thread full of random facts

[The Wookiee]

People spend 2 weeks of their lives at traffic lights

 

[Everest]

People spend 2 weeks of their lives at traffic lights

It's about time they were fixed then

 

[Capricorn]

The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.

 

[Titanic]

78% of statistics quoted on internet messageboards are made up.

 

[Badger]

It is legal to shoot a Scotsman within the York city walls, provided you do it with a bow and arrow and it is not a Sunday.

 

[skipper734]

The other 28% are just plain wrong.

 

[Garage_Doors]

You can't keep your eyes open when sneezing

 

[dannyboy]

pluto isnt a planet

 

[Nibble]

Bills travel through the post at twice the speed of cheques.

 

[Sausage]

In exactly the right conditions the naked eye can see a candle burning at night from 11 miles away.

 

[cardboard]

All polar bears are left handed

 

[John Bumlick]

it's a little known fact that 78 + 28 = 100

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

You can't piss and shoot your muck at the same time.
FACT.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

78% of statistics quoted on internet messageboards are made up.

There's a 96% chance of someone making a post like this in a thread about random facts.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

It is legal to shoot a Scotsman within the York city walls, provided you do it with a bow and arrow and it is not a Sunday.

Some people watch too much TV - fact!

 

[sam86]

78% of statistics quoted on internet messageboards are made up.

The other 28% are just plain wrong.

it's a little known fact that 78 + 28 = 100

 

[Badger]

Some people watch too much TV - fact!

Why do you say that? It was something I discovered when I was at university in York

 

[Nibble]

In pubs, ale used to ordered in quarts as well as pints . When customers got unruly, the barman would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

 

[Billy the Fish]

Hungarians are notoriously disorganised

 

[Art Vs Science]

All goats are allergic to lemons