Factoids

[speedingslug]

Byte sized bits of information

Example -

The Bible is the No 1 shoplifted book in america - FHM




Also debunk factoids here
http://http://www.chronicles-network...tml#post216667

[speedingslug]

Tarantulas cannot spin webs.

[speedingslug]

When stretched out a standard slinky will measure 87 feet.

[speedingslug]

Some more -

A boat filled with 60 people capzised in Texas after all the passengers rushed to one side as it passed a nude beach.

[speedingslug]

There was no punctuation until the 15th century. ( inserts full stop )

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by speedingslug

There was no punctuation until the 15th century. ( inserts full stop )

You're kidding me. This was a serious factoid???? I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

[speedingslug]

In 1801, 20% of people in the U.S. were slaves.

[speedingslug]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

You're kidding me. This was a serious factoid???? I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

Hell I usually forget ! oh to back in time before they invented full stops.

[Paige Turner]

A cannon-ball, fired at the sun, would take a scandalously long time in getting there.


From The Force of Statistics by Stephen Leacock (full text: http://www.nonsenselit.org/content/view/29/44/

[BookStop]

The liquid inside young coconuts can be a substitute for blood plasma.

[BookStop]

A ducks quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

[star.torturer]

A cannon-ball, fired at the sun, would take a scandalously long time in getting there.

it wouldent reach it would melt first (Being scientificaly correct)

the only word spelt with 6 of the same vouls is indivisibility (the act of not deviding anything)

[kyektulu]

Got the idea for this thread form BBC Radio 2 (Steve Wright in the afternoon) by any chance?

The hundredth billionth crayon made by Crayola was perrywinkle blue.

You would have to count to one thousant to use the letter 'A' in the english language to spell a whole number.

Everyday more money is printed for Monopoly then the US treasury.

[littlemissattitude]

Originally Posted by speedingslug

There was no punctuation until the 15th century. ( inserts full stop )

Don't know if its true or not, but I recall having heard this before.

And for my factoid:

You cannot sneeze with your eyes open.

And another:

You either can or cannot roll your tongue; you cannot learn to do so, because you either have the gene allowing you do do so, or you do not.

[BookStop]

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

90% of you out there will try or have tried to fold the paper more than seven times.