I'm sorry but number 6 is absurd, and so is stating it as if were "fact"! I don't know where that comes from but they're clearly insane.
I'm sorry but number 6 is absurd, and so is stating it as if were "fact"! I don't know where that comes from but they're clearly insane.
I like poetry,long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick.
1. Chickens feel empathy.
2. Elephants are good at teamwork.
3. The lifespan of the average British person increases by five hours a day.
4. About 40% of skyscrapers due to be completed in the next six years will be in China.
5. Half of all Pakistani children cannot read a sentence.
6. Tigers kill lions.
7. Leeds has more councillors over the age of 80 than under the age of 35.
8. Car use is falling.
9. When potatoes were first introduced to Britain, they were used to make desserts.
10. A soldier's starting salary is nearly £8,000 less than a police officer's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...his_t_23.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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erm, it kinda is a fact:Originally Posted by iamnobody
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/83...hide-cost.html
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
I think there is a little truth in this fact. My son is the best thing in my life and I would never want to change anything about his part in my life. But he is SOOOOO expensive, I even suggested a new word in the icelandic vocabulary about expensive things, roughly translated child-expensive, but sounds a lot better here on the ice.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
1. Monkeys recognise faces.
2. Hearing aids can work on teeth.
3. St Patrick's Day is a national holiday in Montserrat.
4. The last British tsunami to register a verified height was in 1975, and it reached 6cm (2.3in).
5. Sharks go to the cleaners.
6. Picking daffodils could count as criminal damage.
7. Elephants respect their elders.
8. Birds crash into wind turbines because they aren't looking where they're going.
9. Just 3% of UK cash machines dispense £5 notes.
10. Whales are scared of sonar.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_176.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. More than 70% of banknotes initially reach the public via cash machines.
2. Tennis Girl doesn't like tennis.
3. YouTube's first video was called "Me at the zoo".
4. Booking fees can be as much as £26.
5. Ian Fleming created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6. More than a fifth of the world's population live in the time zone GMT+8.
7. Russell Brand gardens.
8. The baby son of physicist Brian Cox, George, has the middle name Eagle, named after the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
9. More than 90% of schoolchildren study Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
10. The first text message ever sent read: "Merry Christmas".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_177.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Brilliant!!
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
1. When Prince Albert - the future George VI of The King's Speech fame - wanted to marry Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (aka the Queen Mum), she only said yes on his third proposal.
2. Their wedding breakfast comprised of dishes named in their honour - a royal tradition continued into the 1980s.
3. The average person only uses 20,000 words, with another 40,000 in reserve.
4. One in six people live in India.
5. Dark birds are healthier.
6. Sleep affects weight.
7. The first Eddie Stobart truck was called Twiggy.
8. The T. rex had a cousin.
9. More than 100,000 Americans lied about their age in the 1970 census.
10. The numbers attending huge street protests are estimated using the size of the streets involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_178.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. The word "loo" dates from medieval times, derived from the warning shout of "gardez l'eau!" given by those tipping chamber pots out the window.
2. George and Laura Bush are fans of BBC costume drama The House of Eliott (pictured).
3. Actor Tom Wilkinson's real name is Geoffrey.
4. An American aircraft carrier weighs more than 100,000 tonnes.
5. The average UK household spends about 60p a week on stamps.
6. Early cosmonauts were fairly short, as spacecraft were a tight fit for anyone tall.
7. There were gay cavemen.
8. The acronym "lol" is "mdr" in France.
9. Seat belts are banned on some roads.
10. Half of girls aged 15-17 in Liverpool and Sunderland use sunbeds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_179.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Also known as hammocks.
1. Ducks' bills reveal whether they have sexually-transmitted diseases.
2. The average British home had 5.34 rooms.
3. Dogs watch how how nice people are to others to work out who to approach to beg for food.
4. Time travel storylines are officially discouraged in China.
5. The first Dulux dog was called Dash.
6. More girls than boys became scouts in the past year.
7. Some dinosaurs did their hunting at night.
8. The world's smallest ever music instrument is a guitar the size of a single blood cell.
9. There are 8.5 million football-related words in English.
10. Male humpback whales play "Chinese whispers" across 6,000km.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_180.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. Planets may have black plants.
2. Chimps give birth like humans.
3. Dinosaurs suffered from toothache.
4. Swearing relieves pain.
5. Cuckoos copy hawks.
6. Supermarkets still give away cardboard boxes for nothing.
7. The world's smallest caravan measures 6ft 7in (2m) by 2ft 6in (75cm) and has a top speed of 5mph.
8. A rare version of God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols is the most valuable record of all time.
9. Spies used to engrave messages on toe-nails.
10. Soap and water can be better than hand gels and wipes at tackling germs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_181.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Screaming and cursing out their husbands?
1. There is a camel-mounted bagpipe band.
2. Transparent typewriters are manufactured for sale to prisons, to avoid the risk of contraband being hidden.
3. City dwelling birds have larger brains than those that live in the countryside.
4. CDs were designed to be 12cm (4.8in) in diameter, because it provided sufficient capacity at 75 minutes to store all of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
5. Bonobos share eating-out tips.
6. Litter and graffiti could cause racism.
7. A taxi ride from New York to Los Angeles cots $5,000 (£3,000)
8. Deer win respect by breaking up fights.
9. French police are currently allowed 25cl of wine or a small beer with their lunch while on duty
10. Rabbit jumping is a sport.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. There is a camel-mounted bagpipe band.
Do they prefer dromedary or bactrian?
2. Transparent typewriters are manufactured for sale to prisons, to avoid the risk of contraband being hidden.
I assume they require invisible ink
3. City dwelling birds have larger brains than those that live in the countryside.
Either from radiation and PCB's or from all the garbage they read strewn about the streets
10. Rabbit jumping is a sport.
Jumping over a rabbit doesn't seem like much of a challenge unless it's one of these babies! -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s9nK...eature=related
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