Things that you probably didn't know - thread.

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2310553, member: 45"]Giraffes aren't actually mammals.

They're fish.[/quote]

Giraffe to be daft to believe that?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 2310553, member: 45"]Giraffes aren't actually mammals.

They're fish.[/quote]
Giraffes are lasagniform, therefore obviously beef.

 

[Primal Scream]

A couple of strange local (Guernsey, Channel Islands) laws that we have over here which where never repealed.

It is legal for a pregnant woman to urinate in a police officer's hat/helmet if she feels it is absolutely necessary.
A police officer must hold your horse for up to an hour, if asked, if you ride it into town.

Even better if it is still on the plods head

 

[laurence]

despite having some of the most venoous spiders and snakes in the world the biggest animal killer of humans in Australia is... the horse.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

[QUOTE 2310616, member: 76"]84% of statistics are actually made up on the spot to win an argument and have no basis in truth.[/quote]

I think you'll find that's 84.62% (Sprott and Pang, 2003*)

*who also note that the same goes for references.

 

[ColinJ]

The male paper nautilus has a detachable penis which can swim independently to impregnate females. Do not try this at home.

Lorena Bobbitt decided to let her husband's penis try that, but she didn't ask him first!

 

[TVC]

Cats have selective deafness.

 

[GIOS]

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

 

[vernon]

Cats have selective deafness.

Pardon?

 

[Alex H]

Every London black cab is supposed to carry a bale of hay for its horse, it goes back to the days of the proper horse drawn Hackney cabs, but the law has never been repeeled, or is it repealed ?

Urban myth, I'm afraid http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm

"There are a number of myths and legends that surround the London cab and its cabmen and many of them are nothing but bunkum. For instance, it has never been law for a motor cabman to carry a bale of hay in his cab. In fact, it was never law for a horse cabman to carry one, although he was required to carry sufficient hard food (e. g. oats) for his horse’s midday feed."

 

[Deleted member 23692]

In Kentucky, one may not dye a duckling blue and offer it for sale unless more than six are for sale at once.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Lance Armstrong takes performance enhancing drugs

 

[DWiggy]

over 60% of an Iceland home Lasagna is horse meat

 

[Silver Fox]

Beer is good for you.

 

[EltonFrog]

Hitler was a bit odd.