Interesting Facts...

PH01

1. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.

I am MAN

2. 9/10 people prefer me in spandex than anyone else.

pwd

3. If the envirohnment does not favour birth, a pregnant armadillo can extend her pregnancy by up to two years, until conditions are more positive for the newborns.

Dr. Loon

I am not a horse.

PH01

Maggots will only eat flesh if it is dead. For this reason, they are often used to remove the burnt skin from severe burn patients.

smoke.me.a.kipper

the highest navigable lake above sea level is lake tittykaka[sp?]

bringitdown

4: Avocado is the Aztec word for testicle

PH01

Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

Gilgamesh

if you would combine the farts of all the cows in the world to one area and would egnite it, the force woul dbe strong enough to push earth out of it's orbit

Scary, huh?

PH01

All polar bears are left-handed.

Mr. Presentable

Canadian Myths
The American Flag on the 2 or 10 dollar bill
In fact, it is the old Canadian two dollar and ten dollar bills (1989 "Bird" Series) that people think has the American Flag in it. (For more information about Canadian Money, go to the Canadian Paper Money web site.)

The two dollar bill is simply the Canadian flag, and is a false alarm. But, if you have a copy of the ten dollar bill and look very closely at the flag over the Parlimant Buildings you will see a patch in the upper left hand side, and this, combined with the pattern on the rest of the flag, looks like the American flag.

The flag is, in fact, the Canadian Ensign, the patch in the upper left is the Union Jack, and the stripe effect is caused by shading and scaling. If you look carefully, you can see a crest in the bottom right of the flag. (For more information about this myth, including close ups of the flags, go to the Canadian Paper Money's Flag Rumour page, and for info on the Canadian flags, visit the Government of Canada's National Flag page.)

PH01

Gilgamesh wrote:

if you would combine the farts of all the cows in the world to one area and would egnite it, the force woul dbe strong enough to push earth out of it's orbit

Scary, huh?

yup, I'm scared now!

pwd

"kangaroo" means "I don't know" in the language of Australian aborigines.

Chalk

santa claus is coming to town

PH01

A Koala Bear sleeps 22 hours of every day.

Now I know what I want to be in the next life.

sceptre

PH01 wrote:

1. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.

Yup.

Er, no.

It isn't.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp

woosaysdan

a chicken cant swallow when its been held upside down

Dr. Loon

I am not a bear either.

Canis Lupus

The speed of light is absolute.
Fire a gun from a moving vehicle and the velocity of the bullet is combined with the speed of the vehicle.

"Fire" a torch from a moving vehicle and the light beam still moves at the same speed had the vehicle been motionless.

woosaysdan

this thread is full of interesting facts - FACT

PH01

sceptre wrote:

Yup.

Er, no.

It isn't.

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp

Ya, I was a bit sceptical about that one. Thanks for the clarification Sceptre and SpannerHead.



PS: Babies are born without knee caps.

sharkman

PH01 wrote:

Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.

I believe them to be a type of spice ...

PH01

sharkman wrote:

I believe them to be a type of spice ...

What's the difference between a herb and a spice?

Zapho

Bart Simpsons middle name is Jo-Jo

dewsbury

The swift (bird) will fly for up to 2 years and more prior to landing! I.e. constant flight day & night for two years.

PH01

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.

PH01

Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the morning.

Spalk0

A cockroach can live for nine days without its head! :eek:

So i presume it just starves to death or something!

monkeyfudge

Monkeys are great! - FACT!


Also, if you hold a guinea pig upside down by it's tail, it's eyeballs fall out... I must state clearly that I have never tested this out.

Gilgamesh

tomatoes were offically defined as a fruit, but they are never made in with deserts

PH01

All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.

PH01

The United States has never lost a war when donkeys were used.

Spalk0

PH01 wrote:

All of the Earth's continents are wider at the north than in the south - and nobody knows why.

Wouldnt europe conflict with that?

Mr. Presentable

Canis Lupus wrote:

The speed of light is absolute.
Fire a gun from a moving vehicle and the velocity of the bullet is combined with the speed of the vehicle.

"Fire" a torch from a moving vehicle and the light beam still moves at the same speed had the vehicle been motionless.

So, if I kick a football out the front of a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, it will travel forward, faster that light. But I won't be able to see it because it's dark?

meditraitor

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. :mad:

Mr. Presentable

PH01 wrote:

PS: Babies are born without knee caps.

In the 80's many people in the North died without kneecaps....

Mr. Presentable

Lots of facts here:

http://www.hookedonfacts.com/index.htm

Ragamuffin

if a chicken had lips, it could whistle

and a duck's quack echoes but it too quiet to hear ( i got that off someone's sig)

chizzle dizzle

your small intestines when streched out could be rapped around the globe twice!!

PH01

Trigger! wrote:

Wouldnt europe conflict with that?

I think it's eurasia rather than Europe

meditraitor

:cool:

karlh

Playing cards were originally made to represent the Year:
52 cards = 52 weeks a year
4 suites = 4 seasons
13 cards per suite = 13 weeks per season
two colours (red cards & black cards) = Night and day.

At one time, the king of hearts represented Charlemagne, the king of Diamonds was Julius Caesar, the king of clubs was Alexander the Great and the king of spades was King David.

fascinating

Spalk0

chizzle dizzle wrote:

your small intestines when streched out could be rapped around the globe twice!!

Huh? that seems a bit far fetched!I heard more along the lines that your intestines are 7 meters long!

PH01 - ah ok, now i get it!

Gilgamesh

Trigger! wrote:

Wouldnt europe conflict with that?

continents relate to the surface not the countries

Canis Lupus

spannerhead wrote:

So, if I kick a football out the front of a spaceship travelling at the speed of light, it will travel forward, faster that light. But I won't be able to see it because it's dark?

I have no idea I'm not a physicist thingy magick but the little bits I do know... say the closer u travel at the speed of the the slower times gets and also if u hit the speed of light yur mass becomes infinite.,.. woooooo.... weird isn't it but my poor brain can't even begin to comprehend those kind of things.... where Einstein when u need him?

Dr. Loon

90% of the facts on this thread are probably bullshít

Spalk0

Gilgamesh wrote:

continents relate to the surface not the countries

HUH?.....I know what continents are!Europe, asia, North and south america etc.
My point is Europe doesnt look wider to the north compared to the south of it!

Gilgamesh

Dr. Loon wrote:

90% of the facts on this thread are probably bullshít

then it's also a fact that 10 % are true

Rossonero

In med-evil times they found that people were re-awakening from the dead after finding scratch marks on the inside of coffins. From then on string was then tied to the deceased's hand leading out of the ground to a bell hanging from a tree. If they awoke to find themselves buried they could pull on the string and help would be called; thus the expression 'Saved by the Bell' was formed.

Gilgamesh

Trigger! wrote:

HUH?.....I know what continents are!Europe, asia, North and south america etc.
My point is Europe doesnt look wider to the north compared to the south of it!

If I remember right, Europe is only part of the Eurasian continent, hense, it is one big lump of land.

Canis Lupus

Herr Capitan wrote:

In med-evil times they found that people were re-awakening from the dead after finding scratch marks on the inside of coffins. From then on string was then tied to the deceased's hand leading out of the ground to a bell hanging from a tree. If they awoke to find themselves buried they could pull on the string and help would be called; thus the expression 'Saved by the Bell' was formed.

SO ppl from the middle ages are responsible for that **** america comedy...... bastards!!!!!