Im full of them and am always looking for more useless facts to blurt out when in the pub
My favourite : The brown biscuits in rat packs are made by a company who makes dog biscuits. Apparently because they can get all the vitamins etc in and make them edible(even if it is like chewing on a brick). I liked the fruit ones thou and hated the soup that no matter what i did tasted of grass.
If you were to count the number of different words that the Sunday Times uses when publishing its weekly paper it averages only between 550 and 700 different words.
In the US in the mid 90's a 16 year old boy scout created a plutoniam from a guid he found in a library. Its became hazardous and to this day the areas is contaminated.
The most legs ever found on a millipeed is 780(taken from a brilliant useless facts program called QI,on channel 2 forgot which night thou)
Coca colad when firsty created contained cocaine
After popeye was release spinach consumption increased in the US.
One testicle (on a human) sits lower and ever so slighty in front of the other, its an evolutionary thing so men can walk without them catching or knocking about.
Elmo, a puppet from the children's television show "Sesame Street," testified on April 23,2002 during a House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. He was testifying in favour of school music education. He is the first puppet in history to testify on Capitol Hill
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.
A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave
Once upon a time in Scotland, a new game was invented - It was entitled "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is considered impossible to lick your elbow.
Each king in a deck of playing card s represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windscreen wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
There are more 'reverse charge' calls on Fathers day than any other day of the year
In Shakespearian times, 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."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, known today as the honeymoon.
And finally....
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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When not awake, I am often found asleep
Well Steve, that little gem shot my theory down in flames I always thought the Sailmaker 'Pompey' Dockyard made Gwineth Dunwoody's Bloomers?.Aye JR 