Did you Know that .. Random facts and other useless knowledge.

[Malc-D]

Dykt .. the name 'wendy' was a made up, for peter pan

 

[Princess_Stevie]

DYKT...Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

 

[Malc-D]

Dykt ..'Kemo Sabe' means soggy shrub in Navajo

 

[mrstaylor]

Dykt ..'Kemo Sabe' means soggy shrub in Navajo

Ha ha! That is going to be my new nickname for the old man! Keep em coming Malc! Love it

 

[Malc-D]

Dykt..Charlie Chaplin was making $10,000 a week, making him the highest paid actor of his time (in 1916)

 

[Malc-D]

mrstaylor ... I just noticed you tortoise and hare quote, so in honour of that..

Dykt... turtles can breathe through their bums

 

[mrstaylor]

mrstaylor ... I just noticed you tortoise and hare quote, so in honour of that..

Dykt... turtles can breathe through their bums

So can my old man!! Teehee

 

[Shirleen]

So can my old man!! Teehee

Handy.....IYKWIM!!!!!

DYKT The most dangerous animal in Africa (after man) is the hippopotamus!

 

[sl1nkyminny]

A strawberry is the only fruit where the seeds grow on the outside

 

[Malc-D]

Dykt .. a strawberry isn't a berry, but a bannana is

 

[Jenna88]

Dykt the shipyard, Harland and Wolf in Belfast (where the titanic was built) has 2 cranes, one is named Samson and the other, Goliath.

 

[Princess_Stevie]

Dykt .. a strawberry isn't a berry, but a bannana is

Is it? I always thought it was a herb!

 

[mrstaylor]

Over 18 acres of pizza are consumed by Americans every day. Ouch!

 

[Shirleen]

Is it? I always thought it was a herb!

Strictly speaking it is because the 'tree' isn't a tree!

DYKT some people who ought to know better say that glass is a liquid! Because the molecular structure is not uniform! My sons teacher is spouting this as fact! Even though many eminent scientists have explained why this is and all agree that glass is a solid!
Of course it's the difficulty in getting imperial data isn't it... With glass being so rare etc!

 

[Malc-D]

Is it? I always thought it was a herb!

heres the intresting thing.. it's both .. bannanas have seeds on the inside so it's a berry. but it grows on a plant and not a tree and doesn't have a wood type stem, so it's a herb.. crazy huh

 

[Malc-D]

carrying on with the above ..

Dykt .. tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits

 

[Shirleen]

carrying on with the above ..

Dykt .. tomatoes and cucumbers are fruits

On a theme...
DYKT Rhubarb is a vegetable. A blackberry is in fact a cluster of berries as each berry contains a seed. So are Raspberries, each seed pod is called a 'drupelet'

 

[yoyo1986]

Not for the faint hearted.........

Apparently pigs orgasm for up to half an hour!

 

[Jenna88]

Not for the faint hearted.........

Apparently pigs orgasm for up to half an hour!

Oh to be a pig lol!

 

[Princess_Stevie]

heres the intresting thing.. it's both .. bannanas have seeds on the inside so it's a berry. but it grows on a plant and not a tree and doesn't have a wood type stem, so it's a herb.. crazy huh

The mind boggles!!