Lie to me (Fake facts)

kraggy · 12-12-2011 04:57AM

take everything wrote: »

Squirrels can do basic algebra.
Weasels are the only animals that understand irony.
2002 Nissan Micras are sacred in India.
Monopoly money is sometimes accepted as legal tender in Scotland.

That's cause half the country's gone to jail.

Pdfile · 12-12-2011 05:05AM

english people speak english well. fact.... ... ....

:pac:

Guill · 12-12-2011 05:16AM

One in every two married men have an affair.

1 in every 4 married women have an affair.

DeVore · 12-12-2011 05:20AM

massdebater wrote: »

On average a person will eat 8 spiders in their sleep.

This is a real thing. (no really!)

in order to balance out this off topic truth, I submit to you that:

DeVore only sleeps 4 hours a night.[1]

He has been on the run for murder.[1]

DeV.
[1] both actual rumours that were started and people believed.

take everything · 12-12-2011 05:43AM

The queen lists watching the A-team and fixing broken laptops as pasttimes.
By 2030, stupidity will be the number one cause of death.
In 100 years time the alphabet will have 5 fewer letters.
The colour green has become 2 shades darker in the last 20 years.

acidskiffle · 12-12-2011 05:56AM

In some western counties it is legal, and encouraged, to fornicate with badgers.

some random drunk · 12-12-2011 06:29AM

Gerry Adams suffered from a medical condition in the 1980's which made him lose his voice. He only recovered after pioneering voice box surgery in the early 90's.

The Japanese dessert "Tengoku no kurīmu" on average consists of 20% human semen. It is commonly sold in vending machines and is very popular with schoolgirls.

A law dating back to Medieval times means its perfectly legal to shoot a Catholic within the grounds of Trinity College Dublin. However you must shoot them only in the ankle and on a Thursday.

In his early years before he became a well known TV presenter, Pat Kenny used to moonlight as a transvestite cabaret singer. He was known as "Panty Ken" which is in fact an anagram of his own name.

Frank Black · 12-12-2011 09:22AM

In the 1960's, the Irish government attempted to develop a space program by trying to fold a piece of paper 17 times in order to reach the moon.

If everyone in the world was to sneeze at the same time, a black hole would be created that would swallow the earth.

The French smoke more cigarettes in a year than the rest of the world combined.

Mould is the only substance that is scientifically classed as an animal, a mineral and a vegatable.

Praire Dogs are the only animal besides humans that can feel embarrasment for others.

humanji · 12-12-2011 10:05AM

David Bowie invented Connect Four.

Cookie_Monster · 12-12-2011 10:19AM

the word "Tuesday" comes from an ancient Greek word originally meaning secondary

DB21 · 12-12-2011 10:38AM

Black men can't swim

Sykk · 12-12-2011 10:43AM

My sibling insists on saying "English is the hardest language to learn apparently".

Drives me insane. No it's not, there's no forms (male,female,neuter) to anything, English works off word order and it's simple in comparison to every other language.

Two. What the hell does he know about languages? He never studied them.

Three. Why the "apparently"? Who told him such a load of crap?!?

davetherave · 12-12-2011 10:56AM

There are only 3 people alive today who are able to tell the difference between butter and I-can't-believe-its-not-butter.

Dunny · 12-12-2011 11:08AM

Dogs cant look up.

DB21 · 12-12-2011 11:10AM

davetherave wrote: »

There are only 3 people alive today who are able to tell the difference between butter and I-can't-believe-its-not-butter.

Chuck Norris, The Stig and Sean O'Brien

Standard Toaster · 12-12-2011 11:11AM

Buy counting the rings on a tree trunk you can tell how many trees that tree slept with.

Derek Davis's ear wax contains no known elements from the periodic table.

At the height of his fame in 1989, Aonghus McAnally own 81% of all the sodastreams in Ireland.

Duckworth_Luas · 12-12-2011 11:12AM

Rolf Harris introduced the first book to Australia in 1967. It is held in the Tasmanian International Science Museum until an Australian learns how to decipher it.

Leftist · 12-12-2011 11:16AM

Ireland was once one independent nation.

Irish people are know for working hard and not for being cheeky alcoholics.

Culchies have a sense of humour.

DB21 · 12-12-2011 11:26AM

Miserable, boring people with no sense of humour don't come in and drag down joke threads.

desertcircus · 12-12-2011 11:29AM

Red lemonade can be boiled down until no water remains and be used as an explosive gel.

Patser · 12-12-2011 11:36AM

6 out of 7 dwarves ain't Happy.

Duckworth_Luas · 12-12-2011 11:39AM

As a student, RTE sports commentator Marty Morrissey, used to earn extra money by moonlighting as an extra on Scooby Doo.

dilallio · 12-12-2011 11:41AM

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone he discovered that he has 2 missed calls from Chuck Norris.

take everything · 12-12-2011 11:41AM

Keith Richards invented asparagus.

Captain Havoc · 12-12-2011 11:44AM

The money is just resting in my account.

44leto · 12-12-2011 11:50AM

As blind as a bat (some bats have the keenest sight in nature)

Cigarettes are bad for you, rubbish cigarettes are bad for the body, therefore logically they are also bad for diseases.

I am a better driver when I am drunk, reason being I don't drive when I am drunk.

antodeco · 12-12-2011 11:53AM

If you place ice cubes in a microwave, they will explode/shatter like smashed glass, after 10 - 15 seconds of it being turned on. The length of time is based on size/thickness of the ice cube.

KamiKazeKitten · 12-12-2011 11:53AM

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions.

Frank Black · 12-12-2011 12:05PM

Although the first telephone was invented in 1870, it remained a scientific oddity until the second one was invented some 40 years later.

44leto · 12-12-2011 12:06PM

Warranties, need I say anymore.

Lie to me (Fake facts)

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