INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY

The Nazi symbol used by their party during the second world war in in fact an ancient symbol used by the Hindu's thousands of years ago.

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swa...ikahistory.htm

[Messie]

Can I ask you knowledgeable people FOR an interesting fact of the day?

Do our native adders (of the sort found here in East Anglia) make any kind of noise, such as hissing? I just heard something and was wondering whether it could be an adder. Looked on a few snake sites and they don't mention any sounds.

Ta muchly

They do hiss like most snakes. I've never heard it loud, but the last time I saw an adder (I was standing on it at the time) I seem to remember it hissing.

Originally Posted by DanDare

The Nazi symbol used by their party during the second world war in in fact an ancient symbol used by the Hindu's thousands of years ago.

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swa...ikahistory.htm

yeah. you will see it all over if you look.

Em, also the norse sun god or soemthing use it, buts its sort of roundy.
I think.
I should probably check that. But, me coffee is getting cold.


Oh yeah. Here's my fact．A sizable contingent of the Ghanaian fans are seriously hot. Properly, properly hot.

Originally Posted by philipMac

Oh yeah. Here's my fact．A sizable contingent of the Ghanaian fans are seriously hot. Properly, properly hot.

Well, Ghana is a hot country, so you'd expect that.

Originally Posted by wyrdness

Well, Ghana is a hot country, so you'd expect that.

What about my philosophy? MY philosophy??
You got to be your, you got to be your own dog, you know?
You know what I'm talking about.
You' re supposed to say yeah like a James Brown thing.
YEAH!

I really don't know whether I believe this, but here goes:

More crimes in Scotland than any other part of the world

The world health organization announced recently that the rate of crime in Scotland is more than other developed countries of the world. Studies conducted by the WHO show that the Scottish are 3 times more in danger of being murdered than the English and the residents of Wales. According to WHO, the rate of murder in Scotland is 2.33 in every 1000 people, this is while this percentage is only 0.07 % in England and Wales. The crime rates in other European countries are, Spain 1.02%, Italy 0.96%, France 0.85% and Germany 0.65%. Violence in these countries is much less than the other 21 European countries. According to a UN report, more than 2 thousand people are attacked each week in Scotland and this country is among the most violent developed regions in the world. The research also concludes that the Scots are 3 times more at risk than Americans of being the subject of violence. This is while Scottish police and political forces do not verify these statistics.

http://www.irib.ir/worldservice/engl...IO/default.htm

Originally Posted by lynw

We've all heard how the Inuits have many words for snow, but did you know the Albanians have 27 words to describe a moustache?

This just came up as a question on University Challenge !

Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

Don't know about you lot, but you'll find me down the beach

99% of gargoyles look like Bob Todd