Amazing Facts!

[Belinda]

clancy said:

hi Frank, i remember the newspaper for use in the w.c ;D also a terrible w.c roll called Izal i bet someone will remember that one it was like grease paper. Tommy

Hi Tommy,I remember that Izal loo roll.my granddad hated it.I remember asking him why he had cut bits of newspaper up and put them in the bathroom.He gave me a lecture on Izal. you really brought some memories back there. x Belinda

[frankwalsh]

Hi Lin, I don't doubt your info, it was one of those things that stick in your mind right or wrong. But here is an amazing fact, Daisy Nook, was invented by Ben Brierly, the poet apparently he was writing stories called A Day Out, and he asked an artist friend of his to paint him a picture of Daisy Nook, where is Daisy Nook?the artist, Charles Potter asked, I have no particular place in mind you can fix it where you like.So Potter set up his easel in the pictureque village of Waterhouses, by the River Medlock at the Droylsden end of Failsworth and captured for all time the spot which to this very day is called Daisy Nook. It would be interesting to know if that picture still exists, and if it does where is it, anybody know?, it was painted in the early 1860's. Regards, Frank Walsh.

[lin]

Hi Frank, I know what you mean and I must admit I thought the same as yourself
Your amazing fact is interesting, have you tried searching for it?

[lin]

1. Any number, squared, is equal to one more than the numbers on either side of it -- 4x6 is 24, 5x5 is 25 etc.

2. A "hairbreadth away" is 1/48 of an inch.

3. The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.

4. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

5. No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

6. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

7. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

8. Polar bears are left handed.

9. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.

10. The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

11. Butterflies taste with their feet.

12. It is impossible to sneeze and keep ones eye's open at the same time.

[lin]

1. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. ( thankfully !!)

2. A cat's urine glows under a black light.

3. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

4. c*ckroaches can change course as many as 25 times in one second, making them the most nimble animals known.

5. Mosquitoes do not bite. They stab. A mosquito has no jaws, hence when attacking a victim, it pierces it with its long proboscis and sucks the blood up through it's nasal tube.

6. Starfishes haven't got brains.

7. Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years.

8. Some breeds of vultures can fly at altitudes as high as 36,900 feet.

9. The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearms, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch on them.

[frankwalsh]

Hi all, just thinking about the replies re the lav, and how every body refers to it as the W.C. my old Gran always referred to it as the closet, and the kitchen sink as the slopstone, and the grid outside the kitchen was the sough, pronounced suff. The slopstone, is now the height of fashion amogst the upwardly mobile, if only they knew eh!!. Can't help with the song Belinda, the 70's are just a blurr as far as i am concerned, getting back to the lav my cousin, used to sing a ditty about the public toilets,here I sit broken hearted paid a penny and only farted. Speaking of toilets when my wifeand I were in the U.K in2005, we were at the bus station at Middleton Junction , we both decided we needed to go, it cost 10p, now bear in mind that over here it's free, so Iput my last 10p in the turnstile, my wife did not have any change, so being the resourceful Aussie she is she crawled under the turnstile, the next minute we had all these,bus people asking if she was alright ,they obviously had clocked her on the C. C. T.V. You alright love? she went very pink. Regards, Frank Walsh.

[frankwalsh]

One thing I rember from the 70's in1974, my dad went back to Manchester, to see his brothers and sisters, sadly he became very ill and died, at the time they were living in Crescent Rd, Cheetham Hill, any way I flew back for the funeral, it had been 16 years, since we had left Manchester, but I remembered to get the No 60 from Cannon St, up Cheetham Hill Rd, it was pouring rain and freezing, I asked the fellow sitting next to me if he would tell me when to get off, he said you want the stop after me, the next minute he says this is your stop, and gets off the bus, I said but I thought you said the stop after you , he said thought I had better make sure, and turned and walked back in the rain, I knew I was back in Manchester, some things you never forget. Regards, Frank Walsh.

[lin]

1. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces are enough to kill a small dog.

2. At an estimated population of 40 million, there are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia. There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos.

3. It is commonly known that the Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world, sometimes reaching a height in excess of 18 feet. Along with it's length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue -- more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! Giraffes are the only animals born with horns. Both males and females are born with bony knobs on the forehead.

4. The largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. Ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. Because of their size and the thickness of their shells, they take 40 minutes to hard-boil. The average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.

5. The worlds fastest reptile (measured on land) is the spiny-tailed iguana of Costa Rica. It has been clocked at 21.7 mph.

6. The shadow bird always builds a 3-room nest. The third section is the nursery; the second is a pantry; and in the first, the male parent stands guard against intruders.

7. Ostriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward.

8. The reef heron, which feeds on shellfish on the Great Barrier Reef, daily flies 30 miles from the Australian mainland, and although the tide changes vary by 45 minutes a day, the heron always arrives at the exact time that the water recedes.

9. Because of their weight, which averages 22 pounds, Japanese cranes require a run of more than 30 feet to become airborne

10. An elephant can smell water three miles away.

11. The breed of the Thoroughbred horse is only about 300 years old, although horse racing has been popular in England since Roman times, and can be traced back to Central Asia among prehistoric nomads.

12. An adult crow needs 11 ounces of food each day.

13. If the great horned owl were to be totally stripped of its feathers, the naked bird would weigh less than its feathers

14. A pair of nesting barn owls is capable of catching and eating nearly 3,000 rats a year.

[lin]

frankwalsh said:

One thing I rember from the 70's in1974, my dad went back to Manchester, to see his brothers and sisters, sadly he became very ill and died, at the time they were living in Crescent Rd, Cheetham Hill, any way I flew back for the funeral, it had been 16 years, since we had left Manchester, but I remembered to get the No 60 from Cannon St, up Cheetham Hill Rd, it was pouring rain and freezing, I asked the fellow sitting next to me if he would tell me when to get off, he said you want the stop after me, the next minute he says this is your stop, and gets off the bus, I said but I thought you said the stop after you , he said thought I had better make sure, and turned and walked back in the rain, I knew I was back in Manchester, some things you never forget. Regards, Frank Walsh.

Hi Frank, what a lovely gesture from that guy...I find a difference myself when we go to Manchester, the difference between the North and South is truly unbelievable

[lin]

1. The Sumerians, who lived in the Middle East, invented the wheel in about 3450 BC.

2. The Sumerians also invented writing.

3. Did you know it was the Chinese who made the first wheelbarrow?

4. A cat can run about 20 kilometres per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up.

5. A cheetah can run 76 kilometres per hour (46 miles per hour) - that's really fast! The fastest human beings runs only about 30 kilometres per hour (18 miles per hour).

6. A cheetah does not roar like a lion - it purrs like a cat.

7. Bears whose brown fur is tipped with lighter-colored hairs are called grizzly bears . The smallest species of bears is called sun or Malayan bears. Male bears are called boars. Bears are native to the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, and South America. Alaskan brown bears, world's largest meat-eating animals that live on land, can weigh as much as 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms)

8. No two zebras have stripes that are exactly alike. Zebras enemies include hyenas, wild dogs, and lions. Male zebras are called stallions. Zebras usually travel in herds.

9. How do reindeers survive in the extreme cold? Most animals don’t eat moss. It’s hard to digest, and it has little nutritional value. But reindeer fill up with lots of moss. Why? The moss contains a special chemical that helps reindeer keep their body fluids warm. When the reindeer make their yearly journey across the icy Arctic region, the chemical keeps them from freezing—much as antifreeze keeps a car from freezing up in winter

10. Some scientists believe that the earth began billions of years ago as a huge ball of swirling dust and gases. If you dig in your backyard, don’t worry about running into the earth’s core. You’d have to dig a hole 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) deep.

[lin]

YOUR BODY.

1. Your body is made up of trillions of cells? Different parts of your body are made of different kinds of cells.

2. Your brain is like a computer, and controls your entire body?

3. Your heart beats about 70 times a minute, and each time it beats, it pumps about about a cupful of blood?

4. An adult human heart weighs about 10 ounces and beats over 100,000 times a day?

5.There are 206 bones in your skeleton?

6. About half of the bones in the human body are located in the hands and feet?

7. Everyone has thirty-two teeth?

8. Your muscles make up about one-half of your body weight?

9. If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds?

10. About 70 percent of your body weight is water?

[lin]

1. Did you know that the average lead pencil can draw a line that is almost 35 miles long or you can write almost 50,000 words in English with just one pencil? Amazing fact! Now imagine an eraser that could match it !!!

2. Did you know the first bicycle that was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along.

3. Did you know the first toy balloon, made of vulcanized rubber, was thought of by someone in the J.G.Ingram company in London, England in 1847.

4. 9pin bowling was made up in Germany during the Medieval ages.

5. Karl Benz invented the first gas powered car. The car had only three wheels. The first car with four wheels was made in France in 1901 by Panhard et LeVassor.

6. The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885.

7. Gottlieb Daimler also built the world's first taxi in 1897. It was called the Daimler Victoria and had a taxi meter. On 16 June of that year the taxi was delivered to Stuttgart transportation entrepreneur Friedrich Greiner who used it to start the world's first motorized taxi company.

8. The Industrial Revolution in Europe first saw the beginning of air pollution, which gradually became a major global problem.
9. The major air-polluting industries are iron, steel and, cement.

10. Of the 35-40 million tonnes of flyash generated annually by thermal power plants in India, only 2-3 percent is productively utilized.

11. The worst industrial disaster in India, occurred in 1984 in Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh. A deadly chemical, methly isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide factory killing more than 2500 and leaving thousands sick. In fact the effects of this gas tragedy is being felt even today.

12. Every year some 50million cars are added to the world’s roads. Car making is now the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

13. The number of registered vehicles in Delhi is more than the sum total of registered vehicles in Mumbai, Calcutta, and Chennai.

14. Major contributor to Delhi's air pollution are vehicles.

15. Nearly three-fourths of India's population, which is rural, bears 84% of the burden of exposure to air pollution.

16. Growing population, poverty, and inadequate access to clean fuels in rural areas have perpetuated the use of biomass, thereby condemning more than 90% of rural households and more than 35% of urban hoseholds to high levels of indoor air pollution.

[lin]

1. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

2. Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.

3. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

4. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.

5. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

6. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

7. Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias.

8. Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine

9. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

10. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

11. Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold; there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

[lin]

1. The fastest human swimmer can swim at 6 miles per hour. The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per hour.

2. The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz.

3. The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White It can fly up to 95 miles per hour.

4. Did you know fishes talk to each other? Some of them communicate by making noises in their throats by rasping their teeth, others use their swim bladders to make sounds.

5. The brain of an average adult male weighs 1,375 gm (55 oz). The brain of Russian novelist Turgenev weighed 2021 gm (81 oz), Bismark's weighed 1807 gm (72 oz), while that of French statesman Gambetta was only 1294 gm (51 oz). Einstein's brain was of average size.

6. The the oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

7. A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew.
Its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.

8. Money notes are not made from paper, they are made mostly from a special blend of cotton and linen. In 1932, when a shortage of cash occurred in Tenino, Washington, USA, notes were made out of wood for a brief period.

9. The Grammy Awards were introduced to counter the threat of rock music. In the late 1950s, a group of record executives were alarmed by the explosive success of rock ‘n roll, considering it a threat to "quality" music.

10. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water. The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.

11. Over the last 150 years the average height of people in industrialised nations has increased 10 cm (about 4 inches). In the 19th century, American men were the tallest in the world, averaging 1,71m (5'6"). Today, the average height for American men is 1,75m (5'7"), compared to 1,77 (5'8") for Swedes, and 1,78 (5'8.5") for the Dutch. The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.

12. In 1955 the richest woman in the world was Mrs Hetty Green Wilks, who left an estate of $95 million in a will that was found in a tin box with four pieces of soap.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands count under the 10 wealthiest women in the world.

13. Joseph Niepce developed the world's first photographic image in 1827. Thomas Edison and W K L thingyson introduced the film camera in 1894. But the first projection of an image on a screen was made by a German priest. In 1646, Athanasius Kircher used a candle or oil lamp to project hand-painted images onto a white screen.

14. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.

[lin]

DID YOU KNOW? ...I'M SURE YOU DID

1. Socrates was one of the wisest men in Greece? He became famous for asking questions about almost everything.
2. Alexander the Great was one of the most famous generals in history? He conquered much of the early civilized world, and introduced Greek ideas and ways to the people he conquered.

3. Hammurabi, a famous historical world leader, defeated the Sumerians about 3,000 years ago, and created Hammurabi's Laws which stated that strong people should not hurt weak people?

4. The first Egyptian pharaoh was Menes? Pharaoh is another name for king.

5. One of Egypt's most famous and powerful pharaohs was a woman named Hatshepsut? She sent ships to parts of the world to find treasures.

6. Confucius was one of China's greatest teachers?

7. Julius Caesar was a famous Roman dictator? He was responsible for conquering many new lands for Rome.

8. Augustus Caesar became the first Roman emperor? He brought peace to the Roman empire.

9. Charlemagne was one of the greatest kings to rule during the Middle Ages? He believed that people should learn as much as they could.

10. Martin Luther founded the Protestant religion?

11. King William of France conquered the English, and after his death, other kings built a strong government for England?

12. Henry II of England established laws for all of the people of England?

13. King John, who was considered unfair, was forced by English nobles to sign the Maga Carta which limited the powers of a king?

14. Under the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, England became one of the most powerful nations in the world?

15. Joseph Stalin, a leader of the Soviet Union, wanted all of Eastern Europe to become communist?

16. Lech Walesa was a famous leader in Poland who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983? He was the leader of the Solidarity movement in Poland which won freedom from communist rule.

17. Mikhail Gorbachev, a famous leader of the Communist party, is known for bringing many new ideas into the communist government?

18. One of the most famous leaders in Africa was Nelson Mandela? He fought against apartheid (separation of whites and blacks)?

19.Mao Zedong, a Communist general, took control of China after World II ended and began to rebuild China?

[lin]

belinda2 said:

clancy said:

hi Frank, i remember the newspaper for use in the w.c ;D also a terrible w.c roll called Izal i bet someone will remember that one it was like grease paper. Tommy

Hi Tommy,I remember that Izal loo roll.my granddad hated it.I remember asking him why he had cut bits of newspaper up and put them in the bathroom.He gave me a lecture on Izal. you really brought some memories back there. x Belinda

Hi Belinda, was there not another toilet paper called IBCOL? I'm sure there was one something like that.

[lin]

The white tiger (also known as the Bengal tiger) is about 3 meters long, and weighs approximately 180-285 kg (400-569 LB). It’s coat lies flatter than that of the Siberian tiger, the tawny color is richer and the stripes are darker.
White tigers are white colored bengals, they are not albinos and they are not a seperate subspecies of tigers.

They have blue eyes, a pink nose, and creamy white furr covered with chocolate colored stripes. White tigers are born to tigers that carry the unusual gene needed for white coloring. Wild white tigers are very rare.

[johnnyowen]

hello eferyone...not joined in for a while..hope everyones ok
heres 3 famous people "fascinating facts"...did you know??

the late great bernard manning was a personal bodyguard to rudolf hess in spandau jail

raymond burr {perry mason & ironside} was married and divorced 3 times ..his wives all left him because they hated his butler.....raymond then married his butler in one of californias first gay weddings

the first white woman to record on tamla motown was irene ryan who played grannie in the beverly hillbillies

i thank you !!!!!

[lin]

Hi Johnny, thanks for your contribution, you learn something every day

[lin]

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, 'Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.'

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and off the roof.
Hence the saying ' It's raining cats and dogs.'

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying ' dirt poor.'

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a ' thresh hold.'

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.

They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme, 'Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.'

[Belinda]

Hi Lin,Ive never heard of IBCOL,someone on here is sure to let us know about it. x Belinda

[lin]

Hi Belinda, I don't know if ibcol was a local one to this area? I was living here at the time and do remember the name, maybe someone can let us know on here?

[lin]

Every person has a unique tongue print.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.

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

In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers.

Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI.

Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.

In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.

[lin]

You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.

An average person laughs about 5 times a day.

Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.

Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet in the air.

The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.

A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 mph.

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.

The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.

[Lisa]

Hi Lin & Belinda, IBCOL is the name of a disinfectant and IZAL is the name of the tissue loo paper. Just dont get the two confused....... or it could be painful.

lin said:

Hi Belinda, I don't know if ibcol was a local one to this area? I was living here at the time and do remember the name, maybe someone can let us know on here?

[lin]

Hi Lisa, I know there was a disinfectant called Ibcol, but there was a paper with the same name, and it was shiny on both sides..yuck! it came in a blue pkt...that's why I wondered if it was just like a Devonshire or Cornish make?

[Lisa]

Hi Lin, Why not try to Google it to see what it comes up with? It was probably made by the same people that made the disinfectant, hence the name.

lin said:

Hi Lisa, I know there was a disinfectant called Ibcol, but there was a paper with the same name, and it was shiny on both sides..yuck! it came in a blue pkt...that's why I wondered if it was just like a Devonshire or Cornish make?

[lin]

Hi Lisa, yes it could be although I've not seen it for years now.

[lin]

In 1980, there was only one country in the world with no telephones - Bhutan.

Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does.

Women's hearts beat faster than men's.

Pollsters say that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.

Bubble gum contains rubber.

You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jello.

Even if you cut off a c*ckroach's head, it can live for several weeks.

The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people.

Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured iced water over his head.

About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.

[lin]

It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.

Some toothpastes contain antifreeze.

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

Millie, the White House dog, earned more than 4 times as much as President Bush in 1999.

Bird droppings are the chief export of Nauru, an island nation in the western Pacific.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

Mosquitoes have teeth.

Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.

Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.

When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.

Most cows give more milk when they listen to music.