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Facts that sound like they could be true but aren't

  • 07-04-2013 1:05pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭


    20% of the population of Earth are bus drivers.

    Madonna's maiden name is Butch.

    When bitten by the Huja Snake, native to Egypt, the victim feels a euphoric sensation throughout their body. The effects are said to rival that of heroin.

    Kevin Costner taught Eddie Van Halen how to play the guitar.

    Garden peas have more calories than a double cheeseburger.

    The letter "J" didn't exist in the year 1788 until 1791. Scholars found it useless and omitted it from the alphabet. Only when the public staged a mass protest the letter was re-introduced.

    Italians are the most intelligent race.

    Clouds aren't actually white. They're classified by Met Eireann as "a really really bright shade of grey"


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    If you cut the legs off a sheep he floats away and becomes a cloud.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    If you build it, they will come.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14 Maeve80


    A pig orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.. Oink Oink!.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    Every tube of Colgate ever made was made in Leitrem.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    St Jimmy was canonized after he freed the slaves of Connacht.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Only 34% of the population can see the colour purple. To everyone else it looks like the colour violet.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 Boggot Globule


    Margaret Thatcher was the best British prime minister ever.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,346 ✭✭✭King George VI


    A man once tried to bowl a perfect game in 30 seconds. After 15 seconds he had 328 points.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    The gherkins in McDonald's burgers are actually treated with several opiate-like substances which does nothing for the taste but acts as a powerful preservative.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,698 ✭✭✭✭Princess Peach


    The pig who played Babe was sold at auction for $900,000 to Michael Jackson, who ate him for Christmas dinner.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 Boggot Globule


    There exist positive integers x, y, z and n such that,

    x^(n+2) + y^(n+2) = z^(n+2).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 Boggot Globule


    In medieval China dingleberries were considered to be a sign of good luck.


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