LOL The random fact of the day thread

Really guys? Let's not drive this thread into the ******* yeah? Was actually quite interesting.

amev, I've reported your post.

 

Captain Cook was killed in Hawaii on Valentines Day 1779

 

This thread is for random facts Minimal_Fuss and AmEv. In your case Fuss, that means random facts people might actually be interested in. AmEv, in your case, that means not posting rubbish. Please do not do this again.

I'm not deleting posts, simply because I don't like to. But all should consider this thread back on the rails. Any further thread-crapping will be deleted, and at the minimum infractions will be given.

 

Giraffes are unable to cough.

 

All tortoiseshell cats are female.

 

Not strictly true but it does require two X chromasones.

 

The voyager probe is the farthest man made object away from the earth and has traveled 1.8x10^10 km in about 33 1/2 years.

 

A drink used to be made by the Aztecs for the gods which had the ingredients of ground cocoa mixed in with spices and corn

In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders

 

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

 

Not true. But killing/harming cows is still a pretty serious thing because it will usually lead to rioting.

 

How do the cows light the Molotov Cocktails?

Just wondering...

 

The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot

The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington

 

For New Years in 2008, there is an average of 2008 bubbles in any given bottle of champane.

 

I apologize for that last post.

Back to seriousness:
Volts * amps = Watts
Volts / amps = Ohms.

 

In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits

 

It has been proven that; the less you know, the more you think you know.

 

That isn't a fact!

 

Perhaps I can post these awesome Pig facts in a lovely infographic:









From the very lovely http://theoatmeal.com

 

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

Singer Chaka Khan came out with a line of chocolates called "Chakalates."

 

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

In 1884, Dr. Hervey D. Thatcher invented the milk bottle.

Some Ribbon worm will eat themselves if they cannot find food. This type of worm can still survive after eating up to 95% of its body weight