10 Things We Didn't Know This Time Last Week

[wilbur lim]

I solely can list out these following-
1.We don't know if we can be disparaged.
2.We don't know if there is a tragedy which can be imminent.
3.We don't know if we could suddenly faint in light of grief.

[Virgil]

10. You can dive from 35ft into 12in of water - and only suffer bruising (with a lot of training).

Unfortunately by the time you're trained, you're dead.

[Domer121]

1.That Margaret Atwood is a writer from Canada.

2.That Wilhem Wundt is considered the worlds first psychologist.

3.That William James began the study called functionalism.

4.That there is the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Nervous System
and lots more!

[Scheherazade]

1. Baseball was played in Surrey in 1755.

2. There are algae that can bend light.

3. Women are more prone to nightmares.

4. The British Antarctic Survey needs a full-time plumber.

5. While everything else is getting more expensive, broccoli is getting cheaper.

6. Radio adverts can be banned for being too quick.

7. Zoroastrians were the first religious adherents to incorporate the end of the world into their beliefs.

8. Portraits of famous people often look like the painter instead.

9. When the police fire a baton round, they aim for the belt buckle.

10. Goats are a cost effective way of clearing waste ground.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a036653

[Virgil]

1. Baseball was played in Surrey in 1755.

That does not surprise me. As someone quoted in the article says, the game evolved, and I bet something like baseball went back to ancient times.

3. Women are more prone to nightmares.

Well, have you seen some of the husbands they are married too? Of course they have nightmares.

4. The British Antarctic Survey needs a full-time plumber.

Plumbing in Antartica? Wouldn't the water be frozen?

5. While everything else is getting more expensive, broccoli is getting cheaper.

That's because no one is eating it. Supply and demand.

10. Goats are a cost effective way of clearing waste ground.

Goats eat everything. But then you got to clean up all the goat crap.

[Scheherazade]

1. JK Rowling makes £5 every second.

2. There are two £1m banknotes still in existence. Nine were made after World War II.

3. Television presenter and artist Tony Hart served in the Gurkhas.

4. Paul Newman was prevented from flying on an ill-fated World War II mission by his pilot's ear infection. Everyone on his detail was killed.

5. Egham receives more spam than any other place in the UK.

6. The chief designer at Waterford Crystal was not Irish, but Czech.

7. Human HIV infections could have started as early as the 19th Century.

8. The 1950s was not a golden age for train travel.

9. Bradford and Bingley has registered the raising of the bowler hat as a trademark.

10. The man who designed the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, Eero Saarinen, also designed the Sixties classic, the Tulip chair.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a038287

[Scheherazade]

1. Goats wear condoms.

2. Big Lebowski fanatics call themselves "achievers".

3. And the f-word is used 281 times in the film.

4. Sarah Palin is 10th cousin to Princess Diana.

5. The word "unbepissed" means "not being urinated on".

6. Contrary to myth, the suicide rate in New York in the month following the Wall Street Crash in 1929 was lower than normal.

7. The phrase "dead cat bounce" means a brief rally in the price of falling stock.

8. Scottish poet Robert Burns was Bob Dylan's muse.

9. The annual cost of forest loss is more than the amount being lost in the banking crisis.

10. Two New Testament books were left out of the modern Bible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...ast_w_70.shtml

[Virgil]

1. Goats wear condoms.

I wonder what size is a goat condom. And how would like you to be the one to slip it on the goat?

2. Big Lebowski fanatics call themselves "achievers".

Oh my brother loves that movie. i wonder if he considers himself an"achiever?"

3. And the f-word is used 281 times in the film.

That's all?

4. Sarah Palin is 10th cousin to Princess Diana.

Hmm, they are both attractive, but I don't see the resemblance.

5. The word "unbepissed" means "not being urinated on".

What is the need to create such a word? It's not exactly commonplace to pee on people.

6. Contrary to myth, the suicide rate in New York in the month following the Wall Street Crash in 1929 was lower than normal.

Isn't amazing how urban legends get created. Yeah this doesn't surprise me.

7. The phrase "dead cat bounce" means a brief rally in the price of falling stock.

Yeah and I wonder if today's rally was a dead cat bounce. I suspect it might be. But let's hope not.

[applepie]

Odd one given that I watch entirely too much animal related TV. There are seas within the bottoms of our oceans. No kidding, they are huge pools of water on the sea floor that have their own tides and such. The water is laden with salt and other minerals which makes it more dense than the other water around it.

[Scheherazade]

1. Pets don't like divorces.

2. More than one in four commuters has bacteria from faeces on their hands.

3. The Queen has a gold Blue Peter badge.

4. Val Singleton not only had a fling with Peter Purves, but fancied John Noakes.

5. Prince Charles could have had a cameo in Doctor Who.

6. Men are most romantic aged 53.

7. The world's longest insect is 56cm long.

8. Sugar makes you a nicer person. But artificial sweetener does not have the same effect.

9. A spurtle is a spatula-like tool traditionally used to stir porridge.

10. The brains of obese people find eating less rewarding than brains belonging to other people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...x.html#a039547

[Virgil]

2. More than one in four commuters has bacteria from faeces on their hands.

If there was a vomit smilie to choose from that's what I would have chosen. How disgusting.

7. The world's longest insect is 56cm long.

I can hear all the women screaming right now at just the thought of this.

8. Sugar makes you a nicer person. But artificial sweetener does not have the same effect.

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails,
That's whatlittle boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice, and everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.

10. The brains of obese people find eating less rewarding than brains belonging to other people.

How do brains eat? Do they find it defecating any less rewarding?

6. Men are most romantic aged 53.

I saved this for last on purpose. Hey I'm almost there!!! Wait until I tell my wife. She will be thrilled.

[Granny5]

6. Men are most romantic aged 53.

Poppy is past 53. Not much to look forward to now.

[Scheherazade]

How do brains eat? Do they find it defecating any less rewarding?

Guess this gives the expression "brain fart" a new meaning, eh?

[Equality72521]

I know, I know...so much more than 10.... Couldn't resist.

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it
will digest itself.

3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down
continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. I know
some people like that!

6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.

8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the
distance.

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! That
explains it!

10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.

11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were
made of wood.

12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a
game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and
silver.

14. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." There was
never a recorded Wendy before.

15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed
the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad
and sting itself to death.

17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you
could see his moves.

18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."


19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for
automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the
Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

23. By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into
quicksand.

24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of
celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike
contest.

26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take
more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most
often stolen from Public Libraries.

31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. Not to mention the other
drawback.

32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

[Virgil]

9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! That
explains it!

I knew it. I was probably born to rich millionaires and got screwed.