Fascinating Facts

[Matthew_McNally]

Fascinating Facts you'll never believe...

Women are twelve times more radioactive than men

There are no holes in Japanese golf courses

The constitution of Paraguay forbids torture except for entertainment purposes

Falling hat stands are a major cause of death in Hungary, second only to bee stings

Welshmen are allergic to pyjamas

William Shakespeare's middle name was Colin

Most Belgian males remove their trousers while driving

Iraq and Qatar both adopted their present names in direct defiance of the British and Americans, who attempted to impose the English rule that the letter Q must always be followed by the letter U

The Chinese-born cellist Yo-Yo Ma changed his name from Yo Ma-Ma after he found that many Americans took offence when he introduced himself

A secret password allows bus conductors and rail employees to travel free on any bus or train around the globe

Shares in the UK's privatised electricity companies cannot be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, as they are the wrong voltage

Queer-bashing was a perfectly harmless parlour game in Edwardian England. As is commonly the case, the word was hijacked and misappropriated by a cabal of scofflaw homosexuals

Nostrils are considered drug paraphernalia by the state of California

Wizards are barred from voting in Ireland

Television star David Hasselhoff claims that lying strips of uncooked bacon over your head just before bedtime is an excellent cure for baldness

The NASA probe currently en-route to Mars contains a Werthers Original toffee that fell from the mouth of a technician into the innards of the craft, and could not be removed in time for the launch

All computer mice only have 4,725,245 clicks available for use

Zorba the Greek was, in fact, Swedish

Actress Andie MacDowell is banned under EC directive 16738/-3E (1983), restricting use of certain food colouring agents

"Pamplemousse", the French word for grapefruit, literally translates into English as "whore's buttock".

The Arctic Circle is actually a perfect triangle

Before finally naming the "Big Mac", the McDonald brothers discarded several hundred alternatives, including the name "Aunt May's Big Bap" after their mother's sister, Maybelline Rothstein, who only had one breast.

Under the terms of the Geneva Convention, gherkins are classified as a nerve agent

Former Cambodian despot Pol Pot was a founder member of Mensa

The bouncy castle, unknown in this country before 1974 has been popular in Tibet since 1693 after the then incumbent Dalai Lama exhorted its use in the path to enlightenment

Microsoft Word sold in Muslim countries will not print the word "toop" for religious reasons

The Harmonica was invented by Sir Charles Scruton, who despised beggars whistling on street corners

The record "There's no-one quite like Grandma" by St. Winifred's School Choir is known to contain back-masked messages, including "Hamsters are the tools of Beelzebub"

Dr. David Kelly committed suicide

[rhaines]

very good mate :D

[Matthew_McNally]

very good mate :D

I thought it was pleasantly subtle

[UKPulse]

Dr. David Kelly committed suicide

:shutit:

[Claire G]

Yeah, convenient that

[woggledog]

Before finally naming the "Big Mac", the McDonald brothers discarded several hundred alternatives, including the name "Aunt May's Big Bap" after their mother's sister, Maybelline Rothstein, who only had one breast.

Tsk, everyone who has worked at McDonalds knows that it was Ray Kroc who started McDonalds!

What? Did I work at McD's? No comment!