Fascinating Facts and Trivia

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

David Bowie used to think he was being stalked by someone who is dressed like a giant pink rabbit. Bowie noticed the fan at several concerts, but became alarmed when he got on a plane and the bunny was also on board.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There is a bar in London that sells vaporized vodka, which is inhaled instead of sipped.

The song Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer is all wrong. Rudolf, who had antlers was a female because only females keep their antlers, males shed them before Winter. Also reindeer are colour-blind so couldn't possibly be 'guided by his nose tonight' So we know it was female and colour-blind and that could make it a transgenDEER! Yeah, I'll get me coat!

(18-12-2018 22:10 )GreenMachine Wrote:  The song Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer is all wrong. Rudolf, who had antlers was a female because only females keep their antlers, males shed them before Winter. Also reindeer are colour-blind so couldn't possibly be 'guided by his nose tonight' So we know it was female and colour-blind and that could make it a transgenDEER! Yeah, I'll get me coat!

The "Sixth Sick Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

There are only 2 words in the English language that have all 5 vowels in order 'Abstemious' and 'Facetious'.

People say 'Bless You' when you sneeze because when you sneeze your heart stops for a millisecond.

Each King in a deck of cards represents a great king:
Spades - King David.
Clubs - Alexander The Great.
Hearts - Charlemagne.
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

It is impossible to lick your elbow....Ahem!! 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

A few music facts:

The last time Monty Python star Graham Chapman appeared on film before he died was in the music video for the Iron Maiden song 'Can I Play With Madness'

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi once blew up Richard Bransons prize carp. It was in 1983, while at his recording studios, and Iommi launched fireworks into his private lake and accidentally destroyed some of his fish. Iommi described Branson as 'not happy at all' about it.

Led Zeppelin performed in Denmark under the name 'The Nobs' because Eva Von Zeppelin, granddaughter of the inventor of Zeppelin airships, threatened to sue them otherwise for tarnishing the family name.

The surface of the Dead Sea is 1,388 feet below sea level.

Oceans make up around 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet humans have only explored around 5% of them.