An interesting (but useless) fact......

[GKP]

Despite being left handed, Ian Flemming was a very proficient javelin thrower using his right hand. He represented his county at aged fourteen and could have had a promising athletic career had the war not interrupted his progress.

[Wacky Racer]

leeshell said:

Start with one grain of sand on the first square of a chess board. Double it on the second square. Double that on the third square and so on. There isn't enough grains of sand to continue doubling what's on the previous square to reach the 64th square.

How does anyone know?....Have they counted them?

[anonymous-user]

voyds9 said:

The piece of skin that attaches the foreskin to the penis is called frenulum.

As is the piece of skin that attaches your tongue to the floor of your mouth.

[KB_S1]

F93 said:

Don't call me racist, but...

'' does not come from the Spanish word for black, 'Negro'...

It comes from the fact that many early African slaves came from the area today known as 'Niger' (pronounced Ni-jer) and the name simply changed over time to Ni-ger and eventually.

Who named the Country Niger though?

[KB_S1]

Wacky Racer said:

Dan_1981 said:

I only found out today that Puma (the clothing brand) was founded by the brother of the founder of Adidas.

Thats my interesting but useless fact.

Your turn.

Yes, they couldn't stand the sight of each other....

Adi (Dassler) and Horst.........

Adi Das, that makes sense.

Horst Dassler, hmm do Pumas dazzle horses?

Lidl and Aldi are German brothers too I think?

[Muntu]

Symbolica said:

voyds9 said:

The piece of skin that attaches the foreskin to the penis is called frenulum.

As is the piece of skin that attaches your tongue to the floor of your mouth.

That is disturbing for some strange reason

[ShadownINja]

Ayahuasca said:

ShadownINja said:

Ayahuasca said:

You can work out how high something is in metres by squaring the number of seconds a pebble takes to fall the distance and multiplying this by 5.

Not entirely accurate, but for most people it will do. So, to prove this is true, can you measure the height of a lion? Thanks.

OK so I took g as 10 not 9.8 and ignored air resistance I'll find the lion, you sit on his head and drop the pebble.

In case your reading comprehension skills have dwindled since school, there was no "me" in that question. Enjoy the lion.

[voyds9]

Muntu said:

Symbolica said:

voyds9 said:

The piece of skin that attaches the foreskin to the penis is called frenulum.

As is the piece of skin that attaches your tongue to the floor of your mouth.

That is disturbing for some strange reason

Even more disturbing then name for the one in the mouth is the labial fenulum.

[Ayahuasca]

Nobody ever said, "Beam me up, Scotty!" in Star Trek.

[Famous Graham]

Ayahuasca said:

Nobody ever said, "Beam me up, Scotty!" in Star Trek.

Kirk did say, "Scotty, beam me up," however. (I think).

[Digger]

voyds9 said:

The piece of skin that attaches the foreskin to the penis is called frenulum.

Aah I have a story about that involving a lack of natural lube, sexual exuberance with a young lady, and ending with a yelp of pain, followed by the frenulum (as I now know its called) errr. . .breaking. . .bit of a bloody mess

As you were. . .ahem

[dudleybloke]

if you hold a monkeys hand in a flame it will try to bite you.........................a dead cat can provide an interesting humourous holder for a pencil sharpener.

[Ayahuasca]

Swans don't really mate for life but vultures do.

[Ayahuasca]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

[tossbag]

Rabbit turds don't float in water, however, hare turds do.

[WestYorkie]

The Sun is so dense that matter/energy takes 10.500 years to reach the surface from the centre.

(I hope I didn't dream that "fact").

The groove under your nose is called the Filtrum.

[samdale]

leeshell said:

F355gtb2009 said:

There are no words in the English language that rhyme with 'purple

matilda, silver or orange

"cilver" was on QI as a rhyme for silver, therefore it is to be taken as gospel

[Jem Thompson]

Ayahuasca said:

Contrary to popular belief, there are an infinite number of places on earth where you can walk South one mile, then West one mile, then North one mile, and end up exactly where you started.

Would you care to explain this? I can't for the life of me work it out.

[Evangelion]

Muntu said:

... If you type "=rand()" in Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier, it will type "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", for you, numerous times. You can specify the number of times it does it by inserting a number in between the brackets ...

Doesn't quite work for me. It types a paragraph with the sentence in it five times. The number in the bracket determines the number of these paragraphs. And it only works up to 200.

Lily Allen has three nipples.

The shaker in an aerosol can is called a 'glackett.'

Jimmy Cagney never said "You dirty rat."

Denis Healey never used the phrase "Silly Billy" - until Mike Yarwood said it, as him.

[dudleybloke]

dave courtney's a grass.