Is this the kind of thing you're after, Maudlin McCann…?

Fact of the day.

African Bull elephants have such supple spines, that if they lay down on the ground on their sides, they would be able to curl up into a near-perfect ball…and then if they so wished, they could insert their trunks up their own arses.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 27 Nov 2008, 15:21, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Another One...

"In 19th Century Venezuela, The most attractive feature a woman could posses was ‘hands like a bunch of bananas’ and ladies would torture themselves for weeks at a time, wearing restrictive cuffs that were way too tight, in order to make their fingers bulge and turn yellow."
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 27 Nov 2008, 15:35, Reply)

Not a lot of people know that...

Concrete was originally sold in liquid form, and was intended to be drank like a health shake to promote good digestion, firm stools, and as a cure for lazy eyes.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 27 Nov 2008, 15:57, Reply)

That first one
is actually true though.

*nods sagely*
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 16:04, Reply)

nice
They're spot on. Obviously bollocks, but could almost be true. Something like

"Terry Christian has hollowed out a mountain with a teaspoon in order to store discarded Argos catalogues in"

is just too silly. Whereas

"Terry Christian's real name is Terry Atheist"

is good.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 16:12, Reply)

I see...

Like 'Brian Blessed's real name is 'Brian Cursed'?
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 27 Nov 2008, 16:29, Reply)

that
caused much lollage. :)

A new member of the Osmond family is born every 3 days.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 16:38, Reply)