INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

[missyburd]

Blowfly larvae don't like eosine dye. But they do go a pretty pink colour....

NB: I was just a witness!

[Magnum]

ahh but u was only a wee babber then wernt you probably not paying to much attention!


Hmm i think i was in year 4/5 in school. So about 9 or 10 years old. I remember a lot of fuss and the teachers talking to all the classes at once about it when it happened. Bloody terrorists. It was the ONE day that caused all the extreme security. Its amazing how much fuss it caused.
Although they are all extremely evil people involved in the plot, you have to admit it was very well thought out and executed.

[Milky Bar Kid]

WOAH MAGNUM!!!! Dont be giving them praise!

[Magnum]

Its not praise, i hope they died painfully, but you have to appreciate the complexity of the whole plot!

[Milky Bar Kid]

I dont appreciate anything about it! Anyway, derail!

[Dave20046]

Its not praise, i hope they died painfully, but you have to appreciate the complexity of the whole plot!
I didn't know it was that complex I just thought it was me go on plane now ai ai ai boom. I've got a conspiracy theory dvd on it somewhere I never watched, soemthing about how the buildings collapsed as if it was an internal explosion and a flash underneath one of the planes.

[Magnum]

I didn't know it was that complex I just thought it was me go on plane now ai ai ai boom. I've got a conspiracy theory dvd on it somewhere I never watched, soemthing about how the buildings collapsed as if it was an internal explosion and a flash underneath one of the planes.

In short, they terrorists had to become US citizens, trained how to fly commercial jets in the USA and then managed to use the kinves they took on board (maximum blade length of about 3 inches were ALLOWED on the plane) to kill a hostage and then used 4 others to forice down the pilots door.
The fourth plane was 'saved' by some of the passengers. They tried to overpower the terrorists, the pilot pannicked, shouted 'ALLAHH AKBAR' and crashed into a field. Everyone on the plane died, but if it was not for the brave passengers, the plane was headed to more populated areas where hundreds more could have died.

[Dave20046]

Not really complicated, they just went to a lot of effort, and for what?

[orose]

8 years (and counting) of being able to shout "Boo!" and see a billion people cack themselves?

[yorkie_chris]

So various governments could bring in lots of oppressive anti-terror and anti-hate laws with a half decent excuse while overplaying a non-issue of a threat from a fairly retarded and known enemy?

[keithd]

I dont appreciate anything about it! Anyway, derail!

i dont think you can deny it was impressive. thats not me condoning their actions, just saying what they did the coordination, the training, the hijacking...

m sure i'l be alone in this but hey, i'm different.

[monkey]

Who stole all the interesting facts?

Here's one. The Queen has given up her own plane. When she needs one, she will pay to use one.

[Baph]

i dont think you can deny it was impressive. thats not me condoning their actions, just saying what they did the coordination, the training, the hijacking...

m sure i'l be alone in this but hey, i'm different.

My IFOTD, is that I agree with keith. :shock:

I'm sure most Project Managers would do too, to orchestrate that event must of taken a hell of a lot of forethought & determination.

I don't agree with what they did, but then I don't agree with what computer virus programmers do, I can still appreciate their work though. And no, I'm not comparing 9/11 to a computer virus before any tree hugging types pop up out of the woodwork!

[northwind]

I don't agree with what they did, but then I don't agree with what computer virus programmers do, I can still appreciate their work though. And no, I'm not comparing 9/11 to a computer virus before any tree hugging types pop up out of the woodwork!

Yeah, I feel the same. Again, no comparison in results but I used to work in fraud/crime prevention and if you don't have a healthy respect for the abilities of the opposition, you just lose. If this were as easy as some people will say, how come it didn't happen more often? Even recruiting and running a criminal/terrorist organisation is a mountain itself, never mind planning and executing the crime. But there's a huge gap between respect and admiration, it's not the same thing at all.

Anyway, interesting facts, interesting facts... My cat's breath smells of cat food.

[Magnum]

Im glad some people aggree with me then, and dont think im an islamic extremist :D


My interesting fact i found out a couple of days ago is that the new bike test is not going to be active untill the end of april! This is great news for me because i will be doing mine before the 20th.

[davepreston]

the ira has a more secure and better inteligance network than the british army #fact#

[keithd]

the ira has a more secure and better inteligance network than the british army #fact#

errrrmmm source for this "fact"?!!!

[Dave20046]

errrrmmm source for this "fact"?!!!
I'd say it sounds about right. The british army can get away with murder so let things slip, the IRA do get away with murder because they don't!
I'm guessing dave has experience with both, you were/are in the army right dave? And anyone that's lived in certain parts of ireland has brushings with the IRA.

[davepreston]

errrrmmm source for this "fact"?!!!

div hq ni, army hq whitehall, standard ni brief day 1
take your pick its well known within the forces

[davepreston]

I'd say it sounds about right. The british army can get away with murder so let things slip, the IRA do get away with murder because they don't!
I'm guessing dave has experience with both, you were/are in the army right dave? And anyone that's lived in certain parts of ireland has brushings with the IRA.

fully fledged dirty civi now lol
they use money ,exrortion ,sympathisors and force to gain intel they also have no rules to abide by which the forces obviously do. their internal security is **** hot too with special interorgators who again do as they please , dont get me wrong the forces are good at what they do but to run a illegal organisation on the scale of the ira takes some serious planning and control

[northwind]

errrrmmm source for this "fact"?!!!

Strikes me that's not the sort of fact that you want to give a source for :smt080

[keithd]

Strikes me that's not the sort of fact that you want to give a source for :smt080

indeed! i had forgotten our man presto was ex services !!:D

my cap is doffed in your general direction mr davepreston!:smt066

[davepreston]

lol well you could give us an interesting fact
what is the keith d opition :)

[xXBADGERXx]

The U.S. Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper

[parkinmj]

'Britney Spears' is an anagram of 'presbyterians.'

[Richie]

Getting from Nanyuki (Kenya, Africa) back to the UK with your bags and Toolboxes is very "Emotional"....
FACT....!

[Feldspar]

The whole crying-whilst-peeling-onions thing. An ex-girlfriend's grandma taught me how to peel onions so that you never cry, works to this day, so no need to chew gum as was posted a while back. Simply chop the top and the bottom root/sprout bits off first. Then make a shallow slice on one side of the onion anywhere you like from top to bottom, i.e. to form a line between the two bits you just cut off, peel off the outer brown skin and any layer of skin underneath that is starting to turn. Then chop the onion in half, again from top to bottom, put each half flat side down and chop down the lines of the onion as you see them from the outside of the skin. You'll get half rings as a result. Chop 'em anyway you want from there. I probably chop an onion a day and haven't cried, (whilst chopping onions), for about twenty odd years. FACT.

The other thing is the whole cows-lying-down-before-it-rains thing. It's cowsh*t. Many a time I've seen cows, whole herds of them standing in a downpour. Other times, they're sitting down in sunshine, with no hint of rain. I think they sit down when they want to because they feel like it or are generally tired or may want to read a book and need a hoof free, or whatever. I suppose technically a cow, at least in England, does sit down before it rains as it must rain at some point in the future, but that's not how the non-fact goes.

Jacqui Smith is related to Royalty - FACT. Her dad was King Edward, well, "a" King Edward. Aw c'mon, you can't tell me that somewhere in her direct family history a potato wasn't involved somewhere? Look at her face! Look at the shape of her head! I'm not sure what the beastiality equivalent of messing about with vegetables is, (suggestions welcome), but either her Mum or her Dad definitely f****d a tatty at some point which means that one of them WAS a tatty...IMHO of course.

[vixis]

Did you know that the Nidaros Cathedral West Front sculpture of Archangel Michael was based on Bob Dylan?
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan)

[yorkie_chris]

In 1810 Sir Henry Mildmay trained a pig to retrieve game.

[Girth]

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later.

[Sally]

Has anyone else noticed that "Maddie" is an anagram of "I'm dead"

[Dave20046]

Has anyone else noticed that "Maddie" is an anagram of "I'm dead"
I take it you read that and didn't randomly notice it in a weird train of thought?

[vixis]

I take it you read that and didn't randomly notice it in a weird train of thought?

If you watched the "House of Cards" series recently, that explained why he threw her off the building lol

[Sally]

I take it you read that and didn't randomly notice it in a weird train of thought?

Taken from some other person.

Its good though :)

[Mr Speirs]

A piece of string is twice as long as half the length of it.

[Venom]

Dolphins, like humans, can :makelurve: for pleasure instead of just for reproduction.

[Dave20046]

Dolphins, like humans, can :makelurve: for pleasure instead of just for reproduction.
Flipper's a right slag

[davepreston]

Flipper's a right slag
pot , kettle

[Dave20046]

pot , kettle


:smt083...anyway :-


http://www.naturalfamilyblog.com/Pot%20Kettle.jpg

[BernardBikerchick]

all women have bottom hair !! (apart from me now after last night's wax!!!):p:p:p:p:p:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy: :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

[ophic]

bottom stubble then shortly :p

[davepreston]

4 out of 5 orgers think im mental the others have met mrs giggles

[hovis]

wales has more castles per square mile than any other place on earth

[keithd]

The bird is the word.

[Dave20046]

wales has more castles per square mile than any other place on earth
what about chessboards?

[Graciepants]

pot , kettle
+1 :smt098

[Owenski]

my old fiesta used to get to 60 in 14seconds! fact!

mine too!

did you pull up at the side of a duel carriage way and count as you set off as well loll?

cough no me neither ;)

[hovis]

what about chessboards?

:confused:

[Venom]

what about chessboards?

:confused:

The chess piece rook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)) is shaped like a castle


A rook (♖ ♜, borrowed from Persian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language) رخ rokh, Sanskrit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit_language) rath, "chariot") is a piece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece) in the strategy board game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game) of chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess). In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes (Sunnucks 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)#CITEREFSunnucks1970)), and non-players still often call it a "castle".[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)#cite_note-0) Each player starts with two rooks, one in each of the corners nearest their own side.

[Venom]

Fact of the day: Slugs are hermaphrodites.

[Owenski]

Heard on the radio this week, the surface area of a human lung is greater than a tennis court.

[dickie]

Apparently in ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest. Winners were awarded prizes and were held in high esteem.

Clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S-UYVgiLSg&feature=player_embedded)

Warning - This is hilarious.

[hovis]

The chess piece rook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)) is shaped like a castle

i know

as im a grandmaster

[wyrdness]

Two rock'n'roll facts for today:

The cake on the cover of the Rolling Stones album 'Let it Bleed' was baked by Delia Smith, before she was famous.

The bass player from Spinal Tap voices over twenty of the characters from the Simpsons, including Principal Skinner, Mr Burns, Ned Flanders, Waylon Smithers and Scratchy.

[Venom]

The Venom symbiote first appeared in the Spiderman comics in 1984. So I guess that makes me 25 :---)

[Dave20046]

Two rock'n'roll facts for today:

The cake on the cover of the Rolling Stones album 'Let it Bleed' was baked by Delia Smith, before she was famous.

The bass player from Spinal Tap voices over twenty of the characters from the Simpsons, including Principal Skinner, Mr Burns, Ned Flanders, Waylon Smithers and Scratchy.
nice

[davepreston]

mmmmm cake

[Venom]

TALLEST RIDEABLE MOTORCYCLE

Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.

[Owenski]

TALLEST RIDEABLE MOTORCYCLE

Gregory Dunham (USA) has constructed a rideable motorcycle that is 3.429 m (11 ft 3 in) tall to the top of handlebars, 6.187 m (20 ft 4 in) long and weighs 2.948 tonnes (6,500 lb). It is powered by a 8.2 litre (502 cu in) V8 engine and has tyres that are 1.88 m (74 in) tall.


one word, 2 letters....
EH!!!!
+ 4 !'s

[gettin2dizzy]

one word, 2 letters....
EH!!!!
+ 4 !'s
http://roberthood.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/monster-bike-from-hell.JPG

[xXBADGERXx]

Wonder what the ground clearance on that thing is ?

[Venom]

http://roberthood.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/monster-bike-from-hell.JPG

Wish I could do that to cars! :lol:

[gettin2dizzy]

Wish I could do that to cars! :lol:
Next best thing:

http://www.hogwild.net/images/Misc/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg

And as not to derail:

The most common form of owl in the UK is the teat :rolleyes:

[Owenski]

A person's height is exactly equal to the distance from the left hand middle finger tip to the right hand middle finger tip when the arms are out stretched to the sides.

(try it, lay down with your arms stretched and mark the distance then lay in the same space, provided your not defored or have really tall hair loll it works)

[Paul the 6th]

all Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them. Some of Google's newer services, such as Gmail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail), Google News (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News), Orkut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut), and AdSense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdSense) originated from these independent endeavors.

[Bibio]

A person's height is exactly equal to the distance from the left hand middle finger tip to the right hand middle finger tip when the arms are out stretched to the sides.

(try it, lay down with your arms stretched and mark the distance then lay in the same space, provided your not defored or have really tall hair loll it works)

no its not... i'm 5'1" tall and i measure from tip of finger to tip of finger 5'4"..

[Owenski]

did you ever hav a spinal injury>?

it genuine, same as the one where your foot is thae same length as your forearm inside your elbow to the wrist.

[Milky Bar Kid]

"did you know there is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun?".

[Mr Speirs]

Henry Ford creator of the automobile also is the father of Charcoal.

[Mr Speirs]

Ketchup was first sold in 1830's as a medicine.

[Mr Speirs]

A 'jiffy' is the actual name for 1/100th of a second.

[wyrdness]

Henry Ford creator of the automobile also is the father of Charcoal.

Presumably available in any colour, so long as it's charcoal.

[yorkie_chris]

Henry Ford creator of the automobile also is the father of Charcoal.

They were using charcoal to smelt iron a fair bit before his time...

[orose]

They were also making automobiles before then too...

Bloody Americans trying to rewrite history again ;)

[northwind]

Reminds me of a guy I knew at uni who was totally convinced that denim was invented as part of the space program :D

[Mr Speirs]

Sorry my bad, the Charcoal Briquette is what Henry Ford created not just Charcoal.

[Spiderman]

I invented the question mark, not Dr Evil's dad as he claims.

[Mr Speirs]

Most alcoholic beverages contain the 13 minerals needed to sustain life.

[Sally]

Most alcoholic beverages contain the 13 minerals needed to sustain life.

That is the best justification for drinking yet! :)

There are over 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffe, and only 22 have been tested.
Seventeen of those 22 chemicals contain cancer causing compounds.

[haggis]

That'll freak out the Skinny Latte drinkers on here for sure. ;)

[Sally]

Sorry, Have I just ruined everyones evening cuppa? :)

[Mr Speirs]

A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the empire state building in 1945.

[northwind]

Sorry, Have I just ruined everyones evening cuppa? :)

Ah, everything's carcinogenic these days.

[missyburd]

Sorry, Have I just ruined everyones evening cuppa? :)
Nope tea all the way for me! :)

[yorkie_chris]

Good girl, same 'ere :-D

That is the best justification for drinking yet! :)

There are over 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffe, and only 22 have been tested.
Seventeen of those 22 chemicals contain cancer causing compounds.

If a chemical contains a compound then surely it itself is a compound. What's next, "sugar contains cyanide!!!!1!!!eleven!!!"?

[Mr Speirs]

George W Bush and Hugh Hefner are cousins.

[Spiderman]

A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the empire state building in 1945.

Yeh and it didn't fall down either...nor did the buildings beside it that had suffered minor damage.

56yrs later with all the advances in building design and tech the 2nd of the 2 bulidings to get hit by a plane on the day fell into its own footstep 1st?

interesting? or badly planned, lol.

[xXBADGERXx]

Yeh and it didn't fall down either...nor did the buildings beside it that had suffered minor damage.

56yrs later with all the advances in building design and tech the 2nd of the 2 bulidings to get hit by a plane on the day fell into its own footstep 1st?

interesting? or badly planned, lol.

*cough*"Loose Change"*cough*

On a side note Steel loses half it`s strength at 600 Degrees Centigrade , the WTC was a Steel Skeleton that had a raging fire inside it for quite a while .

[Mr Speirs]

George W Bush is also related to the Spencer Family of Princess Diana and is a 17th Cousin to Prince William.

[Mr Speirs]

The Banana Tree isn't actually a Tree it's a Herb.

[ophic]

George W Bush is also related to the Spencer Family of Princess Diana and is a 17th Cousin to Prince William.
17th cousin? I heard that everyone in the UK was related to each other more closely than 13th cousin (not including recent immigrants), and if you look at it, 13th cousin is a bloomin distant relation. So 17th? That probably means he's more closely related to a chimpanzee.

[davepreston]

Nope tea all the way for me! :)
for years tea makers where forced to put bromide in there mix to all the armed forces to subdue sexual desire it only stopped in the early 90's

[yorkie_chris]

To quote Spike Milligan "the only way to stop a British soldier feeling randy is to load bromide into a 300lb shell and fire it at him from the waist down"

[northwind]

Spike Milligan's war diaries = best war diaries ever. Funnier than Hitler's. "If Churchill ran a dress shop, he'd go out of business in a week"

[Mr Speirs]

In 1980 the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein a key to the city.

[Jamiebridges123]

Let him walk straight in the front door, why don't you. :D


Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

[missyburd]

Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
lol! Penguins don't technically urinate though, they poo and pee out the same place (a cloaca) and produce uric acid, a urine equivalent ;)

[xXBADGERXx]

And they only have Ice to wipe their Butts on

[Mr Speirs]

A kangaroo can't jump if its tail is off the ground

[xXBADGERXx]

A kangaroo can't jump if its tail is off the ground

SOoooooooooo ............ what about all those David Attenborough films we have seen where a Kanga is going flat out , 20 yard jumps , head forward and tail nowhere near the deck ?????? Or am I being particularly dense here and missing something ? :-s