a type of small boat
favoured by pirates, is called a Pinnace
( mr_wicksy is.... old., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:31, Reply)

Scary
I just realised that people actually get paid for finding out useless fact. Tell you what, the must be boring twunts some of them!
(purplefairy, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:29, Reply)

fat cow....you plonker
I recently learnt that the device used to measure the grass and monitor how much they eat so cows don't get too fat is IN FACT(!) named a Plonker¬
(Stavrosthelover, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:27, Reply)

Last one for now
The wheelbarrow was invented by the Chinese
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:26, Reply)

Every
second you spend on the internet not looking at porn is a waste of a second! Fact!

It is impossible to fwap too much! Fact!

I know someone who can lick both her elbows simultaneously! Fact!

Most to all of the facts posted here are lies! Fact!
(NPC, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:21, Reply)

You
masturbate too often.
(richard pye, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:11, Reply)

According to movies...
In Paris, you can look out of any window and see the Eiffel Tower
Fact!*


_{*may not be fact}
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:10, Reply)

the
word "naf" as in "naf off" comes from an Aussie abbreviation for nasty as fuck
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:05, Reply)

If it hasnt already been said...
Toads shut their eyes when swallowing, because they have one muscle that controls both.
There is also a toad that sprays blood from it's eyes when threatened.
( Green Spanner and his magical lack of activity, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:03, Reply)

My two penn'orth
King Brown Cow: your boss is partly right; the body does work in cycles of about 90 minutes, but he's wrong to assume that means you only need 3 hours of sleep a night and it's hard to see why on earth he thought that. He is therefore indeed a twat. Fact!

'Rule of thumb' refers to bygone days when there was a rule that a man could only beat his wife with a stick as thick as his thumb. Fact! (EDIT for the bloke above: I said 'rule' not law. The anti-feminist websites that say this purported origin is false produce no more firm evidence than I've seen for the opposing argument.)

'Bygone days' is a phrase used by academically dodgy museums and by people who don't know exactly when they are talking about. Fact!

Palindromes only work if you spell the sentence correctly, for fuck's sake. Fact!
(DoctorJ last upset some twat who doesn't like swearing on, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:02, Reply)

Corey and Elephants
Somehow i know most things about Corey Feldman, i even kept tabs on him during the wilderness years before he became kitsch. I can usually shoehorn a Corey fact or two into a conversation whether it is wanted or not. Sadly IMDB.com has made my knowledge slightly redundant but it doesn't tell you that he was writing a sitcom about two out of work actors with his good buddy Scott "Bugsy Malone/Chachi/sidekick of Dick van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder" Biao. Oh and have a look at his band at www.concertlivewire.com/corey.htm In your face IMDB!

Also, when an elephant dies at the zoo they chop it up with chainsaw, FACT (it's what they did to Wendy at Bristol Zoo).
(mudflaps, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:01, Reply)

FACT!
at least 50% of these facts could be refuted by the use of Snopes.com. Also, 56.2837% of statistical facts are made up on the spot.
(Al__S is constantly suprised, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:00, Reply)

Laws may need updating
If a taxi driver does not have a bail of hay in the back of his cab for his horse you can... challenge him... in some way... I dont know. I never finished listening to the story, But its Illegal anyway. So there. Aha!
(Monkeyofspong, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:57, Reply)

Tom hanks
Is a distant relative of Abreham Linclon
( Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:48, Reply)

Mysterious facts
- Nobody knows who invented spectacles

- In Tallin, Estonia, couples are not allowed to play chess in bed whilst making love

- Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue

- Grapes explode when you microwave them
(MrJelly, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:40, Reply)

St. Patrick's Day
There are nine times as many people claiming Irish descent in the United States as there are people in Ireland.
(FleetlordVT, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:40, Reply)

Well
I don't actually sniff bollocks. Fact.
( Snollock Biffer I don't really sniff Bollocks, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:37, Reply)

This might be complete bollocks
but about 7 years ago, someone told me there are only 2 'proper' disneyland micky mouse's in the world
( Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:34, Reply)

stolen from lost_monkey
the millionth digit of pi is 1.

hahahahahahaha aren't i clever. no.
( eponymous Oh!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:33, Reply)

zebra
Then how did they film 'racing stripes'? Stick alternate white and black cats together?
(Skittlemcfluff ......................, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:32, Reply)

Here's another one
You can't lick your own elbow


_{go on try it
you know you want to}
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:31, Reply)

ani-tastic
Polar bears are black (their skin is, anyway).
You can tell if an elephant is left or right 'handed' by the way they favour their trunk.
The whole 'lemmings committing suicide' thing came about when a film-maker chased some off a cliff for a 'documentary', to make it more exciting.
(Skittlemcfluff ......................, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:30, Reply)

Coughing Giraffes
Perhaps they dont get hernias
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:30, Reply)

this received funding!
someone has published a paper on the dynamics of hula-hooping. read it here. aix1.uottawa.ca/%7Erbalasub/hulahoop.pdf


*CAUTION! This post may contain traces of glasscock*
( eponymous Oh!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:29, Reply)

Please dont hate me...
Glass is technically a liquid at room temperature.
Goats have been genetically altered to produce spider's silk in their milk which can be spun into bullet proof vests. The fabric is called Biosteel.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza each day.
Probably not each though
If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

So now you know.
(Rushy, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:29, Reply)

The Nephilim
The offspring of angels and women were the Nephilim, renowned for their anthemic goth lyrics laced with liberal references to Kathulu
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:27, Reply)

Zebras can't be ridden...
unlike a horse which bucks, a zebra will simply roll over and crush the person on its back.
(PacStar, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:23, Reply)

giraffes
can't cough. apparently.

edit: no they probably don't get hernias. but i bet it makes testicular cancer a bugger to identify.
( eponymous Oh!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:23, Reply)

In Massachusetts (real laws)
Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches, and an old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a
special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
(The_Epitome, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:23, Reply)

The distance to the nearest star
apart from the sun, is the equivalent of one thousand million times around the circumference of the earth.

To put things in context, this is what one million numbers looks like

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/ (the site not the link. Obviously)

Ah I'm off to the pub
(lost_monkey, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:22, Reply)