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Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog. This week's challenge is to find similarly bizarre facts, and Photoshop the ass out of them. Challenge suggested by Jabberwoc.
( , Wed 19 Dec 2012, 22:13)
Bizarre fact:
About 10 skydivers a year are sucked into jet engines.
( , Sun 23 Dec 2012, 13:13, More)
All the original series of the Henry vacuum cleaner 'family' were
named after members of the British royal family...
![](http://s2.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356900974/henryhooversfact.jpg)
Factcheck
( , Sun 30 Dec 2012, 20:58, More)
Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the Nazis, the SS and the Hitler youth.
the SS and the Hitler youth.
( , Wed 2 Jan 2013, 18:48, More)
According to Peter Cook, the whale is not an fish at all ....
the whale is not an fish at all ....![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/64002/1685607506/whale-insect.gif)
how very interesting
de-ris www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxXkjD6VmE
for printmeister (who was I understand a Pete n Dudd fan)
( , Fri 21 Dec 2012, 12:05, More)
The reason that there is a flower mode on some versions of Minesweeper is to
try and appease the "International Campaign to Ban Winmine" who called the game an "offence against the victims of the mines".
![](http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356700072/winflower.jpg)
![We can rebuild him... with flowerpots](http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356699035/flowersweeper.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_%28video_game%29
( , Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:57, More)
Tell Your Children! (adults only)
![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/53939/1685579136/aspirin_small.jpg)
CFBigger less artifact-y and with footnotes
( , Sat 22 Dec 2012, 10:46, More)
MEGA TRANSFER!!
A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information.
One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15.875 GB equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.
(Source: 1227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off)
( , Thu 20 Dec 2012, 0:15, More)
In Minnesota,
it is illegal to cross a state line
whilst wearing a duck on your head.
( , Thu 20 Dec 2012, 6:23, More)
Mosquitos are more attracted to the color blue than any other color.
( , Thu 3 Jan 2013, 13:21, More)
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Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is explicitly illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog. This week's challenge is to find similarly bizarre facts, and Photoshop the ass out of them. Challenge suggested by Jabberwoc.
( , Wed 19 Dec 2012, 22:13)
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About 10 skydivers a year are sucked into jet engines.
![](http://www.oblivion-graphics.com/b3ta/skydiver-vs-747.jpg)
( , Sun 23 Dec 2012, 13:13, More)
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named after members of the British royal family...
![](http://s2.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356900974/henryhooversfact.jpg)
Factcheck
( , Sun 30 Dec 2012, 20:58, More)
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the SS and the Hitler youth.
![](https://s1.b3ta.com//host/creative/53844/1406120791/naziboss2.jpg)
( , Wed 2 Jan 2013, 18:48, More)
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the whale is not an fish at all ....
![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/64002/1685607506/whale-insect.gif)
how very interesting
de-ris www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxXkjD6VmE
for printmeister (who was I understand a Pete n Dudd fan)
( , Fri 21 Dec 2012, 12:05, More)
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try and appease the "International Campaign to Ban Winmine" who called the game an "offence against the victims of the mines".
![](http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356700072/winflower.jpg)
![We can rebuild him... with flowerpots](http://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1356699035/flowersweeper.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minesweeper_%28video_game%29
( , Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:57, More)
![#](/images/board_posticon.gif)
![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/53939/1685579136/aspirin_small.jpg)
CFBigger less artifact-y and with footnotes
( , Sat 22 Dec 2012, 10:46, More)
![#](/images/board_posticon.gif)
A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information.
One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15.875 GB equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops.
(Source: 1227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off)
![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/37765/1685480765/spunktransferbyjabberwoc.gif)
( , Thu 20 Dec 2012, 0:15, More)
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it is illegal to cross a state line
whilst wearing a duck on your head.
![](http://s4.b3ta.com/host/creative/81693/1355984493/duckheadcopy.gif)
( , Thu 20 Dec 2012, 6:23, More)
![#](/images/board_posticon.gif)
![](https://s1.b3ta.com/host/creative/16490/1557825358/kGgio.gif)
( , Thu 3 Jan 2013, 13:21, More)