Factoids

[Mark]

Did you know that in an average lifetime of 75 years, you spend 25 years asleep? What a criminal waste of time!

What do you know that we dont?

[Stationery-Direct.co.uk]

I love space facts.

Jupiter has a mass 318 times bigger than earth

Olympus Mons, a volcano on Mars, is the largest volcano found in our solar system, it is 370 miles wide and rises 15 miles!

[Dave H]

You aren't allowed to sell ET Dolls in France, as there is a law against selling dolls without human faces

[Hedy]

The typical laboratory mouse runs 2.5 miles per night on its treadmill.

[royalegraphics]

You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather. FACT

[1clickprint]

The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Mnid.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch as Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[bobpilk]

Bees cant fly, it is a phisical impossibility for the small surface area of their wings to lift their bodyweight, thing is nobody ever told the bees.

[1clickprint]

If you put Saturn in water it would float

[Kay]

In Thailand you can't legally buy alcohol in a shop or restaurant between 2 and 5pm.

It's not illegal to get drunk in a bar in full public view during these hours. But you can't pick up a bottle of wine or a few bottles of beer in a supermarket or shop, nor can you have a glass of beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant, during those three hours.

[Mark CP]

a young Duck Billed Platypus is called a Puggle...

Below are a couple of bizarre collective nouns for animals:

group of Crows = a murder

group of Orangatangs = a buffoonery


I love a bit of randomly useless info!

[UK Business Network]

Originally Posted by Mark

Did you know that in an average lifetime of 75 years, you spend [SIZE=\"4\"]25 years asleep?[/SIZE] What a criminal waste of time!

What do you know that we dont?

One I used to use in my email campaigns:

If you open your shop for 8 hours 5 days a week, you are open to the public for 2,080 hours a year.

If you have a great website, you are open to the public for 8,760 hours a year!

Visit Kip FX to get your free Demo site today, no forms to fill out.

[Mark CP]

Did you know that there are only 3 venomous mammals:

Duck Billed Platypus

Shrew

European Mole

which was nice...

[Blue Prawn]

A whale's penis is called a dork.

[Blue Prawn]

Originally Posted by uglydoll

And a certain ex-girlfriend...

and my ex wife

[Lawson@CBF]

Stupid space fact - A boomerang will return to the thrower even in space.

Ive never tried it though

[katiestar]

i agree, i love sleep and fine it such a treat to get a lovely nights sleep and long lie in

[katiestar]

o an a random fact for you...No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with "MONTH".

[matt.chatterley]

Originally Posted by katiestar

o an a random fact for you...No word in the the English dictionary rhymes with \"MONTH\".

Or "Orange"

[Mark]

Any more?

[hdm]

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.