Put your left leg in...
In the final verse of revelations in the new testament it was revealed that the hokie cokie really was what it was all about.
However the vatican suppressed the knowledge.
( I could eat the scabs off a dead dog That was a brand new hat, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:31, Reply)

It was proposed
in the Rhode Island legislature in the 1970's, that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:30, Reply)

Glass not liquid shocker
It's a commonly held misconception that glass is a very viscous liquid that flows over time. This arose because the glass in medival cathedrals was noted to be thicker at the bottom than the top. However as the glassmaking techniques used at the time resulted in uneven thickness's and the glaziers sensibly orientated the panes so that the thinner areas where at the top of the window rather than the bottom.
(Bringing Sarcasm To The Masses (Valis), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:28, Reply)

Type O is the most common blood type in the world
Type AB is the rarest. There is also a subtype called A-H, but to date, only three people in the world are known to have it.

And Gorillas can't swim!
(gracie_likes_cookies, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:26, Reply)

koala bears may spontaneously combust when isolated from their group
due to a build up of eucylyptus oil on the tops of their heads, they cannot reach this area to clean it and rely on other koalas to groom them, hence when isolated for a long time the oil builds up and in extreme heat can ignite and explode the koala, this has been blamed for many bush fires
( Dill, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:26, Reply)

A room with a bath
is perpetually reserved in one of Java's best hotels for the Goddess of the South Sea, Njai Loro Kidul.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:25, Reply)

Isaac Newton's
only recorded utterance while he was a member of Parliament was a request to open a window.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:22, Reply)

Banjo-jeff. I'll think you'll find that...
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is longer.

I'd thought I'd seen a longer one somewhere. (ooh matron) This is the full name, 1,913 characters long, for tryptophan synthetase, a protein, which has 267 amino acids in it.

So much girth it hurts.
(Roy Horn, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:12, Reply)

ooh another one!
Spike Milligan's gravestone reads:

"I told you I was ill."
(psykit, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:12, Reply)

La la la la la la la la
la la la la la-li la
( Geordie Al, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:04, Reply)

"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough".
So said Karl Marx on his deathbed.

More to come...
(Roy Horn, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:02, Reply)

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocoiosis
is the longest word in the english dictionary at 45 letters, however ACETYLSERYLTYROSYLSERYLISOLEUCULTHREONYLSERYLPROLYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLSERYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLALANYLASPARTYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLVALYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLLGLYCYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYLGLUTANIMYLGLUTANIMYLALANYLARGINYLTHREONYLTHREONYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLPHENYLALANYLSERYLGLUTAMINYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLUTANIMYLSERYLTHREONYLVALYLARGINYLPHENYLALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLARPARTYLVALYLTYROSYLLYSYLYLVALYLTYROSYLARGINYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLASPARTYLPROLYLLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLTHREONYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLTHREONYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLVALYLGLUTAMYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMINYLGLUTAMINYLSERYLPROLYLTHREONYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLTHREONYLLEUCYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLARGINYLLARGINYLVALYLASPARTYLASPARTYLALANYLTHREONYLVALYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLSERYLALANYLASPARAGINYLISOLEUCYLARAGINYLISOLEUCYLVALYLASPARAGINYLGLUTAMYLLEUCYLVALYLARGINYLGLYCYLTHREONYLGLYCYLLEUCYLTYROSYLASPARAGINYLGLUTANIMYLASPARAGINYLTHREONYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMYLSERYLMETHIONYLSERGLYCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLVALYLTRYPTOPHYLTHREONYLSERYLALANYLPROLYLALANYLSERINE, which is not in any dictionary, except probably a medical one, is 1,140 letters longer.

edit: you appear to be correct Roy, id like to see a longer one if you can locate one. you obviously have better resources than me.
(Banjo-Jeff I don't play a banjo, and I'm not called Jeff., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:59, Reply)

The Dismal Science
Scottish historian, Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase "dismal science", not in relation to Malthus' population doctrine as commonly believed, but in relation to American slavery and the typical economic assumption of treating everybody as equals.

Watch this space for more facts about economics...
(Roy Horn, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:54, Reply)

orgasmic facts!
The only other species to have sex for pleasure other than humans is the dolphin.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 whole minutes.
(psykit, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:53, Reply)

Facts!
Did you know most people will re-tell a purported fact verbatim, without even checking on snopes to see if it is an urban legend and thus utter bollocks.
( jonas is not my name, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:46, Reply)

Not many people know (it seems)
that quotes from Shaun of the Dead are much funnier when told in the film!
( sudo is bored, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:45, Reply)

Fear
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words
(loquis, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:44, Reply)

The Capybara
of south america was classified as a fish.

Spanish missionaries found it and wanted to classify it as a fish as it spent most of its time in the water. It was also at the time when people weren't allowed to eat meat during lent, and they were too lame to actually catch proper fish.

A decree from the Vatican made it a fish and it is now a Venezuelan delicacy!
( sudo is bored, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:42, Reply)

Statues!
Ifyou see a statue of someone on a horse, look at its legs:

If all 4 are on the ground, the person just died (but was cool enough for a statue)

If one front leg is up, they died from wounds sustained in battle

If both front legs are up, they died during a battle

If both back legs are up, they died in a freak rodeo accident

if one back leg is up, they died urinating

If the horse has no legs on the ground, they died in a hover-horse collision

If the horse is actually a camel, then youre in egypt.

If the statue is not covered in pigeon-shit and 'GAZ! IM ME' then its brand new.
(Attention Whore, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:42, Reply)

Postman Pat is seen as part of the Mafia in Japan
as the Yakuza (Jap Mafia) cut off their little fingers to show how hard they are. As Pat only has three fingers, he's a gangland leader.

Monopoly was rejected by it's first intended maufacturer, Parker Bros, for having "52 fundamental playing errors".

The chinese were the first to use toilet paper.

In ancient Greece, the term "idiot" meant "private citizen" or "Layman".

Oh, and in the Lebanon it is legal for a man to have sex with an animal, provided the animal is female.
( Noit happy baby orangutan, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:40, Reply)

Dogs can't look up
Big Al says so.
(stv318uk, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:38, Reply)

The owner of the Winchester pub
used to be in the north London mafia and the winchester rifle above the bar is live
( Gaz, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:35, Reply)

food!
the worlds first sandwitch had a beef filling and used toast not bread.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:33, Reply)

If..
you had everyone in china wealk past you single file it would go on for eternity as their growing numbers would always keep up with the amount needed.

And Brin, now i can say i live mere miles from the tits.

EDIT: Crap, just noticed my facts been said. Ok then, the most downloaded song ever is "Pretty Fly for a white guy" by the offspring with 22 million downloads off their homepage in 10 weeks, and the best selling album on an indie label is smash, also by the offspring at 14 million copies.
(Pigmash, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:32, Reply)

Monkeys and sex
Monkeys take pleasure in sex, and they do so much that monkeys will wank, and the females will sleep with theres uncles and brothers. But when they are in season they will not sleep with their family members.
(purplefairy, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:32, Reply)

All polar bears
are left-handed.

Or left-pawed, if you're an irredeemable pedant.

Like me.
( friendlyfire, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:31, Reply)

more french tits
the grand tetons in america are the only mountain range to be named after tits. this is beacuse they were found by the french.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:31, Reply)

de-mock-racy
the UK is the only democracy to have a non-elected governing body (the house of lords)
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:29, Reply)

The Mumbles...
...off Swansea bay are so called because the French thought they looked like a pair of tits sticking out of the water (tits in french = mamelles in olden times, not sure about now) So Catherine Zeta-Jones lives in the tits.
(Wallilay has been bored of this shit since, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 17:29, Reply)