Napalm sticks to kids
08/28/08 ATTN: Dog Owners
Several dog toys made by "Four Paws Products" have been linked to serious injury to dogs and have been recalled.
The list of toys can be found HERE
A blog about a dog named Chai which was injured by this toy and ended up losing his tongue can be found HERE (be advised there are pix and video on the blog)
The list of toys can be found HERE
A blog about a dog named Chai which was injured by this toy and ended up losing his tongue can be found HERE (be advised there are pix and video on the blog)
08/20/08 Did you know...?
There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.
There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.
There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.
There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.
Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.
Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.
27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
31% of employees skip lunch entirely.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
The total volume of mail that went through the Canadian postal system in 1950 was 1,362,310,155 items.
The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 480 hours held by Dennis Easterling, of Atlanta, Georgia.
The world’s 350+ billionaires have more assets than the combined assets of the bottom 45% of the world’s population.
Thirteen percent of the human population reside in deserts.
In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships.
In eighteenth century English gambling dens, there was an empolyee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
In England, in the 1800's pants was considered a dirty word.
In 1976 a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.
In 1976 Rodrigo's Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez' was No 1 in the UK for only three hours because of a computer error.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
In 1990 there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner related accidents in the US
08/18/08 Birth of the Internet
The National Science Foundation has a pretty cool site up documenting the birth of the 'net using both text & multimedia.
Oddly enough I haven't seen Al Gore's name anywhere mentioned in this....
Oddly enough I haven't seen Al Gore's name anywhere mentioned in this....
08/15/08 Robot with a rat brain
Robot Has Biological Brain:
That's just great. We're eventually going to be overrun by ratborgs. Thanks a lot ya Limey bastards.
The robot, named Gordon, is not exactly an Einstein but represents a remarkable bridging of the gap between biology and technology. Gordon relies a dish with about 60 electrodes to pick up electrical signals generated by the brain cells.
The brain drives the robot's movements.
Every time the robot nears an object, signals are directed to stimulate the brain by means of the electrodes, the researchers explained in a statement released today by the University of Reading in England. In response, the brain's output drives the robot's wheels left and right, so that it moves around in an attempt to avoid hitting objects.
The robot has no additional control from a human or a computer, the scientists state. Its sole means of control is from its own brain.
That's just great. We're eventually going to be overrun by ratborgs. Thanks a lot ya Limey bastards.
08/13/08 Did you know...?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
In Greene, new york, you cannot walk backwards and eat peanuts on teh sidewalk during a concert.
In Hardford, Connecut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
In ancient Greece, where the mouse was sacred to Apollo, mice were sometimes devoured by temple priests.
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 cam be jailed for cheating on their finals.
In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
In Casablanka, humphrey Bogart never said Play it again, Sam.
In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships.
In eighteenth century English gambling dens, there was an empolyee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
In England, in the 1800's pants was considered a dirty word.
In 1976 a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.
In 1976 Rodrigo's Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez' was No 1 in the UK for only three hours because of a computer error.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
In 1990 there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner related accidents in the US
In the 19th century, the British Navy attempted to dispel the superstition that Friday was an unlucky day to embark on a ship. The Keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named HMS Friday, commanded by a Captain Friday, and finally went to sea on a Friday.
Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard of again.
In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'
In the Balanta tribe of Africa, a bride remained married until her wedding gown was worn out. If she wanted a divorce after 2 weeks, all she had to do was rip up her dress.
In the country of Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
IN the flim 'Star Trek: First Contact, when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. But new Zealand is missing.
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
In the heart of the Antarctic winter, temperatures drop to as low as 127 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the Marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the Couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In the middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.
In the past 100 years only 12 people have been attacked by mountain lions in the state of California. Five died and two of those were because of rabies in 1909
In the United States there is one birth every 8 seconds and one death every 14 seconds.
In the White House, there are 13,092 Knives, forks, and spoons.
In Greene, new york, you cannot walk backwards and eat peanuts on teh sidewalk during a concert.
In Hardford, Connecut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.
In ancient Greece, where the mouse was sacred to Apollo, mice were sometimes devoured by temple priests.
In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 cam be jailed for cheating on their finals.
In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained.
In Casablanka, humphrey Bogart never said Play it again, Sam.
In eighteenth century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit, or even model ships.
In eighteenth century English gambling dens, there was an empolyee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
In England, in the 1800's pants was considered a dirty word.
In 1976 a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.
In 1976 Rodrigo's Guitar Concierto de Aranjuez' was No 1 in the UK for only three hours because of a computer error.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
In 1990 there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner related accidents in the US
In the 19th century, the British Navy attempted to dispel the superstition that Friday was an unlucky day to embark on a ship. The Keel of a new ship was laid on a Friday, she was named HMS Friday, commanded by a Captain Friday, and finally went to sea on a Friday.
Neither the ship nor her crew were ever heard of again.
In the 40's, the Bich pen was changed to Bic for fear that Americans would pronounce it 'Bitch.'
In the Balanta tribe of Africa, a bride remained married until her wedding gown was worn out. If she wanted a divorce after 2 weeks, all she had to do was rip up her dress.
In the country of Turkey, in the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
IN the flim 'Star Trek: First Contact, when Picard shows Lilly she is orbiting Earth, Australia and Papa New Guinea are clearly visible .. But new Zealand is missing.
In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured.
In the heart of the Antarctic winter, temperatures drop to as low as 127 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the Marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the Couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In the middle Ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.
In the past 100 years only 12 people have been attacked by mountain lions in the state of California. Five died and two of those were because of rabies in 1909
In the United States there is one birth every 8 seconds and one death every 14 seconds.
In the White House, there are 13,092 Knives, forks, and spoons.
08/13/08 Somebody call the WAAAAAAmbulance
With great qoutes like
How can ya not laugh at this "journalist"
Top 5 most preposterous getups in games
It's amazing that these ladies can kill demons in leotards and stilettos
Someone seems to have forgotten that the majority of video games are made by males & marketed to males....and guess what...guys like bewbies ZOMG...tho I have heard plenty of females point out they like teh bewbs as well...
"Oh Mai! When you arrived on the scene in the early ‘90s, you set womankind back decades with your bouncing bosoms and an outfit that -- let’s be realistic for one crazy moment -- could never ever hold such ample assets in place."
How can ya not laugh at this "journalist"
Top 5 most preposterous getups in games
It's amazing that these ladies can kill demons in leotards and stilettos
Someone seems to have forgotten that the majority of video games are made by males & marketed to males....and guess what...guys like bewbies ZOMG...tho I have heard plenty of females point out they like teh bewbs as well...
08/12/08 Too damn funny....
three main points in support of the Fairness Doctrine – scarcity of the media, corporate censorship of liberal viewpoints, and public interest
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
Can't be serious, can they....censorship of liberal viewpoints????
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080812160747.aspx
http://www.cultureandmedia.com/specialreports/2008/Fairness_Doctrine/FairnessDoctrine_ExecSum.htm
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHA
Can't be serious, can they....censorship of liberal viewpoints????
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080812160747.aspx
http://www.cultureandmedia.com/specialreports/2008/Fairness_Doctrine/FairnessDoctrine_ExecSum.htm
08/12/08 Did you know...?
Approximately 20% of Americans have a passport.
Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to stuff a pillow.
Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper.
By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.
Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.
Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
Families who do turn off the television during meals tend to eat healthier. This was regardless of family income, or education.
Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world.
In a day 34,000 children die every day from causes that are related to poverty and hunger.
In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring.
In a study done, moms that were very active had no effect on how active their daughter’s would be. However, dads that encouraged exercise, had more active daughters.
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.
In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce.
In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls.
In Britain, one out of every four potatoes is eaten in the form of french fries.
In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour.
In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home.
In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year.
In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time.
It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind.
More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.
Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old.
On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves.
On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
On average, 749 pounds of paper products is used by an American individual annually.
On average, a car driver will swear or blashpheme 32,025 times in their lifetime while driving.
On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime.
On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation.
On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day.
One out of 200 women is colorblind.
One out of every five births in the United States are delivered by Cesarean section.
Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk).
Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
Australian Graham Barker extracted his own belly button fluff every day for 18 years acquiring a record-breaking amount of fluff. He hopes to accumulate enough fluff to stuff a pillow.
Babies that wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to get a diaper rash than babies wearing a cotton diaper.
By recycling just one glass bottle, the amount of energy that is being saved is enough to light a 100 watt bulb for four hours.
Children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day.
Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18.
Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.
Every three seconds, a new baby is born.
Families who do turn off the television during meals tend to eat healthier. This was regardless of family income, or education.
Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada has the largest bar per capita than anywhere else in the world.
In a day 34,000 children die every day from causes that are related to poverty and hunger.
In a day, kids in the U.S. that are between the ages of 2 - 8 spend 28 minutes of their time coloring.
In a study done, moms that were very active had no effect on how active their daughter’s would be. However, dads that encouraged exercise, had more active daughters.
In a year, the average person walks four miles to make his or her bed.
In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce.
In an year, an average person makes 1,140 phone calls.
In Britain, one out of every four potatoes is eaten in the form of french fries.
In London, during rush hour traffic moves on average at 13 kilometres an hour.
In the UK, one third of accidental deaths that happen occur in the home.
In the United States, approximately 50 million people fish per year.
In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time.
It is estimated that 93% of American children will go out trick or treating for Halloween.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.
Men are more likely to be colorblind than women. About one of out of 12 men are colorblind.
More than 90% of shark attack victims survive.
Most American women have their first baby when they are 24.3 years old.
On average men spend 51 minutes a day grooming themselves.
On average, 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day.
On average, 749 pounds of paper products is used by an American individual annually.
On average, a car driver will swear or blashpheme 32,025 times in their lifetime while driving.
On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime.
On average, Americans spend five times more of their time in their cars than they do on vacation.
On average, an American makes three pounds of garbage in a day.
One out of 200 women is colorblind.
One out of every five births in the United States are delivered by Cesarean section.
Over 1,600 people in North America have been victims of trunk entrapment (being locked inside of a car trunk).
Over 50% of lottery players go back to work after winning the jackpot.
08/07/08 For the man who has everything
The Shit Box.
08/03/08 Zombie Survival Quiz
07/30/08 Did you know...?
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.
The USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.
The world’s first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.
There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.
There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.
There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.
There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.
Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.
Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.
27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
31% of employees skip lunch entirely.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year.
American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.
Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.
An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week.
Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world’s oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the oceans.
Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year.
The United States Mint once considered producing donut-shaped coins.
The USSR launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957.
The width of a tornado can range from less than ten yards to more than a mile.
The world’s first underground was the London Underground in1863. It has 275 stations and 253 miles of track.
There are approximately 2000 thunderstorms that are active at the same time which results in 100 lightning flashes a second.
There are approximately 90 people that have been frozen after their death.
There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon give or take a few metres.
There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.
There has only been 193,000 metric tonnes of gold discovered to date.
There is an automobile model called Stutz Bearcat.
Thomas Watson, who was the chairman of IBM in 1943 predicted that their would probably only be a world market for five computers.
Traveling by air is the safest means of transportation.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
When the Galileo Probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere, it was traveling at a speed of 106,000 miles per hour. This is the fastest impact speed ever achieved by a man-made object.
27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.
31% of employees skip lunch entirely.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
According to research, Los Angeles highways are so congested that the average commuter sits in traffic for 82 hours a year.
American women, on average, spend 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.
Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
Americans, on average, spend 18% of his or her income on transportation as compared to only 13% spent on food.
An average American child watches approximately 28 hours of television in one week.
Annually, the amount of garbage that is dumped in the world’s oceans is three times the weight of fish that is caught from the oceans.
Approximately 100,000 people get married in Las Vegas each year.
07/25/08 Aliens
Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to have walked on the moon, states that ET's are real and have been in contact with the inhabitants Earth.
Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhNdxdveK7c
Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claims-aliens-HAVE-contact--covered-60-years.html
Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhNdxdveK7c
Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1037471/Apollo-14-astronaut-claims-aliens-HAVE-contact--covered-60-years.html
07/25/08 Did you know...?
Australians host barbecues at polling stations on general election days.
An average Briton will spend £1,537,380 during his or her lifetime, a survey from insurer Prudential suggests.
Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street.
Britain's smallest church, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, opens just once a year. It measures 4m by 3.6m and has one pew.
The spiciness of sauces is measured in Scoville Units.
Rubber gloves could save you from lightning.
C3PO and R2D2 do not speak to each other off-camera because the actors don't get on.
Driving at 159mph - reached by the police driver cleared of speeding - it would take nearly a third of a mile to stop.
Liverpool has 42 cranes redeveloping the city centre.
A quarter of the world's clematis come from one Guernsey nursery, where production will top 4.5m plants this year alone.
Tim Henman has a tennis court at his new home in Oxfordshire which he has never used.
Only 36% of the world's newspapers are tabloid.
Parking wardens walk about 15 miles a day.
You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
It takes 75kg of raw materials to make a mobile phone.
Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.
Antony Worrall-Thompson swam the English Channel in his youth.
The Pyruvate Scale measures pungency in onions and garlic. It's named after the acid in onions which makes cooks cry when cutting them.
The man who was the voice of one of the original Daleks, Roy Skelton, also did the voices for George and Zippy in Rainbow.
The average guest at a Buckingham Palace garden party scoffs 14 cakes, sandwiches, scones and ice-cream, according to royal accounts.
Oliver Twist is very popular in China, where its title is translated as Foggy City Orphan.
Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month, according to research carried out by University of California.
You can bet on your own death.
MPs use communal hairbrushes in the washrooms of the Houses of Parliament.
It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country because of the artificial heat needed, according to Defra.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's home number is listed by directory inquiries.
Actor James Doohan, who played Scotty, created the Klingon language that was used in the movies, and which Shakespeare plays were subsequently translated into.
The hotter it is, the more difficult it is for aeroplanes to take off. Air passengers in Nevada, where temperatures have reached 120F, have been told they can't fly.
Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold one copy every minute since its 1969 publication.
An average Briton will spend £1,537,380 during his or her lifetime, a survey from insurer Prudential suggests.
Tactically, the best Monopoly properties to buy are the orange ones: Vine Street, Marlborough Street and Bow Street.
Britain's smallest church, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, opens just once a year. It measures 4m by 3.6m and has one pew.
The spiciness of sauces is measured in Scoville Units.
Rubber gloves could save you from lightning.
C3PO and R2D2 do not speak to each other off-camera because the actors don't get on.
Driving at 159mph - reached by the police driver cleared of speeding - it would take nearly a third of a mile to stop.
Liverpool has 42 cranes redeveloping the city centre.
A quarter of the world's clematis come from one Guernsey nursery, where production will top 4.5m plants this year alone.
Tim Henman has a tennis court at his new home in Oxfordshire which he has never used.
Only 36% of the world's newspapers are tabloid.
Parking wardens walk about 15 miles a day.
You're 10 times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.
It takes 75kg of raw materials to make a mobile phone.
Deep Throat is reportedly the most profitable film ever. It was made for $25,000 (£13,700) and has grossed more than $600m.
Antony Worrall-Thompson swam the English Channel in his youth.
The Pyruvate Scale measures pungency in onions and garlic. It's named after the acid in onions which makes cooks cry when cutting them.
The man who was the voice of one of the original Daleks, Roy Skelton, also did the voices for George and Zippy in Rainbow.
The average guest at a Buckingham Palace garden party scoffs 14 cakes, sandwiches, scones and ice-cream, according to royal accounts.
Oliver Twist is very popular in China, where its title is translated as Foggy City Orphan.
Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month, according to research carried out by University of California.
You can bet on your own death.
MPs use communal hairbrushes in the washrooms of the Houses of Parliament.
It takes less energy to import a tomato from Spain than to grow them in this country because of the artificial heat needed, according to Defra.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's home number is listed by directory inquiries.
Actor James Doohan, who played Scotty, created the Klingon language that was used in the movies, and which Shakespeare plays were subsequently translated into.
The hotter it is, the more difficult it is for aeroplanes to take off. Air passengers in Nevada, where temperatures have reached 120F, have been told they can't fly.
Giant squid eat each other - especially during sex.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold one copy every minute since its 1969 publication.
07/24/08 Zombies need love too
07/23/08 Did you know...?
A shrimp’s heart is in its head.
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic Spaghetti specially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
“Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
“Go.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
The average fart travels over 16 feet when released.
An ant can live underwater for over 14 days.
Camels have a straight spine despite their hump.
In some places in Egypt it is free to use the restroom but you must bring/buy your own toilet pater.
The pickle while only containing 7 calories has no nutritional value. Dill pickles have more calories than sweet ones, which only have 6.
The distance between railroad tracks is 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches, this standard was based on Roman war chariots which was the size of two Roman war horses side by side.
On the door to Tutankhamen's tomb, so goes the legend, was inscribed a curse: "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king..." And in the years hence, it seemed like Tut's mummy was making good on his curse:
On the day the tomb was discovered, Carter's canary, which he had brought with him to Egypt for luck, was devoured by a snake.
A few months later, Carter's financial backer, Lord Carnarvon, died suddenly, perhaps from an infected insect bite.
When Carnarvon died, all the lights in Cairo went out from a power failure.
Although Carnarvon died in Cairo, back at his estate in England, his favorite dog howled and dropped dead.
When Tut's mummy was unwrapped in 1925, his body bore a wound on his face in the exact same spot as Carnarvon's insect bite.
"By 1929," says Howard Carter and the Curse of the Mummy, "eleven people connected with the discovery of the Tomb had died early and of unnatural causes. This included two of Carnarvon's relatives, Carter's personal secretary, Richard Bethell, and Bethell's father, Lord Westbury. Westbury killed himself by jumping from a building. He left a note that read, 'I really cannot stand any more horrors and hardly see what good I am going to do here, so I am making my exit.' "
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabetic Spaghetti specially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
“Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
“Go.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
The average fart travels over 16 feet when released.
An ant can live underwater for over 14 days.
Camels have a straight spine despite their hump.
In some places in Egypt it is free to use the restroom but you must bring/buy your own toilet pater.
The pickle while only containing 7 calories has no nutritional value. Dill pickles have more calories than sweet ones, which only have 6.
The distance between railroad tracks is 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches, this standard was based on Roman war chariots which was the size of two Roman war horses side by side.
On the door to Tutankhamen's tomb, so goes the legend, was inscribed a curse: "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king..." And in the years hence, it seemed like Tut's mummy was making good on his curse:
On the day the tomb was discovered, Carter's canary, which he had brought with him to Egypt for luck, was devoured by a snake.
A few months later, Carter's financial backer, Lord Carnarvon, died suddenly, perhaps from an infected insect bite.
When Carnarvon died, all the lights in Cairo went out from a power failure.
Although Carnarvon died in Cairo, back at his estate in England, his favorite dog howled and dropped dead.
When Tut's mummy was unwrapped in 1925, his body bore a wound on his face in the exact same spot as Carnarvon's insect bite.
"By 1929," says Howard Carter and the Curse of the Mummy, "eleven people connected with the discovery of the Tomb had died early and of unnatural causes. This included two of Carnarvon's relatives, Carter's personal secretary, Richard Bethell, and Bethell's father, Lord Westbury. Westbury killed himself by jumping from a building. He left a note that read, 'I really cannot stand any more horrors and hardly see what good I am going to do here, so I am making my exit.' "
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