Did you know........? A thread full of useless facts

[Tom Bombadil]

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes


In 1994 Los Angeles police arrested a man for dressing as the Grim Reaper - complete with scythe - and standing outside the windows of old people's homes, staring in.

In July 1981, a tortoise was sentenced to death for murder. Tribal leaders in an eastern Kenyan village formally condemned the tortoise because they suspected it of causing the deaths of six people by magic. However, because none of the villagers was prepared to face the tortoise's wrath by carrying out the execution, it was chained to a tree instead. The tortoise was later freed after the government promised an inquiry into the six deaths.

 

[Superphil]

Parthenaphobia is the fear of virgins

 

[Safeway]

Ryan Giggs played for England schoolboys. In those days he was known as Ryan Wilson, his father's name, before reverting to his mother's maiden name.

 

[Jim Byrne]

the phrase " mad as a hatter" comes from way back many moons ago in the days of top hats and the such when 'hatters' were people who prepared them, and they usedproper mercury to get the desired shiny finish . . this of course is toxic and rotted their brains . . making them . . mad


i thank you

 

[Safeway]

The most common name for a pub in the UK is The Red Lion.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Ryan Giggs played for England schoolboys. In those days he was known as Ryan Wilson, his father's name, before reverting to his mother's maiden name.

But couldnt have played for England unless he lived here for so many years because none of his family are english..he just went to school in England.

Also, his father Mr Wilson is black.

 

[aftershavedave]

scoring a duck at cricket comes from the resemblance of the "0" posted on the scoreboard in the mid 19th century to a duck's egg.

 

[Vinyl Richie]

(Controversial) smoking does not make you cool

 

[John Dorian]

Crtystal Palace are a football team

 

[John Dorian]

Crtystal Palace are a football team

unbelievable and uselesss fact at the same time i know ....

Save Chip.....

 

[The Large One]

400 years of hostility finally ceased in 1987 when the Netherlands signed a peace treaty, ending their war with... The Scilly Isles.

 

[Mr Popkins]

Shakin Stevens real name is -Michael Barrett

 

[John Dorian]

Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.

 

[John Dorian]

After 8 months, babies are more likely to get a diaper rash.

 

[Brixtaan]

Polar bears are left-handed.(so scientifically proven to be v v clever,like me)

And their livers are toxic.You cannot eat them.

 

[John Dorian]

And last but by no means least :

The 2002 World Cup was hosted by two countries Japan and South Korea. Before the start of the tournament, there was a lot of infighting and bickering between the two hosts on issues such as whose country's name would appear first on game tickets.

Stupid Idiots I thank you

 

[John Dorian]

It is 345 hours since I left to go on holiday .... and now i'm back

 

[Donny Osmond]

Facetious is the only word in the English language to have all 5 vowels in the correct order.

 

[MRRF 10]

polar bears have black skin

 

[Donny Osmond]

Skiing is the only word in the English language to hve a double I.

And going back to left handers like myself. We are not more intellegent but we have a wider range on intellegence ( more dunces and more geniuses)
Oh and our life expectency is 9 years shorter than that of the right handed.