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Strange Facts that go against the grain completely

  • 19-02-2012 6:17pm
    #1
    YourAMentalist
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭YourAMentalist


    Hot water freezes quicker than colder water.


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  • #2
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Racism is actually ok


  • #3
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    I know my father used to go mad years ago when we used to wash our hair in the morning before going out to school, he used to say we'd get pneumonia, turns out not remotely true at all, and yet I still dry my hair not matter how late I'm running, cos I just had it drummed into me!


  • #4
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    The surface of the Earth is smoother than the surface of a snooker ball (if both were at the same scale).


  • #5
    Felipe Wonderful Restaurant
    Posts: 0 ✭ Felipe Wonderful Restaurant


    The planet nearest the sun is not the hottest!


  • #6
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Australias toilets flow Counter clockwise!


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  • #7
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Butter is good for you.


  • #8
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,069 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Marijuana smokers do not tend to be alcoholics.


  • #9
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Natural nuclear fission in Africa.


  • #10
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    If a tree falls in a forest and there are no women there to witness it, it doesn't make a mess


  • #11
    Bannasidhe
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bannasidhe


    Daroxtar wrote: »
    If a tree falls in a forest and there are no women there to witness it, it doesn't make a mess

    Men think its more important to have a say then to make sense.
    :pac:


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  • #12
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    JustAddWater wrote: »
    Australias toilets flow Counter clockwise!

    i think thats been shown to be waffle


  • #13
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    If London were a country it would be the 8th biggest in Europe.

    In London's Trafalgar Square there is a tiny police station situated inside a lamppost as wide as a telephone box. It is just about big enough for one police officer to stand in. Not only that but many consider the tiny police station to be at the exact centre of the metropolis. Other people say the very centre of London can be found on the traffic island next to Trafalgar Square, where the statue of King Charles I on horseback stands and which looks down Whitehall.

    There are no roads in the City of London.

    If you consider the City of London - the Square Mile - to be an actual city then it would be the smallest city in England and the second-smallest in the UK in terms of population after St David's in Wales. It has a resident population of 11,000 - although 330,000 people work there.

    England's smallest county is the City of London, both in terms of area and population. This means that, amongst other things, it has its own police force and is not policed by the Metropolitan Police. This means that the whole of the city of London is situated in two counties - the City of London and Greater London.

    London's smallest statue is situated on Philpot Lane in Cheapside. Situated on the side of a building it is of two mice eating cheese.

    Travelling on the London Underground for just 40 minutes is the equivalent of smoking two packets of cigarettes.

    In Britain a pregnant woman may relieve herself wherever she wishes. Should a police officer be nearby, she may ask him to relieve herself in his hat.

    In Britain it is only legal for a male to relieve himself in public only if it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

    It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

    Placing a postage stamp bearing the monarch's head upside down on an envelope is treason.

    Sir Winston Churchill was born in the ladies' toilet of Blenheim Palace during a dance.

    In 2006, the British public donated £20 million to donkey sanctuaries.

    Buckingham Palace was built on the site of a notorious brothel.

    In 1967, the British Government made it legal for women to scold. Before then, a woman guilty of scolding had to wear a scold’s bridle, or metal cage, enclosing her head.

    In Britain is is against the law to impersonate a Chelsea pensioner.


  • #14
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    :) Braking a mirror brings seven years of bad luck :(


  • #15
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Strange Facts that go against the grain completely


    :D;) Its impossible for Batsy to write small posts ;):p


  • #16
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    Men think its more important to have a say then to make sense.
    :pac:
    Batsy wrote: »
    In 1967, the British Government made it legal for women to scold. Before then, a woman guilty of scolding had to wear a scold’s bridle, or metal cage, enclosing her head.

    Sometimes the old ways were better;)


  • #17
    kirving
    Registered Users Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭kirving


    Most "facts" in this strange facts thread are not facts. Fact.


  • #18
    Statistician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Statistician


    Travelling on the London Underground for just 40 minutes is the equivalent of smoking two packets of cigarettes

    Why?
    I didn't think smoking was even allowed on the tube.


  • #19
    policarp
    Registered Users Posts: 3,658 ✭✭✭policarp


    A broken bone is stronger when it heals. . .


  • #20
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    policarp wrote: »
    A broken bone is stronger when it heals. . .

    No it's not. It's of equal strength.


  • #21
    tony 2 tone
    Registered Users Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭tony 2 tone


    Statistician wrote: »
    Why?
    I didn't think smoking was even allowed on the tube.
    The fumes :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    There are more English words that break the "'i' before 'e,' except after 'c'" "rule" than there are that conform to it.

    A select few examples.


  • #23
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,334 ✭✭✭RichieC


    monkeys arses look funny.


  • #24
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,021 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Batsy wrote: »
    In Britain is is against the law to impersonate a Chelsea pensioner.

    Why would anyone want to pretend to be a pensioner from Chelsea ? :confused:
    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Natural nuclear fission in Africa.

    I thought the reason for all that underground heat was the decay of natural uranium ?


  • #25
    policarp
    Registered Users Posts: 3,658 ✭✭✭policarp


    Batsy wrote: »
    If London were a country it would be the 8th biggest in Europe.

    In London's Trafalgar Square there is a tiny police station situated inside a lamppost as wide as a telephone box. It is just about big enough for one police officer to stand in. Not only that but many consider the tiny police station to be at the exact centre of the metropolis. Other people say the very centre of London can be found on the traffic island next to Trafalgar Square, where the statue of King Charles I on horseback stands and which looks down Whitehall.

    There are no roads in the City of London.

    If you consider the City of London to be an actual city then it would be the smallest city if England and the second-smallest in the UK, after St David's in Wales.

    London's smallest statue is situated on Philpot Lane in Cheapside. Situated on the side of a building it is of two mice eating cheese.

    Travelling on the London Underground for just 40 minutes is the equivalent of smoking two packets of cigarettes.

    In Britain a pregnant woman may relieve herself wherever she wishes. However, should a police officer be nearby, she may ask him to relieve herself in his hat.

    In Britain it is only legal for a male to relieve himself in public only if it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

    It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

    Placing a postage stamp bearing the monarch's head upside down on an envelope is treason.

    Sir Winston Churchill was born in the ladies' toilet of Blenheim Palace during a dance.

    In 2006, the British public donated £20 million to donkey sanctuaries.

    Buckingham Palace was built on the site of a notorious brothel.

    In 1967, the British Government made it legal for women to scold. Before then, a woman guilty of scolding had to wear a scold’s bridle, or metal cage, enclosing her head.

    In Britain is is against the law to impersonate a Chelsea pensioner.
    Don't be hogging the thread.
    One or two facts at a time, please, to give the rest of us time to do a bit of head scratching and Googling. . .:D


  • #26
    Eathrin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭Eathrin


    policarp wrote: »
    A broken bone is stronger when it heals. . .

    Of course it is, a broken bone isn't going to be very strong now is it?:rolleyes:


  • #27
    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Goldfish are not gold, they are orange.


  • #28
    dx22
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭dx22


    If you throw your tv remote at your LCD tv the remote will actually bounce off the powerful magnetic field that is a by-product of flat screen technology rather than hit the screen!


  • #29
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    RichieC wrote: »
    monkeys arses look funny.
    And sexy.


  • #30
    few cans?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭few cans?


    if you drop something it might break


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  • #31
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    dx22 wrote: »
    If you throw your tv remote at your LCD tv the remote will actually bounce off the powerful magnetic field that is a by-product of flat screen technology rather than hit the screen!
    Yes and if you jump out of a ten storey building you'll bounce off the powerful magnetic field generated as a byproduct of the Earth's core rather than die.


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