Useless But Interesting Info, Add Yours

[newforest]

I can start on this wet windy October morning.

Did you know that Susan Mcbane is written under a pen name and isn't in fact a real name.
Not the worlds most interesting fact i know-sorry. :nerd:

 

[Dannii5691]

There's about 3 mile of ink in a ball point pen

 

[Tillytoo]

rats don't have tonsils

 

[MAC66]

People spend as many minutes a day doing their laundry today as they did in 1900.

 

[Rubic]

I can start on this wet windy October morning.

Did you know that Susan Mcbane is written under a pen name and isn't in fact a real name.
Not the worlds most interesting fact i know-sorry. :nerd:

My friend (also a horse rider) is called Susan MacBain (ok different spelling) and when we were younger we used to joke she'd written those books.

My interesting fact -

Hot water can freeze faster than cold water... It's called the Mpemba effect

 

[Thyme & Me]

When you rub your arm, and warm the skin, the electrons in your arm (and finger) change their energy level and every electron in the universe changes at the same time

Bizarre but true.

 

[Virago]

People spend as many minutes a day doing their laundry today as they did in 1900.

And they also say that the average speed of traffic in London is 11 mph - the same as it was when everyone travelled by horse drawn vehicle!

Progress, eh?

:wink:

 

[Dreamster]

Elephants are the only mammal which can't jump.

 

[Trewsers]

Great thread! I will have a root about in my head and see what useless info I have!!!

 

[Thyme & Me]

Jellyfish can live forever. (They CAN die but not of 'old age')

 

[GingerRuby]

If you ate a polar bear's liver, you would die from Vitamin A poisoning.

 

[Trewsers]

If you eat too many carrots your skin can change colour.

 

[newforest]

People spend as many minutes a day doing their laundry today as they did in 1900.

How come? Is that because we just wash it more often and have more clothes?


Eta-i would like to know why the measured the ink.

 

[Gimp]

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants:ninja:

 

[Laura_107]

A polar bears fur is transparent.

 

[Jane&Ziggy]

A polar bears fur is transparent.

What, like the fibres in those fibre optic lamps? Cool!

*toddles off to root through her collection of recondite facts*

 

[Lauzy]

Marmite is illegal in Denmark.....

 

[newforest]

The heart of the race horse is bigger than the non racing horse.

 

[Bodshi]

Marmite is illegal in Denmark.....

What??? Why??

(Don't know why out of all these strange facts that is the one that surprises me the most!)

 

[Cortrasna]

If you cut a cock roaches head off it can still live for several weeks until it eventually dies of starvation...gross!!:redcarded: