LOL The random fact of the day thread

give me a bontempi and I can play it by heart . Played them so long that I remeber every single note

 

A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.

Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born

"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.


not sure how true this one is - You grow by about 8mm (O.3in) every night when you are asleep, but shrink to your former height the following day.

If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

 

I am still "unhappy" about the legs photo fact.

 

Bulls are color blind so the red cloth thingy doesn't have to be red for them to run after you.

 

Depends on your definition of 'growing'. Your spine contracts over the day as gravity 'squishes' the discs inbetween your spinal vertebrae. They expand back to their previous size when you lie down for a long time (sleeping), so you're 'tallest' when you wake up.

 

aahhhh.... i remember reading something about this now, thanks for clearing it up +rep

 

this happens to me to such an extent i often have to adjust the mirrors in my car at the end of the day and again in the morning.

 

Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United State's, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government

 

The spray WD-40 got its name because there were forty attempts needed before the creation of the "water displacing" substance

 

There are about 6,800 languages in the world

 

The filament of the first light bulb was charred bamboo.

 

The hydra, which is related to the jellyfish, can grow its body back in a couple of days if it is cut in half

 

One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

 

The same used to be said for the only 2 people who know the exact recipe for Coke.

 

No human being is capable of lifting an average sized Walrus.

A billion cool points if you know where I got that from .

 

The fact that on Strictly Come Dancing, Ann Widdecome never did any lifts?

 

Sorted that for you

 

Well, its sort of the same thing.

 

Same in the way they're complete opposites? If she's doing the lifting then she could be lifting anyone. If she is being lifted, then we are insulting her directly for being a Walrus.

MAX LEVEL MAN STRIKES AGAIN!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! lol

Edit: but I suppose it could be taken as you meaning she is being lifted. Hmmmm, ambiguous statement is confusing lol +rep for being right and wrong and everywhere in between at the same time.

 

Hahaha, thanks for the laughs guys .