A thread full of INTERESTING facts

[Artois]

I'll start:


An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

 

[Marc]

I sometimes Snows in the Sahara Desert


FACT

 

[Artois]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

 

[Parson Henry]

I sometimes Snows in the Sahara Desert


FACT

Chicken Tikka Masala is not a recognised dish in India.

 

[Superseagull]

25% of all the worlds current prision population are Americans.

 

[Artois]

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

 

[Parson Henry]

The US 'World' series in Basesball does not confer rights of being world champions, in fact it is named so as a paper sponsored the competetion.

 

[maffew]

venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

The second largest Guiness drinking nation in the world after Ireland is Nigeria.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

No other word in the English language rhymes with "Orange"

 

[Juan Albion]

The US 'World' series in Basesball does not confer rights of being world champions, in fact it is named so as a paper sponsored the competetion.

I hope you're having a laugh.

 

[Parson Henry]

The second largest Guiness drinking nation in the world after Ireland is Nigeria.

Leslie Neilson (Airplane, Police Squad) auditioned for the part of Ben Hur in the film of the same name.

 

[Artois]

No other word in the English language rhymes with "Orange"

Or Silver.

Or Purple.

 

[Trufflehound]

Elephants are the only animals in the world with four knees.

 

[Parson Henry]

I hope you're having a laugh.

Well thats what the bloke at work just told me!!

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

In TV's 'The Bill' the police cars aren't allowed to use their sirens, just the flashing lights.

The sirens are dubbed in afterwards!

 

[zefarelly]

The US 'World' series in Basesball does not confer rights of being world champions, in fact it is named so as a paper sponsored the competetion.

as far as America is concerned it is the world, as far as a vast majority of the rest of the world is concerned theyre just a large ensemble of fat inbred ignorant arseholes

baseball is just rounders for fat blokes with small dicks on drugs

 

[Juan Albion]

Well thats what the bloke at work just told me!!

He obviously doesn't read NSC then.

The newspaper thing is not true. Boston were repeatedly called world champions within 5 minutes of winning on Wednesday. I just called them 'bastards' which is nearer the truth.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

The Long Island Iced Tea cocktail got its name from the prohibition years in the US. Drinkers would be able to escape reprimand by officials due to the drink's similar appearance to an Iced Tea.

 

[zefarelly]

oh, forgot the thread ! . . . . .58.7% of statistics are made up on the spot