also
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were first cousins, which is technically ok, although to me there's still something slightly grubby about it.
(mitten, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:29, Reply)

about 10 years ago
all the people in the world could of fitted on the isle of white
(anon., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:29, Reply)

Did you know...
Directly after Queer Eye started airing in the US, around 400 requests from (presumably) gay men to have the vanity plate 'Fab5' for their cars were sent in within the first 3 months?
(ZooLurker is an angry chick with a mullet!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:29, Reply)

mwybsb
the only road where we drive on the left? missing something?
(nutsgeezer, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:28, Reply)

Arsenal, Woolwich?
Arsenal as we all know is called arsenal because the original team in the 1900's were all members of an Armoury which provided an arsenal for the army to blow people up with.
(loopadoop loves toilets, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:27, Reply)

Re; The Wicked Witch Thatcher
I thought it was Angel delight she invented which inturn gave a whole new, more sinister back story to her being refered to as "Thatcher, Thatcher, Milk Snatcher".

Not only was she stealing the free milk from schools, she was using it to prefect her most hellish creation (after the Poll Tax) Butterscotch Flavour!!!!!
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:27, Reply)

did you know
women float naturally, face up, whereas men float face down. Not so useful.
(mitten, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:27, Reply)

-273.15
degrees Celsius (or 0 Kelvin) is the coldest possible teperature
(anon., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:27, Reply)

Another...
Only 4 (3 now) people know even half the complete recipie to Coca-Cola. They are not allowed to go in the same transportation device, talk to one another in public or even say they work for the company.
(ZooLurker is an angry chick with a mullet!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:26, Reply)

Chris Tarrant
was allegedly thrown out of his Birmingham university halls for tying the wings of a goose together, then hurling it to its death from a 13-storey building.
(The Secret 7000 ...join us. www.secret7000.co.uk, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:25, Reply)

The tounge
Is the only muscle in the human body that is not attached at both ends
(anon., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:23, Reply)

oh my god, this topic was made for me
i demand random facts off most people i meet.
various things i've picked up, not checked if they're already on here
9 pennies weigh exactly one ounce
birds don't sweat
the little side road that leads up to the savoy hotel in london is the only one in britain where you legally have to drive on the right (edited because of me being a twat). something to do with it being easier for taxis or something.
nothing ryhmes with month, but everyone knows that (or silver or orange or purple.. i think)
damn.. my mind's gone blank.

oh, and you know the song 'any old iron'? according to the sage that is my dad, it's about a gay man.. cockney rhyming slang or something- iron hoof= poof. sounds far fetched, but find the full words, it makes sense.

oh, and the happy mondays were named as a response to the new order song 'blue monday', apparently.
(mwybsb, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:22, Reply)

Didja know...
Out of 50 Canadians on the Titanic, only 5 actually survived? (Don't ask me why I know.)
(ZooLurker is an angry chick with a mullet!, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:18, Reply)

Did yaaaaaaa knoooooo
Crabs can walk in any direction, they just choose to walk sideways (unless being placed in a pint glass of booze ;))
(loopadoop loves toilets, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:18, Reply)

Turtle DOES rhyme with purple
If you take the t's out and exchange them for p's...D'oh!

Sic Semper Tyrranis!
( Citadel Because the world needs less morons, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:16, Reply)

no
turtle doesn't quite rhyme with purple though...
(mrmistoffeles, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:14, Reply)

oh yeh and if anyone says nothing rhymes with purple
what about turtle?
(Absynth&Cheese Have you tasted my Jesus, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:08, Reply)

Gorilla's willies:
The Gorilla's penis is only around 1 inch long and permanently erect.
(Goodie, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:03, Reply)

Maggie "insane Harpie" Thatcher
Invented (or helped invent) Mr Whippy ice-cream.

Apologies if someone's posted this one already but it can't have been posted as many times as THE ONE ABOUT THE COCKING HORSE STATUES!

was interesting the first time though.
(chocolatepossum, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 21:01, Reply)

here's another some of the well educated among u might know
the toxin produced by the bacteria clostridium botulinum is the most deadly natural toxin on the earth it is also the same stuff rich people inject into their face except they call it botox
(Absynth&Cheese Have you tasted my Jesus, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:56, Reply)

And...
Sometime around the end of the 19th century there was an eccentric American millionaire whose habit it was, upon entering a restaurant, to whip the tablecloths from the fully laden tables of the diners already present. He wasn't any good at it either, and would regularly cover the diners in their food. He would, however replace the food and buy them new clothes out of his own pocket. Nice of him!

He was called Gordon Bennett and the exclamation "Gordon Bennett!" came to be used at the time in response to spillings, knockings over and other types of accidents. It enjoyed a resurgence in the 80s but with a more generalised meaning.

So there you go, Gordon Bennett is actually American!

Try telling that to Del Boy though.

Cranberry.
(chocolatepossum, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:55, Reply)

Elephants
cant jump.
Good thing too.
(/lurks], Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:55, Reply)

did you know
the barnacle has the largest penis to body ratio, if a human had a penis as big it would be the same size as nelsons column
(Absynth&Cheese Have you tasted my Jesus, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:52, Reply)

Bears......
All polar bears are left handed......And the reason they don't eat penguins? they can't get the naffin' wrappers off !
(vamp1refrog, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:51, Reply)

Hark! In the distance . . .
At night, over still water, a fart can be heard from 300 metres away.
(ring-finger is also a verb, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:47, Reply)

The Argentinean Lake Drake...
1.has the largest penis for a bird, measuring around 42.5cm (16.7 inches). Its retractable if you were wondering.
2. there are, on average, 8 insect legs in every bar of chocolate
3. Graham Chapman died on the 20th anniversary of the airing of first Monty Pythons Flying Circus episode. Or there abouts...
(PAMPAMPAM, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:44, Reply)

Many ancient civilisations
believed clouds to be mythical beasts.
( krang, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:44, Reply)

In Hungarian....
...the word for cheese is sajt, but it's pronounced 'shite'.

Fuck it, it made me laugh.

Cheers

S.
(InfiniteZenMaster, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:41, Reply)

rule of thumb
does not come from a law that stated you could beat you wife with a stick, may be it comes from the fact that the end of a mans thumb to the first nuckle is around 1". We do know no such law ever existed in england or scotland.
It is also a fact that in 1852 a man sold his wife at carlisile cattle market.

duck quacks do echo
www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm
I like working with acoustics
( Vultan the real one I threw my little yellow shoe, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:36, Reply)

The largest living thing in the world
is neither a blue whale, or a redwood tree. It is infact a mushroom, which covers hundreds of acres of woods linked underground.

Pingu is the most famous penguin ever to have lived.
(nutsgeezer, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 20:34, Reply)