for my whiteboard at work.
at the moment it still has nice_squirrels 'leopards and panthers are the same species' one.
so......go!
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there are more atoms in a teaspoon of seawater
than there are teaspoonfuls of water in the sea.
If you spell out all numbers in order
You have to get all the way to one thousand to find an A.
What about one hundred and one?
not if you write
one hundred and one..
You're using british english
therefore destroying the awesomeness of the fact.
How would you say it?!
one hundred ad one
obvs.
If I was talking yank, as I sometimes do
One hundred one.
sorry...
damn the queen's english
and mine too...
but this one doesn't work
as how can you accurately calculate how many teaspoons of water are in the sea.
or are there are gazillion billion atoms or something in a teaspoon of water?
spose cos 'they'
roughly know how much water there is on earth, and so can work out how many teaspoonsful there are.
and.... yes? i dunno.
I didn't realise you wanted verifiable so-called "facts"
someone told me that and I have no idea whether it's substantiated - it's probably more aphorism than fact. you know, in case someone gets upset at losing some of their seawater atoms or something.
I just had to look up what aphorism meant
that could be a did you know in itself...
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!
Did you know..
..white men can't jump?
the guy who invented facebook is 23
what a fuck.
I might have known
you'd done him.
:D
you would thou, wouldnt u
;P
/
43.8% of all facts are completely made-up.
january 30th is 'international delete your myspace day'
The male flying squirrel
can extend his penis to a length of 80cm and will use it when gliding to balance. When not aroused or in flight the penis is inverted.
that ones not going to make it......
I work for the youth and I don't even want to google to see if that's true....
the word 'vomit' comes from 'Vomitarium'
which is the passage coming from an area of seats in a theatre/arena, along which the crowd exit. They are 'vomited' out of the theatre.
erinsbrough is an anagram of nieghbours
that's ace!
i got that off the chris moyles show
except
it's not true.
why not?
count your r's
:'(
r eading, r ighting and r gay?
oh
and its erinsbough
:D
so it's back on?!
nieghbours
is an anagram of neighbours
correct
Anal Shearer
Is an anagram of Alan Shearer
RUAIRIDH!!!!
is an anagram of 'Harru Dii'
^you beat me to it. :D
.
The circumference of a cows biffer is actually the same as a regulation size 5 football
*abandon about six replies thus far, all along a similar theme*
you've got a better quality filter than me
If you spread all the flaps from the entire female population of Hull it is possible to create enough liquid to solve draughts in 3 Third World Countries but it is impossible to ride a motorcycle along them.
.
When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko. Finnish folklore has it that Ukko is made of straw, but is strong enough to carry Santa Claus anyway.
It's Chico Time, all the time, everywhere,
if you wish it true.
Brian Blessed
got his surname from the Lord's Prayer.
these are ALL diamond
keep them coming. the kids need to know this shit.
torchwood is an anagram of doctor who
*also from chris moyles
my friend June has no bum
seriously, just goes straight down the back, like an ironing board.