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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 21-01-2020 20:30
(21-01-2020 19:16 )GMach1 Wrote: Actor Rufus Sewell's father was an animator and worked on the sequence for Lucy In the Sky(with Diamonds) in the film 'Yellow Submarine'
Youv'e been watching the One Show tonight?
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 21-01-2020 20:32
The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 21-01-2020 20:33
Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 21-01-2020 20:36
Great Britain briefly had a Cones Hotline in the early 1990s.
It was a special number citizens could call if they saw traffic cones on the road for no reason.
It was disbanded after three years because almost no one ever called it.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 21-01-2020 20:37
The first written instance of “OMG” that we know of was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 21-01-2020 20:46
(21-01-2020 20:30 )billyboy1963 Wrote:(21-01-2020 19:16 )GMach1 Wrote: Actor Rufus Sewell's father was an animator and worked on the sequence for Lucy In the Sky(with Diamonds) in the film 'Yellow Submarine'
Youv'e been watching the One Show tonight?
Can't tell a lie YES
although the two presenters annoy me.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 21-01-2020 20:47
It's all good stuff mate
Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
Los Angeles’ full name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula”.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A “jiffy” is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 22-01-2020 18:45
The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. “You’ve got Mail!”).
A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 22-01-2020 22:15
Polar bears have black skin. And actually, their fur isn’t white—it’s see-through, so it appears white as it reflects light.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - billyboy1963 - 22-01-2020 22:16
One of the most famous movie lines in history was never said.
We often quote, “Play it again, Sam,” from Casablanca; but the real line is, “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’”