Fascinating Facts and Trivia

When researchers took a look at 1,500-year-old fossilized human feces that was found in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas in the late 1960s, they discovered that it contained the body of an entire rattlesnake—11 rib bones, 11 vertebrae, 48 scales, and a fang.

Those who studied the fossil don't believe that dangerous reptile was eaten during a normal meal but was instead likely devoured during a ceremonial or ritualistic event,

Did anyone notice that Mirriam-Webster have declared 'they' as word of the year.
Very good as we say 'they' a lot in this forum:
They haven't synchronised her microphone.
They are asking 20000 credits for a smile
They only have one girl on TV
They cut Fernanda off half way through her announcement.
They won't be on air by *******(insert timeframe)

nice one Chrisst.

This evening at 20.20 and 20s (and every evening this year) it will be 2020-20-2020 and won't happen again in our lifetime. And at 02:02 2020 it will be a perfect number palindrome!

Guinness estimates that 93,000 litres of beer are lost in facial hair each year in the UK alone.

Sleep literally cleans your brain.

During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day.

The manchineel tree is nicknamed the "Tree of Death" for good reason.

Touching it can leave chemical burns on your skin, its fruit is toxic, and its bark, when burned, can cause blindness.

Alan Napier(1903-1988) th 6ft 5in actor who played butler Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960's series of Batman was born in Birmingham, but in reality he was very upper class and a cousin of prime minister, Neville Chamberlain. When offered the role of Batman he asked 'What is Batman?"

$203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Jim Henson first coined the word “Muppet”. It is a combination of “marionette” and “puppet.”

The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.

The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

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