Did you know...............

[heth]

Right after looking for my fart fact for the other thread I started looking at other facts..........WOW!!! There are so many I didnt know.

So here I go starting a thread asking you all whats the strangest/amusing/weirdest fact that you know or have found out?

To start you ok this is one that made me chuckle,

frogs can't swallow with their eyes open​

Whats your one???
It can be about anything!!

 

[MargaretR]

Pistol shrimps use a sonic gun to catch their prey
‪Pistol Shrimp‬‏ - YouTube

http://youtu.be/eKPrGxB1Kzc

 

[garinda]

A son will always be as tall, or taller than his mother, never smaller.

 

[Michael1954]

An elephant cannot jump.

 

[garinda]

Edward VIII had a tiny winky, and could only reach climax because of a trick Wallace Simpson learned in a far eastern brothel, which was done with her feet.

 

[Michael1954]

Edward VIII had a tiny winky, and could only reach climax because of a trick Wallace Simpson learned in a far eastern brothel, which was done with her feet.

What???

Come on, you gotta tell us the trick!

 

[garinda]

What???

Come on, you gotta tell us the trick!

I'd have to carry out hari-kari, if I passed on this ancient secret.

 

[shillelagh]

Edward VIII had a tiny winky, and could only reach climax because of a trick Wallace Simpson learned in a far eastern brothel, which was done with her feet.

so who taught you then ....

 

[garinda]

so who taught you then ....

Grasshopper.

 

[heth]

If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court

 

[garinda]

The average man produces 10,000 litres of urine in a lifetime.

(This includes the pee that doesn't make it into the bowl.)

 

[heth]

You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)

 

[jaysay]

The average man produces 10,000 litres of urine in a lifetime.

(This includes the pee that doesn't make it into the bowl.)

Brings a whole new meaning to taking the pish

 

[shillelagh]

it was a crime to commit suicide ..... up to 50 years ago ...

BBC News - When suicide was illegal

 

[flashy]

Cracking your fingers doesn't actually cause arthritus

babies do not lose all their body heat through having an exposed head

thankyou to QI for those facts, love that programme

 

[JCB]

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing .

 

[katex]

A chicken's left leg is more tender than the right.

Factoid on Steve Wright's show this afternoon.

 

[jaysay]

A chicken's left leg is more tender than the right.

Factoid on Steve Wright's show this afternoon.

Partial to a bit of breast miself

 

[heth]

Hippo milk is pink.

 

[garinda]

The Sun's first page 3 model, Stefanie Rahn, is now 61.