useless facts? post them here......

[MISS T]

Jimbob, take note.

# A man's beard contains between 7000 and 15,000 hairs.
# A beard grows an average of 140mm a year
# A hair is 70 per cent easier to cut when soaked in warm water for two minutes
# Women's hair is about half the diameter of men's hair
# During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.

 

[MISS T]

The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda.

 

[jimbob23]

Jimbob, take note.

# A man's beard contains between 7000 and 15,000 hairs.
# A beard grows an average of 140mm a year
# A hair is 70 per cent easier to cut when soaked in warm water for two minutes
# Women's hair is about half the diameter of men's hair
# During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.

 

[BBC]

fresh 2006 facts!

 

[MISS T]

was reading that last night, this one surprised me

14. Online shoppers will only wait an average of four seconds for an internet page to load before giving up.

3 seconds max.

 

[MISS T]

"Facetious" and "abstemious" are the only two words in the English language that contain the vowels a, e, i, o, and u in their proper order.

 

[rich upsetter]

Owing to its versatility, "bollocks" has been called the Swiss Army knife of andrological profanities, in that it is the most versatile word in the English language.

The word has a long and distinguished history, with the Oxford English Dictionary giving examples of its usage dating back to the 13th century. In view of its current status as a profanity, it is ironic that one of the early references is John Wycliffe's Bible (1382), Leviticus xxii, 24: "Al beeste, that ... kitt and taken a wey the ballokes is, ye shulen not offre to the Lord..." (any beast that is cut and taken away the bollocks, you shall not offer to the Lord).

 

[db]

the bible's full of bollocks? never!

 

[victoriab]

The degree of dexterity in an African elephant's trunk is so acute that it can turn the pages of a book, or pluck a single blade of grass.

 

[FooFighter]

5% of men like thin legs
5% of men like fat legs
90% of men like something in between

 

[Lisa]

39. Australians host barbecues at polling stations on general election days.

( As an Australian who has been voting at elections for years now, I have yet to see this in practice. )

 

[MISS T]

59 things that would have stayed secret. . .

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article1471409.ece

 

[db]

59 things that would have stayed secret. . .

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article1471409.ece

lol i love some of the random correlations they make:

Killings carried out by strangers have increased by a third since Tony Blair came to power

obviously, tony blair is 30% more efficient at murder than john major!

 

[TENSHON]

have you seen that advert which claims most accidents happen within 5 miles of your home? it's a bit misleading isn't it? are they saying that the majority of accidents nationwide occur within a five mile radius of my house?

 

[Biggin]

Joxer Brady's used to be a Police station with holding cells in its cellars, which used to be linked to the Old Satchmo's and the former court, now Shire Hall County Buildings. When the building became a pub it was first called Morgans purveyors of porter Wine & Spirits .

 

[Augustus Gloop]

In the UK cotton buds are the 2nd most common item found on a beach.

 

[UltraSBM]

have you seen that advert which claims most accidents happen within 5 miles of your home? it's a bit misleading isn't it? are they saying that the majority of accidents nationwide occur within a five mile radius of my house?

Well, I heard that too, so I moved.

 

[db]

In the UK cotton buds are the 2nd most common item found on a beach.

i'd be interested to know what the first is..

and don't say "sand"

(cue jimbob replying with "sand")

have you seen that advert which claims most accidents happen within 5 miles of your home? it's a bit misleading isn't it? are they saying that the majority of accidents nationwide occur within a five mile radius of my house?

Well, I heard that too, so I moved.

lol

 

[Augustus Gloop]

In the UK cotton buds are the 2nd most common item found on a beach.

i'd be interested to know what the first is..

and don't say "sand"

For you bobby you can have the entire top ten:

1. Pieces of plastic, 1cm-50cm; 13.2%
2. Cotton bud sticks; 8.6%
3. Pieces of plastic, less than 1cm; 6.2%
4. Crisp/sweet/lolly wrappers; 5.6%
5. Polystyrene pieces; 5.5%
6. Plastic caps/lids; 5.4%
7. rope; 4.3%
8. Cigarette stubs; 4.2%
9. Plastic drinks bottles; 3.9%
10. Fishing net; 3.3%
Source: MCS

 

[db]

lol i take back the "i'd be interested" part..