Fanciful Facts

[steve50]

The Glasgow coat of arms has a tree , a fish, a bird and a bell in it, they represent, a tree that never grew, a fish that never swam, a bird that never flew and a bell that never rang.
There is a story behind it but i have never bothered to find out what it is.

 

[PaulSecteur]

Ted Rogers once got tipsy before recording a Dusty Bin show and did the 3-2-1 hand movement backwards and flicked the V on natoinal tv.

Its on youtube.

 

[vernon]

Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys
furbys are a protected species
The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).
The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
By law, all globes in Australia are displayed upside down.

2 of the above are false, but which ones

I dunno. Tell me.

 

[classic33]

Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys
furbys are a protected species
The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).
The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.
By law, all globes in Australia are displayed upside down.

2 of the above are false, but which ones

US or European roulette wheel?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

US or European roulette wheel?

Laden or unladen?

 

[classic33]

Laden or unladen?

Number of numbers would reamain the same.

 

[SD1]

Dogs can't look up (yes, we've had it before)

You talk bolloc*s my dog chases fly's and moths round the house. She spends half her walks looking up at birds.

 

[SD1]

My dog has its own sofa....mine...get down...GET DOWN...get down or I will kill you...get down or I will kill you resuscitate you and kill you again.....please get down!!

 

[raleighnut]

Toast always lands butter side down when you drop it.

 

[classic33]

Toast always lands butter side down when you drop it.

Depends. What the floor is like, carpet or hard floor, how much you wanted it & can you make anymore.

 

[FrankCrank]

.....a duck's quack doesn't echo under a bridge....

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

On 19 May 1780 a sardine blocked the port of Marseille.

 

[MontyVeda]

Pigs turn grass into pork.

...and scotch eggs are made by feeding hens a diet of ham sandwiches.

 

[Levo-Lon]

some animals have different onomatopoeia sounds depending on nationality, for example English pigs go oink oink, Dutch pigs go knarr knarr...there are loads more....

that's weird..in a intresting way.

 

[TVC]

Lubomyr Melnyk is the Worlds fastest pianist, he can sustain 19 notes per second.