The AH Thread of important Trivia

IvaBigWun

Sheep are allergic to apples, which is why you never see sheep in orchards.



Over to you

Random

Facts are merely lies not yet disproven.

Kiera

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Unless you arm falls off of course.

Quazzie

your thumb is the same lenght as your nose!


Cats often rub up against people and furniture to lay their scent and mark their territory. They do it this way, as opposed to the way dogs do it, because they have scent glands in their faces.

kraggy

Here's one for ya.

There's another thread in AH called "Post something you know most other people don't know".

ronnie3585

I smell wee.

TestTransmission

Chocolate is poisonous/toxic to dogs

PurpleBerry

There is only one animal which has four knees

Elephant

IvaBigWun

kraggy wrote: »

Here's one for ya.

There's another thread in AH called "Post something you know most other people don't know".

Me no see.

This is slightly different anyway and besides [pedantic]"trivia" doesnt have to be something you know most other people don't know[/pedantic]

Men can breastfeed.

BroomBurner

The genes that detemine a man's penis length are also connected to his sense of smell

IvaBigWun

A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks

dr.bollocko

Some important trivia for our OP.
Thread is spelt thread.

IvaBigWun

Eh?

dr.bollocko

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Eh?

You changed it you cunning fellow!
And now I look Foolish again.
:mad:
You're turning me emo.

IvaBigWun

Cocaine was sold to cure sore throat, neuralgia, nervousness, headache, colds and sleeplessness in the 1880s

IvaBigWun

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of linen

IvaBigWun

I love this one:

On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.

pookie82

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of linen

IvaBigWun wrote: »

A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks

Does this include going without water too though? I don't think it does.

Anywho, your foot fits exactly into the space between your wrist and elbow on the inside of your arm.

If you think there's a fire in your house behind a door and you wanna test it by touching the handle to see if it's hot, always use the back of your hand as opposed to grabbing it normally - intense heat tears the retraction muscles in your hand which means you won't be able to let go. That's why a lot of people who grab something really really hot by accident can't immediately drop it and therefore do more damage. It's also why serious burn victims often are found/come to hospital with their hands in a curled position.

New york is further south on the globe than Rome. For some reason i always thought it was the other way around in my head. Rome seems more southern to me. But i'm very bad at geography anyway:o

Riddle101

Great White Shark's are the only sharks that raise their heads above the water

It is presumed that if Leon Trosky had come to power instead of Stalin, that World War 2 would have started earlier

IvaBigWun

Riddle101 wrote: »

It is presumed that if Leon Trosky had come to power instead of Stalin, that World War 2 would have started earlier

Speaking of war:

Franz Ferdinand's assassination precipitated World War I

pookie82

You just started this thread so you could show everyone how much trivia you have!!!! that or you got an interesting facts book and are pretending that it's comin off the top of your head!!!!! :-)

Joe Cool

Pound for pound, a lemon has more sugar than a strawberry.

dsmythy

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Speaking of war:

Franz Ferdinand's assassination precipitated World War I

Pan-slavism precipitated Franz Ferdinand's assassination.

Photi

Dogs can't look up.

IvaBigWun

Photi wrote: »

Dogs can't look up.

Someone has been watching too much Shaun Of The Dead

Photi

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Someone has been watching too much Shaun Of The Dead

Fried Gold. :pac:

genericgoon

It is illegal to die in the British Houses of Parliament.

GirlInterrupted

The eyeball of both the Emu and the Ostrich is bigger than their brains.

Michellenman

Everyday, around the world, approx. 12 babys are handed to the wrong parents upon leaving the hospital

A person suffering from polythelia has three nipples.

A cucumber is s fruit, not a vegetable.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Israel's sixth president was Irish.

The founder of the Argentine navy was Admiral William Brown, born in Mayo.

Larianne

Michellenman wrote: »

Everyday, around the world, approx. 12 babys are handed to the wrong parents upon leaving the hospital

:eek:

longshanks

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I love this one:

On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.

manage? we use 2000 a day, they waste about 6000
grow a pair

Abi

IvaBigWun wrote: »

I love this one: On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.

There is an easy solution here :pac:

Havermeyer

60% of women will, at some stage in their lives, contain smart DNA.

The other 40% will spit.

:pac::P

IvaBigWun

longshanks wrote: »

manage? we use 2000 a day, they waste about 6000
grow a pair

Wrong choice of word there granted. They really just use alot of same ones over and over; namely "did you hear about .... ?"


/runs

taidghbaby

if you close your eyes and cover your nose you cant tell the difference between an applpe and an onion!!


ivabigwun will invariably bump up an old thread of his

FlutterinBantam

Your ballsack hangs outside your body to regulate the temperature of the balls.

I warm weather or conditions the sack expands and gets thinner, thus allowing the nuts to cool,whereas in colder weather or conditions, the sack contracts and thickens to keep the plums at a constant temperature.

In warm weather your sack has the consistency and feel of a plastic bag.
In cold weather it has the consistency and feel of a brickie's glove.

Check it out.

IvaBigWun

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Your ballsack hangs outside your body to regulate the temperature of the balls.

I warm weather or conditions the sack expands and gets thinner, thus allowing the nuts to cool,whereas in colder weather or conditions, the sack contracts and thickens to keep the plums at a constant temperature.

In warm weather your sack has the consistency and feel of a plastic bag.
In cold weather it has the consistency and feel of a brickie's glove.

Check it out.

proper LOL

Captain Ginger

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Your ballsack hangs outside your body to regulate the temperature of the balls.

I warm weather or conditions the sack expands and gets thinner, thus allowing the nuts to cool,whereas in colder weather or conditions, the sack contracts and thickens to keep the plums at a constant temperature.

In warm weather your sack has the consistency and feel of a plastic bag.
In cold weather it has the consistency and feel of a brickie's glove.

Check it out.

I just had a good 5 minutes fun messing around with that.

Sam Vimes

Michellenman wrote: »

A cucumber is s fruit, not a vegetable.

the way to tell is it has seeds

bananas have seeds but they've been bred so the seeds have got smaller and smaller to the point where they're almost gone. Apparently they can't reproduce on their own anymore and need humans to do it for them

kawaii

Walruses have bones in their willies.

Check it out!

genericgoon

kawaii wrote: »

Walruses have bones in their willies.

Check it out!

Plenty of mammals have bones in their willies. Actually, humans are the exception when it comes to the primates in not having a penis bone.

TestTransmission

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Your ballsack hangs outside your body to regulate the temperature of the balls.

I warm weather or conditions the sack expands and gets thinner, thus allowing the nuts to cool,whereas in colder weather or conditions, the sack contracts and thickens to keep the plums at a constant temperature.

In warm weather your sack has the consistency and feel of a plastic bag.
In cold weather it has the consistency and feel of a brickie's glove.

Check it out.

Certain Kangaroos will contract their testicles when they feel threatened by another kangaroo

RGDATA!

A duck's quack has no echo. Nobody knows why.

Captain Ginger

RGDATA! wrote: »

A duck's quack has no echo. Nobody knows why.

Wrong:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp

FlutterinBantam

jackncoke wrote: »

Certain Kangaroos will contract their testicles when they feel threatened by another kangaroo

Indeed that's true,which is why dogs when frightened will jam the tails between their legs to protect the cluster.

An interesting aside there is that a dogs ballsack is generally dark blue to refract the sunlight and prevent the 'nads from overheating,as they are generally hairless and are prone to sunburn.

RGDATA!

Captain Ginger wrote: »

Wrong:

http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp

Popular Mechanics have debunked that Snopes claim.

Captain Ginger

RGDATA! wrote: »

Popular Mechanics have debunked that Snopes claim.

It's time to fold and stop bluffing.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_quack_of_a_duck_echo

pookie82

Joe Cool wrote: »

Pound for pound, a lemon has more sugar than a strawberry.

And strawberries have more Vitamin C than oranges pound for pound.

Fremen

You can take a solid sphere and cut it into a number of pieces, then rearrange those pieces so that you have two solid spheres which are the same size as the original.

The human head weighs eight pounds.