INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

Originally Posted by sharriso74

Don't know about pain travelling at that speed banged my shin when I got home from the pub lastnight didn't hurt till this morning that's a good 6 hours

Above rules re nueral signal transduction dont apply to:
trips home from the local;
bike accidents;

Forgot to mention this. Thanks for pointing out this sharriso.

Aristotle died on this day, 322 BC.

I know, my calendar tells me so. (Current 2006, not from 322 BC).

Originally Posted by Nutkins

Aristotle died on this day, 322 BC.

I know, my calendar tells me so. (Current 2006, not from 322 BC).

and tomorrow international womens day was celebrated for the first time in 1911...

Todays chosen subject: Creepy crawlies



A nest in which insects or spiders deposit their eggs is called a "nidus".

Honeybees have hair on their eyes.

The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.

The average airspeed of the common housefly is 4 1/2 mph. A housefly beats its wings about 20,000 times per minute.

A fly can react to something it sees and change direction in 30 milliseconds.

Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.

In relation to its size, the ordinary house spider is eight times faster than an Olympic sprinter.

The film "South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut" appears in the Guinness Book of World records, holding the record for most swearing in an animated film, with 399 instances of verbal obscenity (the word f$%k appears 146 times).
The film also contains 199 offensive gestures and 221 acts of violence.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...recordid=54324

[Stingo]

Ah, yes, very good, no, I was not aware of any of those things. But did you know that the albedo of the Earth is 0.39?

Anyone for geography

The exact geographic center of the United States is near Lebanon, Kansas.

The surface area of the Earth is 197,000,000 square miles.

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.

Devon is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts.

The Nile river flows North.

Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Not sure if we've had this one:

It is impossible for a human being to sneeze with their eyes open. the force would push the eyes from the sockets.

Also:

The Earth moves in its 585-million-mile orbit around the Sun approximately eight times faster than a bullet travels

you can put duct tape on a wart overnight to get rid of it faster.

The average American sees or hears 560 advertisements a day.

The hardiest of all the world's insects is the mosquito. It has been found in the coldest regions of northern Canada and Siberia, and can live quite comfortably at the North Pole. It is equally at home in equatorial jungles

You should never eat a polar bear's tongue due to possible vitamin A overdose.

Thomas Crapper is the name of the man who invented the toilet.


All found on the Internet so I cannot guarantee their authenticity

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Originally Posted by cuffy

Anyone for geography

Devon is the only county in Great Britain to have two coasts.

Cornwall is the only county to share it's border with 1 other county

The smallest country in the world is the Vatican with an area of 0.2 square miles