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Chat => General => Topic started by: smurfboy on November 03, 2006, 02:49:30 pm

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: smurfboy on November 03, 2006, 02:49:30 pm

It doesn't have to be choc related, but I'll start with one that is:


A tube of Munchies has three calories more than a tube of Mint Munchies.

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on November 03, 2006, 03:06:29 pm
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: oldspice on November 03, 2006, 03:47:35 pm
When written as words, there is not a single 'a' in any number from one to one hundred, even though 'a' is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: wjp666 on November 03, 2006, 08:33:21 pm
dolphins are the only animals worldwide that breathe consciously. wjp66639025.9683564815
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: smurfboy on November 03, 2006, 08:34:43 pm
It's impossible to fold a single piece of paper in half more than eight times.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: bethypoos on November 04, 2006, 07:59:19 am

Continents begin and end with the same letter


eg europe


 

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: loulou on November 04, 2006, 05:10:35 pm
The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: Forth Bridges on November 04, 2006, 10:00:00 pm
Elpahants also can see them self in mirror

along with US, apes, and doplhans1

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: on November 04, 2006, 10:13:13 pm
 
Quote from: oldspice
When written as words, there is not a single 'a' in any number from one to one hundred, even though 'a' is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet.


This is a quirky thing, although I think you'll find 'e' is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: on November 04, 2006, 10:15:22 pm
75% of all Afro-Caribbeans have at least one European ancestor and 25% have more European ancestors than African ones!
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: wjp666 on November 04, 2006, 11:16:32 pm
the phrase 'hung like a mountain gorilla' in reference to a large phallis is untrue. in actuality, the penis on your average gorilla is considerably smaller (3.5 inches) than on an average man (6.5 inches). wjp66639025.9711574074
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: on November 05, 2006, 08:10:58 am
6.5?  

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: smurfboy on November 05, 2006, 12:40:28 pm
I know it must sound a lot to you Bounty...
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: on November 05, 2006, 12:53:29 pm
I can manage 7 on a good day with the wind blowing in the right direction.  I gather the girth is as important as the length.  Anyway back to the thread.

The Nuthatch is the only British bird that can walk head first down a tree trunk.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: smurfboy on November 05, 2006, 01:01:14 pm
The first actor to play James Bond was Bob Holness, on radio.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: oldspice on November 05, 2006, 01:09:38 pm

I can manage 7 on a good day with the wind blowing in the right direction. I gather the girth is as important as the length. Anyway back to the thread.


You mean you've actually MEASURED it?

Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: on November 06, 2006, 09:09:24 am
I haven't personally, but it's been measured.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: Gilly0812 on November 06, 2006, 09:33:35 pm
The elephant is the only animal with four knees.
Title: Things you (probably) didn’t know
Post by: smurfboy on November 06, 2006, 10:13:21 pm
Although the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953 is widely credited with causing a massive increase in television ownership, hers was not the first televised coronation - George VI's was in 1937.