Little known facts

[Dj-Zero]

Moshi moshi. I figure we should share those little nuggets of information that when you hear them you think"well I never knew that before" I shall open with quite a geeky one:

In the Marvel universe, in the year 1936. Wolverine saved Scotland from the Nazis! (I knew there was a reason he was my favourite comic book character!)

Also, and I only found this out first hand while making up my daughter's bottle, when you put your finger in water that's at the same temperature as your body you don't feel anything!!!

[AlanG]

to pre-empt this thread, every poster should visit www.Snopes.com before posting their story, as this will stop the thread descending into posters slagging some moron who posts an urban myth from 1924.

[humndislocation]

Originally Posted by Alan G

to pre-empt this thread, every poster should visit www.Snopes.com before posting their story, as this will stop the thread descending into posters slagging some moron who posts an urban myth from 1924.

That's an urban legend you mong

[invisible_girl]

Did you know?

That when you sneeze, all of your body functions stop, even your heart!

[RealR]

Originally Posted by Alan G

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The Curse of Tecumseh: Legend says a death curse threatens U.S. presidents elected in years evenly divisible by twenty.

Chewing gum takes seven years to pass through the human digestive system.

A few drops of Lemon Joy in a saucer of water will knock mosquitoes dead from the sky.

[jynx]

During the second world war, German Nazis made fake British newspapers speaking of British defeat to try and destroy morale.

[invisible_girl]

Lightning strikes seven tomes as many men as women.

Almost a quarter of American visitors to Scotland believe Haggis is a real animal.

12,314 legs were amputated by the Union during the American Civil War.

Acrotomophilia is a sexual fixation with amputees, particulary those without legs.

[Lynnie]

Originally Posted by invisible_girl

Acrotomophilia is a sexual fixation with amputees, particulary those without legs.

I worked in a ward with amputees and it freaked me out touching the stump

[invisible_girl]

There are more chickens in the world than there are humans.

Romans used powdered mouse brains as toothpaste.

Somalia is the only country in the world where it's citizens speak the one language - Somali.

The fastest moving muscle in the human body, is the one that opens and shuts the eyelid.

[Dj-Zero]

Scotland is the only country in the world who hasn't lost a war!

[invisible_girl]

In a lifetime the average meat eater will consume, 5 cows, 20 pigs, 29 sheep and 760 chicken.

The average woman uses up approximately her height in lipstick every five years.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

[Lynnie]

An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride

Coca-cola was originally green

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle

[Dj-Zero]

Originally Posted by invisible_girl

In a lifetime the average meat eater will consume, 5 cows, 20 pigs, 29 sheep and 760 chicken.

I was thinking about this before, as well as pigs sheep and chicken, I wonder how many sea creatures I will eat in my lifetime, I mean on a weekly basis I eat lots of buckies (whelks), mussels, prawns and shrimp so I must eat millions of the little buggers.

[invisible_girl]

Originally Posted by Lynnie

No word in the English language rhymes with month.

There are also no words in the English language that rhyme with silver, orange and purple.