'Blimey, I never knew that' amazing facts

[Brighton TID]

#1. The bloke from the Mamas & The Papas had sexual relations with his own daughter (source: Q Magazine)

 

[The Large One]

Which one - there were two of them?

 

[Brighton TID]

the one with the tash who wrote the tunes

 

[Easy 10]

#2
It is illegal to sell porcupines in Florida.

 

[Trufflehound]

#3
The people of Albania are not allowed to say any word containing the letter 't' on Wednesdays.

 

[Brighton TID]

#4 horses and rabbits cannot vomit

 

[Billy the Fish]

#5
Hungarians are notoriously disorganised.

 

[cardboard]

#6 all Polar Bears are left handed

 

[Everest]

#6 all Polar Bears are left handed

#7 their hair is also transparent.

 

[Brighton TID]

#8 a typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long

 

[Frutos]

#9 - Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only double landlocked (a landlocked country bordered entirely by other landlocked countries) countries in the world.

 

[Acker79]

#10 Water actually is slightly blue, it isn't just a reflection of the sky.

 

[vegster]

If 2 Cod bred and all their progeny survived, by 3 complete generations the entire surface of the world would be covered in Cod to a depth of 1 kilometre

 

[Acker79]

#11 Humans have two pairs of nostrils.

#12 America has 46 states. The other four are commonwealths.

 

[strings]

#10 Water actually is slightly blue, it isn't just a reflection of the sky.

#13 Water is actually blue-er in the South than the North of Britain, due to the higher calcium content.

 

[Harty]

#14. Columbo was originally written with Bing Crosby in the title role.

 

[Everest]

#15
You will not necessarily get arrested for blowing a goat.
LiveLeak.com - Goat

 

[Simster]

The lead singer of La Roux is actually the daughter of the woman who plyed June Ackland in The Bill.

 

[Iamapen15]

# 17. The worlds largest Christmas Cracker stands at 181 feet, 11 inches and therefore if stood on uits end, is taller that the Statue of Liberty - the Statue of Liberty (of course) being 151 feet, 1 inch tall.

 

[Trufflehound]

If 2 Cod bred and all their progeny survived, by 3 complete generations the entire surface of the world would be covered in Cod to a depth of 1 kilometre

I think you're assuming a fairly small average size of cod there, say 4-5kg. If they all grew to 12 kg or so you're looking at nearer 3km.