faster than all other cars. The paint has less additives, making it lighter.James, Glastonbury
The bust measurement of Marie Antoinette (guillotined in the French Revolution) was the same as that of Jayne Mansfield. It's true!Geoffrey, Brecon
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.Roger O
In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.Glenda P
You can fail a drugs test if you eat too many poppy seedsJoanne P
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!Gillian H
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.Tom K
There is no corn in corn beef. It is salt. The salt used to preserve the beef was in the shape of an ear of corn.Craig C
When Thomas Eddison died in 1941, Henry Ford was said to have captured his dying breath in a bottle.Sharon R
The fastest speed recorded by a rabbit is 43.96mph.Carl F
Honey bees rarely fly backwards.Maria C
It takes 30 minutes to boil an Ostrich Egg.John D
Hugo Boss manufactured the 1936 line of nazi uniforms..!!!Rosie P
Most lipstick contains some fishscales.Sarah E
A giraffe's heart is 2 feet (0.6 meters) long and weighs about 25 pounds (11 kilograms), and pumps approximately 16 gallons of blood per minute, pumping all the way up to its head along that great neck gives the giraffe very high blood pressure. Its lungs can hold 12 gallons (55 litres) of air! Maria, Brighton
I can play bass guitar, but can't play air bass guitar.Susan S
All polar bears are left-handed.Jason S
The answer to this riddle by Sara, Branson MO USA: A cowboy rides into town on Thursday, stays for 3 days, and leaves on Thursday. How'd he do it? Answer: Thursday is the name of the cowboy's horse.Andrzej, Salisbury, UK
In Atlanta its illegal to tie your giraffe to a telegraph pole...Hannah C
The numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666!Samantha S
A rainbow is a complete circle if viewed from the airLynn D
New York's Central Park is nearly twice the size of the entire country of Monaco.ROGER S
About 30% of Americans admit to talking to their dogs or leaving messages on their answering machines for their dogs while they are away.Ian C
Cows cannot climb stairsGillian H
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.Sarah E
The space between your eyebrows is called the glabellaelliot L
Because of slow mutations in the human genome, it is believed that the six-fingered humans will outnumber their five-fingered brothers by 2412.Charley N
Montreal is actually closer to Europe than it is to VancouverAnna M
Carrots were in fact purple originally.Jason M
Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Marion MoonWayne R
Giraffes are muteFrances L
World Water Day is March 22nd every year. Random!Sarah M
a group of kangaroos is called a mob. AND... Leuttuce is a member of the sunflower family! Aleks
The word 'FACETIOUS' (unsuitably jocular, flippant) is the only word in the English language that uses the five vowels in the correct order.Mavis T
Petrol doesn't burn, its the fumes that burn! =OSian G
I was supposed to go to a conference on "Apathy" but I couldn't be bothered. The clairvoyant's show tonight has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.Alan, Chester
During Shakespeare's life, deaths outnumbered births in the UKPhilip B
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament!!Hayley C
Air Force One cost £200m to build and costs £28000 an hour to run.John B
Where does your lap go, when you stand up?Mary M
Camels are the only animal with bi-curved red blood cells.Duncan A
In the space of one year in the eighties three different songs with the same title reached the top ten in the UK charts, two of them even becoming number ones.Scott Y
The earth doesn't spin on a perfect axis. It wobblesKieran B
The French word for 'hedgehog' is 'un herisson'. The French also use this word for a chimney sweep's brush and a 'prickly', unsociable person.David H
Rats are the only animals that can't vomit. That's why rat poisin works.Noel O
The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle BlueJason C
You can't burn yourself on an egg shell, no matter how hot it gets!Eleanor C
A snail can sleep for 3 yearsMark K
The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwardsKathryn H
Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.Paula C
The average human body contains enough: iron to make a 3 inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads, and water to fill a ten-gallon tank.Paula C
A prisoner once escaped from jail by colouring in his white overalls green and pretending he was a doctor.Alan N
In Australia, the smallest coin in use is 5c, so if they charge $9.99 you have to pay $10,cos they cant give you any change!Hannah G
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball point pens every year.Rhuari B
You can't create a folder called 'con' in Microsoft Windows!Liam C
Did you know your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.Loumez , Brentwood, Essex
It is illegal to have a duel in Uruguay unless both protagonists are registered blood donorsArkranger, Sale
Winston Churchill smoked cigars and drank a bottle of whiskey a day but lived for over 90 yearsNeil L
Concorde was not the first commercial supersonic jet - this honour belongs to the very similar Russian built Concordski (a Tupulov 144).Nicholas M
The holes in swiss cheese are created by Propionibacter which changes milk tto cheese. the reaction creates CO2 which produces the bubbles! Bet you didn't know that!James P
Having your wisdom teeth out really, REALLY does hurt. I know you already know this, I am just feeling sorry for myself having just had it done. For the second time. With complications. For the second time.Kristel O
The man wearing the very first top hat caused quite a commotion after stepping out into the street. In the ensuing melee, a man was pushed through a shop window.Owen E
An espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffeeJames T
Ernie Wise made the first mobile phone call in the UK on January 1, 1985Graham S
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to serve non consecutive terms.Martin B
The littlest flower of the world is the Australian "Wolffia Arrhiza". Its flowers grow into a small cavity and is the size of this comma ",".Guillaume F
The bible, the world's best selling book, is also the worlds most shoplifted book.Alex B
Every year more than 2500 left handed people are killed from using right handed productsAnna C
Sea Otters have the densest fur in the animal kingdom -- a million hairs per square inch!Cerian T
SOS, the distress signal does not mean save our souls. the only reason it is SOS is because it is the easiest two bits of morse code to remember. everyone will remember ...- - -... but if it was HELP then it would be .... . .-.. .- -. which is alot to remember.Andrew
If you mix orange juice with milk together in one drink; you will throw up. Or is that just me that suffers from this?Ashley W
Nature has it's own word for vegetarian, prey.Henrik, Trollhättan
Margarine is actually grey. Its coloured yellow to make it look more like butter.Nicola C
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!Brian B
There are 23 doctors in the U.S. called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon!Shona, Christchurch
It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!Shona L
At take off power a Rolls-Royce Trent jet engine consumes an amount of air equivalent to that contained within a squash court every second.Christopher H
If you were to compress all the empty space in atoms, every single person in the world would fit into the space occupied by an apple :)Andrew M
The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!David R
When pregnant rabbits cannot find any sources of energy, they re-absorb their unborn baby to keep on living.Catherine H
Anteaters prefer termites to ants.Jon R
A diamond is the hardest natural substance on earth, but if it is placed in an oven and the temperature is raised to about 763 degrees Celsius (1405 degrees Fahrenheit), it will simply vanish, without even ash remaining. Only a little carbon dioxide will have been released.Geoff M
A giraffe neck has the same number of bones as a human neckPaul W
Anti-gravity can be achieved with a fork, a spoon and a matchstick!Roddy A
Apparently, the 'real' shelf life of spam is limited by how long it takes the can to rust! Eurgh!Ben C
The "Black Box" in Aircraft aren't actually black, they're bright orange, so they can easily be found in a wreckage. Also they are no where near the cockpit, they are right at the back above the cabin ceiling.Christopher O
In Somalia it is illegal to carry old gum on the tip of your nose.Matthew B
The eiffel tower shrinks 6" in winterMizz
Why don't Penguins feet freeze? Answer: The system that stops a penguin's foot from freezing is very elaborate and sophisticated and employs two mechanisms. The first one allows the penguin to control the rate of blood flowing to its feet by varying the diameter of arterial vessels supplying the blood. In cold conditions the flow is reduced, when it is warm the flow increases. The second mechanism takes the form of 'counter current heat exchangers' at the top of the legs. The arteries, which supply warm blood and oxygen to the penguin's feet break up into many small vessels which are closely linked to similar numbers of venous vessels bringing cold blood back from the feet. So, when heat is lost from the arterial vessels, the venous vessels running in the opposite direction pick it up and carry it back through the body, rather than out through the feet. This means that in the very remote regions of the skin, cells get oxygen but heat isn't lost through this skin.Simon N
Dress down the smarmy "barista" at your overpriced local coffee shop with the fact that the word "panini" is in fact already a plural. So you can't have one panini or two paninis. The singular is panino.Benjamin L
Snails have over 20,000 teeth each. Scary huh my advice is watch out for them could be dangerous!Martin P
Fainting is your body's way of protecting yourself: If you haven't got enough blood or high enough blood pressure to get blood into your brain, you faint so that you fall over and its easier for the blood to get to your brain (a wonder boys don't faint more)!Juliet A
People often mistype the word "thanks" as "thnaks" because their right hand works faster than their left!Emma L
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War 2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.Andrew K
In Nepal they eat oranges without peeling them...Joe C
Did you know that every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury.Andrew S
If love is blind, why does lingerie cost so much?ARL, London
Pearls melt in vinegarGeorge, Cyprus
Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball gameRhys Davies, Newport
You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxiteRhys Davies, Newport
SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or belowRhys Davies, Newport
Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the soundRhys Davies, Newport
The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa.Rhys Davies, Newport
A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular culling of the weakest members. In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills off brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.Rhys Davies, Newport
Your feet begin to smell like feet when you are four months old, before this they just smell like the rest of you.C, Lisburn
The average American eats at McDonalds more than 1,800 times in their life.Tom, Bath
Richard A George is mistaken. Glass is not a liquid, it is an amorphous solid (it doesn't form crystals when it solidifies). Thursdaykat, Margate
did you know that 4 people die each year from falling gravestones? Hannah, Bury St Edmunds
Ancient Egyptian artefacts that look like airplanes have been scaled up and have been proven to be perfectly formed and would be capable of flying. Where did they see these things?Liam, Belfast
Your fingernails and hair do NOT continue to grow when your dead. Your skin dries up and shrinks making it appear that they do.Kittycat, Belper, Derbys
According to most cartoons, fishes enjoy swimming through keyholesChimpy , SWINDON!
A Ham Sandwich is better than Eternal Happiness. Nonsense you say? Think about it: They say that nothing is better than Eternal Happiness. They also say that a Ham Sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore, a Ham Sandwich is better than Eternal Happiness.Andman
If a Sheep falls over on its back, it cant get up again by itself! I've seen it with my own eyes and rescued one once.Mark Leak, Boston, Lincs
What would happen if ET and Mr T got married? Hannah, Bury St Edmunds
"If you spit off the top of the Eiffel Tower it gains enough speed to knock someone out, and it the glob's big enough, kill them." Nope, it reachs terminal velocity and at that speed would only mildly annoy you. They tried this with a pound coin and an artificial skull on TV and would only cause some bruising!Alex, LDN - Corrector of stuff!
Royal Mail vehicles are the only vehicles that can legally jump red lights! Emergency service vehicles are not legally allowed to but can if they don't cause accidents. Bu there is an old unchanged law that isn't well known that states NOTHING is allowed to hold up the Royal Mail... Good job they don't know that, white van drivers are bad enough as it is!Chris, Downham Market
It's actually illegal to eat Mince Pies on Christmas day...Hayley, Isle of Wight
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.Katie, Runcorn
Your eyes are the same size from when you are born until the day you die. However, your nose and ears never stop growing!Poolio, Solihull
Supposedly if you mix together petroleum jelly and the cream filling of a Hostess Twinkie, the concoction will glow in the dark.Mark, Boston
On average, pandas live 15 years longer in captivity than they do in the wildJackie, Somerset
During world war 1 there were 9 reported cases of servicemen with three testicles! Bizarre!Ben, Chippenham
A white rhino takes its name from the Afrikaans word widj which means wide, because of its wide mouth. The black rhino has a smaller, beak-like mouth and is only called black to contrast the 'white'. Both are, of course, grey.Michelle, Seaford
Albatross (big seagull kinda things) can fly while sleeping!Dan, Harrogate
Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are re-used in vein transplant surgery.Barbara , LONDON
Hitler and Napoleon both had only one testicle. Barbara , London
A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex. Barbara , London
Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz Barbara , London
The screwdriver was invented before the screw.Babs , London
There is no mention of Adam and Eve eating an apple in the Bible.Anna , London
In 2003, a 9-year old girl in India was married to a stray dog in a ritual to ward off an evil spell.Angela , London
The more Emmental cheese, the more holes, but the more holes, the less Emmental...Victor, Biarritz
What is a group of jellyfish called? A smuck!nathalie thomson, tooting, london
An amish man and his son are in the city and they enter a large building. They watch as some metal doors open up and a large lady enters. Above the metal doors is a small selection of lights arranged into numbers. The Father and son watch as the numbers go all the way up to 20 and then slowly back down again. When the numbers reachs 1 again the doors open and a blonde haired thin girl appears and the Father says "Quick son, get your mother".Hannah, Chippenham, UK
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.ali black, southampton
Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.ali black, southampton
Pac-man was origanally going to be called puck-man when a member of the head office realised how easy it could be vandilised. (and if you have'nt realised you take off part of the 'P').ali black, southampton
In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'ali black, southampton
The first product to have a bar code scanned was Wrigley's gum.ali black, southampton
If you take a starfish out of the water and it dries up and dies you can bring it back to life by putting it back in the water. (e.g you can leave it out for a couple days).ali black, southampton
If in the SL client, you change the preferences, lowering the memory of the graphic card, the number of particles, or the details, you will crash less and have less lag.Lucy W
Ever wondered why the Statue of Liberty is green? It is actually coated in copper so when it was first built it was all gold and shiny, but it has tarnished just like old copper pipes do and turned green.iwoot fan, London
Las Vegas Casinos are not permited to have clocks in the main casino room.Chris, Birmingham
In a bull ring where the bull goes mad and there's the guy with the red cape, they make the bull go mad by tying rope around his testicles.Ali Black, southampton
If Prince Charles becomes King, he will be known as King George VII.Alex Brownlee, Whitley Bay
A Starfish can turn its Stomach inside out.Alex Brownlee, Whitley Bay
The legendary band ZZ TOP derived its name from ZigZag rolling papers and POT spelled backwards.David Nauth, Weybridge
The longest pace name is "Krungthepmahanakonbowornratanakosinmahintarayudyaya- mahadiloponoparatanarajthaniburiromudomrajniwesmahasatarn- amornpimarnavatarsatitsakattiyavisanukamphr". This is bangkok in Thailand!t.jones, IOM
Llama spit can travel up to 15 ft.t.jones, IOM
A lock of Elvis Presley's hair sold for $115,120.t.jones, IOM
It would take about 788,832,000 2-inch sticky notes to encircle the globe.t.jones, IOM
More than 64,00 people in the US are 100 years old or older.t.jones, IOM
In the movie "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith", the Wookie battle cries are from a recording of a car race, and star ships breaking up in space are dogs howling and barking.t.jones, IOM
The worlds oldest mold free twinkie was over 30 years old.t.jones, IOM
You can fry an egg on a hot side walk when it reaches 158 degrees fahrenheit.t.jones, IOM
The worlds longest cake was 8,303 ft long, the same lenth as 28 football fields!t.jones, IOM
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.t.jones, IOM
A dog can make about 100 different facial expressions.t.jones, IOM
1 million seconds = 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds!t.jones, IOM
Peanut butter can be converted into a diomond.t.jones, IOM
The first ballpoint pens sold for $12.50 each.T.jones, IOM
Caterpillars have about 3,200 more muscles than you do! T.Jones, IOM
It took 5 to 6 million years for the Grand Canyon to form.T.Jones, IOM
lemonade is made from artificial lemons and table polish is made from real lemons.T.Jones, IOM
I'm sorry to say that I have just found out something awful. Chocolate is poisonous! Fortunately the lethal dose is around 24 pounds so you dont have to empty your cupboards of it just yet... For other animals though the picture is slightly more grim, with just a chocolate covered raisin being enough to take down a small bird, but still what a way to go!Tom, West Kirby
The first item put up for sale on EBAY was a broken laser pointer.... which sold for 14 dollars.Nikki Richardson, London
I have named my friend's bump nerys!!!lisa, cardiff
A cowboy rides into town on Thursday, stays for 3 days, and leaves on Thursday. How'd he do it? Sara, Branson MO USA
The barnacle is the most 'well endowed' animal in relation to its body size. Its 'part' can be more than six times the length of its own body. To put it in proportion, if humans were the same you could stand at the bottom of nelsons column and tip his hat with your...Mark, Manchester
Dolphins are the only mammal, other than humans, to have sex for pleasure.J, Jersey
You shouldn't get a Gupi and a real guniea pig and exspect them to be friends, because male guniea pigs begin to hump your Gupi, and I wouldn't want to clean that up.TheRomantiqeOne, warrington
If you always expect the unexpected then you will ever expect the expected, therefore, the expected will become the uexpected, so that just prooves that you can never win in life, confuzzaling eh? Jessica, Brightlingsea
Gambling is now outlawed in Second Life, however in many places we still find gambling devices.Clark A
In July, 145 people made more than 5000 USD, playing Second Life. All the stats are available here: http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.phpSusana S
If you spit off the top of the Eiffel Tower it gains enough speed to knock someone out, and it the glob's big enough, kill them.Chloe Wootton, Reading
The Darwin Awards are all about the best ways of dying, from the original to the downright funky... I think you can see the catch in winning.Chris P, Blackpool
Everyone in the Government has an ID number (eg. 326) but no one has 007 because of James Bond!Chloe , Reading, Berkshire
Forty is the only number in the English language that has all of its letters in alphabetical order.Harry Kind, Carmarthenshire
Four is the only number in the English language to have the same number of letters in it as its numerical value!Harry Kind, Carmarthenshire
Something that will make you think.... Say I'm travelling along a motorway in a car (any car) at 70 miles per hour for example... what is the one part of the car which at any one point of the journey is completely stationary? ... The point of the wheel in contact with the road of course! ... If it helps to imagine it, think of what the bottom half a caterpillar track looks like when a tractor is moving forward. Made you think :- PChris Pendlebury, Blackpool
Elvis is not really dead. Or if he is, he didn't die when they said he did. His name was spelled wrong on the gravestone and they never changed it because he was known to be very superstitious. His ex-wife changed his will (a legal impossibility). Consider that shot of his body in the coffin. He looked young, and fit, as he did in the 50's, not the overweight, clearly ill star we saw on his last tour. Also, the coffin was very, very heavy; far heavier than it should have been. Why? Could it have been a fan unit to keep the wax model cool? I don't believe he has been seen in Burger King or McDonald's, but he definitely did not die in 1977.Beverley Kerry, Derby
Jelly babies were originally known as 'Peace Babies' as they were first made in 1918 at the end of the 1st World War.Jill, Belfast
In the very early stages of foetus growth, human babies develop gills which are then reabsorbed at a later stage of development. Zoe, London
For 2000 years 666 has been the symbol of the dreaded anti-christ who will come to rule the world before the last judgement. For many it's an unlucky number & even the EU parliament leaves seat 666 vacant. Bu,t it's the wrong number! In 2005 a new translation of the earliest copy of the book of revelations clearly shows it to be 616 not 666. If this number is correct it will not amuse those who spent a small fortune avoiding the old one. In 1999, the Moscow transport department picked a new number for the jinxed 666 route it was 616...doh!Taz, harrogate
arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth!Adele, Ipswich
Avocados can be fatal. A friend had a parrot that somehow got out and flew off. It landed in a neighbour's garden and that neighbour had a barbeque party, with avocado salad. They fed the bird, and it loved the salad. Then it died. Apparently one of few things poisonous to parrots is avocado.Lena O, Gothenburg, Sweden
I bought me a Mopod, a pink dancing devil. And went to a funeral... I did turn my own phone off, but someone in the aisle had his on, silent. I saw the devil starting its happy twirling and managed to shove it into my handbag. Lena, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bookkeeper is the only word in the english language with three consecutive double letters.Hilary, London
Alicia Silverstone appears in episode 80 of The Wonder Years. And Juliette Lewis appears in 24, 34 and 36 as Wayne's girlfriend. Marilyn Manson was not in The Wonder Years, either as Marilyn or Brian.Hilary, London
If you get an 'ice cream headache' from eating something very cold too quickly (like Ice cream for example!), push your tongue up onto the roof of your mouth. This will relieve the headache by quickly warming the cooled flow of blood to your brain, and stopping the cause of the coldness.Hilary, London
All of the suspension bridges in the world decrease in strength by 14% each year. The rope suspensions are thousands of smaller wires wound together. This was discovered when scientists placed Mics on the end of one and heard a "ping!" every 14 hours... give or take.Anthony, Liverpool
The world constipation record is 102 days.Jonathan Dinkin, London
Once a tree gets to a certain age it stops producing oxygen and actually produces carbon dioxide.Beki McDermott, colchester
The differnce between a cake and a biscuit is that a cake goes hard when stale, and a biscuit soft.Beki McDermott, colchester
I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous.Del, Gillingham. Kent
Eddie Van Halen's son is called Wolfgang Van Halen.Roger, London
Did you know that when you get married, your wife actually moves in with you. I was shocked to say the least.Simon, Birmingham
I don't have proof, but...from my experience if you are left handed, when you concentrate you stick out your tongue to concentrate. Go on, watch us lefties and see if we are doing it when we are playing football or concentrating on an interesting report. Speaking of reports, I should be doing one now, but I have been sitting here all day reading this page. If I get sacked I want one of the helicopters on this site (one quite simply isn't enough)!Simon, Birmingham
Here's a useless bit of information should you ever visit Paris. In the 1800s there was a terrace of 3 houses. One was occupied by a poet, the second by the inventor of the guillotine who used dead sheep to perfect his invention and the third by a nutty inventor who was always seen at 7pm taking his pet for a walk. Nothing unusual in that you might think, until I tell you the pet was a lizard on a lead!Teresa, Gt. Yeldham
Science has only very recently this year, 2007, worked out the scientific equation that allows a Bumblebee's to fly! Prior to this, and according to everything we know of the facts of science behind flight, it was actually thought aerodynamically impossible for Bumblebees to fly, yet obviously they do do it everyday!Trevor D, East Grinstead, West Sussex
Most of the Brazil nuts you eat at Christmas time actually come from Bolivia and not Brazil. As the chief crop producer of these nuts, Bolivian officials recently championed an unsuccessful campaign to have the world nut industry change their products name internationally to Bolivia nuts if you please!Trevor D, East Grinstead West Sussex
In the picture of the last supper St Andrew is the only person without a cup. Birmingham City, whose home is St Andrews, also have no cups. Simon, Birmingham
The average car horn beeps in the key of F.laura, derby
King Henry VIII was so fond of cock fighting he had a cock fighting pit built on the site of the present-day 10 downing street.Will, birmingham
Can a match box? no but a tin can!Oli Waldock, Huntingdon
All Polar Bears are left handed, according to current scientific thought on the subject! How in the hell do they know this as a fact?Trevor, EAST GRINSTEAD,WEST SUSSEX
I wish I'd known about these stickers. I had already "cow-printed" my fridge freezer, chest freezer, dishwasher and washing machine with black hammerite. It took a couple of hours but I was fairly drunk, and I absolutely adore cows, obviously.joyce tribble, anstruther, fife
Do you know the best way to remove a splinter or piece of glass from your hand or foot? Use a plaster and put the sticky part over the entry point. Leave for 48-72 hours, remove the plaster and the unwanted intruder will come away on the sticky bit. Painless and easier than using a pin!Teresa, Gt. Yeldham
My old dog was allergic to beef.Edward, Nuneaton
Light can travel over 7 times around the equator in 1 sec, or from the Sun to Earth in 8 minutesLuke Mehdi, Bristol
If you jump off a bridge there is a 33.3333333% chance you will live, no matter how high.bob, new york
The only bird in existence known to be capable of flying backwards is the humming bird.Sam, Nottingham
In 1987 a 1400-year-old lump of still-edible cheese was unearthed in Ireland. Oliver Lane, Shrewsbury
Jaffa Cakes don't contain any Orange and are officially classed as cakes and not biscuits despite being made by a biscuit company.Greg McQueen, Liverpool
Up until fairly recently it was thought that the Earth had one moon, where as nowadays it has been proven that Earth has up to 7 moons as a moon is in fact a celestial body, hence why we can say there are so many more moons of Earth than first thought.Greg McQueen, Liverpool
WD40 kills wasps - dead!Becky, St Neots
Mongolian Gerbils often look like they are trying to 'hump' each other (even if they are of the same gender), this is actually their way of spreading their scent onto another Gerbil...so no your Gerbils aren't Homosexual after all.Louisa Holloway, Clacton-on-sea
A small seaside town in the South East of England, Clacton-on-sea, is home to over 2 million evil grannies, they get about in biddie mobiles and usually test their upmost ignorance by riding these beasts in the road often causing problems for car drivers who must roll along behind doing just under 10 miles per hour. You can often see many an old biddie crammed on a bus shaking their sticks at anyone under 80.Louisa Holloway, Good old Clacton-on-sea
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create an explosion that is equal to an atomic bomb.andy heath, london
The first plant to be cultivated for something other than food was the cannabis plant.Stevey Peats, Clermiston
The white stuff that pigeons excrete is not poo. It is, in fact, urine.Steve, Guernsey
If a predator grabs hold of a lobster's leg, it can simply detach it and grow another, and their blood is also transparent.George Meixner, Sheering
My cat licks his paw is you scratch his back.MattyWaters, Barkingside
We have fleas in our office and we have called one leonard....Nicola and Lisa, Cardiff
We can make much more money by depositing money in a SL Bank than in RL banks, even if the risk is much greater.Richard J
Put washing up liquid in your kettle with the water and boil it. Fun!!!! xxxWeini
Europe is the only continent without a desert.Will, Ware
Most dinosaurs were no bigger than chickens.Will, Ware
On a classic monopoly board, the square that is most landed on is Trafalgur Square.Will, Ware
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.Will, Ware
A snail has about 25000 teeth.Will, Ware
Ronald Reagan, one of the most vocal proponents of "family values" in the last fifty years, was the only divorced man to attain the US Presidency? Catriona, Deepest, Darkest Devon!
It seems that in Second Life many "women" are in reality men.Paul G
If you hit Crt+Alt+D in your SL Viewer, you will get two new sort of options: the client and the server. The first is very useful.Jane B
There are blue berries and blueberries. All blue berries are blue, but not all blue berries are blueberries!Helen Conacher, Dunstable.
Did you know that the largest thing that a blue whale can swallow is actually a grapefruit?Jordan
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Sarah H, London
Colgate faces big obstacles marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command Go hang yourself.Sarah H, London
The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.Sarah H, London
Poison Oak and Poison Ivy are members of the cashew family. Carla Whitmore, Rothehram
Some people think the $1 dollar bill has the sign of the illuminati because it has so many 13s on it. It has 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 steps and an olive branch with 13 leaves. GWBush, Whitehouse
Padgism is a religion based around atheism and pineapples, founded in Merseyside in the UK in 2006. Padgists are know to not care about stuff and take a lot of abuse about the 'sillyness' of their religion. I am a Padgist.Liam, Wirral, Merseyside
The Naked Mole Rat is the only cold-blooded mammal. They can move backwards as fast as they move forwards and the skin of a naked mole rat lacks a key neurotransmitter called Substance P which means they feel no pain.George Meixner, Sheering
There were 378,000,000,000 cigarettes sold JUST in the United States in 2005 - that is the lowest number since 1951. (That is 1305 cigarettes per person per year.) *Cough cough*George Meixner, Sheering
A cat always lands on its feet. Toast always lands butter side down Tie a bit of toast, butter side up, to the back of a cat. Drop it. It will never land, but spin infinately, as to land would defy one of the laws stated above. You have now created a perpetual motion machine.Graham, Ightham
The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on this planet, it's so large that you could stand a football team on it's tongue, and some of its veins are so large that you could swim down them!Sam, Bath
The length of a mute swan is 159cm.Steve, Preston
Re the info in the RoboQuad blurb: The crappy film from the 80s you were referring to was called 'Short Circuit'. There was also a sequel, imaginatively titled 'Short Circuit 2' a few years later.Danny, Bristol
I love simple plan and animals and i am addicted to dancing.lacey, pimpama
Chocolate actually contains chemicals that act like THC; the acitve consituent of cannabis. That is why people associate chocolate with a good feeling!David, WGC
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. Philip Hammill, Kellington
There are only three types of people: those who can count, and those who can't.Stephen, Bristol
In the first Harry Potter movie all the cars in privet drive are the same.jess, privet drive
A few years back, the NHS published their records for numbers of cases treated, which included one under-18 year old being treated for "prolonged exposure to a weightless environment". You can look it up, if you like.Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. Edd Ridgway, Stoke
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.Edd Ridgway, Stoke
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Edd Ridgway, Stoke
Baby Robins eat on average 14ft of earth worms every dayKathryn, Bury
elephants are the only animals that can't jump.emma anderson, norwich
The distinction between a gadget and a gizmo is that a gizmo has moving parts.emma anderson , norwich
11 of the 12 astronauts to walk on the moon were Scouts.Catriona, East Allington
The youngest woman to ever give birth was 5 years old.Sterling, Irvine
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. Martyn, Isle of Wight
The average life expectancy of a male in Clermiston, Edinburgh, is 21. This is due ton exceptionaly high knife and gun crime rate which is comparable to any so called ghetto anywhere in the world. Stevey Peats, Clermiston, Edinburgh
why are wrong numbers never engagedJOHN CROXALL, bromsgrove
the two Koreas (North and South) are technically still at war, since the Korean War (1950-53) ended with an armistice, not a peace treatyJoshua Kim, Newport
During the Second World War, Ford Motor Company outproduced Italy in army equipment.Joshua Kim, Newport
The British wrestler Big Daddys Real name was Shirley CrabtreeAnthony Goddard, Oxford
Soap makes a better bait for mouse traps than cheeseAnthony Goddard, Oxford
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head. Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are composed of fifteen letters. Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Ford.' Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.' Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials. A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe. Lee Morton, Fareham
The 'Special' message tone on Nokia phones may just sound like a load of beeps, but it's actually morse code for 'SMS'!! Also, the 'Ascending' message tone is morse code for Nokia's slogan 'CONNECTING PEOPLE'!! Lee Morton, Fareham
No president of the United States was an only child. Matt, Lincoln
On Christmas Eve 1968, the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission read from the first part of Genesis during a live television broadcast from lunar orbit. A Japanese correspondent staying at a Houston hotel while covering the mission called NASA Public Affairs to request a copy of the speech that the astronauts were reading. The Public Affairs official asked where he was staying and then told him that if he opened the desk drawer in his room he would find a book and that he should open it to page one. The reporter found the Gideon Bible and later reported that "NASA Public Affairs is very efficient - they had a mission transcript waiting in my hotel room."Joshua Kim, Newport
On April 20, 1979, the then-US President Jimmy Carter was viciously assaulted by ....... a swamp rabbitJoshua Kim, Newport
Jedi is the second largest religion in New Zealand, with the university town of Dunedin having the highest population of reported Jedi per capita.Joshua Kim, Newport
When A G Bell invented the first telephone,it was absolutly useless until he invented the second one !.NEIL, EBBW VALE
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand. Kev, New Malden
The average speed of ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per yearalex walker, haddinton
The first time the natives of Papua New Guinea saw a wheel it was on an aeroplane.Uncle Arthur, Braintree, United Kingdom
Every time you blink, you kill thousands of microscopic organisms that live on the surface of your eyes.Yannis, Yannisland
Many species of whale have an annual buildup of earwax, adding one, two, or four layers (depending upon the species) each year.the number of layers can be counted to determine the age of the whale after its death rachael cruttenden, swindon
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.Hayley Picton, stanmore
When eggs start to scramble, turn off the heat. They will continue to cook on their own!Wendy Smith, Herts
Fried bread actually tastes fabulous with orange marmalade. (Passed down my family from a generation who thought cholesterol was some sort of tropical disease!) Go mad... try it!ani, yorkshire
'I Want One of Those' is an anagram of 'Ee, hot! Swoon, faint'Christine, Birkenhead
The longest official word ever is the term for the chemical formula C1289 H2051 N343 O375 S8. It has 1,913 letters. I'm not motivated to type all of that but check it out - it's true!Karen, Glasgow
Floccinaucinihilipilification is actually the longest non-medical word in the English language, one letter longer than antidisestablishmentarianism, the word commonly given the title. It means "the act of estimating something as worthless".Karen, Glasgow
There is a medical condition called Exploding Head Syndrome. It does not, however, actually involve the head exploding. It is a loud noise perceived by the sufferer, usually when sleeping, that comes from within their own head!Karen, Glasgow
Try this: While sitting at your desk (or wherever!) make clockwise circles with your right foot. While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.Karen, Glasgow
I Want One of Those is an anagram of In awe of the toons.Christine, Birkenhead
A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.Karen , Glasgow
Recycling 1 bottle saves enough energy to have a TV on for 20 minutes, or a computer on for 15 minutes.gina, waltham abbey
Rats don't like/eat cheese. They are never attracted to it, they love cerial and chocolates though.gina, waltham abbey
Garlic cures the common cold when eaten raw.gina, waltham abbey
The sky is blue due to Rayleigh scattering of particles. If you're smart and already knew that, I'm wearing new socks today. They have sheep on them.Kelly, South Shields, oop North
The average human body contains enough: Iron to make a three inch nail, Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire a toy cannon, Fat to make seven bars of soap, Phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads and Water to fill a ten-gallon tank.Karen Murphy, Glasgow
Until the 1960s men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.Graeme, St Albans
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get ill. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer. Graeme Grimes, St Albans
The Speedometres in a US Car run anti-clockwise to Speedometres in an Australian car, which happen to run clockwise.Aiden, Evanston, ILLINOIS USA Formally Brisbane Australia
Two animal rights activists were protesting over the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two helpless protesters to death. Graeme Grimes, St Albans
The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.Graeme Grimes, St Albans
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. Graeme Grimes, St Albans
Hitler slept in and could not be woken when the beaches of Normandy were stormed (10 years of Parkinsons causes mental inflexibility in all patients), and refused to send reinforcements for over 48 hours.Graeme Grimes, St Albans
S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" - It was chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash.Graeme Grimes, St Albans
There are more nutrients in the cornflake package itself than there are in the actual cornflakes.Graeme Grimes, St Albans
Someone always faints on the Northern Line in morning rush hour. I think it's the same person you know.Karate Chops, London
Termites out number humans by a factor of 10:1 worldwide!Matt, Lincoln
Babies don't have kneecaps.Christine, Birkenhead
This might not be that interesting but i do like my cheese and im pretty sure you didnt know that.jack, plymouth
I once knew a girl called Jenny Taylor. For some reason she was never really happy with that name.The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
Every time you lick a stamp you are consuming 1/10th of a calorie.laura, horley
Frogs can't swallow without blinking.Lucy Rowland, Woking
Sonic the hedgehog, most of us know, is a videogame character, but did you know its actually a name for a protein too? It's part of the Hedgehog (suprisingly) signalling family, vital for our growth and development.Chi, Pontypridd
Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook sampled Angela Bassett saying "Right here, right now." in the movie Strange Days for his hit track of the same name.Doug, Aberdeen
What if we were all aliens placed inside of human vessels and awaiting an awakening of some sort?Lance, Westchester
The air speed velocity of an unladen Europian swallow is approximately 24 miles per hour.Pipsy, Cambridge
72% of facts are made up.....Luke, Penrith, Cumbria
Robosapiens melt if left near a lamp for too long. Cats dont.Aaron, Langley
Although the true summer solstice (as defined astronomically) in the northern hemisphere usually falls on 21st June, the latest sunset is actually a few days after this. Similarly, the earliest sunrise is a few days before. If the people who built Stonehenge appreciated this, then all the people who gather there at dawn on 21st June each year have got it wrong!The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
There is no such thing as a perfect full-moon. This is because the requirement for this is also that of a lunar eclipse. Thus when the moon is truly 'full', you can't see it!The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
The secret of success is not to know all the answers, but to understand the questions.The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
Yesterday, I heard a woman repeatedly shouting willy-nilly. It turned out she was calling after her two dogs.The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
Bananas are actually easier to peel from the bottom end. Try it and see.The Man From Peri-Lydo, Salisbury
Dom Pérignon actually spent most of his life trying to get the bubbles out of champagne!Daniel, Edgware
Shakespeare's younger brother Edmund, was an actor. He died at the age of 27 in 1607. Shakespeare organised a flamboyant morning funeral for him on December 31st (most unusual as funerals were held in the afternoon).Sue, Linley
The sun we see is approximately 8.5 minutes older than it really is, due to the time it takes for its light to reach us.Andy, Peterborough
For the common cold, wear wet socks to bed. This is a recognised naturopathic remedy to help ease fever and clear congestion. It works by drawing blood to the feet, which dramatically increases blood circulation. (Blood stagnates in the areas of greatest congestion). First warm your feet in warm water. Then soak a thin pair of socks in cold water, wring them out, and slip them on just before going to bed. Put a pair of dry wool socks over the wet ones. The wet socks should be warm and dry in the morning, and you should feel remarkably better. Only try this in a warm room. Wearing wet socks to bed would be unwise if the room was uncomfortably cold!Vicky , Camborne
The secret of eternal life is held by cancer cells, they have a special enzyme called telomerase that prevents them from aging, and if harnessed could extend peoples lives by many yearsChris Hatcher, Epsom
Who's cruel idea was it for the word 'lisp' to have an 's' in it? Livi, Marlborough
In the Second World War a deal was struck with Germany where by The British would not bomb Hamburg if the Nazi's agreed not to bomb Cambridge - in this way two of Europes valuable historic cities were assured survival throughout the war.Owen, London
Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. The title now belongs to a mexican called Carlos Slim whose fortune stands at approx 65 billion dollars and poor old Bill only has 56 billion Paul, la barthe
Guess what Sue Barnard, Manchester this is a blue moon month JULY07. PS. if Tereska is reading this will you marry me ? Oddjob, Sheffield
Margerine is infact grey...It is dyed yellow to look like butterjay Carter, Oswaldtwistle
Baby Emma Bunton Spice is the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandniece of Archduke William Pinkley-Hogue of Staffordshire, making her 103rd in line for the throne of Englandjay Carter, Oswaldtwistle
If, while 2 people are having an argument, one of them starts quoting statistics, that person will win the argument... 90% of the time.Daniel Lesser, Edgware
38 million acres of tropical rainforests are lost per year. Up to one half of the world's species live in these areas. kathryn, liverpool
All the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666!Poolio, Solihull
If you place a can of Coke in water, it will sink, but a can of Diet Coke will float.Poolio, Solihull
We're all familiar with the expressison "Once in a Blue Moon" - meaning "hardly ever". But do you know exactly what a Blue Moon is? It's when two full moons occur within one calendar month - which, not surprisingly, doesn't happen very often. The second full moon is the Blue Moon. Sue Barnard, Manchester
Guaranteed cure for feeling air or sea sick: sit under a tree for a few minutes. It works every time.Mark, London
The world's second longest place name Is the small town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch located in North Wales, and I can pronounce it :) (The worlds longest is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukaka pikimaunga horonukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu in Thailand, but I cant pronounce that)Lauren, Abersoch
There are 100 Smurfs in the Smurf village, but only 28 have names: Papa Smurf, Lazy Smurf, Handy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Clumsy Smurf, Tailor Smurf, Farmer Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Harmony Smurf, Painter Smurf, Hefty Smurf, Vanity Smurf, Jokey Smurf, Smurfette, Poet Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Baker Smurf, Greedy Smurf, Snappy Smurfling, Slouchy Smurfling, Nat Smurfling, Sasette Smurfling, Baby Smurf, Grandpa Smurf, Nanny Smurf, Clockwork Smurf, Tracker Smurf and, Wild Smurf!Lewis G, Portsmouth
You have no sense of smell when you sleep, so people who put a sock on your nose and expect you to wake up because of the smell will be disappointed.David Cooper, Dumfries
A Chimpanzee can learn to recognise itself in a mirror, but a Monkey cant.David Cooper, Dumfries
The Blue Whale's whistle is the loudest noise made by an animal.David Cooper, Dumfries
Honey is the only food that does not spoil.David Cooper, Dumfries
The average blue whale weighs the same as 25,000 copies of Moby Dick!Lewis G, Portsmouth
Peanuts are not actually nuts. The peanut is truely a member of the pea family (or if you want to be specific and pernickity and things like that - they are legumes).Tricia Stewart, Dundee
If you jump into a freezing pool when you are warm it makes you thinner as your body gets a shock and needs more heat so it uses up your fat quickly! ella, London
The word Duck is 75% Obscene.yogi, no 1 The twilight zone
Only seven prisoners were freed during the storming of the Bastille. The seven prisoners in residence that day were: four forgers, the Comte de Solanges (inside for 'a sexual misdemeanour') and two lunatics (one of whom was an English or Irish man named Major Whyte who sported a waist-length beard and thought he was Julius Caesar). yogi, no 1 The twilight zone
The ostrich lays the smallest egg for its size. The largest egg in comparison with the size of the bird is that of the Little Spotted kiwi. Its egg accounts for 26 per cent of its own weight: the equivalent of a woman giving birth to a six-year-old child.yogi, no 1 The twilight zone
Contrary to popular belief, guns don't kill people; husbands that come home early do.yogi, no 1 The twilight zone
Hermits do not suffer from peer pressure.yogi, no 1 The twilight zone
Dragonflies have six legs but cant walk.kathryn, liverpool
More monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed in the world.kathryn wright, liverpool
You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.richard grundy, liverpool
If a starfish is cut into pieces, each piece will grow into a whole starfish. David Howell, Swansea
The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet Saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-birth.Tracey Pashby, Scarborough
You should not inject nutmeg - it is very poisonous taken intravenously.Jett, Austin TX
When is Donald Duck's birthday? In early cartoons his car had the licence plate '313', which in American style is March 13th!Anthony Perrin, Leigh on Sea, Essex.
The longest word in the English dictionary is antidisastablishmentarianism.Jack Richardson, Little Dunmow
To be slightly pedantic and correct Grace from Windsor's statement about A Psammosere. It is not a posh name for a sand dune with grass on. Psammosere actually refers to the kind of vegetation that grows on a sand dune. yogi , No1 the twilight zone
You can only get female tortiseshell cats, also ginger cats are always toms. Julia Alcock, Norwich
The number of the beast is not 666 it is 616; a silly translation error!Hamish Duff, Newcastle
Chicken tikka masala was originally made in Glasgow in the late sixties.Hamish Duff, Newcastle
Niagara Falls was ultimately created by the melting of the final Wisconsin Glaciers!Debby Kulchar, St Catharines Ont Canada
Why is it when you refer to fish as plural you say 'fish', but when there is more than one breed of fish they are called 'fishes'?Kirsten, Essex
On Sunday 6th July 2008 at precisely 4 minutes and 5 second past 3 in the early hours of the morning, if you've got a digital calendar watch or clock it will read:- 03:04.05 06.07.08Les Trussler, leicester
The largest artificial eye ever made was for a prize hereford bull, by the American Optical Company.Susanne Croppier, Brecon
Did You Know? Black and white aren't colours. White is formed by the reflection of the full colour spectrum, whereas Black is the culmination of the entire colour spectrum. Mix the three primary colours Red, Blue and Yellow to create Black.Lee Atkinson, Middlesbrough
Some things you may not realise are acronyms, but shockingly, they are: RADAR - RAdio Detection And Ranging; SONAR - Sound Navigation And Ranging; LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; BMX - Bicycle Motor Cross (or X). Enjoy your new found knowledge.Simon Nell, Reading
The early bird might get the worm but, it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.Jobbyj, London
My mum once asked me why I dont eat vegetables. I replied that I mainly eat animals that used to eat vegetables so I get them that way.Slurpin
Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Thought not. Don't be fooled by false sightings from gullible bird lovers. The blunt truth is this: the pigeons you see all over the city are the baby pigeons. The adult has a wingspan of 8-12 feet. When they reach adulthood they fly to remote mountain fastnesses and live off the occasional tourist. I do not, however, subscribe to the theory that the adults will one day return en masse to wreak vengeance on us a la The BirdsSimon Nell, Reading
the worlds most shoplifted book is the bibleCeara Holden, Millport
A chicken and an egg are lying in bed, the chicken looking very smug and the egg with a bit of a strop on, then mumbles 'well i guess we know the answer to THAT question'.Jo, Reading
It takes 2.84 seconds for a coin to fall from the top of the eiffel tower to the bottom negating wind resistance.vicki, cardiff
Loch Lomond was the last place in Britain to come out of the Ice Age. It was still under ice when every where else had meltedHilary Sutherland, Greenock
Colonel Sanders (the original recipe chicken bloke) once placed a curse on a Japanese baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers, after fans treatment of a storefront Colonel statue. In 1985, the Tigers won the Japan Championship series. Fans gathered at a bridge, and yelled the names of the players while fans resembling the players jumped off the bridge one by one. When it came to the player Randy Bass, a Colonel Sanders statue was thrown into the canal (as both the Colonel and Bass are non-Japanese and have beards). Following this, the Tigers had an 18 year losing streak known as the "Curse of the Colonel". During this time, the canal was even drained to find the statue to appease the Colonel, but it was never found. Thus the curse remains and the Hanshin Tigers are still rubbish.Simon N, Reading
If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.Mrs Annie F Snelling, Brookland
For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse?s legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Mrs Annie F Snelling, Brookland
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest!Mrs Annie F Snelling, Brookland
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittleMrs Annie F Snelling, Brookland
Sadly, Christy Mcgreggory is wrong - S H I T doesn't mean Ship High In Transit. It actually comes from the Old English Scitte, which (as you all know) means Diarrhoea!Jonathan Oxtoby, m
Tutankhamun's face isn't his! The famous picture of the Golden Death Mask actually belongs to his brother, Smenkhare- this matey ruled for about a year, before it was generally decided that nobody liked him and he was killed. When Tut died he had a shortage of things to be buried with, so the people in charge of it nicked a bunch of other stuff - his organs were put in jars belonging to his parents, his coffin was originally designed for his mum, and the death mask was the one his brother owned. So we don't know what he looked like!Jonathan Oxtoby, Maidenhead
I can lick my elbow. Honestly. I know that no one's supposed to be able to but I can. I'm happy to provide photo evidence if necessary.Nicky, York
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed peoplePeter Craig, Bangor
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zooPeter Craig, Bangor
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on the planet earth.Jamie Smyth, Belfast
Children are the salt of our lives. They add spice and interest, but unless you are careful they can shorten your life.dorothy, yass
I know, I know it's a swear word but the word S H I T means Ship High In Transit. It comes from long ago, when the manure was shipped on boats in big clumps. Anyway one day a boat was in rough waters, and when water and manure mix= BAD IDEA, Methane is created. And they didnt have torches or anything back then so they used *the irony of it* GAS!! yes GAS lamps. So when the captain sent the supervisor down to check upon the manure, a lethal reaction occured, METHANE+GAS+FLAME= KABOOM!! so they started storing manure in boxes and always stamped on the box SHIT or ship high in transit. So our depiction of that word today is right. Another thing you probably didn't know...Christy McGrory, Corby
If you take an Ancient Greek word and add "cracy" (from the Greek krater for power) you can create your own system of government. A Didaskalocracy is rule of the teachers. a Sminthocracy is rule of the mice, and a Boukaiocracy is rule of the cowherds.Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury
The first word ever written down in Western literature is "menin", Ancient Greek for "rage". It says it all.Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury
Because no peace treaty was signed, North Korea and South Korea have been at war since 1950.Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury
One billion pounds of pasta would need approximately 2,021,452,000 gallons of water to cook it. This is equivalent to 75,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
On average, a person will spend about five years eating during their lifetime. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
There are six fictional charactors who have stars on hollywoods walk of fameOliver Langfield, Brighton
There was a time in Japan where a wife being left handed was a ground for divorce. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
In 1836, Mexican General Santa Anna held an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
In 1982, Larry Walters tied 45 weather balloons to his lawn chair in Los Angeles and climbed to an altitude of 16,000 feet. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
People who study laughter are called a "gelotologists." Oliver Langfield, Brighton
French astronomer Adrien Auzout had once considered building a telescope that was 1,000 feet long in the 1600s. He thought the magnification would be so great, he would see animals on the moon. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax. Oliver Langfield, Brighton
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.Oliver Langfield, Brighton
When was the most recent ice age? We're still in itTeddy, wigan
A whopping 10% - one tenth, for the mathematically challenged - of the average human body weight, consists of bacteria. In the gut, the mouth, crawling all over the skin...Mostly, I must add, are "friendly" bacteria essential for healthy living, as mentioned in certain Probiotic yoghurt drink advertisements.Alan Jones, Oldham
Dont EVER, ever, ever, ever put grapes in a microwave!! Unless of course, you want to create a fireball and possibly burn your microwave...Apparently, the gas in the grapes burns to create plasma..or something along those lines! dont believe me? google/youtube it! (and dont try it at home!)Sophie M, London
When you sneeze your heart stops for a really, really short amount of time.jack, Eastbourne
Facetious, abstemious and arsenious are the only words in the English language that contain the vowels 'a e i o u' in the correct order. George Meixner, Sheering
When I was little, the Public Health Inspector for Norwich was Mr Smellie; he had his name on all the bin lorries, and it still makes me laugh.Bears, Dereham
Dueling is legal in Paraguay... as long as both parties are registered blood donors.Guy Cox, Windlesham
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.Guy Cox, Windlesham
The Longest place name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakit natahu, a New Zealand hill.Guy Cox, Windlesham
You are 176 times more likely to be murdered than to win the National Lottery.Rachel, Romsey
The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. Joseph Leigh, Weaverham, Northwich, Cheshire
The giraffe has the longest neck as well as the longest tail of any land mammal. Lee Atkinson, Middlesbrough
Did you know that the Earth is covered by about 4/5 water, and nearly 1/2 of that is the Pacific Ocean alone! (*though this could change with climate changes).Lee Atkinson, Middlesbrough
You should judge a book by its cover. The cover of a book is specifically designed to give you an idea of what the book is about.James Monaghan, Manchester
Poets hate the words month, silver, orange and purple because they are no words that rhyme with them in the english language.Grainne Forde, Llanelli
If you farted constantly for 6 years and 9 months you would have generated as much power as a nucleur bomb.Charlie , Wokingham
86% of all percentages are made up.Rob, Bradford
Dogs can smell cancer.Stefan, Brighton
Every time the tide rises everyone of us loses a fraction of an ounce, but the weight is regained when the tide falls.sarah hoggarth, leeds
If all men are born equal, where do interns come from ? Fabien, Paris
The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.Matthew Bullock, Leicestershire
Never trust a man with a comb-over. If he's lying to himself, he's likely to lie to you too.Scott Hamilton, Belfast
If you were to play golf on the Moon, the ball would orbit the Moon and quite possibly hit you on the back of the head.Nathan
A barnacle has the largest penis in the animal kingdom (in proportion to body size) - It is about 40 times the length of their body!Tristram Emery, High Wycombe
Scratch your chin, put your tongue between your teeth, and say 'RED' backwards as loud as possible. Then realise how stupid you've been...Josh, Tunbridge Wells
'Mother in law' is an anagram of 'Woman Hitler'.Josh, Tunbridge Wells
A primary rainbow can only occur if the sun is below 42° above the horizon. This is why in the summer months (in the UK) rainbows are never seen around noon.Andrzej, Salisbury
Snails have thousands of teeth and can even eat limestone - which they use for their shells not for any nutritional value.Mike, Bath
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wastedChris Ash, Kettering
If the sky is the limit, then what is space over the limit?Chris Ash, Kettering
The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide, nearly as big as Cherie Blair's!eamo, Dublin
did you know that some ants can make themselves explode?ashleigh, Liverpool
You should never judge a book by its cover, or as my old man used to say "Just because Thora Hird cannot climb stairs that doesn't make her a dalek"Andy, London
Tomato DNA is only 1% different to human DNA.Ashley, Gateshead
Jaffa Cakes don't have jaffa orange in them, it's actually apricot jam!Ashley Hook, Gateshead
A law in scotland that has never been repealed is that women are not allowed to clean windows above street level.W. Brown., AYR.
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!Jessica Hindson, Alton
Sharks are so well developed by the time they leave the womb that they often eat each other before they are born.Elliot McVeigh, Devizes
People who sleep for 7 hours or less a night will on average live for longer than those who sleep for 8 hours or more. I'm not sure about the people who sleep between 7-8 hours a night.Chris, Belfast
Elephants can't sneezeSarah Dixon, Baldock
Dried apricots are a cause of small bowel obstructionPhilip Goode, Worcester
In Chester you can shoot a welshman with a bow and arrow, as long as its darkPhilip Goode, Worcester
Adam and Eve probably had an appendix. Did they have bellybuttons?Demi O, London
Did you know that you sneeze at 80mph?Jordan, Brighton
Mr. T eats nails and sweats rust.William
Did you know that there are over 7000 different types of apples.M Renterty, Dorset
People who really really hate tomatoes and cannot stand them anywhere near them are probably allergic to potassium. There is loads more potassium in a tomato than there is in a banana, so the body naturally keeps someone away from tomatoes. Nikki, North Yorkshire
If you divide 100 by 81 on a calculator you will get 1.23456789. When you multiply the answer by 81 to try and get 100 again you get 99.9999999. It only works on some calculators though depending on how precise they are!Nikki, North Yorkshire
If you prick a spider with a pin it will die. They bleed to death because spiders have nothing in their blood to clot it with and cannot form a scab (no coagulents?).Nikki, North Yorkshire
What is brail for do not touch?Lee,
In North Carolina it's against the law to race a rabbit down the street !!!Alice Stevenson, Rugby
45% of the dollar bills you own have been in a stripper's g-stringLeanne, Whitsable
A donkey with one leg shorter than the rest is called a wonkey!Mike, Navan
Fossilised dinosaur droppings are called 'coprolite'Kry B
When you say something like 'ill be back in a jiffy' what you probably dont know is that the jiffy is actually a proper measurement of time! Its a 1/100th of a second. So it probably took you about 500 jiffys to read this.Luke Richardson, Hull
If the human brain was simple enough to understand we would be too simple to understand itAndy Jackson, Kirriemuir
A Psammosere is a posh name for a sand dune with grass on.Grace, Windsor
There is a city called Rome on every continent.Ruby, London
In his younger days, to keep warm, Pablo Picasso used to burn his own paintings!Frances Cheesman, Suffolk
'Groaking' is to watch other people eating food in the hope that they will offer you some. Mark, London
'Useless Facts and Trivia Day' is on 9th March. Mark, London
Crack shot Annie Oakley, using an ordinary rifle, once shot at 5,000 pennies, tossed into the air one after the other, and hit an incredible 4,777 - that's a 96% accuracy rate!Mark, London
America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee's tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nulcear war.Mark, London
The strength of early lasers was measured in Gillettes - the number of razor blades a given beam could puncture.Mark, London
Moths aren't attracted to the light, its the darkness behind the bulb they are after!Mark, Warrington
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!Fred, Maidstone
In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light.Fred Whitehouse, maidstone
Ostriches have never even attempted to bury their heads in the sand! if forced, they will kick you really hard!!Britanneka, North Yorkshire
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase: "Goodnight, sleep tight." Samantha Mummery, swaffham
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. Samantha Mummery, swaffham
The word "dollar" has its etymological roots in the German town of JoachimstalPaul Shilton, St Helens
Take note, the origin of the phrase 'to go commando' (i.e. to wear trousers with no undercrackers on): there's a game that commandos in the British army play called 'naked bar'. This is played any time a group of them are together in a bar. If at any time someone yells "NAKED BAR!" they all have 10 seconds to strip off, or they get a horrible punishment. To aid in the speedy removal of the clothing, they'll generally wear boots with the laces tucked in, loose trousers and a t shirt, pants being an unneccessary addition. Hence, to wander around with no underpants on is to do as the commandos do, or "to go commando".Simon N, Reading
The IWOOT award looks like the letter "i" from a packet of smarties.Dean Brierley, Wigan
Glastonbury Tor is hollow, and home to the King of the Fairies. Which is why some people act so strangely when they get to the top. And why the grass tingles when you sit on it. Gill Hamper, Eastbourne
In response to a comment made a while back by Cheyrl (from Edinburgh), another Pepsi slogan (Come alive with Pepsi) was mistranslated as 'Wake up your ancestors with Coca-Cola'. Also, the Burton menswear slogan, originally thought to have read 'Be Proud of Russia' actually means 'We will cleanse Russia of all non-Russians. On another note, the slogan of the beer company Coors (Turn it loose) was mistranslated into Spanish as 'Suffer from diarrhea. Daniel, Edgware
The rain in Spain goes mainly down the drainLynne H
The only person allowed to, legally, go thru a red light is a postman delivering a declaration of war.ODDJOB, Sheffield
Cat pee glows under a black light. No, really!Suzanne Burlton, London, England
Most kinds of lipstick contains fish scales.Daniel Jones, Rushden
The average person spends about 30 years mad at a family memberDaniel Jones, Rushden
Around 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each yearDaniel Jones, Rushden
Polar bear fur isn't white, it's clear.Wayne, Buckley
Every 5 seconds a computer gets infected with a virusChris Ash, Kettering
David Beckham earns 8p a secondBrad
Did you know, that the moon gets further away from the earth, by 1 and a half inches, every year? And that eventually, it will be so far from us, that it will no longer have any influence over the tides?susan, london
This sentence has three a's, two c's, two d's, nineteen e's, six f's, two g's, five h's, ten i's, two l's, twelve n's, nine o's, five r's, twenty six s's, sixteen t's, four u's, four v's, eight w's, four x's, and two y's.Alice, Winchester
12345679x8=98765432bob, bob
Oh, the irony. With beer, we all look a lot more attractive. Without beer (according to natural selection) we would all BE a lot more attractive!Dave C, Blackpool
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood!Paul, Liverpool
Namco's 1979 arcade game "Pac-Man", was originally called "Puck Man". The name was changed when they realised that vandals could easily scratch out part of the letter "P". Tom Key, Sidcup
Yesterday I had a premonition that today I was going to have deja-vue Pete
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight!Alex Blakemore, Surrey
The first person to have a face Transplant, was French Woman Isabelle Dinoire at Amiens University Hospital France on 27th November 2005, after her dog chewed Off her Nose Lips and Chin.Martin Atkins, Belvedere
Months that begin on a Sunday, always contain a Friday the thirteenth.Mark, London
Sean Connery represented Scotland in the 1952 Mr Universe contest. Mark, London
Mick Jagger once said "I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45!". Mark, London
"SHAZAM!" which was shouted to conjure up comic-book hero Captain Marvel, is actually an acronym. It stands for Soloman's Wisdom, Hercules's Strength, Atlas's Stamina, Zeus's Power, Achilles's Courage and Mercury's Speed. Mark, London
If to 'go commando' is to wear trousers without underwear,does that mean a comando wearing underwear as well is going civilian?Jen, Southport
According to goverment statistics 20% of car accidents are caused by drunk drivers. Means that 80% are caused by sober drivers!!Gerry, Musseburgh
Generally speaking (there are a few exceptions), people who like marmite don't like marzipan, and vice versa.Jo, Kent
Henry Ford discovered that black paint dried quicker than any other colour on his production line, hence "you can have any colour you like as long as its black" on a Model T.Barbara Critchley, Argyll
Due to the law of gravity if every chinese person jumped at exactly the same time then the earth would move to the chinese, not the chinese being pulled back to the earth.David, Garstang
I put those heads on Easter Island. It was a joke that went too far.Dave C, Blackpool
if you were to draw a straight line with an average graphite pencil until it ran out, the line would be 35 miles longScott McDermott, Warrington
Atoms are 99.9% empty space. If all the space was sucked out of the atoms in your body, you'd shrink to the size of a grain of salt. If you did the same thing to the entire human race then all six billion of us would fit inside a single apple.David, Garstang
If Barbie was lifesize her measurements would be 39-29-33Alex Panebianco, Northamptonshire
Champagne is an English invention. The "Methode Champenoise" was first written down in England in 1662. It wasn't until 1876 that the French perfected the dry or "brut" style (and even then it was for export to England). Mark Jones, Braintree
If you put a whole "normal" lightbulb in your mouth, you can get it in, but you can't get it out!Frank Walker, London
Taxi(cabs) are called that because they used to be an open top horse drawn cart (a cabriolet). When the motor car arrived an electric charge device was used (which the french called a taximeter). Taximeter Cabriolet ... TaxiCabJonathan Bitel, London
Never play cards with anybody whose middle name is 'The'.Mark Jones, Braintree
The actor who played the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrotsAlex Panebianco, Northamptonshire
111,111,111 X 111,111,111= 12,345,678,987,654,321Caroline, Berkley, MI
WWW (double u double u double u) is the only acronym that is longer in terms of syllables than the words it represents (world wide web). The World Wide Web was invented by a British man. These two facts are probably linked.Jonathan Riches, Tewkesbury
The UK does not have an official languageM Franks, Canterbury
The "Big Issue" costs more in England than in Scotland!M Franks, Canterbury
In Star Wars Episode 1, just after The Chancellor sits down after the bid of no confidence in the Senate Meeting Chamber. As the various representatives of the Senate are clapping, you will see in the bottom Left Hand Corner a group of ET's ( from ET - The Extraterrestial) all clapping as well in their own platform. I've not seen this posted anywhere else on the net though. Has it been missed?Mark Dean, NORWICH
There are only four animals with blue tongues: the black bear, the Chow-Chow dog, the blue-tongued lizard and me when I've eaten a raspberry slush!Katie Smith, Brotton
Vegetarians save more than 100 animals each year by not eating meat.Katie Smith, Brotton
Norfolk Island, a tiny island in the South Pacific, includes people's nicknames in the telephone directory. The inhabitants are mostly descended from a handful of people, so lots of them share the same surname. If their nicknames weren't included too then you couldn't be sure you were calling the correct person.Katie Brooks, Edinburgh
If the entire population of China was to walk past you in a line the line would never end due to the rate of reproduction. It would also mean that the line would soon have to become double as there will not be enough room around the Earthalex panebianco, Northamptonshire
The inventor of the first electronic programmable computer (Colossus in WWII), was invented by a man called Tommy Flowers.Michael Bennett, Nantwich, Cheshire
A quarter of the whole brain is used just to control the eyesalex panebianco, Northamptonshire
Believe it or not chameleion camoflauge is not dependant on the chameleon knowing where it is. Even blind chameleons camoflauge with their surroundingsalex panebianco, Northamptonshire
The first programmer was a woman, Ada Lovelace. Louise Quinn, Edinburgh
Because of the way donkeys eyes are placed in its head it can see all four of its legs at one timealex panebianco, Northamptonshire
Most people know that there are a lot of downsided to being left handed. Left handers have a shorter average life span (7 years shorter) and they're also on average not as clever. But we don't have everything against us, left handed people are better at sports which require good reactions and spatial awareness. Yeah.alex panebianco, Northamptonshire
Scientists have proved that if you want your plants to grow healthier it is better to stroke them rather than sing to themalex panebianco, Northamptonshire
Stewardesses is the longest word you can type with te keys on the left hand side of the keyboard. Typewriter is the longest word you can type using only one row of keys on a keyboardalex panebianco, Northamptonshire
A woodchuck would chuck 7kg of wood (a woodchuck can chuck wood).Richard Lelas, Dublin
Oysters can and do change sex, and eat plankton and any other "Particles" that happen to be hanging around.Joseph Price, London
The tune of the American National Anthem was originally a drinking song written by the organist of Gloucester CathedralIan Gordon, Camberley
Men have nipples because a all babies start off as girls. If you're going to be a boy you only become one after a few weeks of development, by which time you already have nipples and there is no reverse process.Daniel Rice, Widnes
There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.Patricia Nick, Birmingham
The Sun is 330,330 times larger than Earth. The Sun newspaper is not. Angela Ashton, Scunthorpe
The difference between general knowledge and intelligence. Knowing that a tomato is a fruit is general knowledge - not putting one in a fruit salad is intelligence. David Schulman, Dublin, Ireland
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"! david powell, pontypool
The memorial of the horse that played Mr.Ed in the TV series of the same name is in Talequah, Oklahoma.Karen Dodd, Penkridge
You can become immune to scorpion venom. Catch a centipede & remove the head, mash the rest. Scratch your arm and wipe a bit of the mashed centipede juice over the scratch. Hey presto! Immunity to scorpion venom. No responsibility will be taken for injuries or death relating to the above.Jason Dodd, Penkridge
The new wembley stadium has more toilets than any other building in the worldBrett Haines, Newton Abbot
Chicken tikka masala comes from Glasgow. Britain exports chicken tikka masala to India and it was invented in Glasgow in the late 1960s. Chicken tikka is a traditional Bengali dish; chicken tikka masala came to be when a customer in a Glasgow curry house asked for some gravy to go with his chicken tikka, and the chef improvised with tomato soup, spices and cream. 100% true. Mark Jones, London
Coca-cola was originally greenMax .H., West Malling
everyone's tongue print is unique!Max .H., West Malling
One baseball player said, when asked how many slices he wanted his pizza cut into, "better make it six, i can't eat eight"Max Hadlow, West malling
Scorpions are also cool because if a leg breaks off, you can glue it back on with superglue and it will still work!Ali Minimad, Nottingham
Scorpions are cool because they move using hydraulics! No muscles, just fluid they move about to get their legs to bend etc. Ali Minimad, Nottingham
During railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives. Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you. Ruptured cells become food for living bacteria in the gut, which release enough noxious gas to bloat the body and force the eyes to bulge outward.Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
The steady hissing noise you get when tuning in your radio or TV is - incredibly - the actual microwave echo of the Big Bang that signalled the beginning of our universe several billion years ago!!!! Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
The Cleveland Public Library, Harvard Law School, and Brown University in the USA all have book covers made from human skin, stripped from executed criminals or from the poor.Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
Globally, dead human skin cells account for about 1 billion tons of dust circulating in the atmosphere. Your skin sheds 50,000 cells every minute.Jake Evans, Harpenden, UK
The average human adult's skin spans 21 square feet, weighs nine pounds, and contains more than 11 miles of blood vessels.Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
In Japan, it's the honorable thing for politicians caught taking bribes to commit suicide. If the same standards applied here, we'd have a lot of dead politicians.Demi, Essex
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.Jake Evans, Harpenden, England
Did you know ,that white cats with blue eyes are deaf?helen sherwood, cambridge
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! laura smith, Liverpool
For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects.Bill, London
Paludal Sediments are deposited in swampsRachael S
A swamp appears in the coat of arms of Gesturi, Italy.Tracie L
A slough is a type of swamp and is how the town of Slough got its name. One day the swamp will return and swallow up Slough and the world will be a better place.David K
sneezes come out of your nose at 60 miles an hour.so you'd better be quick with the hankymandy , brighouse
There is a famous swamp in the US called The OkefenokeeSophie H
Until the mid sixteenth century, Comets were believed to be not astronomical phenomena, but burning vapors that had arisen from distant swamps and were propelled across the sky by fire and light.John H
If your lost in a swamp at night, don't use a candle to light your path. The gas from swamps is often explosive!Sarah B
The Swamp is the nickname for the subordinate male officer surgical staff quarters tent in M*A*S*HEdd P
Hunstanton in Norfolk is the only West facing resort on the East coast!teknofobe, Bradford, England
the new Freedom of Information Act in Britain has allowed people to request those little gems we love such as asking the Foreign Office how many Ferrero Rocher they serve at parties?.......teknofobe, Bradford, England
Pantanal do Mato Grosso, in west-central Brazil, south of the Amazon, is the largest swamp on earth. In the summer rainy season, from October to March, it floods an area almost twice the size of England!!!!!Fran M
The collective noun for Ravens is an Unkindness, or a Conspiracydelia, dark side of the moon
A carat of Cubic Zirconia weighs 1.7 times the equivalent quantity of real diamonds.Catrina, Hampshire
"The bat is the only animal that can walk, swim and fly. Roger L., Atlanta" oh really? which one can't ducks do? pieman, notts
Bubbles in swamps aren't necessarily caused by windy ogres but by Biogas - a (biofuel) gas produced by the anaerobic digestion or fermentation of organic matter including manure, sewage sludge, municipal solid waste, biodegradable waste or any other biodegradable feedstock, under anaerobic conditions.Gillian R
Cornflakes are made from sweetcorn!!Danielle L
Humans do infact have a sixth sense, called proprioception, which is the knowledge or feeling of our body in space. Patients without this sense tend to collapse when their visual feedback is taken away.Matthew D
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."Paul A
It would take 400,000,000 peas to fill a carriage on the london eye. Each one weighs 10 tonnes (without peas)Edward S
A crocadile can run faster than a human, and swim faster than a human, infact in a triathlon you would really have to make up the gap in the cycling sectionCraig, Farnham
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.Stewart S
The Antarctic has both the wettest and the dryist recorded places on Earth.Karen O
Wind speeds on Neptune can reach 1,500 mph.Andrew C
Someone has actually invented and patented a nappy for birds!Neil H
A hippo can run up to 30mph and is also the most dangerous animal in Africa killing around 300/400 people a year.Sarah M
On average, America eats over 100 acres of pizza a day!Jacqui O
All polar bears are left handedLucy F
A 'French kiss' in France is known as an English kiss!Neil H
The Japanese word for Japan, Nihon (Nippon), means source of the sun. No wonder so many bright ideas see the light of day there!Mark D
Porcupines float in water!Emma, Ilkley
When snakes are born with two heads they fight each other for foodBeverley H
If 10,000 people all shout at the same time as loud as they can, they will generate enough energy to boil a pint of waterZeborah, Trowbridge
The man who invented the moving pictures (Eadweard Muybridge) murdered his wife's lover, but the jury let him off because they thought it was reasonable under the circumstances.Brian C
The difference between a merry-go-round and a carousel is that a carousel only has horses but a merry-go-round has lots of different animals to ride on.Polly B
No word in the English language rhymes with orange.Katrina H
Frogs don't drink water.Kris N
I bet you didnt know that I am currently burried knee deep in gelli baff, whilst eating a hot dog I purchased from a dodgy looking stall in the high street.Simon Y
The Bumblebee bat is the world's smallest mammal at 3-4cm in length...but its wing span can be up to 17cm long! And its darn cute too!Jen G
Crab sticks had to change their name to Crab Flavoured Sticks because they actually have no crab in them!Sam B
A scientific report form the University of California found that the steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amounts of antioxidants as three oranges. The antioxidants are heterocyclic compounds which prevents cancer and heart disease. It's good for you!gary C
When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too * Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine* It snowed in the Sahara desert on February 18, 1979* 80% of millionaires drive used carsElliot M
In the first 20 James Bond movies, Bond is told 33 times that he will die, and he makes love 79 times. Of the 58 Bond girls, 29 were brunettes, 25 blondes, and 4 redheads. Women moaned "Oh, James!" 16 timesJames S
The steam engine was invented in ancient Greece. The earth has at least seven moons, not one. George Washington's teeth previously belonged to a hippopotamus. This sounds made up but beleive me it's 100% true I have a passion for random facts.Ben S
There are currently 46,983,789,826 Maltesers in the UK. (4,217 extra tomorrow taking into account the 23,862,867 eaten today and 23,867,084 produced). Bet you didn't know thatDaniel W
The Under 12 Surrey badminton champions have pay to engrave the trophiesthey won!!Josh M
3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. 142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts. 58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers. 31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in. 19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate. British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after Xmas cracker-pulling accidents. 18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth. A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after trying to open bottles of beer with their teeth. 5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out-of-control Scalextric cars.Marc S
The hundred years war lasted 116 years, cat gut comes from sheep and horses, Russians celebrate the October Revolution in November, Camel's hair brushes are made from squirrel fur, George VI's first name was Albert, The Purple Finch is red, Chinese gooseberries are from New Zealand and the infamous black box in aeroplanes are actually orange .. do you feel edu-ma-cated ?Mark, St Osyth
A chicken is only called a chicken after it is dead. Before then it is called a hen.Joanne B
I bet you didnt know that every year the moon moves approx 3inches away from the earth.Bernadette C
Rudolph the Red nose reindeer was a girl. Male reindeer lose their antlers at the beginning of winter, females keep them until they give birth in the spring!Jane R
My boss thinks I'm working late because I've been reading these comments for 9 hours now.Rick, Netherlands
James Madison the 4th president was 5 feet 4 inches tall, the smallest ever.Tom R
More than 2,000 people have radio frequency identification chips, or RFID tags, inserted under their skin. The tags can provide access to medical information, log on to computers, or unlock car doors.ian A
If all the strands of DNA in every cell from one person were placed end to end, they would span a distance equivalent to that of 600,000 times the circumference of the Earth.Will W
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.Chris H
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.David O
The egg came many millions of years before the chicken; eggs have been around since before the dinosaurs, but chickens have only been around for a couple of millenia...Richard W
If you stand on one leg, pinch your nose, open your mouth, and hold your eyes close for 3 seconds then open them then you will see your future spouse. (mine is andy griffith)Gokipaapvi , appomottosa
that 100 members of the u.s.a. own more than 75% of the entire wealth of the worldJames G
In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.Millie
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hairBabji V
Need a sure-fire way to perk up in the mornings (better than coffee)? Either leap out of bed straight onto an upturned plug, or hide a brick somewhere along a narrow corridor, making sure to stub your toe. Wakes you up instantly, but don't blame me if you're in a foul mood until lunchtime.Simon N
If you make clockwise circles with your right foot while sitting at your desk... (go on, no one will see you) ... and then draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand - Your foot will change direction - weird eh?!Laurence M
If the current increasing in capacity of memory cards continues (doubling approximatly every 12 months), then by 2020 they will be able to hold around 32,768 GB, thats enough for around 8million songs (thats 3 million more than currently available on itunes), enabling someone to listen to music for about 60 years continously. But with current USB 2 technology it would take nearly 7 days to fill the mosterous memory card.Mark G
The engines that move the roof of the new Wembley Stadium have the power of 6,000 Range RoversNathan P
If anyone ever tells you newborn babies sleep for 17 hours a day, they ARE lying.Stepahnie I
Gorillas cannot swimMartin B
A deer has no gallbladderLouis S
"St Johns Wood" is the only London underground station which doesn't have any letters in common with the word "mackerel"!Nicholas B
It is illegal in Alaska to give a moose an alcoholic drink.Joel W
Chocolate syrup was used as blood in the shower scene in Psycho. Despite being only 45 secs long, the scene took 7 days to shoot!Emily O
10% of the population sit at the wrong end of the bath!marc P
Only one in ten thousand hedgehogs are born totally white with red eyes and there appears to be no established word for a baby hedgehog.Ben W
the Big Mac (from McDonalds) has so much sugar in it to counteract all the chemicals and whatever else to make it edible that if it wasn't for the lettuce it'd legally have to be classed as a dessert. still fancy that burger...?Tom H
As someone with Asperger Syndrome I can't help but read a literal interpretation of the question " Why not tell us Something We Didn't Know?" - thus I must answer, because my girlfriend wants me to go make dinner and stop wasting time on the internet.Steve A
Professor X from the X-Men comic books is named Charles Francis Xavier after the Saint and missionary who bears the same name, even though Saint Francis was a nutcase who proposed the forcible conversion of heretics (ie: everybody) via a ridiculously sadistic inquisition.Michael G
Statistically, Left handed people live slightly shorter lives than right handed people.David G
To nictate, is to blink.Abdul B
After organ transplantation, it is customary to give the patient medication that suppresses the immune system (immunosuppressants), to prevent the body's defences from attacking the new tissue. However, this had the nasty side-effect of making the person prone to infections and illnesses. One way to eliminate the need to take immunosuppressant drugs, would be to treat the organ in question prior to transplantation with an enzyme that digests MHC class molecules. These molecules are the 'labels' by which our immune system recognises foreign cells, and are comparable to the "chassis number" in motor vehicles. By eliminating these MHC class molecules, the tissue becomes 'invisible' to the immune system, and the tissue will not be attacked. Unfortunately, such an enzyme does not yet exist, and would have to be synthetised. I have some more brilliant ideas if you want them.Hans D
The human thumb is exactly the same length as the human nose. Try it!jill G
I found the meaning of life in my dictionary but I lost the page.Martin, Mansfield
My fave PC error message - Warning: Keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue.Aaron H
On a frozen lake there is a 2cm air gap between the ice layer and the water. Houdini used this to breathe when escaping from a straight jacket whilst submerged under a frozen lake.John S
What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windscreeen wipers, and laser printers all have in common? All were invented by women.Gemma A
Something You Didn't Know is that '25.806976' is the route of all evil!! (the square route of '25.806976' is '666.00001' i.e 666). Spooky eh, you'll never look at that number the same again!!Tom J
I'm wearing odd socks. And I really do want a PS3, so I can sell it on Ebay, then use the money to buy a pair of R/C Spitfires off your fantastic site, thereby returning the value of said PS3 to your truly amazing company. See, with my way, everyone's a winner! :-DMatthew C
The lyricist of the song ?Keep the Home Fires Burning? Lena Gilbert Ford, actually burned to death in her own home!Leonard V
Someone who jumps from 6 stories up only has a 50/50 chance of dying. Although I wouldn't advise testing it.Donald A
The word 'chorizo' is derived from a combination of latin words for 'nostalgia' and 'cummerbund'Simon A
Way down deep in the middle of the Congo, a hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango. He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango. The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo", Um Bongo, Um Bongo, They drink it in the Congo. The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin. The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in. So when it comes to sun and fun and goodness in the jungle, They all prefer the sunny funny one they call Um Bongo!Daniel B
Would a German Shepherd understand a German shepherd?louise, Keighley
An earlier post said "A "Googol" is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros". Well, a googolplex is the number 1 followed by a googol of zeros. This number is so large that even if all the known matter in the Universe were converted into ink and paper, it would still not be possible to write it down. If you wanna try writing it down, writing at a rate of 2 digits per second, it would take longer than the age of the Universe to do so. Best get cracking then.Snell, Reading
What weighs more, a pound of feathers, or a pound of gold? You'd be wrong if you said they both weigh the same, because they don't. Feathers (like most things) are weighed by the avoirdupois unit which has 16 ounces to the pound. Gold and other precious metals and gems use the troy unit which has 12 ounces to the pound. So a pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold.Snell, Reading
There are more stars in the universe than sand particles on Earth.Madis, Tallinn
Carrots can be used to treat intestinal parasites.Lex L
Did you know that more than 2,700 languages are spoken in the world?Stephen S
The face of a penny can hold 30 drops of water.Alison F
The apes from Gibraltar actually come from Morocco.Viv J
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.Laura S
I just got bought a brand new pair of pyjamas last week with pockets in. Which is great because, before that, I used to have to hold stuff when I slept.Charles, Wetherby
The youngest ever holder of a patent (John J. Stone-Parker) was only four years old! He invented a gadget to stop ice from falling out of a drinking glass.Oliver J
Gappes bats were originially smuggled into London in the early 19th century by French saboteurs and roost in the tunnels of the London Underground. They have proved impossible to exterminate. When on the platform the announcement "Mind the Gappe!" is a signal that you should grab your hair and look towards the ceiling.Barry S
A "Googol" is the number 1 followed by 100 zerosJohn U
Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.Alan D
Tea stays hotter for longer if you put the milk in first as opposed to putting the water in first.Kristy R
Every human spend aproximately half an hour as a single cell.Helen M
Did you know that the unit of time "second" was only derived in Elizabethan times when they decided that the minute wasn't small enough a unit of time for their purposes, those clever wigbound mathematicians created a "second" order of minuteness of time. And yes, "minute" comes from the original meaning of the word "minute" (ie a really really short period of time); originally determined as a 60th of a degree.Michael K
The Union Flag is only called the Union Jack if it is on the jackstay of a ship.Richard J
Bet you didn't know that Santa Claus' suit was originally green - until 'Coca-Cola' changed it to red on the adverts.Schmoo, Liverpool
Eating yellow snow might be a bad idea, but rubbing it on a jellyfish sting should ease the pain.Kevin L
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'.Rob H
You can remove white rings on wood caused by hot cups/plates simply and cheaply by ironing over them at low temperature (put a cotton pillowcase under the iron). It really works!Lisa T
New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states in the USA where it is illegal to pump your own fuel.Ross T
Antigua has 365 beaches - one for every day of the yearSharon C
When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.Edward G
Peanuts are peas and not nuts.Els H
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.Andrew S
A barn owl can hear a mouse's heartbeat from 30 ft awayRoland F
Glycerin helps bubbles stick around for longerCatherine H
My geography teacher, as well as saying that in 20 years time that giant crabs will take over the world also compared the earth to a loaf of bread and a volcano to a tomato. And by the way why does every one say ED at the end of there post thingys??? ED. (Well they don't all say Ed. Ed=Editor, which is us here at IWOOT. It's when we add a postscipt to your comment, like this. Ed. And BTW, the crabs are coming.)Jessica, Cambridge
"I Want One Of Those" is an anagram for "OOH NOW, EATEN FIST!"Andy C
Purple is a word that can be rhymed! Curple - The hindquarters or rump of a horseBex, Norwich
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboardSusan W
Ricky Gervais used to manage the band Suede.Jill C
It is illegal to spit into the wind in NebraskaHelen J
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silverJulie S
White Willow bark is used in the same manner as is aspirin. In fact, aspirin was originally created from research into White Willow bark.Kate B
Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany.Ross L
It is illegal to sell an ET doll in France. They have a law forbidding the sale of dolls that do not have human faces.Rachel P
The largest living thing in the world is an underground fungus. Scientists discovered it when they found that scattered clumps of mushrooms above ground all had the same DNA.Lee C
Serving anything more than tea and biscuits at a political meeting is an offence called "treating" and punishable by a year in prision or an unlimited fine, under the Representation of the people Act 1893.Gina S
The country's first roundabout was built in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, in 1910jen E
Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.Michael G
Wrapping a tennis ball in masking tape gives you a cricket ball that's kind to your hands!Jonathan L
Kazakhstan is the 9th biggest country (by landmass) in the world - it's the size of the whole of Western Europe.Rachel P
A pin up photo of film star Rita Hayworth was stuck to the first atomic bomb to be tested on the bikini atoll, in the western pacific in 1946Gavin K
The dot above a lower case 'i' and 'j' is called a tittle.Stuart P
Tomato is world's most popular fruitLee B
An ant brain has about 250000 brain cellsNicola A
Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sexColin S
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.Thomas G
My aunt can juggle 3 cups whilst balancing her pet cat on her head.John J
Tiny air bubbles in a flask of hot acid can reach temperatures higher than the temperature of the surface of the sun!Matthew W
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. (seriously)Stephen G G
Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced. It's not widely publicized for obvious reasonsAndrew F
Nobody is allowed to die in parliament. If anyone does die there, the body is removed before the death certificate is issued. This is because the Palace of Westminster is a royal palace and anyone dying in a royal palace is eligible for a state funeral.Julie R
Isn't it funny how racists are quite often the exact same people obsessed with tanning themselves as dark as possible? I'd point it out to them, but they'll beat me with sticks I think...Stacie, Hatfield
The picture of the mona lisa has no eyebrows as it was the fashion to remove them at the time.Abi M
Did you know that polar bear fur isn't white - it's clear?Jon B
You should never use level 8 hugs on a Monday morning - I'd suggest a level 6 maximumJules, Swansea
a woodpeckers tounge is long enough to wrap around its head twice.dawn C
That if you rearrange the letters in the word "Playstation" you can make "A last Pin toy" Not that it makes sense, but it does have the word toy in it and it took me ages to figure out.Daniel I
White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. White cats with no eyes are usually blind.Christina W
Antarctica has only one ATM machineEmma H
The saying the whole nine yards comes from the second world war where nine yards is the common length of machine gun ammunition beltsAndrew B
The cucumber is a fruit.Michael J
In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.Tim E
I'm constantly being asked "Why do we never see baby pigeons, but so many adults?", so I thought I'd clear up the matter once and for all. The answer is simple: ALL pigeons you see in city centres are babies. Prior to adulthood, the babies leave the crowded cities for the open mountain tops of the Alps where they grow to a wingspan of 8 to 10 ft, preying upon small animals and the occasional rambler. Snell, Lufbra
Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos.Kyle A
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.Alison H
The pumpkin is actually a fruit.... Weird eh?Matt B
Did you know why hamburgers are called hamburgers, but don't contain ham? Apparently, during a trip to Asia in the early 17th century, a German merchant noticed that the nomadic Tartars softened their meat by keeping it under their saddles. The motion of the horse pounded the meat to bits. The Tartars would then scrape it together and season it for eating. The idea of pounded beef found its way back to the merchant's home town of Hamburg where cooks broiled the meat and referred to it as it as Hamburg meat. Bet you didn't know that!John M
The collecting of beer mats is called tegestologyMike H
Here are a couple of potentially very useful anagrams of 'i want one of those' for your marketing folks: * 'a tenth woof noise' (perfect for attracting the wealthy dog lover) * 'Oh, a foot entwines!' (fetish enthusiasts will be queueing up). I hope you're grateful - it took me hours.ian B
The Mona Lisa doesn't have any eyebrowsSinead , Rosscarbery
A snail can sleep for three yearsClaire P
23% of photocopier errors worldwide are caused by people photocopying their buttocks.Michelle R
Milk chocolate contains less sugar than tomato ketchupJaboodi, Ely
When basketball player Chuck Nevitt, who played for North Carolina state, was asked by his coach to explain why he seemed nervous at training he replied "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."David H
One ting I'm sure you don't know is that Tonsurephobia is the fear of haircuts.Patrick S
The fastest ever recorded speed of a chicken is 9mphLynn K
A shrimp's heart is in its headDavid K
Ants don't die in a microwave because they are so minute, that they can dodge the waves. And therefore survive.Abigail R
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one endChris H
Did you know that on the 5th May, 1967, we launched our first satelite into space?Calum M
The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right sideSarah-Jayne W
a chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.Zahrah J
Contrary to popular opinion, Kingsbridge, Devon is a rubbish place to go on holiday!Catriona B
Genuphobia is a fear of kneesPaul R
Babies start dreaming before they are even born.Manish D
"Yeti" literally translates as "that thing over there"Chris P
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!David B
On average we will live for 2 billion 475 million, 5,076 seconds.Diane M
It is illegal to walk across the Minnesota-Wisconsin border with a duck on your head, althoug I'm not sure whyBen W
scientists after many years of research have found that people with below average IQ's read short messages with their finger over the left mouse key. Too late nowsteve, kings lynn
Ankor Wat in Cambodia is the largest religious temple in the world!Thomas H
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 timesPaul T
My cat likes going in the Attic.Russ G
I carry a small piece of silver in my wallet in case of economic collapse.Michael P
If you were to board a plane and fly eastward around the world, arriving back at the point of departure, you would experience less time than you would had you not travelled; you would be a tiny tiny tiny bit younger than you would be if you hadn't flown around the world!Edward H
I don't like honey ... bee spit and pollen ... what is there to like?Dawn R
If you put a small piece of charcoal in the water when arranging flowers, it keeps the water pure and odourless.Stephen N
The Luxembourgish National Football Team didn't win a competitive match for 12 years between 1995 and 2007.Peter E
The origins of bad luck from walking under a ladder: Originally from ancient Egypt where triangles represented the three most sacred gods and so had special powers. If you walked through the triangle formed by a ladder, floor and wall then you were defying the gods.Alex T
September 19th is: International Talk Like A Pirate DayRobert B
People stick out their tongue when they concentrate as the area of the brain being used is the same as that for processing motor input. By sticking out the tongue motor input is suspended and so provides less interference. This allows the person to concentrate more.Kris B
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.Victoria S
The mandibles of the trap-jaw ant close at speeds up to 145 mph, the fastest predatory strike in the animal kingdomGordon L
At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.sarah P
The anagram of Dormitory is Dirty Room!Elizabeth G
Hellenologophobia - is the fear of Greek terms or complex scientific terminology :) humm... got to love those scientists ;)Matthew C
In 1929 the Soviet Union introduced a revolutionary calendar in which every working month had 30 days and the remaining 5 or 6 days were 'monthless' holidays. In this calendar, there existed a February 30 in the years 1930 and 1931; the revolutionary calendar was abandoned in 1931.Dave K
Jill Freud, the wife of Sir Clement Freud (writer, comedian and grandson of Sigmund) was the original inspiration for Lucy Penvensie from the Chronicles of NarniaSarah W
"Being there in a jiffy" may be practically impossible as a "jiffy" is a real unit of time for 1/100th of a second.Darren W
Termites are cockroaches! If you fellows can take "Yank" (U.S.) money for products/services, then we deserve to be in the running for a new Playstation...come on, have a heart!maurice W
Japan is made up of over 6000 islandsDan F
100,000 cubic feet of water pours over the Niagra Falls every second.Chris B
Babies don't like green veg because their taste buds form to stop them being poisoned and green veg tastes bitter, like a poison wouldRebecca P
Some people think the $1 dollar bill is unlucky because it has so many 13s on it. It has 13 stars, 13 stripes, 13 arrows, 13 steps and an olive branch with 13 leaves.Helen L
There is no word for 'breakfast' in Luxembourgish.Malcolm H
Cool chocolate facts: One small bar of milk chocolate has more protein than a banana. Chocolate also contains Vitamins A1, B1, B2, C, D and E as well as calcium, potassium, sodium and iron. Finally, Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love. . . chocolate Yum!Mark H
It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country because of the artificial heat needed. The man who was the voice of one of the original Daleks, Roy Skelton, also did the voices for George and Zippy in Rainbow. Bill Gates does not have an iPod. (I'm not sure these are linked, but are cool facts nonetheless. Ed.)Anthony H
pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathersIan R
It takes between 85000 and 140000 crocuses to make a kilo of saffron.Robert J
By the year 2023, over half of the UK population will be over 50.Tim M
In 1973 Queen released a record under the pseudonym of Larry Lurex called "I can hear music"Denise M
Pope John Paul II was made an honorary Harlem Globetrotter in the year 2000!James F
The UK's flag is actually called the Union Flag. The Union Jack is what it is called when flying at the front of a ship.Abiy W
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.Jun Y
Despite their names, Hermit Crabs live in colonies of over 100. Well, you didn't say it had to be relevant!Gary H
It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!Andrew N
'Poppycock' comes from the Dutch 'pappe kak' - which means a bowel movement of the consistency of porridge. Chris, Eccles
St. George was a muslim.Jay, Liverpool
The reason your eyes sting when you cut onions is because a chemical reaction occurs between the water in your eyes and the enzymes released from the onion, when it is cut, to make Sulphuric acid. You start crying to dilute the acid so your eyes don't dissolve!! Ace!!Adam P
Admiral Nelson never actually wore an eyepatch. Although his right eye was badly damaged in 1794 no contemporary portrait shows him with an eyepatch. It was included in portraits after his death to add pathos. Despite what people think they've seen, the Trafalgar Square column has no eyepatch.Tim L
They have square watermelons in Japan ... they stack betterClifford A
A Chinese Scientist discovered that the Earth is round during the Han Dynasty by measuring the sun and moon's path in the sky. He recorded this fact down in the imperial records but went unnoticed until it was unearthed recently but Chinese archaeologists.Robert F
The world record for continuous pogo stick jumping is 41 hoursWilliam F
In 2001 there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain.Emily Q
The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat!Mark W
My wife says I have obsessive compulsive tendencies but it only took me 15 minutes to decide how to phrase that question. Well, closer to 14 minutes and 53 seconds to be honest.Liam L
Kevlar, superglue, cellophane, Post-it notes, photographs, and the phonograph all emerged as a result of laboratory blunders.Scott B
Do crabs think we walk sideways?David T
the terminal velocity of a falling cat is half that of an adult human, 60 mph and 120 mph respectively.Jamie S
The microwave oven was an accidental discovery during World War 2 whilst developing radar which bounced microwaves off the enemy's war machines to detect their presence.Lynne O
If you pour Baileys into a glass of Port, it goes completely solid (and rather rubbery). It also tastes disgusting, but in a good way.Alex B
Average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to yield a gallon of milk : 345A T C
In Alaska, it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an aircraft or another flying vehicle. It is also illegal to push a live moose out of a moving aircraft.Matt O
Tarantulas explode if you drop them.Nicola H
I should be working rather than entering this competition because I have to prepare for a meeting later on today, but I just can't be bothered.Matthew S
Eyes have evolved many times, independently, in different species, but there are only around 8 different kinds of eye to ever have evolved. We've got one of them (well, two.. but you know what I mean).Gerry A
The fear of Friday 13th is called ParaskevidekatriaphobiaPaul M
The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.Andy C
daddy longlegs have the most potent venom in the world, but have no teeth to administer it!!!mark M
Ostriches urinate on their own legs to keep cool, and 40,000 americans are injured by toilets every year. (We're not sure that there's a connection. Ed.)Steven D
I can get my tongue up my right nostril, but not my left nostril.Mark S
You cannot make a pineapple jelly set! Moosey, Yorkshire
C3PO is the first character to ever speak in Star Wars.Will D
The minimum number of people you need to have present in a room so that you have a 50:50 chance of having the same birthday as someone... is 23. and a pineapple is classified as a berry.Zoe L
All boys grow taller than their mothersCatherine G
Oprah Winfrey was originally called Orpah but her name was misspelt on her birth certificate as Oprah.Pardeep M
My geography teacher thinks that in 20 years time gaint crabs will take over the coast line...OK...Jessica, Cambridge
Jeyes Fluid kills bird flu. I don't know how they've proved this but they claim it does. This isn't much use due to the lack of bird flu howeverStephen, Belfast
The indent on a brick is called a 'frog'...Paul C
Bet you didn't know that my gran lived to 102 years of age?Yvonne B
In Casino Royale, the perfume bottle in Vesper's bag is Melograno by Santa Maria Novella.Christina C
Aeschylus, who was a Greek playwright and also fought in a war, died when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock! (errrr, O.K. if you say so. Ed.)Laura B
There are five years in a quinquennium.Paul C
ive spent the last few hours browsing over these comments whilst working. was it worth it? i think so, although i did get fired because of itmatt
The circumfrence of the rim of a pint glass is greater than it's height!Adrian P
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it is all organized by the Italians. Zing!Alf Horde-Swindle, bookcase
The average elephant produces 50 pounds of dung each day.Gemma M, Wordsley
St. Bernard dogs do not carry kegs of brandy, and never have.Gemma M, Wordsley
Nooooo, croissants are Polish and cuckoo clocks are German. Sit up, slackers.Ulrika Messina, Jusjus
A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.Gemma M, Wordsley
Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.Gemma M, Wordsley
The numbers eleven and twelve come from the latin words which translate as move back to the first hand (for when counting to eleven on your fingers)Edward S
Never trust a bald barber, he has no repect for your hairDave The Rave, Runcorn
If moths like the light so much, why dont they come out during the dayDave B, Cheshire
Chickens get high when they eat laburnumAbi J
The second most spoken word in the world is "OK"Chantal Lyons, Sevenoaks
Every human has a unique tongue print.Sarah M
The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!Sarah A
I found a paper hankie lying on the ground in what looked like a politician's notes.I chucked it away because it was obviously a tissue of lies.andrew H
If all time is relative there can be no such concept as being, discuss...James T
Did you know that Boris Karloff was the original inspiration for the first illustrations of the Incredible Hulk.Adam B
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in each and every section of the Dewey Decimal classification system.Gareth P
when Guniea pigs get excited they do something called popcorning.Gary E
Istanbul is the only city in the world on 2 continentsAnnette T
A mole can dig a hole 300ft deep in one night.Matt G
If it wasn't for venetian blinds it would be curtains for all of us! Paul, Eastleigh
If olives make olive oil and sunflowers make sunflower oil, do babies make baby oil?Sam H, Monmouth
"rhythms" is the longest word in the English language that does not contain any vowelsSusan K
£399.99, the new sale price of a PS3 at some UK stores, could also buy you: 9 months gym membership for an exercise-deprived gamer; a 9ct Gold Solid Curb Chain from Argos; or 16.66 goats from Oxfam.Elton C
Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent..... while living in London, he was lodging with an Irish family, and picked up some of the language from them. not a lot of people know that.....steve K
The plastic bit on the end of you shoe lace is called an aglet. Edward D
Did you ever wonder what the WD in WD-40 stands for? The name was lifted right out chemist Norm Larsen's laboratory notebook. Way back in 1953, he was trying to concoct an anti-corrosion formula, which worked on the basic principle of displacing water. On his 40th try, Larsen finally got it right. Hence the name WD-40. It literally means Water Displacer, 40th try.Mark W
More people are conceived in December than any other month.Hannah P
A rat can last longer without water than a camelPhil H
The parachute was invented before the aeroplane.Nathan F
Man invented washing up liquid in the bronze age using animal fats and ash from the fire.Helen H
"You'll get what you've alway got - If you do what you've always done!"Arnie, Westham - The Moon
A new island (called 'Warming Island') has just been discovered 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland after the ice sheet covering it melted.James W
Nick Drake turned down Chris De Burgh from joining his school band for "being too small".Alan K
You never see baby pigeons, do you?Leesa R
In a lifetime, the average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purringPaul E
Einstein never learned to drive.Michaela F
Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye".Roger O
When I sent this entry I had £4.05 in change in my left pocketJohn B
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.Dave H
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.Janice P
There are no trees in OrkneyChris M
An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.Karen P
The word "Avon" is Anglo Saxon for river, so all the rivers of that name in England are actually called the "River River"Stuart W
Four tablespoons of ketchup has about the same amount of nutrition as a ripe tomatoDavid G
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; "lollipop" with your right.Simon G
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very momentDavid G
Using sign language a Gorilla named Coco took an IQ test and scored 95 out of 100James G
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.Paula F
too much vending machine coffee gives you stomach cramps, but too much work without vending machine coffee lubrication gives you insanity so i know which one i'll be choosing..adam B
I have just wasted 1 hour of my working day by reading every post on your list!!! What a day!michele, Retford
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words!James D
The Rhesus Macaque is characterised as a vociferous monkey.James L
Mermaids consider Badger meat a delicacysam B
Koalas have fingerprints like humansChris A
Bannanas are a herb.John W
The guy who plays Doctor Cox in Scrubs (John C. McGinley) part-owns a restaurant with Willem Dafoe.Andrew R
The red spot on Jupiter is actually a storm which is so big you could fit Earth within its boundaries 3 time.Sean B
i was once offered a recording contract after playing in the metro in parisdarren L
Frank Beard was the only member of ZZ-Top not to have a beard.Marc B
Antony Worrall Thompson (the small round TV Chef)swam the English Channel when he was 16 (I'd like to see that now!).Suzanne R
4,000 people are injured by tea pots every yearAnne L
A rat can tread water for 3 daysKeeth G
The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.Martin P
Has anyone realised yet why it's always in the last place you look.....?Lottigay
At the end of a bout, fencers still shake hands with their non-sword hand. This from the time when it was prudent to keep hold of your sword in case your opponent tries something sneaky whilst you're in reach.Eu Jet S
Behind every suscessful man stands a suprised mother-in-lawTell it to Tillie , London
You can touch moonrock in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.Jeff F
Sun Tzu was a great military tactician.david C
Guinea pigs and rabbits can't sweatLouise O
My cat is the greatest frog catcher of all time!Jane C
Did you know that it takes a train travelling at 125mph around 1.25 miles to stop? (Also, do you know what kind of mess it makes when someone is stupid enough to get in the way?)Darren W
The heaviest element that has been produced in weighable amounts is Californium.William M
Coconuts kill more people than sharks.Magdalena H
If you run a current through a slice of toast it has an IQ of 5Amy C
The Huntsmen spider is the only species of spider that has lungsian F
I am the current town crier champion of WessexJames B
Ex Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was on the university science team which developed the first portable ice cream machines used in ice cream vansPaul T
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BCBob N
That you can be any age to serve alcohol but have to be 18 to drink it.Penni M
Paris taxies are named after an Irish Saint - FiachraEthna D
Fill a swimming pool with water, try and walk across it, and ofcourse you sink. However, fill said pool with custard, and you WILL be able to walk from one side to the other! Honest!Kristel, Essex
Why is the milka cow lilac? Is it GM?ooka kooka kaka kooka
The only book that has been distributed in more copies than the bible is the IKEA catalogue...Tom G
The man who holds the record for surviving lightning strikes got hit for a fourth time while on his way to the records office! Chris, Lichfield
An octopus will begin to eat itself when it gets stressed.Jamie MacGregor, Bolton
The man who invented TNT blew himself up with it.Paul Healy, Edinburgh
Venus is actually the hottest of the nine planets, this is because its dense atmosphere traps an incredible amount of the suns heat making it hotter than mercury which is actually closer to the sun.Phil n Pat, leicester
clucking starts before sunrise but can continue throughout the morninganouska M
Kissing a frog can cure cold sores because of a chemical on their skinEmma H
I can't make egg fried rice. I tried last night, but I failed in a major wayKirsty R
you can clean the bottom of dirty taps with white vinegar :]Liz P
My mother bought one of your Man Lying Down ironing boards after seeing the link on your site - I don't think any other purchase has ever made her smile quite so much. Thanks.Jason C
Women of the past used to wear an egg based makeup, so when they laughed, it cracked. Hence the term "you crack me up"Will, Preston
Hitler was voted Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1938Gemma, West Mids
Before 1920 it was legal to send children through the mail in the US, albeit somewhat impractical. Charles, Harrogate
In the whole of Britain, 337,000 tons of baked beans are consumed each year.Charles S
Before he became famous, Steven Spielberg directed an episode of Columbo in 1971Jackie C
During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.Heidi M
Iceland is Europes second largest producer of bananasJon, Plymouth
it is the bacteria on a tarantula's fangs that cause damage to humans. the spiders themselves are not venomous.Jono H
The Canary Islands are named after dogs - not yellow birds. (The species of bird was named after the islands.)Lyn R
torchwood is a anagram of doctor whopaul S
In California there is a $500 fine for detonating nuclear devices within city limits.Simon the techie, St Annes
A mouse has more bones than a human!Nick C
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of a catNick C
There are more moves possible in a game of chess than particles in the universe.Paul J
The QE2 only does six inches to the gallon. And you thought trucks were bad.Alice, Winchester
It is impossible to determine both the position and momentum of an electron orbiting a nucleus at the same time.Douglas A
Snails can sleep for up to three years, bravo!Lisa S, Exmouth
Crayfish urinate through their headsLouise O
Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of normal water.Sarah M
A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.Roo, Birmingham, UK
A ten-gallon hat holds three-quarters of a gallonTom T
Did you know 60 people die every year from 10 pin bowling accidents?!?Sabrina C
Contrary to common belief, stick insects are actually insects, not just insect shaped sticksDan, Longdon
If at first you don't succeed, try again, then quit, there is no point in fooling yourselfDan, Longdon
The sun weighs 2 billion billion billion tons.Catherine H
Seaweed can grow up to 12 inches per day!Alison I
it takes 500 peanuts to make one 12 ounce jar of peanut butterstephanie W
In response to Gemma P's "fact", a pregnant gold fish isn't a twit, because goldfish can't be pregnant, also I'm a swotty little know-it-all who is addicted to learning strange and completely useless facts.Jasmin D, Ely
A group of uniforms are called a blessing!Stephanie B
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!Victoria S
Why did the scarecrow get a promotion? Because he was out standing in his field. Now that's comedy.Snell, here, there and everywhere
Mum was right when she said never cut towards yourself.Rob N, Auckland NZ
7 of the 10 Deadliest snakes of the world are found in AustraliaRob N, Auckland NZ
Only six people died in the Great Fire of LondonSimon H
111,111,111 x 111,111,111=12,345,678,987,654,321martin C
I bet you I can type faster than you. Open Microsoft Word and type =rand(200,99) anywhere in the document and press enter. ( This will work on version 2000, 2003 and XP. ). Now that's fast. PS - you now owe me a pint.The Geek, Online somewhere....
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away.vikki K
I breed weaselsSuzanne R
The statues of carriages drawn by 4 prancing horse IN A ROW.... is called a QuadrigaRachel P C
Jellybabies beleive in an almighty God known as 'The hand'Paul W
Happiness is not a thing in itself - it is a contrast to things which are not pleasant.Jamie M
did you know that one ounce of gold can be hammered to the size of a tennis courtJacqui L
It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USAJacqui R
you have the funniest april fools stuff ever on this site!leigh F
Tractors are magic!......they can drive down a lane and turn into a field!!!Kelly C
The reason pirates are called pirates is just because the AAAAARRRRRR!!adam H
Madrid is the only European capital not situated on a major waterwayStephen H
The definition for the calculation for easter is : "Easter Sunday is to be the first Sunday after the first full moon after the 21st of March. If this full moon falls on a Sunday, it is to be the following Sunday."Simon K
Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will cave like the French. This is because by misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.Bill E
The WD in WD40 stands for water displacement whilst the 40 represents the number of attempts to perfect the productJohn G
Why does someone belive you when you say there are 4 billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?Margaret B
If you have builders on your roof hammering, like I have had all day, just waft the smell of a takeaway out the window and they stop hammering to go eat!Kate E
If you tipped-up Norway onto it's most southern point, and let it fall forwards, it's northern most point would land in Morocco!Ruth C
Water is the only thing that is lighter in its solid form than in its liquidEmma H
The word 'chocolate' comes from the AztecsLynn G
"Eleven plus two" is an anagram of "Twelve plus one"Darren, Kent
If bleach kills 99.99% of all known germs, what is the 00.01% germ and why can't we kill it? Something to worry about.Iduno, COVENTRY
Heinrich Schenker created a stupid and completely meaningless theory of music analysis.Charlotte Y
Hmm, difficult because searching for all those eggs has driven all thoughts out of my head and replaced them with a list of things I simply must buy for my friends!!Abigail W
The Ancient Greeks didn't have a specific word for the colour blue.Karen S
You can't fold a piece of paper (of any size) in half and in half again (etc) more than 8 times!! Jess, Newcastle
When searching for parking in Liverpool, know how to read maps and road signs or you may end up making your first ever trip to Wales.Victoria M
In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.Ben H
use talc to get rid of unwanted woodlice, they die without adequate moistureMichelle B
Cheese does not give you nightmares, it contains tryptophan which helps promote sleep.Karen J
In Goa there is a hairdressing shop named "Tease and Blow". Harks back the extremely witty League of Gentlemen.Lisa, Southampton
You can tell if a spider is a boy or a girl by looking closely at it's palps (the little things that look like legs / antennae by the head, but aren't). If they're smooth, it's a lday, if they have a little bulb shape on the end, it's a fella! Anna xxxAnna B
The Impossible Quiz is not actually impossible.Annie J
my first boyfriend's mother's butcher was noddy holder's uncle!L E
Hippos kill more people than sharks.Elliot M
I now have conclusive, first hand evidence that going to work with a hangover is not fun.Snell, Crowthorne
Cumbria council filled in 2200 potholes last year (2006)Phil A
Carrots used to naturally be purple coloured, but artificial addition of beta carotene in farming methods worldwide, has permanently altered the course of the carrot gene pool, and made them orange coloured.Gsp, London
In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit.James B
In the 80's there were 3 bands/artistes who had hits in the chart at the same time called 'The Power of Love' although they were all different songs. Who were they? A: Huey Lewis and the News, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jennifer RushErica B
The hundred billionth crayon made by Crayola was Periwinkle Blue.Charlotte S
Did you know that Swiss Rolls are not swiss?!Kathryn H
When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.Sam S
The Emporer Napoleon was afraid of catsDavid K
Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.Pamela P
My cat, Topsy, washes her paws in her water dish. She's a bit posh.Ali C
Karoke means "empty orchestra" in JapaneseSarah G
The sound of a whip cracking is a mini sonic boom.Leo R
Guy Pearce was a body builder for a time, and won the Mr Natural Victoria title.Philip P
The 7-Oscar winning film Lawrence of Arabia did not have a single female speaking character. The only female in the film is a camel called Gladys!Lee C
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."bonnie N
It takes 27 litres of water to grow a lettuce, but 10000 litres for a portion of steakWendy M
My granny was a wrestler.June C
Disneyworld is bigger than the worlds five smallest countries. Tarran T
Woodpeckers have an ear on the end of their tounge. No word of a lie, buddy.Nicolas W
There is more fibre in one parsnip than in three shredded wheat!Owen M
Woks were originally made in Woking (possibly)Lee E
Butterflies taste through their feetBilbo B
Attila the Hun bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.Jon M
Why is abbreviation such a long word?Bethan R
Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.Will A
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. ApparentlyTim L
I am a 42 year old mother of two who loves Chelsea FC and your website in almost equal measure!!Alison M
My mother's cousins cousin was Ray Bolger, who played the scarecrow in the wizard of Oz.RICHARD H
Andy Warhol had a huge crush on John F KennedyOonagh G
Antarctica contains over 70% of the world's water, 90% of the world's ice and yet receives less rain than the Sahara so is officailly designated as a desert.Darrell F
The eruption of Krakatoa caused the loudest noise in history- it was heard over 1930 miles away in Australia.Alan S
A group of owls is called a parliament.E W
Putting pepper on your food makes it easier for your tummy to absorb the vitamins and minerals from your food.Diana H
A pregnant goldfish is known as a twit.Gemma P
pop-ty-ping is Welsh for 'microwave'.Sian R
In Sweden '@' is called "snabel-a" wich means a "trunk with an a"Heledd D
Last time I told somebody something they didnt know i was required to kill them ...Robert A
I assembled a table from Italy the other day. From the accompanying instructions, I learned a Phillips screwdriver is called a cacciavite inglese, or English screwdriver, in Italian. [vite is screw.] Which is odd, because Phillips was American.sacha H
According to aztec calculations, the world will end in 2012jamie S
I love IWOOT and have even got my workplace hooked, we recently bought a can crusher for the office and it has been a great hit!!!Wendy B
Cow's won't actually explode if they are not milked!Rachel C
The 70's super group Led Zeppelin was so called because when Keith Moon hered about their formation he said they would drop like a lead ballonHarry R
Staines isn't as bad as you would imagine.Marjory M
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)Andy P
The Tsar's of Russia furnished their palaces with fake marble, because at the time it was more expensive than real marble, and therefore a way of showing off their wealth.Alexander S
In alabama it is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.Lauren H
nothing rhymes with purple and silverMandy K
If you write out the numbers one to one hundred, you never use the letter "a"Graeme S
Space is beigeDavid M
Tapirs have no eyelidsSarah G
I'm in love with a member of your staffDavid R
I am currently sitting next to one of the most famous men in Britain. He says hello.james V
kamikazi pilots wear helmets...WHY???Butters, Folkestone
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.Tiffany T
We only ever use 2/3 rds of our brain capacity.... makes you wonder what happens to the other 2/3 rds!!!!!!!lynne B
A singing birthday card holds more computer power than was available in the 1950sCarl B
there are over 5,500 islands in the British IslesMark G
Apples are a better wake up method than caffeineCharlie J
Out of roughly 1,250,000 animal species, only 20 are penguinsBen M
A 1999 survey of 25,500 standard English-language dictionary words found that 93 percent of them have been registered as dot-coms.mathew H
A chihuahua is technically a type of rat NOT a dog.Elaine B
Flying Monkey is ace... although terrifies my mate's daughter... bless herChris H
Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?Peter, Hartlepool
My mum used to go out with the captain of the QE2Mark C
kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of failure!!Tony K
I'm knitting a Sudoku blanket!Linda R
I want one of those solved anagram style in two words is: footnote wahines; or three words: a footnote newish; four words: a foot nose whiten; five words: a ef eh notion stow. This is now gettting silly so I will stop. Cheers.gary R
I love this siteAnne J
Naomi is "I moan" backwards.George P
Rolling Stones band member Bill Wyman married a 19 year-old model Mandy Smith in 1988. At the same time Wyman's son was engaged to Mandy Smith's mother. If his son had married Smith's mother, Wyman would have been the step grandfather to his own wife.Bob N
my dad designed the light sabers for the original Star Wars Film!Jodie M
Every time i try to post here it never comes up. I hope this one does. (Kazam! Ed.)Nick M, Nottingham, Sutton.
A boxing ring is square... mrBoxes, Singapore
The bat is the only animal that can walk, swim and fly.Roger L., Atlanta
Genuine guiness world records include the worlds largest dog biscuit.Tony, London
in the wizard of oz.. dorothy trips up as she picks up the blanket of grass to put on the lion!very funny to watch cos she carries on like its not happened!!erin brennan, stockton
my star wars name is buelagen. THANX DOMINION and my mate's is joracaen she says thanks tooliz, i cant remmber
Macadamia nuts are toxic to dogsToby, New York
If you eat 200 grams of mini eggs in one sitting it will make you feel very happy for ten minutes then very sad for the rest of the day.Tessa, London
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?) Rosie, Chesterfield
Just found my car with the drivers window pulled from the car, folded from the frame. It begs the question; If you wanted my CDplayer why didn't you break the window with the brick behind my tyre that stops the car rollin away instead of strainin your arms yanking my door??? Now I gotta pay for a new door instead of just the glass. I Love Salford...Mark Tnzafn, Salford, MCR
there isnt a word that rhymes with orangejohn wood, esher
If you mouth the word Colourful it looks like you're actually saying 'I Love You'Kaylee, Romford
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.Loreli, Germantown, MD USA
The only thing I could find to put under my cheese, was a slice of toast. I think I may be onto something.Mr Short, S'aff London
If pro is the opposite of con, and progress is good, what does that make congress...?Dave
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings, and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?Jen, London
The volume of water in Loch Ness equates to 1,964,000 million gallons. Thats more than all the English & Welsh freshwater lakes & rivers combined.Trish, Leicester
The letter X doesn't work on my keyboard. Hey, wait a minute...Snell, Reading
St. Nicholas was bishop of the Turkish town of Myra in the early fourth century. It was the Dutch who first made him into a Christmas gift-giver, and Dutch settlers brought him to America where his name eventually became Santa Claus.Louis D
If you lace your shoes from the inside to the outside the fit will be snugger around your big toe.Louis D
The single-blade window cleaning squeegee was invented in 1936 by Ettore Sceccone, and is still the most common form of commercial window cleaning today.Louis D
A car traveling at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour would take longer than 48 million years to reach the nearest star (other than our Sun), Proxima Centauri. This is about 685,000 average human lifetimesLouis D
Did you know that by law it is illeagal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day? (Banned by Oliver Cromwell, and the law had yet to be repealed).Aaron Smith
A greenfly born on a Tuesday can be a grandparent by Fridayellen bateman
According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg. mark davies
If the population of the Earth continued to increase at its present rate, by 3530 A.D. the total mass of human flesh and blood would equal the mass of the Earth. By 6826 A.D. it would equal the mass of the known universe.mark davies
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.phillip rosser
The word 'love' meaning 'no score' comes from the the French L`oeuf which means the egg.Amanda Jackson
There are no words that rhyme with orange, purple or silverShayanthan Rajakumar
Donaly duck was banned in Finland because he has never once worn trousersShayanthan Rajakumar
During World War 2, the Oscars were made of woodShayanthan Rajakumar
There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.louis dequincey
Why do you never see baby pigeons?dawn eastwood
The shortest war on record lasted just 38 minutes. It was between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896.louis dequincey
One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!Matthew Nott
It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!Matthew Nott
The phobia of colours is called chromatophobiaEdward Whately-Smith
The american diner slang for sausages in mashed potatoes is zeppelins in a fogEdward Whately-Smith
The only tube line with connections to every other tube line is the Jubilee lineEdward Whately-Smith
the statue of liberty weighs 225 tons, from the ground to the tip of the torch it is 305'1 and and the length of the nose is 42'0""Edward Whately-Smith
Only two animals can get leprosy...humans and armadillos.Aaron Portis
The word 'gullible' isn't actually a word in the dictionary, go on, look it up.Daniel Taylor
Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.Francis Bull
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.Francis Bull
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.Gem N
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. gem n
Tony Blair was bottom of his School science class. The Prime Minister admits he was so bad that the teachers at Edinburgh's Fettes School used his work to illustrate how NOT to do it!PETER CALLCUT
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atomsOllie Newth
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.Jonathan Riches
The space between your eyebrows is called the ophyroncaroline prime
Male elephant seals can have up to 2000 kilograms of blubberJon Payne
Don't believe it when food products say that they are 100% organic. Water cannot be organic.Jonathan Riches
It is estimated that insects play a regular part in the diet of a staggering 3.5 billion people worldwide.Nadine Payne
The average supercomputer has, on average, the equivilent processing power of three human brain cellsMatthew Nott
What was Captain Hook's name before Peter Pan chopped of his hand??Michael Campbell
Apporximately 1600 people are bitten every year by other humans in New York.Ian Marshall
Bank charges are unlawful and you can claim them back for up to six years although they may close your account so open a new one firstsandra payne
George Washington died the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the 18th century.Michael Campbell
To clean tarnished copper bottoms of pots and pans spread a little ketchup onto the bottom. Let it sit for about one minute. Wipe it clean and rinse.Michael Campbell
US congressmen expressed suprise on learning in 1977 that it takes 15 months of learning at the Pentagons School of Music to turn out a bandleader but merely 13 months to train a jet pilotMichael Campbell
There are five years in a quinquennium.Erik Poulsen
The term 'Heavy Metal' was first used when a New York Times journalist described the sound at a Jimi Hendrix concert as 'like heavy metal falling from the sky'.Greg Bayliss
Every 238 years, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto change making Neptune at times the farthest planet from the sun. oliver langfield
Trees that are near street lights do not shed their leaves as fast as a tree that is in the country. oliver langfield
what is the one thing u cant take out of a glass? no its not water... not air... its a crack... bet u didnt know that!Corina Dawson
As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice. oliver langfield
Mario the nintendo mascot was originally knowns as Jump Man Anthony Goddard
The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.oliver langfield
Ketchup was once used as a medicine in the United States. In the 1830's it was sold as Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato. oliver langfield
Most toilets flush in the key E flat. oliver langfield
Birds do not sweat, as they do not have sweat glands. oliver langfield
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. oliver langfield
It is possible to get high by licking a toad. The Cane Toad produces a toxin called bufotenine to ward off predators. When licked, this toxin acts as a hallucinogenoliver langfield
Chocolate was used as medicine during the 18th century. It was believed that chocolate could cure a stomach ache. oliver langfield
Queen Elizabeth II was Time Magazine's 'Man of The Year' in 1952. oliver langfield
Although the first sighting of Yosemite Valley by non-Indian people was probably by members of the Joseph Walker Party in 1833\, the first actual known entry into the Valley was not until nearly 20 years later in March 1851 during the conflict between Gold Miners and native Indians. Almost 15 years later inspired by the scenic beauty of Yosemite and spurred on by the specter of private exploitation of Yosemite's natural wonders\, conservationists appealed to Senator John Conness of California. On June 30\, 1864\, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias to the State of California as an inalienable public trust. This was the first time in history that a federal government had set aside scenic lands simply to protect them and to allow for their enjoyment by all people. This idea was the spark that allowed for Yellowstone becoming the first official national park a few years later\, in 1872.Lorraine Crighton
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away. oliver langfield
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!Louise Manley
Did you know that you are 176 times more likely to be murdered than to win the National Lottery. Natalie Miller
1 in 18 people has a third nipple!!Natalie Miller
If a tree fell in the woods . . . nobody would really care!Chris Rutter
Esperanto was a languge created as a global language in 1887. It is said that esperanto is five times eaiser to learn than any other language\, however only 5 million people in the wold speak it todayLuke Wyatt
In 1870\, Jim Mace\, the British boxing champion\, fought an American challenger in a fight that lasted nearly 4 hours without landing one punch!Kevin Gimbert
Herrings were once used to train hunting dogs. The well-trained dog would continue following the sent of the fox it was chasing rather than the false trail of the herring. nowadays\, a red herring refers to and distracting ultimately unimportant issue or factLuke Wyatt
Someone who plays tiddlywinks is techinally known as a winker.Luke Wyatt
What's the difference between ignorance and indifferenece? I don't know and I don't care.Swagerman Hendrik
A ten year old mattress weighs doule what it did when it was new\, because of all the 'debris' which it has absorbed throughout the years. That debris includes dust mites ( including their droppings and decaying bodies)\, pollen\, secretions\, excretions\, dandruff\, soil\, lint and a lot of perspiration\, of which the average person loses a quart of a day. Good Night!leigh fenn
Reindeers enjoy bananas\,( really!)\, so leave a banana ( not a carrot ) and a mince pie when christmas eve and santa rolls around.leigh fenn
Daniel Criag did not know how to play Poker before the film Casno Royale - An expert had to be hired to teach him.Danh Nguyen
there is only one thing where the person who makes it doesnt want it\, the person who buys it doesnt need it and the person who uses it doesnt know it...a coffin!Ellie Rudd
Charles Louis \Deacon\" Phillippe (originally Phillippi) (May 23\Daniel Watts
Tomorrow Today will be yesterdayRay Sharpe
On average smoking reduces your life expectancy by 8 years ... But\, a male smoker can still\, on average\, out live a male non-smoker by being castrated. This is because catration iincreases you life expectancy\, on average\, by 13 years!!Leonard Rubio
If you break a piece of dry spaghetti\, it will always break in two places.Jacqui Cheswick
my best friend has palms like dog paws DANIELLE ROSS
7 million children leave mince pies and a drink for Santa on Christmas Eve.julie kenny
In a \typical\" ejaculation of 250million sperm around only 1 Million are trying to reach the ovum and only 100 manage to do so. Around 150 million are there only to kill other mens sperm and the remainder die due to being too old before even attempting to reach the ovum."Kieran Fowler
Weasels have 34 different sounds in their 'language' for porridgeIan Taylor
you didn't know i was goimg to enter and you don't know if i am going to win....but you will before me!!ian brown
The bible never mentions exactly three wise men\, just that three particular gifts where recieved gold\, frankincense and myrrh.Kieran Fowler
there's a new origami channel starting on satellite TV soon. It's available on Sky paper view.Steven young
Did you know that in the year 2000\, Pope John Paul II was named an \Honorary Harlem Globetrotter\"."Jon Carter
Coca-cola didn't invent santa's image\, they just made it well known within America through advertising.Kieran Fowler
use bicorbonate of soda\, hot water and place in a tray covered with silver foil to bring silver jewellry up perfectly.heather newman
In Canada Santa's postcode is H0H 0H0. He has had it since 1982 and approximately 1 million pieces of mail bearing that code are recieved by Canadian post service every year. Kieran Fowler
A google search of 'miserable failure' gives the first result of George Bush's official webpage.Kieran Fowler
Roy Wood from Wizzard is turning on the pub Christmas lights on Rocester!Andrew Lodge
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos! Kieran Farnes
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!Kieran Farnes
Something I've LEARNED since last New Year (that you may not know) - is DON'T be sick down the back of a radiator.Jayne Fisentzides
use old cds to make christmas decorationsvivien Pawson
Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave!!!angela scrivener
In all three Godfather films, when you see oranges, there is a death (or a very close call) coming up soon.Tracey Fitton
75 people die every year from playing twisterLEANNE DEMPSEY
If you could fold a standard single piece of paper in half 50 times it would strech all the way to the sun.Robb Richards
There are more chickens in the world than humansGregory Flynn
The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear warGregory Flynn
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.Gregory Flynn
In a year a person will have swallowed 14 insects whilst sleeping.Chris Pennock
Everyone is continously moving whether they are awake or asleepConnie Yeung
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. jennifer palmer
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. jennifer palmer
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space, because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. jennifer palmer
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. jennifer palmer
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow films down. jennifer palmer
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. jennifer palmer
To lose weight, drink cold water. Your body has to expend extra calories to heat up the H2O in your stomach, resulting in a rise in your resting metabolic rate. In fact, in a 2003 German study researchers estimated that drinking two additional icy quarts a day would help you burn about 100 extra calories -- or the equivalent of a pound of fat every five weeks -- with no other changes in exercise or diet. jennifer palmer
Basset Hounds can't swim.Beverley Trott
Dogs can only see in black and white.Wesley Richardson
If you have a slim chance, you have the same amount of chance as a fat chance.Juan Figueras
It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.Peter Taylor
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.Peter Taylor
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.Peter Taylor
In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually.Richard Surbey
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.Joanna Huckvale
Nicknames for rum include Barbados Water, Kill-Devil, Demon Water, Navy Neaters and Nelson's BloodChristopher Steele
In an average lifetime, the average person sheds enough dead skin material to form a new 'thing' about the size of a small Jack Russel. Ben Heymink
If I told you something you did not know, you would then know it. so it would not then be something you do not know?Anthony Hall
I can hold a tennis ball by placing it between my big toe and the one next to it! If you want proof, i'll send you a picture!Gerry Huckvale
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.John Myers
A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day. helen cruse
If winners never quit and quitters never win, how are you supposed to quit while your'e ahead?James Berry
A Giraffes tongue is 20 inches long, but It still can't lick behind it's ears.Andy Parke
A Blue Whale's penis is longer than an elephantJoseph Baker
Water is sticky put your finger in a bowl of water and some of it will stick to your fingerChris Burgess
There are many different types of lightening. Not all bolts go from the sky to the Earth. Some form from the ground to the sky or remain in the sky and never hit earth.Ben saunders
Listen is an anagram of Silent.Trevor Hanley
If you lie on your back and stretch got your arms thats how tall you are!Ben saunders
Every minute, 12 hectares of the tropical rainforest disappears due to deforestation.Anna McQuitty
Did you now that the next person you meet has more arms than the average person?S Wainwright
99% of people cannot lick their elbowDavid Ford
There are 6667042810 people living on the planet, if you took £1 off each person you would have £6667042810 which would make you one of the richest people in the world!!! Harrey Dun
In Dominica 76% of all babies are illigitimate.Austin Danger Powers
Opening your mind to imagination is like cracking an apple with your thumb.Elliot Boultwood
Loneliness makes the dead squirrel smile.Elliot Boultwood
Siphonapterology is the study of fleas. We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206. No u.s president has had blue eyes, and I spend too much time on the internetluke harris
Bagpuss was actually Orange & Yellow - he was coloured in with felt pens & the orange came out pink. I know this because My great grandma's best friend was Emily.Hannah Phipps
Nobody likes my shoes.Hannah Phipps
If you hold a dog over a cup of tea it makes swimming movements. It's true - I promise.Hannah Phipps
Slugs have 4 nosesHannah Phipps
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people.Hannah Phipps
Termites eat through wood twice as fast when listening to rock music.Hannah Phipps
Every continent ends with the letter it starts with.Hannah Phipps
I am terrified of bananas.Hannah Phipps
Most toilets flush in the key of E flat.Hannah Phipps
Alfred hitchcock didn't have a belly button.Hannah Phipps
Camel's milk can't curdle.Hannah Phipps
In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal. A strange but true ancient law!Lee Duncan
When glass breaks, the cracks travel at 3,000 miles per hour!Stephen Smith
Pollen never deteriorates. It is one of the few natural substances that lasts indefinitely.Stephen Smith
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.Stephen Smith
You have no sense of smell when you are asleep.Stephen Smith
John Travolta's jet was owned by Frank Sinatra before he bought it.Scott Douglas
Why is there a light in the fridge but not in the freezer?A. Warden
Months that begin with Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th!A. Warden
All churches in Malta have to have two clocks on the outside!lindsey wynne-jones
Casino Royale was the first ever James Bond movie to feature rain.David Storey
If you spelled out numbers you wouldn't come across the letter 'a' until one thousand!Emma Blake
There are more miles of canals in Birmingham than in Venice.Edwin Chappell
Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registerd blood donorslisa allen
Twinings tea is blended in Andover. Not India.Eleanor Wilson
In the film King Kong, there are 43 continuity errors, such as when Anne is wet and then turns round to talk and is suddenly dry with re-done hair.chris morris
It is illegal for a man to stand up and wee in sweden after 10pmJason McDaid
The descendants of cats that survived Britain's first atomic bomb test, can dive and swim after fish in the lagoon created by thexplosion on the Montebello Islands off Western Australia.David Thomson
Despite its size, the largest thing a Blue Whale can swallow is a grapefruit.Jeremy Wilkinson
The jam in Jaffa Cakes is made with apricots, not oranges.Jeremy Wilkinson
Dreamt is the only word in the English dictionary that ends in mt.Joanne Maguire
Bruce Lee was so fast they had to slow his movies down so people could see his moves.Joanne Maguire
Roses are red, violets are blue, except of course they're not, they're violet.Joanne Maguire
By laying on your back and raising your legs slowly, you cannot sink into quicksand.Joanne Maguire
The Guiness Book of Records holds the world record for being the book most commonly stolen from libraries.Joanne Maguire
a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycleChristopher Steele
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? They were all invented by women.Joanne Maguire
It is physically impossible for a pig to look up to the sky.Joanne Maguire
50% of people have never made or never recieved a phonecall.Joanne Maguire
On average\, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!Joanne Maguire
The tallest man ever recorded in history was 2.72m (8 ft 11.1 in).Sam Stoddart
The longest ear hairs ever were 13.2 cm. Sam Stoddart
If you were to unravel your intestines into one long line and lay them on the ground, chances are you'd probably die.Andrew Floyd
Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.Sam Stoddart
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them, used to burn their houses down, hence the expression 'to get fired'.Sam Stoddart
I was on the Graham Norton Show dressed up as Liza MinelliDominic Lenaghan
If the US government claims it has no knowledge of or interest in aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?Joanne Maguire
How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.Joanne Maguire
The Sanskrit word for war means "desire for more cows".Joanne Maguire
Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.Westaly Duignan
Humans share approx. 50% of their genes with bananas... Except me because my friends say I'm completely nuts.Che Lee
Asparagus makes your pee yellow... Not from my own experience of course.Che Lee
Approximately sixty circus performers have been shot from cannons. At last report, thirty-one of these have been killed.emma hughes
The Statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.emma hughes
In 1982, the last member of a group of people who believed the Earth was hollow died.emma hughes
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!Jon Carter
A rat can go without water for longer than a camel.Lindsay Hamill
Average number of people airborne over the US at any given hour: 61,000Elliott Hamilton
Bibliomancy is the practice by some people of opening the Bible at random and being guided for the day by whatever verse they see firstElliott Hamilton
An area the size of Wales was recently left off an EU mapIain MacDougall
Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed with only the left hand!Janis Sadler
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.SJanis Sadler
It deos not mtater waht oderr the lteters go in a wrod, you can sitll udnetasrnd waht it syas, as lnog as the frist and lsat lteter of the wrod is in the rghit palce.Michaela Cooper
Starfish have no heart or brainRob Horler
There is 6 kilograms of gold in every cubic kilometre of sea waterRob Horler
142 British people were injured in 1999 by not removing all the pins from new shirtsMatthew Nott
31 people have died in the U.K. since 1996 due to watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged inMatthew Nott
The day with the highest number of collect (reverse charge) calls is traditionally Fathers Day.Matthew Nott
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase 'Goodnight, sleep tight.'Matthew Nott
Deja-vu is of course not a repetition of events. It is actually caused when neurones in our brain work the wrong way round, so they go to our memory first, grab somthing from it, and then to our perception. Quite logical when you think about it.Bradley McManus
The verb to cleave is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.Laura Daley
Papaphobia is the fear of Popes.Laura Daley
First World War pilots always suffered from terrible diarrhea\, due to the ball bearings in the engines\, being lubricated with Castor oil. The pilots then breathed it in all the flight.Martin Lee
Florence Nightingale carried a pet owl round with her on her hospital rounds.Geoff Dagger
Henry VIII only had 2 wivesMatt Rowan
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.Matthew Nott
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwiseMatthew Nott
On average\, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every yearMatthew Nott
People in the UK eat more tins of baked beans than the rest of the world combinedMatthew Nott
The average office worker spends 50 minutes a day looking for lost files and other items. Matthew Nott
Bluebirds cannot see the color blue. Matthew Nott
The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery ticket is greater than your chances of winningMatthew Nott
You have no sense of smell when you are sleepingMatthew Nott
The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particleMatthew Nott
The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes to take off could throw a pickup truck over a mileMatthew Nott
Gloria Hunniford is my aunties cousin.Glynis Lyttle
When climbing Kilimanjaro you will find that your bags of crisps expand and eventually explode.Richard Murray
The longest recorded chicken flight is 13 seconds!!Tracey Wright
A DAB radio uses 12% to 20% more energy than a normal analogue radio.Gerald Oakham
One click of a mouse burns 0.0000024kcals of energy, so if you eat a chocolate bar you'll need to click your mouse 765,551,000 times to burn it off.michelle cameron
74% of children eat the ears on their chocolate Easter bunnies first.michelle cameron
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.michelle cameron
One day someone will call me Sir, without adding 'you're making a scene'.Jay Smith
To testify was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.michelle cameron
You cannot break a piece of dry spaghetti in half - it will always break into three or more pieces. basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch won the Ig Nobel Prize for Physics for proving why this happens.Hazel Rea
Unless food is mixed with saliva you cannot taste it.Louis De Quincey
Britain was the first place to have income taxShayanthan Rajakumar
If raw liver is left on a china plate in the fridge, it will be physically drawn to the milk in the fridge & will actually move towards it!Jacqui Osborne
Laughter is the best form of medicine, unless you're diabetic...in which case it's insulinGary Hill
'I Want One Of Those' is an anagram of 'fetish owe to anon'Darrell Felton
An "I'm feeling lucky" google search for "French military victories" will yield a suggestion for "French military failures" instead.Bob
More of the same things meaning opposites: 1) Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? 2) Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things? Andrzej Zieleniewski, Salisbury
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.Andrzej Zieleniewski, Salisbury
The number 21 is spoken as 'twenty one'; the number 31 as 'thirty one' etc. Why then isn't the number 11 spoken as 'onety one' or 'firsty one'?Andrzej Zieleniewski, Salisbury
Isn't it funny that when you lose something, you always find it in the last place you looked.Andrzej Zieleniewski, Salisbury
If you stretch out your arms to the side, the distance from middle finger to middle finger is the same as your heightSam , Stockton
the journey of a thousand miles starts with a broken fanbelt and a flat tyreashley, st larwence, jersey
"gift" translates from german to english as "poison"Stacey, Grimsby
Did you know 'Gullable' is not in the dictionary Barry, Liverpool
Many people believe that paper money (notes) is worth something. They are actually nothing more than a fancy i.o.u.Ciaran, Egham
February 29th is not in fact the day added to the end of a year to make it a leap year, February 24th is and the occurance of the 29th is merely a consequence of this.Mes
In the 1960s, a psychologist named Stanley Milgram set up an experiment where a number of volunteers believed they were giving an unseen 'learner' electric shocks if the learner got questions wrong. There were no electric shocks, but the learner acted as if they were. The study showed that more than half of the participants were willing to deliver a dangerously high voltage shock to the learner, who was screaming in pain the whole time, simply on the instructions of a guy in a white coat.Jon B
In reply to Andy Norris - in Indiana Jones the temple oof Doom, the club is called Club Obi WanRuthless, Essex
Has anybody ever bought a ball point pen? I know I haven't.Henrydog 3 Bones, West Bridgford
When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head.Emma Roids, Pratts Bottom
4 Rabbits can beat a Badger in a fightIan, Rocombe
Champagne and Baseball are English inventions, Chicken Tikka Masala comes from Glasgow and America was named after a Welshie, not an Italian. Furthermore, Jesus is English (I can't back that last one up)Peter Jinks, Iambetterthanyouton
Robinson Crusoe was the only man to get all work done by Fridayyogi, 1 twilight zone,
It is actually illegal to use your horn; 1 - Whilst stationary on the road. 2 - When driving in a built-up area between the hours of 11.30 pm and 7.00 am, except when another vehicle poses a danger. Additionally, it should be illegal to shop anywhere other than at www.IWOOT.com!PC Plodd, Plodds-Ville
If a tree falls in the woods and no-one is around, does it make a sound? Yes, if you placed a sound recorder (something not someone) in the wood then it would record the sound of a tree falling!Big A, ?
3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the population.Nick Mahy, Nottingham
Facetious (meaning joking or jesting often inappropriately) is the only word in the English language to have all the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) in the correct order! Cool!Sparky, Crouch End, London
The shortest sentence in the English language is: Go. J. Feher, Buffalo, NY
Why is there a "wake" before a funeral? Years ago, people drank out of cups and goblets which contained lead. Thus, people eventually succumed to lead poisoning and would go into a coma that seemed like death. However, after a day or so, the lead would leave the system and the person would wake up-- sometimes in the middle of their own funeral! Thus began the tradition of staying up all night with the deceased in case he should "wake." If they were buried anyway, sometimes they would wake up in the coffin! A bell was tied to a post by the grave and end of the string was left in the coffin. A person waking from the coma would ring the bell and thus be "saved by the bell." J. Feher, Buffalo, NY
racecar backwards spells racecarafro man, london
Confucius say: "man who run in front of car get tired, man who run behind car get exhausted, and man who fall in vat of molten glass make a spectacle of himself"Libby, Aberdeenshire
In 1956 abnormally low tides meant that people were actually able to cross from New Zealand to Australia by footSkiwi, Auckland
The saying isn't 'All roads lead to Rome'; actually the proper translation is 'All roads lead AWAY FROM Rome', as there is a boulder in the middle of the Forum known as the Umbilicus where they used to measure distances from and to such-and-such a place. I have a photo of this boulder.Alice, Winchester
one of the Cayman Islands has a 100% car accident rate - there are only two cars on the whole Island and they hit each other!Kristine, London
1 in 7 American adults cannot locate the USA on a world map!roger marsh, Barndennoch
The word 'X-Ray' is called that because when it was first developed, no-one knew what it was. X is the unknown in maths, so hence the name.Wouldn'tchaliketaknow, Manchester
60% of Seaguls will never see the sea.That chap, Birmingham
My rabbit can NOT ice danceHarryBo, Sutton Coldfield
totaphobia - the fear of absolutely everything totagoraphobia - the fear of being afraid of absolutely everything :P and, this one is true i promise, xanthaphobia - the fear of the colour yellow how strange :PSteph, Solihull
10001000111000100100010100110011010010101100000100101010101010101011111110000101010101010100110010110 is binary for 'look at this'luke harris, letchworth
I plan on living forever - so far, so good...el Marko , Gibraltar
Human blood is actually green it turns red when oxygen form the air mixes with the haeamoglobin from our cells turning it red. `trust me I',m a doctor'! Dr. Tim Davis, Worthing
Why does nobody ever have a negative number as their lucky number? Answer me that one.Snell, London
My dog can tell the difference between butter and "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter".Roo, Alresford
5/3 people don't know how to use fractions.Logan Langley, Zumbrota
Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer, it's too bad that he never criesLogan Langley, Zumbrota
Two oranges went to the pub. One said to the other, ' you're round'.Marianne, London
You park on a DRIVEWAY, yet drive on a PARKWAY. CARGO comes on a ship, yet a SHIPMENT comes on a truck. Also why do drive-up ATMs have Braille?Jason , Lowell
The root of the word "weird" is "wyrd" which means DESTINY.Fredric Matteson, Bainbridge Island
When your uncle says he's stolen your nose, he may in fact be lying. Chris , Somerset
4 out of 5 kids prefer crayons to guns.Blodeuwed the Owl, Bangor
'Murcielago', meaning 'bat' in English, is the only word in the Spanish language to contain all the vowelsJamie
I went on the pitch at carrow road and nearly fell over...but i didn't.J Kheng, Norwich
In Kyoto, Japanese food is referred to as 'food'Adam, London
If you leave a slice of cheese of a BBQ it will first turn black and then explode into flamesDave, Basingstoke
The definition of optimist is an English batsman who puts on sunscreen.Mel, Melbourne
The coolest place in the universe is in Finland. In Helsinki, scientists cooled a piece of rhodium to a tenth of a billionth of a degree above absolute zero (-273 C). In deep space, the temperature is around -245 C. The coolest natural place we know of is in the Boomerang Nebula, where temperatures fall to -271 C.Magical Trevor, Hyrule
A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEc) is when an element is cooled down to a fraction of a degree over absolute zero (-273 C). If you put a BEc element in a beaker and keep it cold enough it will begin to climb the walls of the beaker and escape. This is an attempt to reduce its own energy, which is already at its lowest level.Magical Trevor, Hyule
The speed of light is usually considered to be in the region of 300,000 km per second. This speed is only reached in a vacuum. The speed of light varies in different mediums, and the slowest recorded speed is 0 km per second, in other words a complete standstill. This was reached when light was shone through a Bose-Einstein condensate (for more information see my next post) of rubidium.Magical Trevor, Hyrule
In response to Richard A George's comment on glass being a liquid, it most definitely isn't. The only reason glass is thicker at the bottom is because medieval glass makers could not make sheets of glass perfectly flat. When this occured they stood the window with the thicker end facing downwards. The confusion over the state of glass most probably comes from Gustav Tammann, who when observing the molecular structure of glass whilst solidifying stated that it was "like a frozen super-cooled liquid.David, Hyrule
FACETIOUS is the shortest word in the English language with the vowels in the correct order. SEQUOIA is the shortest word with the vowels in any orderRobert Templar, Chester
Despite the fact that it exhibits Brownian Motion, tea is not a gas at any temperature.Jules, London
All the people who ate apples in 1875... are now dead!Rob C, PRESTON
How come irons don't have on/off switches? Does anyone know of any other electrical appliance that doesn't?!Fred S, Dublin
Peanuts are not a nut but the eggs of a ground-dwelling bird called the Burlen's Dwarf. I read that somewhere.Alan, Clentry
Whilst knocking down the old courts in Dublin they found a skeleton in the chimney, which had a medal around its neck. Upon further investigation the medal appeared to read "1896 Irish Hide and Seek Champion".Woops, Sunderland
The most played song of all time is that awful Nokia phone tune da da dah dah da da dah dah daaah etc. It is actually an excerpt from Francisco Tarregas Grans Val who lived during the 19th C. Don't you just wish his tune hadn't lived on? I bet he wishes he were still alive and living off the royalties he'd have made, perhaps he's haunting the Nokia bosses for his share right now...Claire M, Darlington
The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole" or "Female Horse Stuffed with Wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokoukole", translating into "Happiness in the Mouth."Lord S. Ansell, Burton
Blondie, you've got it wrong, it is the front door pockets in a Classic Mini that are designed to carry bottles of Gin (Which was designer Alec Issigonis's favourite tipple!)Caroline, Ipswich
Whilst sitting at your desk, raise your right leg slightly off the floor and start to rotate your foot clockwise, whilst at the same time drawing a "6" with your right hand. You will find that your foot automatically changes direction - go on, try it.Margaret Y, Fair Oak
Brad Dexter got his role in the Magnificent Seven after allegedly diving into a pool, saving Frank Sinatra`s life after he nearly drowned at one of his lavish parties. Sinatra is said to have used his "influence" to have won him the part ; His only major film role.Simon K, Freckleton
Pirates used to wear a gold earring so that if they drowned, and got swept up on a beach, they could still pay for their funeral.Chaz, Beeston, Notts
in starwars (return of the jedi) one of the storm trupers bangs his head on door as he runns in to the controle tower in the space stationpete, rochester
James Matthew Barry, the writer of Peter Pan, invented the name Wendy when he wrote the Peter Pan book.Joe Creed, Moreton-in-Marsh
When people say that someone's kicked the bucket, that means that said person is dead... So, if I JUST HAPPENED to boot a plastic bucket in a particularly peculiar fashion the other day... does that mean that I'm indeed dead?Vicki, Liverpool
My boss had a go at me for visiting this website. I caught him on it a couple of hours later. I got you a customer. What's my commission?HarryC, Portsmouth.
Due to the receding level in intelligence of the general public in Britain, the more complicated words in our language will be phased out, one of which is the word "gullible".Andy Harris, Wallasey
Not getting a sarcastic comment is also known as falling into the sar-chasm.John Harrington, Ireland
Prank for the day: get three sheep (or equivalent sized animals) and spray paint "1", "2" and "4" on their sides. Release them into a your school/office block/orphanage etc. and people will be trying to track down number 3 for hours!Snell, Reading
"Woes Of The Nation" and "Nation of Hot Ewes" are 2 strangely irrelevant anagrams of "I Want One Of Those", neither of which in any way seem to represent the magnificent of this wonderful online store, but both of which for some sad reason made me smile...Alexandra Blue, Littlehampton
babies are born without kneecaps, they don't grow until between the ages of 2 and 4Alexandra Blue, Littlehampton
I can resist anything except temptation!David Shelton, Tidworth
Whats RACE CAR backwards?? ................. ............... RACE CAR, go on try it...Lil Helzi, Luton
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was invented by an american in a toy shop after his boss wanted a new advertising campaignTrevor Murray, Peacehaven
did you know the rightous brothers were not the first to sing "unchained melody"?it was first sang by al hibbler in 1955and has been released 697 sincejennie rogers, burnley
Newton once stuck a needle in between his eyeball and eyesocket, to see what would happen - luckily for him nothing did. C4TW, ENGLAND
Egg mayonnaise can be used to polish wood, it removes all stains.C4TW, ENGLAND
more people are injured in vending machine accidents each year than in shark attacks...hahaKirsty, Oldham
A Banana has 5 sides, don't belive me go see.stevie g, here
"When reclaiming old graveyards for new developments, a disturbing number of the exhumed coffins have scratch marks on the inside of the lids. Aaron" This is because the stomach has exploded after the person was buried- the body fliuds and gases collect in the stomach and build up pressure until it explodes, the acidity of the fluids cause what looks like scratch marks, they weren't necessarily buried alive, so you don't need to be begging for that cremationJonny, England
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed peopleEthan, Newcastle
in the carol 'the twelve days of christmas' the total number of presents, that my true love gave to me, is 364!tina smith, wellingborough
Charlie, a 17 year old chimp is a black belt at karate .The american Jeff Jay can walk on stilts 18 m high, he needs a crane to get on them. In Sri Lanka, there is a life size cricket ball made from 2,704 diamonds and lots of SOLID gold. In Japan a ghost radar has been made, it apparently detects tiny vibrations in the magnetic turbulence - so if you want to waste your money, get one of these. In 2005 in Manchester, an boa constrictor made its way up a pipe and emerged from a toilet in someones' appartment. A large brick was placed on the lid to stop the snake from escaping until firemen (and plumbers) arrived.In a zoo in Tokyo, Gypsy, a 50 year old orangutan is an artist! She draws using crayons, she likes yellow and blue best. At last, for my final fact: I really really want a Wii, something I don't need, but I really really really really really want.james, tunbridge wells
One of my cats fetches just like a dog. He doesn't bark tho, but his meow can sound quite like a tweet.Susan Pringle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Polar bears fur isn't white, it's actually see-thoughMatt Farr, Manchester
Bill Gates' first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.George Conneely, Coventry, UK
The lengh of your foot is equal to the distance between your wrist and the crook of your elbow.! Go on try it. You'll be amazed.Belinda P., Auckland, New Zealand
Baby's crawl backwards before they crawl forwardsMB, Greater Seascale
How can you catch 22?karen smith, sheffield
38.75 % of statistics are made up.Robin, Leicester
I Like PieJak Cartmell, Callington
My boyfiend lies and thinks I don't know, I'll show him!Gia, IOW
Babies are made from playdough, i know because i have one, and he is all squishy and squashy.Therfore he must be made from playdough. If you happen to see one, poke it and see!Boytees bird, cold wet place
the opposite of elastic is in fact plastic !!moi, liverpool
Never argue with an idiot, they'll bring you down to their level then beat you with experience.Shonk, Bristol
Britney Spears is an anagram of presbyterians. She recently did an ad for pepsi cola which is an anagram of episcopal Toby, Brooklyn
"Better to reign in hell then serve in Heaven" John Milton paradise lostRory, derby
Handi Magnets are actually talking in British Sign Language! I'm a sign language interpreter & I understand the real British meaning of these hands! Most represent numbers, others mean "good" or "bad". And the so-called rude one, in British Sign Language, means "holiday" ! I'm buying a bunch for my deaf friends! They can alert their partners to how many bottles of milk are needed from the shop by sticking these hands on the fridge!Eileen Tucker, Wembley
Percy Spencer found a melted chocolate bar in his pocket after standing for a few moments in front of a magnetron. So began the invention of the microwave oven.Pat Wilkinson, Frome
if you spill red wine on your carpet use white wine to clean it.(this does actually work)laura hendry, Glasgow
A squash ball moving at 150 kilometres per hour has the same impact as a .22 bullet.Alexander L, Sevenoaks
If you drop a floppy disk or CD on its end, all the data falls to one side, making it unstable in the drive when you use it.Dean H, Brandon Suffolk
The ancient Greeks called our galaxy the "Milky Way" because they thought it was made from drops of milk from the breasts of the Greek goddess Hera.Barry M, Port Ellen
I've submitted over 1003 things we didn't know and I'm still not there, yet...Ethan, Newcastle
Rosebud was not a sled as Citizen Kane would have you believe, but William Randolph Hearst's pet name for a part of his girlfriend's body, Mary Pickford...Glenn , Ards
Open your start menu, go to run and put in "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" (without the apostrophes) and you get a rather nifty ASCII code version of Star Wars Episode IV!Stuart, Blyth
A crayfish has 200 chromosones compared with only 46 in a human or 14 in a pea.Beaujolly, Sandbach
The real name of the # (hash) symbol is an octothorpe. It signifies a layout of 8 fields (or 'thorpes' as in 'Scunthorpe') around a farm building.Beaujolly, Sandbach
The Sorcerer's name in Fantasia was Yensid (Disney backwards)Beaujolly, Sandbach
In 1924 Pope Urban viii threatened to excommunicate people who took snuffBeaujolly, Sandbach
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh is worshipped as a god by the people of Tanna, an island in the South West Pacific.Penny, Larkfield
In his spare time,in between developiong the theory of relativity,Albert Einstein designed fridges.Mark Webb, Grimsby
Two wrongs don't make a right. But three rights do make a left.Emzie, Cliffe Woods, England
Its impossible to say "beer can" without sounding like a jamacian saying bacon.Lauren Thomas, Potters Bar , herts
I am being paid at work to read this...Chris, Portslade
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Ian Grubb, Salisbury
Rolf Harris was the 1948 junior backstroke champion of australia Best thing hes ever done i think xxxSam Barker, Hull
sitting on a chair, raise your feet and turn them either clock or anti clockwise, now try and move your hands in the opposite direction at the same time.......its impossible!emboo, london
If a Homeopathist forgets to take his medicine he will die of an overdose.Mark, Scarborough
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovocanoconiosis is the longest word i know that i can spell from memoryChris K, Plymouth
How do 'Keep of the Grass' signs get there?Liz J, Stratford Upon Avon
Billy Joel played the piano on the Sahgri-Las' "Leader Of The Pack" in 1965. It was his first paid studio session work.Suttonandy, Sutton
'Tis better to remain silent, and be thought a fool - Than to speak and remove all doubt!Will, Tulsa
I beat a past European Highboard Diving Gold Medallist in a burping competition at a dinner dance.ScooterG1rl, Horsham
The largest school in the world is city montessori in lucknow, northern india. it has more than 27,000 pupils.cam f , haven
We can't spell Failure without youBoltona667, Aylesbury
"There's nothing worse than....." is never true.Tom Dickson, Wormleighton
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.Grewsome Newman, Gloucester
Do smarties realy have the answer?Rob , Poole
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.Tanya, Grays
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.Lynne H, Flamborough
Captain Cooks' death at the hands of native Hawaiians/Hawaians/Hawaiiaanans.............Pacific ocean islanders was caused by his revisiting the islands during the same season; during his first visit he was regarded as being the fabled white god that would bring a good harvest that year and was treated as such, however a second visit in the same year was regarded as being extremely bad luck indeed and he was therefore given a right royal kicking! Anyone else been clubbed to death in the surf for forgetting their flip-flops?smithers, Saturn
THE FIRST PERSON TO BE SHOT IN THE FILM 'ZULU'? WILL... "SHOOT AT WILL".Me, Leic
Try opening your post in the dark and you will find the glue on pre-glued envelopes glows bright blue as you tear the flap off. Nobody believes me, but it's true...Rupes, Reigate
The UK's coastline is 12430km long. The straight line distance from London to New York is 5530km.Louis
In all the years that Concorde flew, the RAF never had a plane fast enough to catch it.Ray K, Bournemouth
"Women are like tea bags - getting into hot water makes them stronger." - Nancy Reagan.Judith E, Penarth
The space between the tip of your thumb and the tip of your lil finger (when you spread out your hand) is the distance between your nipples!Dog Food, Belfast
The corners that are cut off green Rizlas are sold to the Sydney Opera House to use as fake snow.Michael, Exeter
The next sentence is true. The last sentence was a lie.Mike R., Guernsey
EXPLODING WATER: "If water is boiled and reboiled in a microwave many times, eventually all the impurities in it are gone." What a load of rubbish, the impurities will still be there, only deionised or distilled water will have no impurities and become super-heated if microwaved.Rob, Warrington
The original script for the Lord of the Rings was only five pages long. Chuck Norris played Frodo and kicked Sauron's ass halfway through the first chapter.Anubite
Student nurses are taught when making a bed to face the open end of the pillow away from the door... this is in case a sandstorm blows through the ward and fills the pillow with sand. Dates back to Florence!Angela B, Gillingham
Some of it, plus the rest of it, is all of it.Keith H, Blackpool
During the 1939-45 War, Great Britain established an artificial island on the High Seas. This island was equipped with radar and heavy armaments and occupied by some two hundred servicemen. The task of the island and its inhabitants was to guard the approaches to the Thames Estuary, where large and vulnerable convoys of shipping were assembled. Some time after the cessation of hostilities, the island was derelicted and abandoned by the British Government. In the winter of 1966, a British family took possession and commenced the task of equipping and restoring the island. On 2 September 1967, they hoisted their own flag and declared the existence of a new state - the Principality of Sealand. I can see the fort from where I live and I have been past it on the ferry - not a good place for a family holiday...Helen G, Harwich
Throw your empty beer cans in the back of your car when you have finished them. When they roll about they make great floor chimes.Jamie K, Kinlochbervie
The eastern entrance of the Panama Canal is located geographically further west than the western entrance. Look it up in an atlas. Weird, huh?Iain M, Worcester
I have known only shame.Then last week, I experienced surprise.AL, Minehead
What if there were no hypothetical questions?Tee C, Paisley
The motto of the French Navy is "To the water, it is time!" In French: "à l'eau, c'est l'heure!"Glackton F, Exit
Bosses should be buried - deep down they are nice people.Hade Nough, Ipswich
Shooters Hill gets its name as it was the stick-up point for highwaymen, the most famous of whom was Dick Turpin.Mark, Greenwich
There's not many words that change their meaning when you capitalise them - 'polish' is one of them.Beatpig, Nottingham
Torchwood, the BBC3 programme, is an anagram of 'Doctor Who', where Torchwood came from.Matty
When a piece of clothing says 'Hand wash only', they do really mean it... (oops!) I'm hoping my flatmate wont notice!!!Anon, West Sussex
For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.Wayne R, Wakefield
It's apparently illegal to name a pig "Napoleon" in France!Mike C, Brighton
It is a criminal offence in certain parts of Switzerland for a man to urinate standing up after 10PMBarnacle Bill, Swizerland
the word 'trivia' comes from the laitn 'Tri Via' as in the three roads where the female townsfolk used to stand in the village and have a gossip. hence, 'trivia'.Sandra, Edinburgh
Gloucestershire Airport is planning to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.Oboe Panda Girl
It's all the vegetarians fault. If Adam & Eve had just eaten the snake instead of the apple, we'd all still be in Paradise.Pauline, Liverpool
The side pockets in the rear of a classic Mini were designed to hold the ingredients to make a gin and tonic.Blondie
EXPLODING WATER:
If water is boiled and reboiled in a microwave many times, eventually all the impurities in it are gone. It is the impurities in water that cause it to boil, so when these are removed the water can be heated beyond boiling point without boiling. When an object such as a spoon is placed in the water, the impurities on the spoon go into the superheated water, causing it to boil so rapidly it seems to be exploding.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!David , Hyrule
If our solar system (8 billion miles in diameter) was scaled down to a 5mm disk, the first star we would come to (on the same scale) would be 6km away.Ollie P, Blackpool
If my auntie is a vegetarian, why is she still fat?George A, Derby, Chellaston
For the blockbuster movie "The Terminator," O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers did not choose him as they thought he would not be taken seriously. And 'Canada' is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".Pixie, London
'Fratton Park' spelt backwards is 'Krap, Not 'Arf'.Sith Princess
When you get an estimated utility bill, send an estimated cheque.John B, Bristol
If you could stack up all the copies of the Guinness book of records made just in the year 1985, your pile would reach into outer space. It would be 1,006 miles high.David S, Coventry
Squirrels swim on their backs to keep their nuts dry.BJ, North Wales
The bits of plastic that are left over after you've made an Airfix kit are called 'sprue'.Bernie, Mold
The notion that 'Coca-Cola' translates to Chinese as 'Bite the wax tadpole'" is a myth. It in fact means "Happy mouth, Happy taste".Laowai, Liuzhou, China
'Goodbye' is derived from the phrase 'God be with ye' .Andrew, Drofmats
Grapes explode when microwaved.Andrew, Drofmats
Colgate translated into Spanish means "hang yourself".Roberto , USA
The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.Mark (Kr@m), Oxford
[WARNING: FILM SPOILER FOLLOWS - Ed] In Pulp Fiction, it is Marsellus's soul that's in the briefcase - hence the eerie glow and the plaster on the back of his neck - a Greek mythology reference. I sold it back to him - that's why the combination on the briefcase is '666'.Satan, The Warm Place
The Sega Corporation (one of the world's most famous video gaming industries) was originally founded in 1940 as 'Service Games' to provide coin-operated amusements for American servicemen on military bases. They didn't start making video games until 1965.Gary B, Ipswich
If you are trapped in the middle of a room full of people and everybody is rushing to the door, rather than push forwards, go sideways and then make your way along the wall.Scarlet
The word 'dude' does not come from early cowboy days and 'dude ranches'. It does have its history in America, however, from the time British settlers first started to colonise. The friendly formal greeting "How do you do" became slackened into "Howdy doody" which eventually became "Howdy Dude"!Dufasio, Xexet_sw
They don't actually drink Umbongo in the Congo.MarketingMan, UK
You may think MS notepad is a pretty much uncrashable programme - well, think again. Open a new notepad document, type "this app can break" (without the " ). Save the file and reopen it, see what happens!Oli , Salisbury
Humphrey Bogart's last words? "The problem with the world is that everyone else is 2 drinks behind".Harry B
The cat is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the bible.Jo-ann, Staffordshire
Banging two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching. Jane H, Wrexham
To fix a dog with no tail, simply give it some retail therapy.Ricky, Hull
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington Chemistry mid-term.
The answer by one student was so profound that the professor shared it with colleagues via the Internet which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
BONUS QUESTION: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell, and the rate at which they are leaving.
I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct... leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God." THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".Mike D, Kings Langley
There is more nutritional value in a mouse than in a tin of cat food (guess you have to be furry to appreciate this one!) Jax W, Sawtry
If you stand on the highest point on the Isle of Wight, you can see as far back as 1966.Pal, Hampshire
Glass is not a liquid. Panes of glass thicker at the bottom are that way due to imprecise fabrication methods. It would take millions of years for glass to "move" at all.W., Yonder
I can lick my elbow... apparently it's impossible.Nicki, Somerset
When Chuck Norris does press-ups, he stays still - it's the earth that moves downward.Doug, Foggieloan
Becky knows I fancy her now.Mini-Hef, Swindon
The average 4 year old asks 100 questions a daytom.odgers, somerset
I fancy Becky, but she doesn't know that yet.Mini-Hef, Swindon
I want to be a pirate.Sam, Shepshed
If there was a 30m high wall running all the way round France, you could fill it with water...Jules, London
The circumference of a pint glass is longer than its height.Lisa, Dorchester
Bob's my uncle.TreZ
Pepsi's slogan 'Pepsi - Choice of a New Generation' translated into Chinese reads 'Pepsi - will bring your ancestors back from the dead'.Cheryl, Edinburgh
The American phrase 'so long' is actually their interpretation of 'slan' (pronounced slawn)- the Irish for goodbye.The Village Idiot, Dublin
A peanut is not a nut. It's a legume. It's part of the pea family.Lee Peart, Cleethorpes
During the the space race, America spent millions of dollars trying to develop a pen that could write in zero g... the Russians used a pencil.Josh A, Enterprise, Alabama
If you were to spell out numbers until you found the letter "A", you'd have to go until you got to one thousAndsam Kerridge, Scunny
"I am" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.Sam Kerridge, scunny
What shape does a pear go when it goes wrong?Chris Pollard, Burnley
What the English and the Americans call a "French Kiss" is what the French call an "English Kiss".Jess, Bournemouth
U2 were playing a gig in Dublin, and Bono decided to try and convince the crowd to donate money to help poverty. He stood in front of the crowd, clicking his fingers once every two seconds. "Every time I click my fingers," he told the crowd, "a child dies in Africa." A heckler from the crowd shouted back, "Stop &*%$ing doing it then!"Chris B, Portsmouth
The last one that tried it came out of there shouting, "Holy mother of god, is there ANYTHING more frightening?" We just laughed 'cause we'd seen it before. A lot. There'll be another one along soon, we'll laugh at him too. We'll laugh and laugh and laugh. Probably 'til we wet ourselves. But it won't stop there, oh no. It'll go on and on and on. You know what I mean, don't you?Fronk, Paris
Only in Britain do banks leave both doors open but chain their pens to the counter.Jess, Brick Hill
The word 'Wight' in the Isle of Wight is Olde English for 'man'. So England has two islands off her coast called the Isle of Man! Sandra D
Those little round bits of paper formed by hole-punchers are called 'Chads' Leanne G
If you want to scare some German people, run up to them and say "Hallo Ich heisse Herr Kartoffelkopf. Ich wohne in einem Buecherregal, der gross und rose ist. Ich bin seit drei Jahren mit einem schnauzbaertigen Nilpferd gebliebt". This means "Hello. My name is Mr. Potatohead. I live in a large pink bookcase. I have been staying with a moustachioed hippo for 3 years." Jeremy W
An ant can survive for up to 2 weeks underwater Danni
"Rhythms" is a word with seven consonants in a row and no vowels at all. My eleven year old son came up with this when I told him of the message sent in by Suz P about the the only word in the English language to contain five consonants in a row being "witchcraft"... Anni
Don't buy a Mitsubishi Pajero for street cred - in Spanish it means "Tramp" or "Man of the road", in South American dialects it means "W*****" Romano P
All the clocks in 'Pulp Fiction' are stuck at 4.20Danni
More people died after the battle of Trafalgar due to bad weather than during the whole battle.Adam
The Vauxhall Nova has never sold well in Spain as No Va means "it doesn't go". Rob Griffin
There is a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore looking stupid.John Melbourne
It is unfortunate that the Lone Ranger called his faithful companion Tonto. Its Spanish for Idiot!Frank Lowe
In the hit series "Friends" in the very beggining chandler and joeys door number is 4 and monicas is 5 then by the 2 nd series they are in the same house but somehow there numbers magically change to 19 and 20. Shell
If you stir liquid Helium III and stop, it will continue to swirl forever, it can also flow uphill. It is what's known as a super liquid.David
Coca-Cola was originally green. Which explains a lot about what is in it. As if we want to know.Helen
I bet you didn't know that badgers don't really exist! I cannot find a single person who has seen a live one. and I live in the countryside! Chris Pearce
If a disabled person parks in an 'able bodied' parking space, they don't get clamped!Chris
In response to the earlier comment, "If you mouth the word 'colourful' to someone, it looks like you are saying 'I love you'!"; if you mouthed 'vacuum' to someone, expect a punch in the mouth! Garbo Kwok, nursing a bloody lip
The wife of the Sultan is a Sultana.Christine Chui
I have seen not one badger but 3 all together and I have a photo - see they do exist, like fairies do.Helen
Why is evaporated milk still there?Emma
Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.Tufty
Mother In Law. Re-arrange it, what do you get? Woman HitlerLwona
Facetious contains all the vowels in order! Now there's something REALLY interesting and useful (I'm not being serious, I'm being facetious!)Ollie
What came first, the colour orange or the fruit?Big Daddy O
I used to live in a flat where the toilet used to flush itself in the middle of the night! Apparently it was caused by a small hole in the ballcock that let water in slowly after I went to bed. When the thing filled up, it would flush about 4 am! Creepy but true.Janet
Don't buy a Gnome with learning difficulties - It's not big and its not clever!Kim
On Aug. 16, 1960 Captain Joseph Kittinger of US Air Force bailed out of a polyethylene plastic balloon at an altitude of 31,354 m (19.5 miles) setting a new altitude record for balloon flight and a new record for parachute descent. He fell for 4 minutes 36 seconds and reached a speed of 600mph. He still holds the record.Swim
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.Melling
'Tonto' in Spanish means silly, not idiot.Troy
I was thinking of submitting some tidbit about the word "flagrant' ...but that would just be a flagrant use of the word flagrant.Adam
Stewardesses is the longest word you type on a keyboard using only your left hand.Melling
People will read anything, even this: uw droevig als u omhoog dit keek, and then you will wonder what it says.Elliot
Never argue with an idiot; you lower yourself to their level and then they beat you with experience.Alistair
The Huamn brian only reiqures the frsit and lsat letters of a wrod to be albe to raed a snetnece. It intsnalty rerararnegs all the ltteers into the rgiht odrer. How cool is that?Dave
The longest word in the english language which does not repeat anmy letters is uncopywritable.Jack
International Talk Like A Pirate Day is 19th September. Avast me hearties!!Tracy
The Moon is running away from the Earth (towards the sun) at a rate of about 3.8cm per year. This slows the rotation of the earth making our days longer by around 2 milliseconds every 100 years. Scientists have known this since 1695 and been able to prove it since 1748, so how is it I only found out today?Mike R
If the bill for a meal at a restaurant doesn't arrive for 50 minutes, the meal is free.The Yeti
The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things. Desertwellie
Selfridges don't sell fridges.Adrian
The worlds total expenditure on biosecurity quarantine (keeping alien invasive species out of the country) is $1.5-2 billion per year, which is the same amount of money that people spend on mobile ringtones per year. Christina
When a polar bear meets a panda in a restaurant, they have a fight.B Little
Every Cadburys cream egg contains half a pound of sugar.A.
It's only the hairs on a gooseberry that stops it from being a grape!Desertwellie
Atheism is a non-prophet organisation.Simon K.
There are more Irish people in the rest of the world than there are in Ireland itself. The Irish tourist board is aware of this and has changed their slogan to "Ireland, We're Not All There!"Lofty
I can fit my big toe in my mouth.Timmy
If these boots are made for walking, what are those boots for?Desertwellie
Should a married couple be frank and earnest, or should one of them be a woman?Cathryn
Double negatives are a big no-no.Jamie M.
100% of all divorces start with a marriage!Desertwellie
My girlfriend thought there where 60 pennies to the pound. I found this out when she said I could get 100 prints for 1p a print. Asked how much that would be and said £1.40... Now where do I stand when she goes shopping!!!Roger T.
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other guy die for his."Duff
OH PHUQ, is posh people's swearing.Chris
Who thought of drinking cows milk when they can't have known it was milk?Rory
Every single question imaginable, regardless of context and subject, can be countered by the phrase "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"Snell
If a Boeing 747 was to fly upside down its wings would drop off!Robert Gates
In addition to Facetious... the other 2 words in English with the vowels in alphabetical order are: Arsenious and Abstemious. Not at all useful, but then again, neither is dust... doesn't stop us collecting it.Andy Parker
I actually knew a girl named Annette Curtain. There was also a man who lived on my street when I was younger called Alf Hookam. Astonishing that someone actually gave these names to their children, condeming them to a life of misery, mental torture, and physical violence!Paul K.
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?Rachel
What does MFI and John Prescot have in common? One misplaced screw and the whole cabinet falls apart!Paul K.
A hole is the only thing known to man that gets bigger the more you take away from it.Paul K.
The river Yansee is the 2nd largest river in the world....good ol' Michael Palin…Kim Barrett
Ornithologists have only got birds in their head.Michael Wolynskyj
Life is like a Llama on rollarskates; whenever you are hungry it will rain.Liz
I have seen a wild Badger, so they do exist, fool!Barney
You can only fold any piece of paper in half seven times! Try it, eight just can't be done!!! Joanne
National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA for short - that claim to have sent man to the moon etc - also stands for N_ever A_ctually S_aw A_nything =)Peter 'Morpyre' Turner
White Star Line's lesser-known failure: 'The Unshippable Sink'.Michael C
The dot above the letters i and j is called a 'tittle'.Alastair
My granddad retired two years ago and has kept fit by walking five miles every morning. Does anyone know where he is?Mike, Wharfedale
We only use 10% of our brains. Imagine what we could accomplish if we just used the other 60%.Azarath, Redbridge
What could be more dangerous than being with a fool? Fooling with a bee.Azarath, Redbridge
Furniture vans go for long periods of time containing absolutely no furniture whatsoever.James D, Abingdon
Entering your team under a rude name in the office quiz is not conducive to being promoted. Quite the opposite, in fact.Jack S
Squeezing hard on the fleshy joint between your thumb and hand for a few minutes will relieve a headache. This area is a pressure point that releases endorphines (happy signals) in the brain and knocks out the painful effects of the headache!Simon - South Yorkshire
Anfield is the length of one football field.Phil, London
The only word in the English language to contain five consonants in a row is 'witchcraft'.Suz P
Despite constant warning, you've never met anyone who has had their arm broken by a swan.BEXSTAR, PORTSMOUTH
'QUARK' IS THE NOISE MADE BY A POSH DUCK.Kevin, Essex
I am the proud adopted father of a fruit bat at London Zoo. His name is Kevin.Adam R
'Duoliteral' is the shortest word in the English language to feature all the vowels in reverse order. There is no point in knowing this.David B, Reading
If you could travel at 50 times the speed of light, to a planet 50 light years away it would take you 1 year. However, the long journey would be of benefit if you had an impossibly massive telescope maybe 1,000,000 times bigger than Hubble or more (i.e. so you could see things as close up as people walking about). You could look back at the Earth and see life 49 years ago! But... the Earth would still be at present time, just you would be looking at the light emitted 49 years ago as it takes so long to get there. So in a way we CAN travel in a way to see back in time!Mark C, Banbury
The only survivor of the Munich Air Disaster still playing top flight football? John Lukic (his mother was a nurse on the plane who was pregnant with him at the time.)Marco Cassandro, London
The chips in Littleport are getting worse. Try Alans in Ely :o)glen
The best way to get rid of people doing your windscreen at traffic lights is to roll down your window and say in a very high pitched voice 'if I lose my mittens and then find them again, can I have some pie?'Martin, Plymouth
What's sliced bread the best thing since?Steffi
The Intel Chip fabrication site Rio Rancho New Mexico uses 10 million litres of water a day for cleaning chips. The over 10litres of water per square centimetre.Gordon McGregor
Diana Dors once played the part of a wicked babysitter. she had to have a convincing wart so the make up girls used a coloured Rice Krispie and glued it on!tony christy
My grandfather always said fight fire with fire... which is why he got sacked from the fire brigade...Jack, Maidstone
If you take the first two letters of your surname; first two of your first name; first two of your mother's maiden name; first two of the county/state you live in - add in that order, you will get your star wars name.Dominion
More people are killed by donkeys every year than are killed in plane crashes.Rebekah Mayne, Bangor, NI
Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an a***holeian_bernard
How can one person chop down a tree and then chop up the same tree?Benny Catchesides, Thornbury, Bristol
Although money can't buy you happiness, it can buy you a load of stuff that looks, feels and smells exactly like happinessI'm Hunting Wabbit
If Bill Gates were to cash in his assets tomorrow, there is not enough US currency in circulation in the world for him to walk away with his net worth in cash.Kay Cahill
You rear Children and you raise Cattlercampbell
If we use the Greek letter 'pi' to symbolise 3.141592... what do the Greeks use?Dave, Swindonia
In Star Wars Episode One, in the pod-racing scene ET and Indiana Jones are spectators in the crowdAndy Norris
There is new Barbie doll in the shops - Divorced Barbie (complete with all Ken's accessories)Adrian Lindley, Sheffield
The average distance walked at a National Trust property is 12 feet. Old people walking from the car to the bin as they sit and look at an old building from the car park.rich.hughes
I'M Spartacus.Emma, London
The composer Robert Schumann fancied himself to have many different personalities. He gave them all names, then wrote a multi movement piece about them. In the final movement all of his personalities get together and have a party and praise Schumann for his excellent musical skills.A Minor
A hedgehog trained to scuttle up and down the table from guest to guest makes an unusual mobile cheese and pineapple cube nibble dispenser at cocktail parties.Gary White, Edinburgh
You can't score a six at Shepley Cricket Club because of foot and mouth. It counts as four and you have to put some special wellies on to fetch the ball.jamie turner
Theory and practice are the same in theory but different in practice.Zyqwiz, Rickmansworth
Glass is a liquid. After approximately 10 years a window will be thicker at the bottom than at the top. I have a friend who can fit a protractor in his mouth. Ex Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was on the university science team which developed the first portable ice cream machines used in ice cream vans. Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland has a temperate climate, they were named so to confuse Viking invaders. The footprints of the first men on the moon will still be there after the pyramids have eroded. I am full of useless information.Richard A George
The opposite of Progress is Congress.Dohdohs, Delaware, USA
The human small intestine if straightened out and measured with a ruler would no longer work properly.kaikiman
There are two industries in the world that refer to customers as 'users'. One is the IT industry. The other is the illegal drugs industry.Tony, High Wycombe
Norway has a longer coastline than USAOeikli
The only footballer to play in the Glasgow derby, the Manchester derby and the Liverpool derby is Andreij Kanchelskis!Greg Davies, Reading
You can turn MS Excel 97 into a (basic) flight simulator by doing this: Press F5 to open a new workbook type in "X97:L97" click OK press Tab once hold down Ctrl + Shift and then click on the Chart Wizard icon. Use the mouse to steer the left and right buttons to control the speed. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to exit. Whaddya think of that?!alicefunnell
Everyone brings joy to this office, some when they enter, others when they leave.Chris S, Bicknacre
'Coca-Cola' translates to Chinese as 'Bite the wax tadpole'Web Mistress
My dad had a friend who married a schizophrenic called Annette. She had a terrible time trying to pull herself together after she married Mr Curtain.Bob Lakey, Airdrie
My mum still makes me sandwiches for work!marinos
When you see a statue of a soldier on a horse in a park: if the horse has both front legs off the ground, the rider died in battle; if the horse has just one front leg off the ground the rider died from wounds they got in battle; and if the horse has all 4 legs on the ground the rider died from natural causes.Lucy C, Ripon
Britney Spears is modern rhyming slang for 'beers'. e.g. "Give us a couple of Britneys will ya Doreen"Andrew Hare
Architectural working drawings cannot be done by interpretive danceDavid McConnachie, Ottawa, Canada
My cat uses our neighbours' ponds as self-service sushi barsdavid.mcneight
Women will never be equal until there are mediocre women in top jobs (Julie Burchill, I think).Jan, Maidenhead
I once borrowed as many pens as I could from all my classmates (in a boring English class) and was able to hang all 47 of them on my head, ie on nose, ears, glasses, hair etc. - a new school record.Omega3
About the comment that "Knightsbridge" is the word with the most consecutive consonants, that's wrong - it only has 6. Dysrhythmia and polyrhythms have 9 consecutive consonants.Simon Biber, Australia
the word TRIVIA is derived from Roman times when they would post notices and info on boards (the first billboards?) at crossroads or the meeting of THREE WAYS hence TRI-VIA.... bet ya didn't know THAT!nick
Does anyone know where my good shovel is?H, Bottom of the Garden
There is an empty vodka bottle stuck to my kitchen floor, and I have no idea how it got there. I suspect my flatmate.Little Star
'Knightsbridge' is the word with the most consonants in a row...Peter Wilson, London
I am sitting typing this wearing a snake print chemise.timcarson
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.Vik, London
CHELSEA F.C WILL NOT WIN THE F.A CUPCardenal Sin
The buttons that are on a man's jacket cuff date back to the decorations that used to be used to stop manservants wiping their noses on the sleeves of their uniforms - esp in RussiaFelicity Richardson, Cornwall
After Noah built the Ark and survived the Great Flood, God appeared to him and asked him to build another Ark seven decks high. "Another Ark, my Lord? Am I to fill it with 2 of every creature again?". God replied "No, you will fill it with fish". "Ah", said Noah "a Multi-Storey Carp Ark"brunhilde
Why keep red wine at room temperature? Red wine has been around for hundreds of years, but central heating has not. Red wine, if anything should be slightly chilled - certainly less than 19 degrees, the 20th/21st century room temp!Tyler D
The intestine of a Southern Asian dweller is 2" shorter than a EuropeanBrown Derek T
I spiked the Christmas punch last year. Sorry Dad.Pen Brown, London
In March 1992 a man living in Newton near Boston, Massachusetts received a bill for his as yet unused credit card stating that he owed $0.00. He ignored it and threw it away. In April he received another and threw that one away too. The following month the credit card company sent him a very nasty note stating they were going to cancel his card if he didn't send them $0.00 by return of post. He called them, talked to them, they said it was a computer error and told him they'd take care of it. The following month he decided that it was about time that he tried out the troublesome credit card figuring that if there were purchases on his account it would put an end to his ridiculous predicament. However, in the first store that he produced his credit card in payment for his purchases he found that his card had been cancelled. He called the credit card company who apologised for the computer error once again and said that they would take care of it. The next day he got a bill for $0.00 stating that payment was now overdue. Assuming that having spoken to the credit card company only the previous day the latest bill was yet another mistake he ignored it, trusting that the company would be as good as their word and sort the problem out. The next month he got a bill for $0.00 stating that he had 10 days to pay his account or the company would have to take steps to recover the debt. Finally giving in, he thought he would play the company at their own game and mailed them a check for $0.00. The computer duly processed his account and returned a statement to the effect that he now owed the credit card company nothing at all. A week later, the man's bank called him asking him what he was doing writing a check for $0.00. After a lengthy explanation the bank replied that the $0.00 check had caused their check processing software to fail. The bank could not now process ANY checks from ANY of their customers that day because the check for $0.00 was causing the computer to crash. The following month the man received a letter from the credit card company claiming that his check had bounced and that he now owed them $0.00 and unless he sent a check by return of post they would be taking steps to recover the debt. The man, who had been considering buying his wife a computer for her birthday, bought her a typewriter instead.Richard Newton, Birmingham
The Bank of England was founded by a Scotsman, and The Bank of Scotland was founded by an Englishman.Irene D, Inverclyde
Tap water has already passed through eight human bodiesBwar73
I used to work in a zoo circumsizing elephants - the wages were crap, but the tips were massive!James Burnell, Stirling
In the Wizard of Oz, one of the Munchkins steps forwards and says "Judy" instead of "Dorothy".Nish
I have submitted 782 things we didn't know so far this evening and not one of them has appeared on the website. Yet.Doctor Scott, Coventry
my dog can't spellPompey Daz
If the space between the nucleus and the electrons of every atom was taken out the whole universe would fit into 1cm cubed!Frost 2050
Hawaiian lava when polished makes beautiful jewellery.Jacob
There is very little advice in men's magazines. This is because a guy thinks 'I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked'.Mike W, London
Your body treats anything more than 8% alcohol as a poison and doesn't process some of it. That's why cider (normally around 7-8%) gets you the most drunk. Also mixing spirits gets you more drunk them drinking them neat. I bet you didn't know that.Andrew
Niagara Falls is switched off at night.M Pirso
Since light travels faster than sound, is that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?Wideboy
The reason why the English Channel is 2 feet higher on the French side is, contrary to popular opinion, nothing to do with centrifugal force. It's because the French are slowly stealing our water - that's why there've been so many droughts in the UK over the last few years.Andy, Oman
in the Philippines there is actually a dress shop named Elizabeth Tailoring and a bakery called Anita BakeryFrances Posa
The first man to die during the construction of Hoover Dam in the 1930s was the son of the last man to die whilst undertaking work on its construction.Craig Alan Smith
My great great great grandad played the bagpipes to a penguin at the South Pole in 1902. He was on the Scottish National Scientific Expedition (1902 to 1904). He was in full Highland Dress and had the penguin tied to his foot with a piece of string:Maggi Robinson
The castaway 2000 programme is actually a thriller series set up by the BBC. The castaways are all actors, and slowly, month by month they are intending on building it into a "blair-witch" style program. The transformation has already started; in the last episode there was a tin of paint that had been sabotaged and the gates to the pig enclosure had been mysteriously left open. Chance; I think not. Just wait and see.Cueball
If you cut the heads off two cockroaches and join the head of one to the body of the other using a thin plastic straw (such as the inside of a biro) the body of one will walk around using the other one's head to see and can actually eat and live for quite a while as the food that the head eats passes the juices along the straw to the body. Give it a try, it's a laugh.Dave Allen
A MAN WENT TO A FANCY DRESS PARTY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ON HIS SHOULDERS. HIS FRIEND SAID "WHAT HAVE YOU COME AS?" HE REPLIED, "A SNAIL. THIS IS MICHELLE."Barbara, Runcorn
there is a site on the web with a 24hr web cam pointed at the spot where the second coming of Jesus is supposed to take place.Salksk
The Sargasso Sea laps at the shores of preciously no nations - being as it is a region of the western Atlantic Ocean entirely surrounded by more... er... ocean.Darren
Your image should be upside down when looking in a mirror.Mike Kozlowski
It's actually 2004 - one of the popes decided he didn't like what happened 4 years during his lifetime and re-wrote history.Fan 2107
I can fit a calculator in my mouthDean
There's a green rose growing in Little St Mary's Churchyard in Cambridge.Lyon Liz
This stuff about the universe being flat is just not true - I saw a small lump in it yesterday.S Hyde
How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb? Two, but I don't know how they got in there...Culloch
Whilst in bed you can protect yourself from vampires and werewolves by hiding under the covers.Gordon Brown
The only person in the World that Bruce Lee thought would beat him in a fight was Muhammed AliAlee
I recently featured in a Blackpool tourist brochure eating prawns at the Pleasure Beach. Guess this makes me a "soft-prawn" star!Emsiecov
A friend of mine gets paid to watch Star Wars. He makes up for this by reading Chaucer in his spare time.Derick Williamson
The oxymoron of the moment: "Microsoft Works"Steve
Why do we clink glasses when we 'cheers' someone before drinking? Because in mediaeval times they would clash glasses so that liquid from each glass would spill into one another's glass & prove that both were drinking with good will and not to poison each other!Waldersley
There's a patch of very vivid green fur on the bottom of my coffee mug, which may well turn out to be a cure for cancer. Or maybe a cause of sickness and diarrhoea.G R B, Cambridge
Shooters Hill in S E London is the highest point, in a straight line, drawn between London & MoscowBrian
Whoopie Goldberg has secretly married Peter Cushing - she is now known as...Gary Haberfield
Iwoot means in Korean,"neighbourhood" or neighbour.Cipro
i used to be a werewolf but i am alright nowDavid Cato
Acne is caused by watching Chuck Norris moviesBouch
If you get biro on your blouse or shirt and spray it with hairspray it comes out.Tina
The least successful exhibition ever was held by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents at Harrogate in 1968. The entire display fell down.Thomas
People from Portsmouth spit out of the windows of their cars on entering Southampton.Paul Wright, Portsmouth
Tribes around the world used to use goldfish as currency, dried of course, because they thought they looked pretty and humans have always been magpies at heart. In fact, when these were no longer suitable because entire vaults of goldfish would decompose if there was too much moisture in the atmosphere, gold coins were fashioned in the shape of the fish, to be used as a replacement. However after a year or two it was discovered that the fins and tails of these coins were catching in trouser pockets and wearing them through, so they were removed and the round coins that we know these days came into being.Flipmo Jim
Trees break wind.M Anderson
In tribute to those 'special' customers we all love! An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny and making her point when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. A crowded United flight was cancelled. A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said "I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS." The agent replied "I'm sorry sir. I'll be happy to try to help you but I've got to help these folks first and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out." The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly so that the passengers behind him could hear "Do you have any idea who I am?" Without hesitating the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. "May I have your attention please?" she began her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity please come to the gate." With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore F*** you!" Without flinching she smiled and said "I'm sorry sir but you'll have to stand in line for that too."Marc Cohen, Herts
The term "devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.Andy, London
The original Han Solo was meant to played by Christopher WalkenAnt Harding
They are building little tunnels for hedgehogs so they don't get squished on roads. Now all hedgehogs can get stuck in tunnels and die instead of being squished. I think being a hedgehog must be hard.Victoria Walters, Southampton
According to a new study, 63% of men surveyed said they like to settle an argument by having sex. The other 37% of the men said they would never want to get into an argument with those men.Big Mike
Siemens have a depot in StainesSean
Want to hold up a bank in Latin? "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad caput tuum saxumim mane mittam." (I have a catapult. Give me all the money or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.)Victor Chong, London
Mexicans worry about tourists scandalising their wardrobes (Sign on hotel room door: "Please do not scandalise the wardrobes" - Gran Hotel, Merida)Steve King
Dylan Thomas's last words were "17 whiskeys. That must be a record."Martin L
In Japan hospitals don't have fourth or ninth floors why? the number 4 is pronounced "shi" and means DEATH and the number 9 is pronounced "ku" which means PAIN.Steve Evans, St Albans
The first official international football match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Club in Partick in 1872. It was between Scotland and England.Bri Williamson
Ducks actually have telescopic legs which can extend up to 17 feet to allow them to stand on the bottom of ponds. They need this because they are actually made of lead and would otherwise sinkA & M Martin
Big Ben was slowed by five minutes one day in 1945 when a passing group of starlings decided to take a rest on the minute hand of the clock.Annie Noel, Beds
The best cure for seasickness, ever... Sit under a tree.Matt Brown
Mackerel have the smallest relative turning circle of any fish.Shep
You can't drive an 11 year old French car from London to Dublin in April without getting rained on - it's a statistical impossibility.John Scally, Enfield
In a crash at Silverstone a driver called David Purley survived a deceleration from 108mph to 0 in 66cm (26 inches). He endured 179.8g (G-Force) and suffered from 29 fractures, 3 dislocations and six heart stoppages.JK7
I see dead people...D Parazzoli
I like work. It fascinates me... I can sit and look at it for hours!Katie Stimson, London
There is no such thing as a useless fact - it will be some good to somebody.The Reality Monster
Yield gracefully when someone pushes in front of you. Then you can stab them in the back...Elf
Remove a dint from a carpet by placing an ice cube in a spoon and resting it in the dint. It'll spring back up.Kevin O'Brien, Liverpool
Bats always exit and enter their caves from the left. Airline pilots use this principle to avoid crashing as they are trained to turn left in the event of a possible collison.Jeff Hunter
The world record for constipation is 108 daysAndy Ball
The cat could be your downfall...Beccy Foote, Nottingham
You can use toothpaste as blu-tack if you don't want to tear off paint/wallpaper. It washes off easily.Res 35
there are 256 different words for 'rice' in ChinaChittara
I said no to drugs but they didn't listen.Sean Elliott, Chester
Opposite Karl Marx' tombstone in Highgate cemetery, is that of a bloke called Herbert Spencer (a nineteenth century philosopher who first coined the phrase 'survival of the fittest'). "Marx & Spencer" are thus buried close together.Stephen Maidment
Coca-Cola was originally green.A Z Fong
The internet is often referred to as the 'WEB' as it was originally conceived by the Welsh Electricity Board. The internet that we know now is based on their initial idea of connecting all of the computers in Wales with a tiny thread along which spiders would carry messages.Steve Bridgeman, Long Eaton
If you place both of your hands together, fingers spread apart and bend your index fingers into the middle so that the first joints on the finger are touching, it's impossible to move the finger next to them (nearest the little finger) apart. This is because both fingers share one muscle tendon.Alex T
more people are killed each year by donkeys than in plane crashes.Mr Benn
Work is accomplished by those employees who have not reached their level of incompetenceConway Billington, Huddersfield
If trees are made of wood, where do they get the wood from to make the trees?Ken Nightair
dogs don't move their lips when they readChris Polmear
If you mouth the word 'colourful' to someone, it looks like you are saying 'I love you'!Joy Luxford, Wellingborough
This years different, I've been on the phone, Just got engaged and feeling so high, I'm ready to cook all those mince pies, It's probably not what you wanted to know, But I'm so happy, I've come up from my low.Jess Fisher
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.Noel Taylor
Dogs stopped doing those 80s white shites because their food improved in quality - FACTPaul Black, Glasgow
All these talking machines are getting me down. My car tells me to put my seatbelt on, my fridge tells me to shut the door and my table lamp tells me to go out and kill people.Matt Smith
Frank Zappa's best guitar solo is on "Watermelon on Easter Hay"S Smith-Langridge
A falling cat always lands on its paws and buttered toast always falls butter side down. Cats' paws are therefore made of butter.Stuart Young, Southampton
Everyone's doing the Len Ganley Stancedavid
I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we metSimon Bond
Perpetual motion: toast always land buttered-side-down. Cats always land on their feet. Strap a slice of buttered toast to the back of a cat and drop it. It will hover, slowly spinning, inches above the ground. This energy can be harnessed with a dynamo.Oliver Kreitman, London
in mediaeval times, piglets used to be sold by the bag load. To save money unscrupulous dealers used to put a kitten in the bag to make up the required weight. This is where we get the phrase "let the cat out of the bag", meaning you've been found out.John Busby
At the height of the Cold War the Americans made the smallest drill bit they possibly could and sent it to the Russians as a display of their power. The Russians promptly drilled a hole through the bit and sent it back.Mark Monger
There was no reference to 'The Virgin Mary' in the original bible - it was a mistranslation of 'A young girl Mary'.Stuart Randell, London
There is a chemical in bananas and cheese which destroys plaque on your teeth, so bananas and cheese are very good to eat after a meal!liz slimon
Who is the only person to legally travel through a red traffic light? A postman delivering a declaration of warR Stevens
Cheese. It's just milk's attempt to become immortal!Sam Turner, Derby
Simon is probably going to Slough.Gary Caldwell
I was half time entertainment at Luton v Arsenal 1989Caz Butler
Hull City is the only British league football team which hasn't got any letters you can fill in with a biro!Dave Edwards, Sutton Coldfield
Malta, although one of the smallest countries in the world, is also the most bombed country in the world.d cassar
'The artist formerly known as prince' is an anagram of "no first-rate workmanship recently"Shelving Unit
Jamie Oliver (the "Naked Chef") uses human flesh to cook all his stuff. The bastard.Mike Thorpe, Stockport
20th US President James Garfield was the second to be shot in office. Doctors tried to find the bullet with a metal detector invented by Alexander Graham Bell, but the device failed because Garfield was placed on a bed with metal springs, and no one thought to move him. He died on September 19, 1881.Carl B, Clethorpes
The bloke that used to do the voice overs for Gerry Adams played the now deceased Butch Dingle in EmmerdaleP K Ryder
If you stand in the middle of a library and go 'Aaaaaaagghhhh!' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an airplane and everyone joins in!Dave Hefford, Northampton
I would be very glad if you could sell stupid animals like badgers.Its Me
the QE2 only does 6 inches to a gallon of fuel!Aaron Pearce
Fellas - if you're aiming to impress the girls by putting rugby socks in your pants... always remember it works best with them down the FRONT.Craig Pert, Aberdeen
Tmesis is the only word in English starting "tm" and means one word within another. Fanbloomintastic.MCFS
Twenty years ago if you dropped a stone down a Lanarkshire coalmine you would have hit a decent footballer. And probably killed him.Franco
The wind is caused by trees moving to and fro, thereby causing a draught.Don Pardoe, Halesowen
Sorry Alex Brookes - "People from Newcastle are called Geordies because...", the true fact is that the miners used to have a lamp that was made by a company called Geordie (or thereaboots), another company (Tilly) made a lamp that was lighter. Most miners opted for the Tilly lamp but the lads from Newcastle way preferred the Geordie Lamp, therefore getting the name of GEORDIES... I thank you, PeterPeter Ginga Heney, Scouseville
It is categorically not true that Santa came out of a Glasgow chimney to find Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer up on four bricksRazor
The plaice is the only fish that can program a video recorderChris Coates, Ormskirk
People from Newcastle are called Geordies because... a long time ago when England fought Scotland those from Newcastle, the furthest north town of England, were on King George's side i.e. they were George's... over time it became Geordies.Alex Brookes
Ex-Celtic manager Wim Jansen is now famous as Scottish slang for dancing eg 'You going to the Wim on Saturday?'Andy
Did you know that MIGROS supermarket in Switzerland do THE most amazing coconut yoghurt ever?Pierre-Eric Simon, London
We think it's amazing that salmon travel thousands of miles each year to mate in the same place. However, each year 1.5 million people from the UK go to Spain for the same reason...Jay Baldwin
The anal temperature of a hibernating bear is 98 degrees FP J Pinchin
24 hours in a day - 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?Peter Hunt, Bromsgrove
Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends and you end up feeling lonely and bitter. Wait. It's not love I'm describing. I'm thinking of a monorail.Mike R Welch
It is illegal to flush the loo in Switzerland after 10pm !!S2K
In the gent's toilets in the basement of what was Sir John Cass College in Jewry Street London EC, you pee against the old Roman London Wall.Frank Minney, London
Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder...Simon T.
I taught my Grandmother to suck eggs.Thomas Taylor
'Ta ceann dibh sin ag teastil uaim' is Irish for "I want one of those" & it's pronounced 'taw k-ann doh shin egg te-ass-till u-mmm'Karl Seagrave, Dublin
It costs 200 for a police search and rescue helicopter to take off, and 500 per hour to keep it up there, and they don't half make sure you know it when your missing mate is found asleep under a tree...N Thorp
spinach has no more iron than any other green leafy vegetable - it was simply a typo which a publisher made when writing a book on nutritional valuesSuruchi Sthalekar
Goths are not miserable sods. We're all (well mostly) very chirpy. Thank-you-ever-so-much.Matt Burns, Edinburgh
A radioactive cat has 18 half lives.Chief Moamba, London
The South African Mabooboo monkey eats its own faeces during winter to help maintain a constant body temperature. That's a complete lie.S Wallace
If Bill Gates stuffed his $63Billion fortune under his mattress (in dollar bills) and he fell out of bed, it would take him 18 minutes to hit the floor.Kirsty McPherson, Fleet
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by Ian Fleming, was produced by 'Cubby' Broccoli, starred Gert Frobe as Baron Bombast, featured Desmond Llewelyn as Coggins and contained a car with natty tricks up its sleeve (e.g. flying). Goldfinger was written by Ian Fleming, produced by 'Cubby' Broccoli, starred Gert Frobe as Auric Goldfinger, featured Desmond Llewelyn as Q and contained a car with natty tricks up its sleeve (e.g. an ejector seat).Rob S.
Panama hats are made in Ecuador.Martin Walker
Is anorachnophobia a fear of all things technical and nerdy?Sharon Shephard
There is people, who lives in Finland.S. Akarppi
The registration number of the 1974 dodge police car owned by The BLUES BROTHERS was BDR 529Andy
most people have heard of things that are 'nocturnal' which refers to the night but did you know that things that flourish in the evening are known as 'vespertine'?Paul Whitlock
If all the cars in the UK were put end to end it would probably be a typical bank holiday.Zed
all the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20pmGarry
The most poisonous spider is not the black widow but the wingless daddy longlegs however their fangs cannot pierce human skin and so pose no threat.Neil Hawke
Red meat isn't bad for you. Green meat is.Ooky
man did not land on the moon. It was all staged at a secret TV studio!Norm Burns
The piece of paper that you fold up and put under a table leg to stop it wobbling is called a Ludlow.My Friend Ian
Take a wet tea bag and rub it over your favourite picture. It will make it look older and more valuable.Dee Topaz
Mushrooms have as many as thirty-six thousand sexes. This could make blind dates a bit risky.Rob Fallows
If you got all the vehicles registered in Andorra and laid them end to end you would need twelve more miles of road than Andorra has...Bex Is
A little something for all fellow women out there: if you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it will always be yours. If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with. But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money and doesn't appear to realise that you had set it free... you either married it or gave birth to it.Nina E.
This is a silly sectionAndy Z
With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.Dave Hefford
I fell onto the Earl's Court underground electric rail after the England-Greece match a couple of weeks ago and knocked myself out. Have been described in the ambulance as 'the luckiest bastard in London'. Apparently I fell backwards onto my neck and my body twisted 180 degrees. They reckon I should have either broken my neck, been electrocuted or hit by a train, but I wasn't! Must have lost three lives though...Neil Mitchell
Salvador Dali designed the Chupa-Chups wrapperJoygasm
If travel broadens that mind what happened to Judith Charmers?Kate Mott
A Freudian slip occurs when you say one thing, but mean your mother.James
What does a donkey have for lunch? Half an hour.R J Heward
Old telephone books make ideal personal address books if you simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know.Gordon Brown
The urethra in the average human penis is twisted a quarter turn to the right to 'rifle' the urine and force it to spin, allowing it to be aimed. I appear not to have this.Laurie McNab
Edward Woodward has four Ds in his name because otherwise he'd be Ewar Woowar.AMC
Pronounce "God Jesus" backwards...Duncan
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming PlanetsJennifer Eccles
Subaru backwards is 'U R A Bus'G D Maclean
I feel like an 18 year old. My wife won't let me have one.David
Last month I bought some HP sauce. I only have 11 more payments.Martin Wildebeast
Take a slug of Baileys and swill it around your mouth like mouthwash. WITHOUT swallowing add a slug of lime cordial. Kaboom - one cement mixerLaura Hitchcock
When reclaiming old graveyards for new developments, a disturbing number of the exhumed coffins have scratch marks on the inside of the lids.Aaron
I was once involved in an EU project to grow cannabis that wouldn't get you high. We failed.Nigel McCulloch
Two out three people wonder where the other one is.Optimum
You can work out the temperature outside by listening to crickets. It is calculated by the time between chirpy noises (then add 30)Amy Stupple-Bagnall
Dalek means "very far away" in Serbo-Croat.James Alex Marshall
NOT ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THERE BY ROAD FOR YEARSSimon George
What shape does a pear go when everything goes wrong?Anton Iglet
The range for remote controls for car alarms can be extended by placing them under your chin and concentrating when pressing the button.Dave Marler
Veal is not actually an animalJulien
Smoking can seriously shorten your cigarettes.Max Smyth
A cat in Mexico had so many fleas that it wasn't until 4 days after it died that people realised that it was dead. Its owner reported seeing the cat move from the living room to the kitchen 2 days after it died. He said "I thought its fur felt a bit odd when I stroked it as it passed me, but you know what cats are like".Daniel, Southampton
If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest follow?Philip Carvalho
Did you know that Bernini's carvings around one of the altars in St.Peter's, Rome are the facial expressions of his daughter during the varying stages of her pregnancy?Margaret Wray
I only go to confessional to develop photographsThemrog
One third of all Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.Fat Andy
Bikinis are a privilege, not a right.K. Deb Langer
The word loo came about when British soldiers went to France and the French would put them in hotels with 100 rooms; the last room would be the toilet, which happened to be the 100th room in the hotelJue
In China, the beer we drink (Tsing Dao) is made with formaldehyde (that's embalming fluid). Gives you a rotten hangover but it's very drinkable.Warren, Beijing
I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true story from the Word Perfect Helpline which was transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the HelpDesk employee was fired; however, he/she is allegedly currently suing the Word Perfect organization for termination without cause. Actual dialogue of a former Word Perfect Customer Support employee: Ridge hall computer assistance; may I help you? Yes, well, I'm having trouble with Word Perfect. What sort of trouble? Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away. Went away? They disappeared. Hmm. So what does your screen look like now? Nothing. Nothing? It's blank; it wont accept anything when I type Are you still in Word Perfect, or did you get out? How do I tell? Can you see the C: prompt on the screen? What's a see-prompt? Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen? There isnt any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type. Does your monitor have a power indicator What's a monitor? Its the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you that its on? I don't know. Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that? Yes, I think so. Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if its plugged into the wall. Yes, it is. When you where behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one? No. Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable. Okay here it is. Follow it for me, and tell me if its plugged securely into the back of your computer. I cant reach. Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is? No. Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over? Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle, it's because it's dark. Dark? Yes, the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window. Well, turn on the office light then. I can't. No? Why not? Because there's a power failure. A power... a power failure? Aha, okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packaging stuff your computer came in? Well, yes, I keep them in the closet. Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store where you bought it from. Really? Is it that bad? Yes Im afraid it is Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them? Tell them that your too ****ing stupid to own a computer."Jamie Campbell, Glasgow
over 2 million stone blocks were used to build the largest pyramid at Giza - these same blocks could produce a two metre high wall running the whole way around France !Bull in the Woods
'Mi pierna artificial es apenas noticable' means 'my artificial leg is barely noticable' in Spanish.Jo Asker
You cannot see the Great Wall of China from outer space or the moon - a fact verified by Neil Armstrong. The wall may be incredibly long but it's just too thin.Mark Walters
Karl Marx's last words were "last words are for fools who haven't said enough"Kevin Byrne
According to legend, cheese was "discovered" 4,000 years ago when an Arabian merchant journeyed across the desert, carrying a supply of milk in a pouch.Boyle On The Bum
Hanging is too good for a man who writes puns. He should be drawn and quoted.Donald McGill
Gethin's girlfriend squeaks instead of snoring.Dan
Pushing a fifty pence piece into plasticine then filling the imprint with water and freezing it creates ice fifites. These can then be usen in electricity meters and when the temperature rises, hey presto, the 'evidence' disappears.O Johnston
Apparently if you type the following backwards: natas evol i it says "I love Satan". Spooky.U Want Fries
14p per litre unleaded fuel in Falkland IslandsStevie Harrod
The bitter end is not an emotion, but a knot in the end of a painter (rope) to stop it passing through the "bits" on the deck of a ship. That do?Mike Ryalls
Auto makers have installed black boxes in four-wheel drive vehicles and pick-up trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash. They were surprised to find that in most countries the last words of drivers in 61.2 per cent of fatal crashes were translated as, "Oh, Sh*t!" Only Australia was different, where 89.3 percent of the final words were: "Hold my beer and watch this!"Chris Barton Fox
The L39 jet that you have for sale is the same model as those used for the opening sequence of Goldeneye. I knowChris Gilmartin
The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.Richard Winborn
The Apple logo is based on the suicide method chosen by the original Enigma cracker.Claud
a volunteer is someone who misunderstood the questionN J Blackburn
I used to think my brain was my favourite part of my body... then I realised what was making me think that!Tariq's Mum
When you're going out the office, put hula hoops under each leg of your colleague's chair. They'll get a hell of a shock when they sit down again.Martin Kelly
The boat (sorry catamaran) featured in the no object page of this site was built by my grandfather who is a elf and is made completely out of spent match sticks and made seaworthy by using the lining of his stomach after 30 pints of goblin brew and a small kebabbed hermit crab. I bet you didnt know that. I am also an incurable liar and have no friends other than a small mouse and a piece of rope witch to hang myself.Sven Jensen
Quote from Arthur C Clarke - "How inappropriate to call this planet 'Earth', when it is clearly 'Ocean'...Susan Clark Wilson
Signing your letters with "Relentlessly" makes a better point than "Sincerely".John Leslie
Margaret Thatcher invented Mr Whippy icecream by developing a special type of antifreeze when she was a chemist.Gus Neil
Weddings and funerals in Sudan: Being a guest at a wedding is not just an excuse to lob raw confetti about. It is also an excuse to to climb aboard a camel and fire an AK-47 rifle into the air. One guest in this African state got a bit excited and managed to fall off his camel in the process of shooting. On his way to the ground he managed to kill three guests with the high-powered bullets.M Kitara
Where does your lap go when you stand up?Bart
Beat the credit card companies at their own game. Run up a massive bill on your credit cards and then kill yourself before your statement arrivesA J Green
If you weighed everyone in the world with every living creature, ants would make up more than 10% of the final total.Beverley Smith
I looked up the word 'paranoid' in the dictionary. It said 'what do you want to know for?' Interestingly, I couldn't find the word 'camouflage' anywhere...Mathew, Cardiff
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead.Barker Warwick
When on holiday abroad wash in coaltar soap everyday and you will not get bitten by mosquitos.Linzi, Bristol
I always wanted to be somebody - now I see that I should have been more specificSpurs 99
Socialism is where the poverty is shared out evenly.Magrathea
There are more than twice as many nipples in the world than people. Around one person in 500 has an extra "auxiliary" nipple or Nevus.Jonathan Hart, Chesterfield
Scotsmen's sporrans actually contain all the tongues of the people who keep asking them.B J Beamish
The reason why Spanish people lisp a bit when talking is because years and years ago the king of Spain had a lisp and forced people in power and around him to speak the same way.Stoopot
In the film Ben Hur, if you look carefully during the chariot race, you can just see a small red Renault car in the distance. True!Pete Burchell, Blandford
Rene Descartes once walked into a bar. The barman said 'Like a drink?'. Rene replied 'I think not'. And promptly disappeared.PJ, Isle Of Man
Did you know that the shadoof chant is the oldest song in the world???Shane Darcy
Did u know the Chinese discovered smoking? Apparently some Chinese people were working in a tobacco field when a small fire was accidentally started. They could smell the tobacco burning and one of them said, "Mmmmm that smells nice - I think I'll go buy a packet of fags!"Robbie Phayer, Sunderland
Cinderella did not wear glass slippers to the ball! The popular fairy tale has been mis-translated as her slippers were made from 'vaire' which is the same word in French as in English and refers to a type of fur. This has clearly become confused with 'verre', the French word for 'glass'! Surely fur slippers would be far more practical and comfortable?Simone Shaw, Berkshire
Portsmouth Football Clubs first goalkeeper was Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMelvyn Heybridge
mi pierna artificial es apenas noticable means 'my artificial leg is barely noticable' in Spanishjo asker
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.Danni Doyle
98% of the recommended daily allowance of Fibrinogen (vitamin K) can be obtained by eating three small pebbles found on a beach.James McQ
Pushing a fifty pence piece into plasticine then filling the imprint with water and freezing it creates ice fifites. These can then be usen in electricity meters and when the temperature rises hey presto the 'evidence' disappears.o johnston
The fat, bald bloke I met on the bus earlier today was the school bully and now works in ladies lingerie at M&S!Jaize
Christopher Lee is to be in new Star Wars film.Martyn Brake
I have a spot on my bum in the shape of Gordon Brownlittle miss monged
A woman with a PhD can't change her name (such as when she gets married) without losing her PhD. Because it's awarded only to one name!Mathew Shore
scientists have slowed the speed of light down to 39 miles an hourW Blore
the problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguardrichard winborn
If I ever get a time machine I will come back to visit myself right... NOW... damn!!! Try it, it's fun.Badooddu
'I want one of those dot com' is an anagram of 'need a smooth two of tonic'D Schley
Quote from Arthur C Clarke - "How inappropriate to call this planet 'Earth' when it is clearly 'Ocean'...susan clark wilson
If water is H2O... does that make ice H2O cubed?Bryan Arthur
There isn't a Nobel prize for maths 'cause his wife had an affair with a mathematician!Pink Tongue
Although they live in it dolphins don't drink water. They only drink 7-up.benscher
If you go out for a curry, stick the toilet roll in the fridge for the next morning. It really does help!Keir
Mother-in-law is an anagram of Woman HitlerB T Dolan
If you want to say Hello in catspeak blink very slowly as you are looking at the cat then look away.ana mcara
Victor Hugo once said, you can prevent the invasion of armies, but not the invasion of ideas. What he really meant to say was, you can prevent the invasion of armies, unless you're French.Anna Bartlett
The nose on the statue of liberty is 6ft 4"Richard Nelson
The Simpsons are just drawings.crimbo
If you lay the Monument in London on its side, its tip will touch the spot where the Great Fire of London started.Michelle Offen
a tin of beans puts a fire out nicely with a small explosionJowett
Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "Return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb he opened it and was blown to bits.yvonne.evans
The reason a bungalow is so called is because once when builders were building a house, they finished the first floor and couldn't be bothered to do any more and so they said let's bung-a-low roof on it.Laura Fisher
Dublin is the fastest growing city in the world... because it's Dublin every dayFull Monty 76
If you have been drinking then you should take alka seltzer before going to bed - NOT when you wake up or your hangover kicks in. This is becuase whilst you are a asleep it will replace all the vitamins and salts the body has lost through dehydration.the boy pickard
Some people cause happiness wherever they go, some cause it whenever they go.Dan Bowles
The catalytic converter on the new Porsche 911 is so powerfull that if driven in LA the exhaust fumes are cleaner than the poluted air taken in.RK Irvine
'sapient' is an anagram of 'panties'.s t anderson
If you send someone a bag of snow and it melts in the post, they won't get your drift.M Broadbent
You can't make pineapple cheesecake.Kathryn Tyler
angel fish acquire a stripe after winning a fight with another fishe mahoney
If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry? And do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?Timothy Loudon
Libyan stamps are certified KosherBadger
A woman in America sat for 2 hours in a supermarket car park holding her brains in after being shot. When someone eventually came to her aid they found a can of Pilsbury Dough - it had exploded in the back of her car and splattered her on the back of her head.bazpa
People usually smile (without knowing it) when looking at a flower.Kez
My great grandfather was a shepherd and walked his sheep from Elgin (scotland) to london to sell them. A distance of around 500 milesIain Catto
Did u know that the soul function of the appendix is so that the digestive system can still function when crouched on all fours. Useless for humans but great for monkeys and animals alike.jinmen
You don't know that I see pictures, like a cinema screen inside my head all the time... side by side with everyday life. One day everyone will know that each person, hears, smells, sees individually - we cannot assume that we function as one.Felicity Odam
my front window's just fallen out onto a car below... cool!Ceiron D
jetskiis are banned on sa rivers cause they suck the prawns out their holesfrosty
I have invented a cure for which there is no known disease.Paul Millz
Dragons had hydrochloric acid in their belly and that's why there's no skeletal fossils of themN Ryan
If a crab is in a basket it will climb out but if there is 3 crabs in the basket the other 2 will pull the crab back inSiht
Following independence, the United States government voted to adopt an official language. English won (obviously) but only by ONE vote over German.Emmric
The honey monster played for Newcastle as centre forward and goal keeper for Manchester united in the same seasonAlistair Little
men who have pierced body parts are better prepared for marriage.they have experienced pain and brought jewellery.h paul
In America many town names were changed in the late nineteenth century as many Indian place names were deemed either to rude or to unpronounceable, eg the lake which went by the pithy name "Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg" which meant "You fish on that side, I'll fish on this side and no one will fish in the middle". However, few escaped the net and there are still people who a proud to come from Toad Suck, Arkansas and Idiotville, Oregon.Colin Flynn
all males start off female in the wombCosmic Boy
If you put raisins in a glass of lemonade (fizzy) you get a low budget lava lamp!mishmav
I think you should know that if I win this prize my girl has promised to be completely submissive for one night. Don't let me down please - our car needs a really good clean.Paul Mon
Real Daleks don't climb stairs -- they level the building.Salacious
One of the greatest mysteries surrounding the Bermuda Triangle is the fact that while geographically it is indeed located near Bermuda geologically it is in Dorset England.a morgan
The word "Spodrum" was invented by my younger brother in 1996, and has since spawned a secret religion, a powerful empire, several small towns and a product that nobody quite understands.Johnny Boy, Spodrumville
Medical research is a good way to earn money to buy toys. However the penile/finger swap is not worth the money they offer you.Rhys
Mae West said "give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you"paul
An Amazonian tribal ruler from an undeveloped part of South America visited the queen and was so taken by her throne that he had one installed in his hut. It took up too much room so he arranged a hoist to lift it to the roof. One night the hoist broke, the throne fell and killed him. This goes to prove that people who live in grass houses shouldn't stow thrones.Charles Coxall
A helicopter that descends too fast will be subjected to "vortex ring state"Smiling Assass1n
I want to die in my sleep like my granddad not screeming in terror like his passengersjohn c
Apparently George Bernard Shaw and Winston Churchill had had a falling out. On the opening of his new play GBS sent WC a note with two tickets inviting him to the premiere: 'and a friend, if you have one'. WC is said to have replied thanking GBS and saying that although he was busy that night he would be very pleased to attend the second night 'if there is one'.Ali, Cambridge
my uncle Sid had a false leg with a real foot on the end!Big Mark
Every e-mail phone and fax are monitored by the Government. Of course it's illegal to do this but here in the UK they do it and in the USA too and they just swap the info so they ain't breaking any laws. Its called Echelon...mel blah
The largest city in North America was discovered in Texas in 1900. It was not built by people, but prairie dogs - about 400 million of them. Their underground burrows covered more than 25,000 square miles.I. Rainton
In the film Ben Hur you can actually see a 2CV in the background of one of the chariot races...Gregor McInnes
If you Sneeze while traveling at 60 mph you will cover 60ft Blind!steve forth
Electronic equipment runs on smoke - let the smoke out and it dies.Presactly
A shark will only attack you if you're wet.P Ninkovic
there's a man in Dublin who entertains bored drivers at traffic lights by playing the flute... wonderful except he hasn't got a flute! There's also a man in Ireland called Bang Bang. When someone walks past him he shouts "Bang! Bang!" and they actually fall over.alex
When you get drunk and can't remember what you did, you never will... Memory isn't written when you black out, but unfortunately this does not affect photographs or what you wake up with.Private Universe 2001
The average man has less than 2 legsA Murray
In Coober Pedy, 836 km north of Adelaide, men and women live and work underground as it is too hot to live on the surface. Coober Pedy is locatedbuzz
If the earth was destroyed tomorrow, the only evidence for the existence of humans in the solar system would be a plaque on the moon bearing the names Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew.Pete Darby
never bet with a short butcherMartin
Airports use urea (purified pee) to defrost runwaysjohn.patterson
You didn't know that I interviewed the famous Hammarby goal keeper, Ronnie Hellstrom when i was 11 years old in the first McDonalds opening in Stockholm, Sweden.Lotta
The croissant originally came from TurkeyUlrica Marshall
Redbush tea has a cleansing effect on the body when drunk without milk. Redbush tea is naturally caffeine free and low in tannin.sam
In Hungary, the satirical political publication equivalent to our 'Private Eye' is called 'Snowboots'. This is derived from the term used in Hungary to express feeling really fed up - 'my snowboots are full'.Carole Le Gresley
Battersea power station is the largest construction in the world made of single house bricksGS London
the hottest chilli sauce in the world can be bought from Peppers on the Pier, St Petersberg, Floridasusan davies
A cat's whiskers are exactly as wide as its body, so it knows if it can make it through a tight space or not.Andrew
England have a national football team.Nick Handley
I was going to get my hawk's beak trimmed but logged on to the web insteadclifton dj
In the Philippines (where I was born) every individual's middle name is from their mother's maiden name. For example my middle name is Cardenas (which means sardines) this was my mum's maiden name, which was my gran's surname (my Gran's middle name was her mum's surname). I'll be passing on the 'Sardine' surname because I am quite proud to know that somewhere along the line my granma ended up marrying one of the first Sardine family in the Philippines (which means they were amongst the first sardine fishermen in the Philippines).Myra Umali
The only UK number 1 record to contain in its lyrics the title of the song which knocked it off number 1 was... Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (lyric: "Mamma Mia")Andrew T
wall to wall carpet is very difficult to cut to size. HINT: get your new carpet lay it on the ground and build a room around it.jess brown
Brian Clough, at the end of his career as a footballer, became a loquacious club manager. After watching his Nottingham Forest team defeat QPR 5-2 in the Littlewoods Cup, Clough rushed on to the pitch to eject some spectators. In full view of TV cameras, he proceeded to clout offenders and clip them round the ears. An anonymous wit described this procedure as a case of 'the s**t hitting the fan'.Nicholas Carey
The Phrase "Check Mate" comes from an Arabic phrase "Chaz Mat" meaning The King is Dead.The Funky Brother
Bob Holness was the first James Bond (on radio)terrace stomp
Ever wonder that, if practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, then why practise?Divs
Did you know that Anna Kournikova is a tennis player as well?!!P Tryn
My mate barry religiously throws up every morning and has done for the last 26 years - and no-one knows what wrong with him. How spooky is that?alan.bierman
If you spread out all the sand in North Africa it would completely cover the Sahara DesertFreak Avatar
The Louvre was first constructed as a fortress in 1190 by King Philippe-Auguste to protect Paris against Viking raids.Julie Warren-Wickford
Did you know that if you find yourself in the South African bush and you've somehow managed to cut yourself you can stitch up the wound by using the s.african bush ant. you take the ant by the body and place one of its rather large pincers on one side of the cut and then angle the ant(now pretty p***ed off) so that the other pincer now can reach the otherside of the cut and let the ant bite. This forces the cut closed and you finish off by snapping the ant's body off from its head. the ant head will not release until you decide to see a real doc.silver_surfer
I read recipes like I read science fiction; I get to the end and think, 'That'll never happen.'M. Boyce
if you take norway and stand it up on the southern most tip then let it drop southwards its northern most tip would reach moroccoP Dungey
Before she won her Oscar and became a New Labourite MP Glenda Jackson used to work in the 2 Is coffee bar in Old Compton Street and John Barry was one of her customers - 'One egg sandwich and one cup of coffee please Glenda!' he would saykaleidos
Rudolph, from Russia, was a student studying in Minsk. At the end of term he was due to travel home to Moscow for the holidays, with his fellow students, by train. Whilst on the train and in need of refreshment, Rudolph's friend Vlad ordered some Tuborg from the refreshment carriage and gave them out to his friends on his return. Rudolph took one sip, stood up, slid the window open and leapt to his death to which one his astonished friends added... "of course we forgot... Rudolph The Red Loathes Train Beer"Binks, Bristol
flies lose the stickiness on the ends of their feet if you trap them under a smoke-filled glass for a while.Kirsty F
The Millennium Falcon from Star Wars was used as the base in Blade Runner!jp4chat
Apparently most women are very slightly knock-kneed to balance out their wider child-bearing pelvises with a central point of support! Hmmm, that's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it!Emma, Dublin
There are more Jews in New York than Israel!S Maskell
Men's jackets and shirts have the buttons on the right (from the wearers' point of view) and the holes on the right, whereas women's have it the other way round... why? Because back in the days when men used to carry pistols in their jackets, they would sometimes need to draw rapidly. With the buttons the way they are that means a man can easily reach through the buttons with his right hand to draw the pistol which would be situated on the left. It's the other way round on women's clothes cos shooting people wasn't a particularly ladylike thing to do. It also dramatically reduced the number of murderous transvestites that roamed the streets in the 18th century.Arnolfini, Croydon
Segment 90876-MB-X2 of the human gene code is responsible for the metastasis of the medulla oblongata region of the brain therefore more prone to alzheimers diseaseB11 GY
Two aerials fall in love get married the ceremony was a disaster but the reception was brilliant.brett
Three days after death, hair & fingernails continue to grow, but calls taper off.Phil Sutton, Farnborough
In New Zealand you are never more than 70 miles from the ocean.B Wether
There's a WWII underground bunker that runs from Clapham South to Kennington where the Govt kept the contents of London's museums during the Blitz. It's disused now but you can still see the access silos at Clapham South, Clapham Common, Clapham North, Stockwell, Oval and Kennington.poontang ltd
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man HOW to fish, and he will sit in a boat all day and drink beer.Jace, Brighton
Buddha was born about 563 BC at Lumbini in what today is the kingdom of Nepal below the Himalayan foothills.Viking 5359
Astrgyas the king of the Medes was told by the Delphic Oracle that if he attacked the Persians he would destroy a great Empire. He did - his own.aparan
When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easily by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"Fluffy, Totnes
If you stretch both your arms fully across and measure from the distance from the tip of your middle finger - that will be your heightAshpunj
The roads in northern Sweden sometimes seem exceptionally wide with very long straights. Reason? So the airforce can use them as runways in wartime.magmaster
You can play "Moth Aircraft Carriers" by floating a shoe box in the bath with a torch attached. Leave a window open for ten minutes, then turn off the room lights and watch as the moths attempt to make their dramatic and dangerous landings.G Field, Telford
the fluff that every human on earth gets in their belly button is actually put there by my uncle Steve. i know this coz he told meSam Smith
Did you know that the eskimos have 152 words for linguist?mrs carey
As you sleep, unused energy is pushed out through you eyes in the form of 'sleep'. When you wake in the morning you'll find wee bits of yellowy stuff in the corner of your eyes. These are actually energy boosters and should be eaten.Wilbert Ross, Belfast
I've just got home from a great holiday to find a load of grief on my doormatRobin Carr
Most IT contractors are at least 120 years old (if you go by their timesheets)malcolm.linge
There are three religious truths: 1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.David Gaite, West Vancouver, Canada
A termite walked into a bar and said 'Is the Bar Tender in here ?'Richard Clark
There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) that digests its own brain. When the sea squirt is mature it permanently attaches itself to a rock. At this point it does not need to move anymore and has no need for a brain. So - waste not want not - it eats it!true.blade
Hairdressers always ask you where you're going on holiday; why don't travel agents ask you where you have your hair done?Tony, Croydon
Every film you ever watch on TV is speeded up by 4 percent. This is because film runs at 24 frames per secondGreg C
If you water your lawn with lager it'll come up half cutkaren eckerman
60 second trouser shopping. Keeping the button fastened on a pair of trousers, wrap the waist band around your neck. If they are within an inch to touching, the trousers will fit your waist. If they overlap they will be too big. The theory is your waist is double your neck.Sammy Samanjoul, Darlington
The distance from Sydney to Perth in Australia is the same distance as London to Moscow.Selina Mullins
The Ferrari F1 Team recently fired the whole Pit-Crew to employ some young unemployed youths from the Inala Area. The decision to hire them was brought on by a documentary on how unemployed youths in the western suburbs can remove a set of car wheels in less than 6 sec without proper equipment. This was thought to be a good move as most races are won & lost in the pits these days & Ferrari would have an advantage. However Ferrari soon encountered a major problem not only were "da boyz" changing the tyres in under 6 seconds but within 12 sec they had resprayed, renumbered and sold the vehicle to the McLaren Team.Simon Ryan
Last night I dreamt I had written 'Lord Of The Rings'. This morning I realised I'd just been Tolkein in my sleep.Eric Hewis, Horwich
Earth rotation is caused by penguins running around the south pole.Sea Bass
Eagles may soar, but Weasels don't get sucked into jet enginesstuart rolland
When your hamster dies, do not fret... boil the deceased in some water and sugar until it thickens - thereby creating a jam. Bury a jar of said jam in your garden and await spring. I guarantee you will see new life from your garden in the form of a fresh patch of tulips. Why? You always get tulips from hamster jam.Dr P, Birmingham
The grave of Karl Marx is just another Communist plot.The Red Skull
TV in olden times was made out of solid chalk and was incapable of receiving broadcasts of any kind.Log
I'm so poor i can't afford to pay attention.Richard Beale
In the days of the Old West a Six Shooter only carried 5 bullets because otherwise a sixth bullet under the hammer was likely to go off and shoot your toe.Larry Cummings
If you put a cow in a glass of coke it won't be there in the morning!clarey x
If variety is the spice of life, then why do people keep saying it?AMMC
Scientists use statistics like a drunk uses a lamppost - for support rather than illuminationMatt Kelly
Wales is the only country in the world that entered this Millenium with the same flag as when it entered the last MilleniumAce
Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny have never been seen in the same room at the same time. Work it out for yourself.Martin
The wingtip of 747 Jumbo Jet flexes 24ft vertically in turbulenceRussell
A minister of the Cambodian government flew to the UK to ask for as many Mad Cows as possible for the purpose of blowing up landminesed gladman
So many of your correspondents have obviously spent such a great deal of time and effort detailing witty and inventive contributions to this site that I'm surprised you don't get more people whose life, being quiet and uneventful, regret having found this section at all and simply give up half waLiz Hogg
Andre Agassi had his chest shaved to improve his game. He is now one two hundredth of a second fasterTim Cousins
The other day I phoned my local pizza delivery firm and asked for a thin and crusty supreme... They sent me Diana Ross.mark.gledhill
The last Conservative Prime Minister was John Major. That's as in, 'the last ever.'Chris Noton, Casnewydd
The artery of a blue whale is so large that a human can swim in itC Hedburgh
Only cold coffee helps to sober people up. Hot coffee sends more blood to the stomach to cool it down thus absorbing more alcohol into the bloodstream.Emily T
Allow yourself to have even more money to spend on IWOOT by saving money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate, eg. Mr. KVL 741YAmanda, Glasgow
my best friend is called allan. he sits in my top pocket and tells me to start fires.Sam Smith
The largest organism alive today is the Armillaria ostoyae or honey mushroom which covers 890 hectares(2200 acres) and lives underground and can be found in the blue mountains of Oregon!Bates
You can make neighbours think that you have fluorescent lights in all the rooms in your house by quickly turning the lights on and off several times before leaving them on.Patrick K, Preston
The only english writing in the star wars trilogy is in the first movie when Obi-Wan turns the death star's tractor beam offStubert
The surfing man in the naff Old Spice adverts is Matthew Perry's (Chandler in 'Friends') father.kay claire
Although the earth is larger, the moon is farther away.Nicholas Herold, Arlington, USA
I've just brought a X-zylo and hit my friend on the head FIRST THROW!! It usually takes at least 3 or 4 tries.Jim Brown
The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the the Exon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80 000. Two of the most expensive animals were reintroduced to the wild at a special ceremony. With in 2 minutes they were both eaten by a killer whale.Adam
When out shooting and your trusty dog brings back a wounded pheasant, hold it at the front of its wings and the bird will oblige by stretching its head forwards, thus saving your knuckles when you despatch the bird with your stick.Sir Monty Bodlethorne
My granny gave up knitting after she read that it was dangerous to share needles.Simon
A MAN WENT TO A FANCY DRESS PARTY WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND ON HIS SHOULDERS HIS FRIEND SAID "WHAT HAVE YOU COME AS ? HE REPLIED " A SNAIL. THIS IS MICHELLE."Barbara, Runcorn
In 1978, in between Manchester City winning one game and their next there had been 3 Popes.FI, Manchester
I believe five out of four people have trouble with fractionsY2 Jackson
The reason it's so windy in this country is cos of those big windfarms all over the countryside. Total waste of electricity if you ask me...colin capelle
If you ever accidentally or intentionally drink car antifreeze which is poisonous... drink some alcohol straight away, preferably vodka, as it acts as a competitive inhibitor to the antifreeze molecules to your blood.Neil, London
Cumbrians give the best reaction when shot with the Mini X177.Steve O
Why do we drive on the left side of the road? So that you can draw your sword or pistol (worn on the left) and defend yourself against attackers when on horseback.c.f.kemp
(A) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (B) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans (C) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (D) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (E) Conclusion: Eat & drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you.Buldajay, Scotland
The largest living thing on Earth is a mushroom formation that spans over four miles of caverns underneath Minnesota.Andrew Pipes
George Clooney isn't really a doctor.everest10
The Jigsaw Triggerfish is often mistaken as a real jigsaw puzzle. This has led to the deaths of many divers, who have run out of oxygen trying in vain to attempt to attach a "blue-ish three-lumpy-sided" jigsaw piece to the fish.Maqoullig Jezvarted, Hull
Croissants were originally developed as a bake-able alternative to the human kidney by experimental chef / amateur surgeon Pierre Glassy. Unfortunately they were soon withdrawn from general use when they proved less than successful in clinical trials.Tin Toy
More people were killed at Chappaquiddick than Three Mile Islanduk dragon
Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989Helen, Bristol
I'm using my IWOOT Croosbow to make sure my girlfriend stays in the kitchenCSW Home
An F1 racing car can go upside down in a tunnel at 60 MPH and not fall down coz of its great downforce!kasim hussain
Bacon rashers make ideal skin grafts for pigs when they scratch themselves.Mark Fidler, Doncaster
there are twice as many nipples in the world as people...MB Bellini
Did you know that dolphins are so intelligent that within only a few weeks of captivity they can train Americans to stand at the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.g malone
I just read a report that stated that last year 4,153,237 people got married. I don't want to start any trouble, but shouldn't that be an even number?A Scott, Edinburgh
67% of people surveyed would rather be kicked to death by Rod Steiger than by Burt Reynolds.ARD Veche
you don't get white dog poo anymore because they stopped putting chalk in dog foodsusie le blond
FASCINATION WITH GADGETS. To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet. No engineer looks at a television remote control without wondering what it would take to turn it into a stun gun. No engineer can take a shower without wondering if some sort of Teflon coating would make showering unnecessary. To the engineer, the world is a toy box full of sub-optimised and feature-poor toys.Kate, Telford
The French have one of the lowest instances of heart disease in Europe - even with their rich diet - as their doctors are under instruction to classify any heart attacks etc as 'natural causes' on the death certificate.Fuller
They aren't really fixing the streets just moving the holes around so motorists can't memorise themMike
In 1994,Los Angeles Police arrested a man for dressing up as the Grim Reaper - complete with scythe - and standing outside the windows of old peoples' homes and staring in.Doylie, Swanage
Ma oon marko ja ma oon tassa ...Marko Lonka
Bugs Bunny was based on the actor Cary Grant whom Friz Frehling had seen nibbling a carrot at a party.aextance
If you are unemployed, just go to the city of Jeopardy because there are always jobs in Jeopardy.Bob, Newcastle
In Iceland, the word for telephone is pronounced exactly the same as the english word for 'man juice'DJ Dowd
there are women on the Isle of Man!D.West
There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary, and those who don't.Andy
italian footy teams can only add a gold star to their club badge when they win 10 Scudettos (Italian championships)Steroe
26 is surrounded by a square (5*5) and a cube (3*3*3) and is the only number to do so...i m berry
I'm tired. Yes, I'm tired. For several years I've been blaming it on Teen Age, poor circulation, air pollution, dieting, under arm odour, hormones, lack of vitamins, yellow build up in the corners of my eyes, and a dozen other maladies that make you wonder if life is worth living. But I found it isn't any of that at all. I'm tired because I'm overworked. If the population of this country is 51 million, and 21 million are retired. That leaves 30 million to do the work. There are 19 million in school, that leaves 11 million to do the work. 2 million are unemployed and 4 million are employed by the Government. That leaves 5 million to do the work. 1 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 4 million to do the work. 3 million are employed by County and Borough Councils, leaving 1 million to do the work. There are 620,000 people in hospitals and 379,998 in prison, which leaves just TWO people to do the work. YOU and me!! And you're sitting on your bloody arse reading this! It's no wonder I'm so bloody tired.Becky Joseph Waddon, Croydon
The Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers first flight.Charles Gilmore
The saying "saved by the bell" comes from the old days when they used to dig up graves and find scratch marks on the inside of coffins. People used to attach a piece of string to the inside of the coffin and this used to run up through the earth and was attached to a bell. If the person was still alive they could pull the string hence "saved by the bell" Also the saying "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift" come from the same thing!! I hope you've all had a good weekend?jason_rawles
Everything is not as bad as it seems.Poolzmaiden
I'm a postman - There are 26 million addresses and 1.4 million postcodes in the UKRob Gillions
IF YOU NEED TO REMEMBER PI, JUST COUNT THE LETTERS IN EACH WORD OF THE SENTENCE: "MAY I HAVE A LARGE CONTAINER OF COFFEE?" IF YOU GET THE COFFEE AND ARE POLITE SAY "THANK YOU" GET TWO MORE DECIMAL PLACES. [3.141592653...].James
'Dumb blonde' is a peroxymoron.John
My girlfriend can't have more than a ten minute lunch-break coz they'd have to re-train herBoothy
American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.Juliet
During 'Silence of the Lambs', Anthony Hopkins didn't blink once!Mric
In "Enter the dragon" and some other of his films, the filming rate had to be speeded up because Bruce Lee could punch faster than 24 frames per second.andrew evans
The oldest sea-going boat in the world is on display in Dover (1550 BC)!Pete Clark
The thorn bush where Rabbie Burns met his lovers is still there and blooming.Komp
if you have train track braces on your teeth you should never walk too close to electric pylonsbless her
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them whilst you do itWyn Pecock
ELVIS IS MAKING A COMEBACK. HE HAS ONLY THREE FEET TO GO.Tony Towey
Never trust a bald barber. He has no respect for your hair.pea preston
Never play cards with anyone with whose middle name is 'The'.Paul Floyd
A man without a paunch is like a house without a porch.Eliza
Free Internet CDs make good markers for orienteering courses !michael.s.morrison
Jack Nicholson used to answer fan mail for Tom & Jerry!Nick Gaxton
If you press 'control', 'alt' then the dollar sign all together, it gives you the '' euro sign. I know you care.Martin, Westcliff
Speech-Recognition Demo At a recent Sacramento PC User's Group meeting, a company was demonstrating its latest speech-recognition software. A representative from the company was just about ready to start the demonstration and asked everyone in the room to quiet down. Just then someone in the back of the room yelled, "Format C: Return." Someone else chimed in: "Yes, Return". Unfortunately, the software worked.red wolf ric
The original Alexandria is about 4 km off the coast of Egypt.Christian Sumner
Kuala Lumpur means the muddy confluence of two rivers.Diana
did you know a carboard box can only be recycled up to three timestony price
Your ex's CDs make GREAT frisbees!frankie_mochan
A duck's quack has an echo like every other sound.Laa Laa
Over 60% of the French public thought that Richard Branson was the UK's Prime Ministerh cooke
As soon as the currency changeover is complete the phrase "spending a penny" will be replaced by "Euronating"miss miskey
Gayfield Park, home to Arbroath FC, sell the best football ground mince pies in Scotland, but the steak pies at Hampden (Queen's Park and Scotland) are the best of any type of pie.John Stenhouse
Most men prefer beauty to brains because most men can see better than they can thinkjean may
the magnetic field around jupiter is so big that if it was visible it would look the same size as the sun even though it's 5 times further away!keegan's bird
My pet cats will only come in if you call them using the generic cat summoning phrase "Chicken! Chicken!" pronounced in an elevated munchkin style voice. Although this may seem a perfectly logical approach to summoning pets in of an evening to be fed, it does create for an interesting reaction from the neighbours when the visiting mother-in-law adopts the same technique, but doesn't appreciate that in order for the method to prove effective, certain subtle rules need to be observed. 1, the 'summoner' must ensure that false teeth are kept within the mouth for the entire duration of the 'calling' and 2, at all costs they must avoid roaming the neighbourhood in nightwear.Richy Baby
Nudibranchs are hermaphodrites and can make love to their partner twice in a single sitting and both end up pregnant !!rob mcmahon
if u didn't have a thumb the bottom of your butty would fall offteedee
The Millennium Falcon was originally modelled after a hamburger with an olive next to it.Andy
nutmeg in large quantities gives you hallucinationsdr kim
A 'chicken tarka' curry is similar to a 'chicken tikka' only 'otter.d_ramsay
THE EIFFEL TOWER PUTS LESS PRESSURE ON THE GROUND THAN A MAN SITTING IN A CHAIR.FAIRY 892002
16 people worldwide have been crushed to death by vending machines when they tried to shake out their chosen snackJim the Lynx
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.anthill
If you were to recite everything Jesus is recorded to have said, it would take less than two hours.TG
the meat on the left leg of a chicken is more tender than that of the right leg.... honest!lizard lady
Did you know that the Bass triangle is trademark No 1?catherine kinsey
They say "no man is an island", but then what about the Isle of Man?O Gorman
if you extended all the neurons in the brain out flat, it would come to 40 miles longjezz feldman
There's more fibre in a single bowl of Kellogg's All Bran than there is 10 000km of fibre-optic cableifarrell
A teacher was explaining how a double negative, when spoken, always gives a positive. 'This,' he said, 'is true in every language accross the world. However, there is no example in any culture where a double positive gives a negative!' Looking proud, the teacher sits down, and there's a short silence, followed by a sarcastic voice: 'Yeah, right.'Sam, Somerset
alligators can go without a meal for 2 yearssean burnham
if a flea was the size of a human it could kick your arsejoe m reed
Baptists don't make love standing up for fear that someone will think they are dancing.Dana Jennings, North Carolina
Dogs only need a black & white tv licence because they're colour blindMike Reid
Ancient Scottish Kings were crowned in our friends back garden - we have the footprints to prove it.heather.mclean
Abdul Kasem Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. The 117,000 volumes were carried by 400 camels trained to walk in alphabetical order.Huw Williams
The speed of a man's facial hair growth will be affected by his female partner's menstrual cycleEmma Hicks
It takes 10 million years for one gas bubble to reach the surface of the Roman Baths in Bath England.charley payne
Have you noticed how, if I do this... people laugh at me?Paul, London
There is a 'thriving' Welsh community in PatagoniaEllen Edwards, Ffestiniog
The guy who played Tweekie in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century also played the part of a junior Penguin in the Batman film where Danny DeVito was THE Penguin.Imagineering
Contrary to popular belief, life has been pretty tough for Riley for the last few yearsJools, Nottingham
Candle wax can be removed from tables by rubbing with an ice cube.Carole Pearson, Tonbridge
The internet was invented by the American military as a durable scalable means of transferring information and so that in the event of nuclear war American military leaders could still look at pornography.kool_enuff
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a poolMmmm Sandwich
Liechtenstein's greatest export is false teethStuart Burns, Dundee
Scotland is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola is NOT the top selling soft drink.sean.wigley
Indecision is the basis of flexibilityBilly2sheds, Huddersfield
wd40 will get chewing gum out of carpetsLynne Hucker, Ffestiniog
The river Arundel is named after the town and the town is named after the french word for swallows which is "hirondelle" as they nest in the town.craig
Winston Churchill, when making a speech, used to put a long pin in his cigar, keeping the ash in place, thereby keeping MPs enthralledBarkat
Nothing succeeds like a budgie with no beakNick Hopkinson, Derby
After the first design failed what did the man who invented the drawing board go back to ?merlyg
Charles Dickens was an insomniac, who believed his best chance of sleeping was in the centre of a bed facing directly northBritta Kuhnen
Don't waste money on buying mermaids tightsSteve McLean, Chorley
Germany's soccer team wear Green as a thanks to Ireland. Ireland was the first team that agreeed to play them after WWII.cliffy
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and the weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole because the average speed and health of the group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of wine eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.Lesley, Germany
I know who let the dogs out!!Simon Davies, London
(Re Rory Davies comment) A sound man then came in and gave her one-two.Giles, Houston
A good pun is its own reword.Karen, Reading
The shortest schedued British Airways flight lasts a whole 4 minutesIain Stewart, Surrey
A girl walked into a cocktail bar and asked for a double entendre so the Barman gave her one.rory_davies
Cows are not toys.Ali W
I sponsor Trinidad stream frogs at Edinburgh ZooJohn Thurston, Yorkshire
Spiral staircases are anti clockwise to make defending from above easier with a sword and attacking from below extremely difficult if right handed. Thus left handed swordsman were paid a premium.cjh
'Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos' is Latin for 'You stupid machine! Give me my soda or give me my money back!'TS
its either your 1000 - or an illegal trolley dash in Dixons - being skint sucks!Sean McConville, Rugeley
since light travels faster than sound is that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?wideboy 2000
Computers allow us to make more mistakes at a faster rate than any other man-made thing, with the exception of handguns and tequila.Benji, Brighton
No matter how hard you throw a Walnut at a window the Walnut will smash and not the glass (do not try with a brazil nut) I accept no liability for any damaged windows.Paul Thomas, Oldham
i was the first ballboy at Wimbledon in 1984 to throw a ball to Boris Beckerashley jpt
There's no place like 127.0.0.1Evil_T, Penicuik
A trekking Axe makes a fantastic snow brake when sliding towards the waterfall at the end of five finger gully on Ben Nevis on your backside at 50MPH.Toby Mulford, Loughborough
The word Plonk for wine comes from the war when english people fighting with the french heard them talk about Blanc or white wine.dublin121
I cannot be hypnotised. I remind the hypnotist of this every Wednesday when I go round his house to wash his car. Tony P, Portsmouth
Oscar Wilde's last words 'Either that wallpaper goes or I do'.Rachel Steers, Basingstoke
In an average lifetime there will be over 50 000 images of you on photos you'll never see.Philip
"I AM, therefore I think." Isn't that putting Descartes before the horse? Pete Moss, Guildford
How many 70s disco divas does it take to change a light bulb? Two - one to go up the ladder and one to say 'Get Doawonnn!!'Denise Bartup, Brighton
The sphinx was not created bye the egyptions since it shows signs of heavy rainwall and it hasn't rained it that reigen since the end of the last ice-age!k-dog.aumidi
Baptists don't make love standing up for fear that someone will think they are dancing. Dana Jennings, North Carolina
That Chinese writing is written vertically because it was originally written on strips of bamboo!Roddy Tannahill, Edinburgh
During the 2nd world war lots of metal railings from victorian houses were cut down for the war effort. But in fact they were never used - it was a stunt to get the public behind the war effort.barbara cooper
My home town Ballymena is at the centre of the universe. I know this, because everything is moving away from it at an equal rate. Professor Stephen Hawkjet, Ballymena
Dolphins and humans are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.Kelly Panayiotou, London
on a journey away from the nest, ants turn back and store an image of what they see repeatedly until they start the return journey which is when they arrange the images so they know what the journey home should look like.tony lee parker
Two wrongs don't make a right. But three just might. Phil, Uttoxeter
The Real Santa lives in small village in Denmark called "Holme Olstrup". He wears motor-glasses and a leather helmet all year round and loves sheep!Morten Wagner, Drosselvnget
Did you know what makes yawns catching? If you see someone yawn then your body assumes that there isn't enough oxygen around (that's why you yawn - to get more oxygen to the brain) so it makes sure that you take at least as much as the other bastard who is trying to steal your oxygen.big boys toys
Whenever an archaeologist uses the word 'ritual' to describe a find, feature or activity, this is trade code for 'I haven't the foggiest idea what the *hell* this was for'. Joe, Southampton
I have had nothing but trouble with my first name since I came to England.Randi Winter, Guernsey
Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"richard.britt
There's no such thing as cardboard.Christian M, Welwyn Garden City
The biggest boat in the world is a supertanker containing 90 million gallons of fuel, enough to drive a car on 10 round trips to the sun and enough left over to fly a 747 around the equator 20 times. Its propellor is 30ft in diameter, it has a 3 mile turning circle and takes 5 miles to stop from full speed, 16 knots.Alex de Gaye, London
The Nike "swoosh" logo was designed by University of Oregon student Carolyn Davidson in 1964 - four years after business undergrad Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports. Ms. Davidson was paid $35 dollars for her design.csc158
Laila Morse, who plays Mo Slater (snr) in Eastenders is Gary Oldman's sister. And that's not her real name, but an anagram of the Italian for 'my sister' - 'mia sorella'.Emma B, London
If everyone in China were to jump up and down at the same instant the resulting Tsunami would drown the entire western Seaboard of the USA.Tim Street, Farnworth
You can NOT see the great wall of china from space with the human eye. Its only as wide as a house. You can see it with telescopes but you can see anything on earth with a strong enough telescope.Gareth Faulkner
The south end of Great Britain is sinking into the English Channel by one inch each year. The north end is rising by one inch each year. Simon T, Kent n T, Kent
There is no such thing as 3rd World - it refers to the 1/3 of the world's population who don't know if they'll eat tomorrow. well... you asked...Becky Duncan, Isle of Dogs
Press the door close and floor button at the same time and it will go to that floor without stopping along the way. Mostly used by cleaners etc so often found in large hotels and office blocks.dawn budge
Never fall in love with a tennis player... love means nothing to them. Rob, Dublin
The word 'festination': a gait characterised by involuntary hurryingTracey Williams, London
Copper wire was invented by two Aberdonians fighting over a penny.gemmell
I went to school with a girl whose dad worked on the Star Wars movies. He appears in one of the scenes sweeping up in the background as he didn't realise they were filming. Or that's what she always claimed.Seona Cumming, Bedford
If I call my Mother in law the M in L then what do I call my Father in Law?the.lasker
The English Channel is two feet higher on the French side, due to centrifugal force. Wrongpants, Sheffield
The batteries in torches wear out more quickly if you shine the torch on objects that are further away...Dale Campbell, Brockhampton
Before you criticise a man walk a mile in his shoes. That way when you do criticize him you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.jem davis
Only 60% of people in internet chat rooms actually laugh out loud when they type LOL. Significantly fewer roll on the floor laughing, approximately 12%, though its hard to measure as they generally fall out of view of the web cams used to gather the information. But, by far the most disturbing trend is the 5% to 6% of the Internet Chat Room Populace that have begun to laugh their asses off. ER rooms in America & A&E in Britain have reported a 4 fold increase in the amount of Internet Related Ass Prosthesis (IRAP). The problem is compounded by huge numbers of people falsely claiming to LMAO & causing a misdirection of essential ass saving resouces. So the next time you read a pithy comment on an internet chat room/bulletin board - THINK before you TYPE. Parsley-matic, Things Town
The Eiffel Tower increases in weight by 52 tons when it is repainted every 7 years!Kirsty Shaw, Tadley
The word 'Debris' dates back to the 100 Years War.nigel
Putting the word "Amphetamines" on your CV, regardless of context, is not likely to get you an interview. Trish, Watford
A .44 magnum beats 4 acesAlan Jones, Oldham
Black & Decker invented a drill especially for spacemen to take to the moon as prior attempts spun the spacemen round rather than the drill bit.jon.finch
Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism, the reverse is true.NB
Eindhoven is the smallest town/city to produce a European Cup winning side.Duncan Hancox, Abingdon
Admiral Greig founder of the Russian navy & John Paul Jones founder of the American Navy were both born in Scotland.jimar
To stop your car windscreen from icing up in winter, cut an onion in half and wipe the juice on the glass. Simon E, Milton Keynes
How do you know when a man is well hung? You can't get your fingers between his neck and the rope.Patricia Comrie, Cornwall
why do aliens always abduct stupid people?mogodojo
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur - "That which is said in Latin sounds profound." Chris
The chinese have sent the USA 100 million cases of Viagra because they heard they couldnt hold an election!Deborah Silverlock, Romford
Gandhi walked barefoot everywhere to the point that his feet became quite thick and hard. Even when he wasn't on a hunger strike he did not eat much and became quite thin and frail. He also was quite a spiritual person. Furthermore due to his diet he ended up with very bad breath. He became known as a super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.n x thomas
It is impossible to look cool whilst picking up a frisbee!Daryl, Wales
Crazy paving isn't all it's cracked up to beJez Taylor, Leicester
50% of anarchists played "follow the leader" within the last 4 weeks!sl1
Remember laughter's the best medicine, unless you're asthmatic, and then its ventolin. Gavin, Hull
Uranus's moons all have a shakespearian theme to their names.Lee Hollingworth, Solihull
The average scalp has 100 000 hairs. Redheads have the least at 80 000; brown and black haired people have about 100 000; and blondes have the most at 120 000.kerry wright
The difference between cottage pie and shepherds pie is that cottage pie is made from beef (the cows being kept close to the cottage for milking) and home-grown vegetables, whereas shepherds pie is made from lamb & potatoes (the only things available for eating in the far-flung grazing pastures).Sue, Lincoln
If the screw holes in wood have become too loose, push one or more match in and then cut of flush with the surface (Make sure the matches are dead first) The new wood will provide sufficient grip for a good holdSimon Buckland, Sunbury
A bus carrying 5 passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis. By the time police arrived on the scene 14 pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.phillip mcguinness
Whilst out shopping for party items and a bad breath preventative, I read my shopping list which went: soup and caulie, flags, elastic, eggs, peas, halitosis. Quite a coincidence, I think you'll agree!Ivor, Rainford
A morbid fear of shopping centres is called a 'complex complex complex'.Alan Colquhoun, Glasgow
Life is just nature's way of keeping meat fresh.ian.mcguire
When you point 1 finger at someone else, you're pointing 4 at yourself. Think about that when you want to blame someone. Paul, Tilburg
You can generate really long burps by drinking about 2 pints of lager very quickly then running around and jumping up and down. Don't let yourself burp 'til you have completed the process.Olivia Grace, Halstead
You can remove candle wax from carpets by ironing over blotting paper which absorbs the waxsally smilie
If something is adjustable, sooner or later it will need adjusting.Steve, Coventry
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them!John Durnall, Birmingham
if you stand at the bottom of the Grand canyon your feet are touching rocks that are 1.7 BILLION years old (you head is level with rocks that are 500 000 years younger)rashp
Sex is the most intimate, beautiful and natural experience that money can buy.Neil, Essex
The Brontosaurus never existed. The man who discovered its bones was actually Mene Apachio and he named it the Apachiosaurus. But then everyone forgot about it, poor guy.Peter Sheppard, Maidstone
Walls have ears - I found one in my ice-cream!v barber
Wittgenstein and a friend were discussing why people used to think that the sun orbited the earth. "Because that's what it looks like" said the friend. "Oh", replied Wittgenstein, "and what would it look like if the earth orbited the sun?"Greg L, Bangor
Old people always have terribly clean car interiorsVictoria Webster, Nottingham
in Episode 1 the actors were told off in the fight scenes for making the voooom sound of the lightsabers whilst fightingspook frog frog
Anxious to 'include' as many minorities, religions and disabilities as possible, the human resources department of the University of Alberta put up a Braille poster outside its main office. The poster has been placed inside a display case with a glass front.Stephie, Croydon
Cut an onion in half rub it on the sole of your feet. An hour later you will taste onion in your mouth.Debbie Schmieder, Uxbridge
If you freeze a bee you can tie a bit of string to it like a leash. Let it de-frost and it will be totally unharmed by the freezing and you can then take your pet bee for a walk (or take it for a fly) in your local park.hammy burgess
The shortest correspondence on record is between Victor Hugo and his publicist. Whilst on holiday, Victor wanted to know how his new novel was doing so he sent a postcode to the publicist saying "?" . The publicist sent a postcard back saying "!"Deb, Leicester
Aberdeen is the Gaelic word for hypothermiaAndrew Reid, Helensburgh
Zap garlic cloves in the microwave for 15 seconds and the skins slip right off!David.Colderley
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Sweaty Betty, Macclesfield
Milk crates make boring petsSamantha Cottle, London
STRESSED spelt backwards is DESSERTSAnntonina.Rice
"Writer" is one letter away from "waiter"Malika
There is such a thing as a fogbow. A rainbow with no coloursErnest Hemsley, Christchurch
There is more salt in a bowl of corn flakes than there is in a packet of Ready salted crispschriskingdon
When you sleep, the dreams are recorded and when you wake up those yellowy bits in your eyes are the tape. We just haven't figured out how to use them yet.OT, Derbyshire
Tony the tiger is not real - he is a cartoon tiger.Ian Fitch, Elmsett
Nelson's column in Trafalgar Sq is the same height as the mast on the HMS Victory ship.paul.stancheris
Branwell Bronte, brother of the writers Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against the mantlepiece, just to prove that it could be done.Simon M, Dublin
The universal gravity constant G is 6.67E-11 to three significant figures. Taking this and the distance of the sun from the earth into account you are about 100g heavier at night than at midday. Or in case one of you is a physicist and knows that: I have a cute little china house sitting on my desktop.James Matter, Bury St Edmunds
I once won a toasted sandwich maker from the "Totally Jewish" website then felt guilty for ages because I'm not actually Jewish...julie
Most teenagers seem to think that being individual is looking like everyone else.Jess
A shark will only attack you when you're wet.Barry Pearson, Newark
the world land speed record for a caravan is 167mph. it was being towed by a dodge viper!wicky_wicky_stylieee
The modern introverted luxury keeper (milky) gets his stuff online so that he cannot be seen shopping for expensive gadgets.Thomas A
Two fish in a tank one turns to the other and says "how do you drive this thing"?Thomas Nield, Winchester
There are no roads in the city of Londonrobert.chesher
WHAT DID THE FIRST PERSON TO MILK A COW THINK THEY WERE DOING?Sandyman
At room temperature the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.K Taylor, Ilkeston
The entrance to the Channel tunnel is square in the UK and round in France.susan.carey
I remember when all this was fields.F.
Life is like a simile...Simon Ward, Buxton
Did you know that there are more miles of canals in Birmingham than in Venice OR that if asked Neil Armstrong will SWEAR that he saw alien spacecrafts in a crater on the moon. He will not volunteer this information however.tommy_toolman
Why is a delivery on a ship called a cargo and a delivery by car a shipment?Squ
George Gershwin wrote Rhapsody In Blue with a woman sitting on his headSarah Bennett, Hadley
A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of waterrichard.orme
If you ever catch on fire try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.Fri
Where does Kylie Minogue buy her kebabs from? Jason's DonnavanSteve Newstead, Plymouth
Should you see the flying pig - please remember her name is Majorie (she gets upset if you call her anything else!) the name Charing Cross actually derives from French - La chere Reine - The Dear Queen.p beagle
The only thing that keeps me from realising my full potential is the depressing awareness that it probably wouldn't take much time or effort...Alistair
Darth Vader knows what Luke is getting for Xmas because he has felt his presents.Paul Reynolds, London
panta Hellenici estin emoy is greek for "It's all Greek to me"steve the sleeve
Three ways to tell if a person is dead is a) lividity (all the blood has gone to the lowermost part of their body b) visible C.S.F. (cerebro-spinal-fluid mostly called brain matter) or c) decapitation - a sure sign.Bert
My karma just ran over your dogma!Michael Burnham, Guildford
The Black Eagle is the only bird of prey that never stops flying. If it dies in flight rigor mortis sets in so rapidly that its wings go rigid within seconds enabling it to glide to the ground safely (if only it weren't dead).sharron.traer
For just this year only black is the fashion world's new black.Serena
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the Spaniards.David Guy, Ripley
The reason beer tastes so smooth is because it is good for you.kathryn.ratcliffe
Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film.Jo, Winsley
Keyboard fluff mostly consists of breakfast cerealDavid Buttress, Edinburgh
ANTS WONT CROSS A CHALK LINE!RAGDOLLY
Don't you hate it when someone asks you a question and you don't know whether it's rhetorical or not?Thomas M, Burton-upon-Trent
Actually, Azerbaijan is a country that begins but does not end with an "a" as well as Afghanistan. So there.Dark Warrior, London
If the Alps were just 5 metres lower Swissair would save $30000 on fuel costs due to a lower approach to Zurich airport.eniur
Humans are descended from birds, not apes. Try whistling and notice how someone will always join in. Thsi is a throwback to our days in the trees, trying to communicate through dense foliage. This fact also explains the wide variety of breakfast cereals available and our inbred fear of cats.Alan, Clentry
Afghanistan is the only country name that doesn't both begin and end in 'A'Jeanie Sinclair, Bristol
Helicopters can't fly - they're just so ugly the earth repels them.cattz
The Trans-Siberian Railway has a large kink in it, for the following reason. When the Tsar decided it should be built, he drew a line across a map of Russia with a ruler. The ruler had a nick in it.Sean, Swindon
Carrots and Parsnips used to be the same colour in mediaeval times. But the lords of the day couldn't tell the difference so a pigment was added to make them different... Is this the first GM product???Carl Chapman, Ely
Putrefied shark is a delicacy in Iceland. Freshly caught Greenland shark is poisonous because of its cyanic acid content. But some centuries ago Icelanders discovered that if they buried the carcass and left it to ferment for a few months it didn't actually kill people when they ate it, hence the frankly revolting national dish.david.m.martin
If a doctor writes 'Pumpkin Positive' on your notes, they mean if they shone a penlight into your mouth, they would encounter a brain so small that your whole head would light up.Beverly S
my computer beat me at chess but i won when it came to kick boxing.george falls
My father has just become the first Mongolian Consular to Dublin as a result of his commitment to business development in Ulan baatar Mongolia.Ciara
In 1555, Nostradamus wrote: Come the millennium, month 12, In the home of greatest power, The village idiot will come forth To be acclaimed the leaderMichael Keane, Limerick
All that glitters has a high refractive index.John D, Denver, USA
Hermits have no peer pressure.Rob Cole, London
The smallest dog on record was called Sallyrae morley
Good judgement comes from experience. Unfortunately experience usually comes from bad judgement...Laura Krassakopoulou, Athens
Given the proper amount of surprise a goldfish can beat the hell out of a gorilla.raziel
A bus station is where a bus stops; a train station is where a train stops; on my desk I have a work station.Kerry Peters, London
The phrase "It's not over until the fat lady sings" is actually a mis-quote. The correct phrase is "It's not over until the fat lady sinks" and has its origins in the game of billiards. The black eight ball was commonly referred to as the "fat lady" so no matter how bad the game was for a competitor it wasn't over until the "fat lady" sank.james trotman
In a crowd, the harder you push, the faster you go.Andrew S, Belfast
The expression 'eaves dropping' comes from when houses had a gap between the eaves and the wall. From outside internal sounds appeared to 'drop' from the eaves.b hartley
Alarms don't 'go off'. If they did, then they would be pointless. Alarms 'go on'.Andy, Manchester
Firing your "softair" machine gun at your girlfriend means you have to spend the next week watching Channel 5 late at night... personal experience proves it so.Dan Barham, Manchester
my relative identified the flowers on Tutankhamun's mummy and deduced the time of year he died.Alex
There are 2 rules to being a success in life: 1. Never give out all the information.Al, South East
The Empire State building in NY contains 10 million bricksDavid Hopwood, Devon
I want to meet someone who has had a near death experience, but instead of bright lights, pearly gates and welcoming relatives, he has seen coal bunkers, cloven hoofprints and smelled sulphur.Paul S, Nairobi
Duncan Webb of London in his mighty knowledge of the Biro nicking Fairies, forgot to mention that the little blighters use one black sock as a balaclava when raiding for the biros.Lizard Lounge
revenge is the only word in the english dictionary which has a word that is the meaning of it in the centreD A Malone
Millions of lost BIC biros are in fact stolen by little pixies and used to make mobile catapults that fire TV remote controls down the side of sofas.Duncan Webb, London
An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.Will Gaskell
What the big print giveth, the small print taketh away.Dorothy, Orchard Lake
Wombats can run up to 40km per hour and stop dead in half a stride. They kill their prey this way - their prey runs into their bum-bone and smash their face.Judith Marks, London
I went for a long walk in the country yesterday, and my calves are hurting. I must remember to file their teeth down.Chris Griff
70% of the entire final mark of a Sociology A Level final exam was based on one question,'what is the bravest thing you've ever done in your life?'. One student wrote, 'This.', got up and walked out. He got an A.Danny B, Middlesex
The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin during the second world war killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo and no one elseAnthony Ellis, Ilford
man united smell of wet dogsDrew Redmond
A bloke keeps ringing me and singing 'Stand And Deliver' down the line. I keep telling him he's got the wrong number, but he's adamant.Matt, Bristol
London is closer to Moscow than New Zealand is to Australia.Simon Ogilvey, Cambridgeshire
The origin of the word chunder comes from convict ships bound for Australia. When people were going to be ill they used to shout "watch under".Tomas Story, East Sussex
Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you.n bahra
Foolish are those who play Twister on the stairs. But even more foolish are those who play Monopoly with real money and real dogs.Ben G, Wigmore
Us Brits sent 560 million text messages in August and there were 10 billion sent worldwide.Jonathan Webb, Surrey
Turn to Psalm 46 in the King James Version count 46 words from the beginning (shake) and 46 words in from the end (spear); and the translation was completed when Shakespeare was 46 years old and he was born and died on 23rd April (2 X 23 = 46).alwyn
Orthinology is the science of word-botching.Rob K, Hampshire
'habari yako bwana' doesn't mean 'hello how are you?' in swahili, it means 'how are you Mr?'. 'Jambo, habari yako?' Is how you say it. Or you could simply say 'habari', 'poa', or 'salama'.Superman 376
What should you do if you meet a hard of hearing jaundiced yet laid-back male cellist? Bellow "Hello, yellow, mellow cello fellow".jfidler
A torch is a case for holding dead batteries.Peter S, Newcastle
If you mix half a pint of Stella and a bottle of Smirnoff Ice you get what is called a Turbo Shandy. Not that I condone that sort of drinking.phil.m.richards
You can't see the Great Wall of China from space. You can see the mountain range it's built on, one side of which is in slight shadow. If you could see the Great Wall then you could see the M25. Which you plainly can't...Phill, Oxford
You can use squeezed nectarine skin juice & ten parts water to keep cats off your garden.Chris Moore, Clacton-on-Sea
3.14 isn't actually the value of pie. the value of pie is actually dependent on the filling where generally steak and kidney is more expensive than cherry bakewell.wbholmes
A shortcut has to be a challenge, because if it was easy, then it would just be the way.Jemma B, Guernsey
Dragonflies don't have any - they use buttonsDavid McNeight, Farnham
You never can truly tell when you have run out of invisible ink.Mark, Kent
Belly buttons can be used for salt/vinegar/sauce when eating chips in bed.matt_wardstatto
The internet - where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents.Steven B, Stoke on Trent
Cigar ash mixed with spit will remove most scratches from coffee table topsTrev Keeling, Derby
Why can't someone invent a razor using just the third blade as that seems to be the one that shaves the closest ?ian 329
You should never eat blackberries on the bushes if they are below waist height.Will, Milton Keynes
If you were to take all the paperclips in the world that have ever been produced and lay them end to end, you'd have an idea how bored I am with my job.Kirsten Keown, London
a person who smiles in the face of adversity probably has a scapegoatshaun barrow
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. - Oscar Wildercmm25
If Milli Vanilli falls over in the woods, does somebody else make a sound?Shane, Dublin
What do you call a girl with a frog on her head? Lily.Alain Orset, London
