10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week

[Niamh]

First Anime now this. Asian entertainment is dangerous!



She's a real Sister Act ... I should be hung for such a pun.

I was about to post the exact the same pun.

[NickAdams]

I was about to post the exact the same pun.

Well you know what they say about great minds ...

[Niamh]

Well you know what they say about great minds ...

think alike
But fools they seldomn differ. But which are we!

[Scheherazade]

1. Uncollected council tax totals £760m.

2. Some otters don't like swimming.

3. The Rubik’s Cube can be done in 26 moves.

4. Crows can use tools.

5. CDs were nearly called mini-racks.

6. CDs have 74 minutes' audio capacity, originally to accommodate Beethoven's 9th Symphony – before that they were just an hour.

7. Attractive people are, on average, less selfish than moderately attractive people.

8. The name Hells Angels was coined by a squadron of World War I fighter pilots.

9. Seven double espressos can land you in hospital, with caffeine intoxication.

10. Left-handed people are called sinistral.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a016858

[Niamh]

4. Crows can use tools.

Really?!

9. Seven double espressos can land you in hospital, with caffeine intoxication.

Better remember that next time i feel really tired and need a caffeine boost!

10. Left-handed people are called sinistral.

Being of the left. (wonder if the word sinister originated fron this. after all lefties were seen as evil beings in the middle ages! )

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[Virgil]

7. Attractive people are, on average, less selfish than moderately attractive people.

Has anyone noticed how unselfish I am?

[Granny5]

Has anyone noticed how unselfish I am?

You know, Virgil, I was just going to comment on how unselfish you seem to be!

[Scheherazade]

1. The number of pounds in circulation doubles every 15 years due to economic growth and inflation.

2. Each slug eats twice its body weight a day.

3. Performers cannot even smoke herbal cigarettes on stage in Scotland, which has no dispensation for "artistic integrity" in its smoking ban, unlike other parts of the UK.

4. Voyagers 1 and 2, launched in 1977 and still beaming back data from billions of miles from the solar system's edge, run on generators that produce 300 watts - which would power several standard light bulbs.

5. Chickens can be diagnosed with depression.

6. There are almost four times more knife-related killings as firearms killings.

7. You can be arrested for using someone's wi-fi network without permission.

8. One in 10 people claim to have had out-of-body experiences.

9. More than half the books on the fiction charts are crime titles - a genre predominately read and written by women.

10. Queen Victoria and Pope Leo XIII were among the celebrities to endorse charities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a017052

[Virgil]

5. Chickens can be diagnosed with depression.

Well, if you were headed for decapitation and stuffing and roasting, wouldn't you be depressed too.

9. More than half the books on the fiction charts are crime titles - a genre predominately read and written by women.

I wonder why that is. I know my wife loves to read them too but i never get a straight answer as to why.

[Lote-Tree]

Well, if you were headed for decapitation and stuffing and roasting, wouldn't you be depressed too.

Depression is linked to Artistic ability and creativity thus we have underestimated intelligence of chickens

I wonder why that is. I know my wife loves to read them too but i never get a straight answer as to why.

Same reason why women like "bad" men?

[Virgil]

Depression is linked to Artistic ability and creativity thus we have underestimated intelligence of chickens



Same reason why women like "bad" men?

Well, I am Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know.

[Lote-Tree]

Well, I am Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know.

So I guess your wife is always all over you

[Niamh]

3. Performers cannot even smoke herbal cigarettes on stage in Scotland, which has no dispensation for "artistic integrity" in its smoking ban, unlike other parts of the UK.

When the smoking ban came into ireland over three and a half years ago we all debate that the herbel cig shouldnt be included in the tobacco smoking ban list because it isnt tobacco. didnt work.

5. Chickens can be diagnosed with depression.

i'm with virgil on this one.

8. One in 10 people claim to have had out-of-body experiences.

I had a weird experience once. I was in secondary school and after one of my classes i started to walk to my next lesson with one on the teachers when suddenly i was watching myself walking beside the teacher from behind. Only lasted a few seconds but it was weird. Mabe i have a doppelganger.

9. More than half the books on the fiction charts are crime titles - a genre predominately read and written by women.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a017052

[Scheherazade]

1. Rock stars are twice as likely to die prematurely as the wider population.

2. The collective noun for meerkats is a "mob".

3. In Ethiopia it is almost the start of the year 2000 and the beginning of millennium celebrations.

4. Bees can detect explosives.

5. There are 287 franchised World Trade Centers around the world, including one in Hull.

6. Clarissa Dickson Wright became the country's youngest female barrister at 21, a record she still holds.

7. An RAF Tornado costs £40,000 an hour to fly.

8. Depression is a more disabling condition than angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes.

9. Sitting straight is bad for backs.

10. A suspect in Portugal is called an arguido and has certain rights.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...hings_14.shtml

[Niamh]

Can i just say that this is probably my favourite thread on litnet. The things that gives me lots more useless info to over load the useless info cabinet in my head! Thanks Scher!