Did you Know? thread

[newtownbluebags]

The word "racecar" and "kayak" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

 

[RK]

Thats a good one NBB

 

[newtownbluebags]

of course it is Kate ;-)


The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the English language.

 

[Punkess]

Typing

=rand(10,5)

and pressing enter in Microsoft Word creates 10 paragraphs of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" with 5 repetitions in each paragraph.

 

[newtownbluebags]

The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it.

 

[RK]

The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it.

And I bet everyone doublechecked that to!!!

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

i didnt :|

 

[newtownbluebags]

& did you know there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet!

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

do you have a 'did you know' book? NBB... Storm game :crazy:

 

[Punkess]

Bluebirds can't see the colour blue.

 

[strewth_mate]

- Braille was originally invented for the deaf
- There are 164 references to haggis in the Bible
- The amount of rubber contained in the human body is enough to make 300 condoms
- Baked beans are a powerful aphrodisiac
- Sylvester Stallone does America's 'speaking clock'
- Bengalese tigers devour their prey by osmisis
- Over the course of a lifetime, you will spend 41 years in bed and 26 years on the toilet
- Nipples play a crucial role in sense of balance
- 6 of the 7 wonders of the world are in Redfern
- Goats are dyslexic
- Gandhi was a keen sportsman in high school, but was thrown off the tug-of-war team due to his ideas on 'passive resistance'

 

[Punkess]

Most lipstick contains fish scales

 

[newtownbluebags]

La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world at over 17,000 feet (5,181 m).

 

[Punkess]

One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Butterflies taste with their feet.

 

[Punkess]

* A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
* More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss!
* The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
* In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
* Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.

 

[newtownbluebags]

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

 

[Punkess]

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.

 

[newtownbluebags]

Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards.

 

[Punkess]

Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) was built where a cemetery used to stand, and during upgrades human remains were found :shock:

http://www.aipm.com.au/resource/apm_mar04.pdf (page 14)