Fact of the day.

Elephants are the only animals to have 4 knees......although this may not be a fact at all, just a myth. However they can't jump. Possibly.

[ Edit: Edited on 02-Sep-2009, at 07:07 by bwiiian ]

Sorry, it's a myth. Elephants have 2 knees. Their front leg joints are similar to our elbows. (Watch how they lie down - the front legs bend back rather than forward. Their "wrists" work similarly to ours giving the illusion that they have 4 knees.)

George Washington's dentures were not made of wood. They were constructed of gold, ivory, lead, human and animal teeth.

[ Edit: Edited on 02-Sep-2009, at 08:42 by Isadora ]

Ninety-seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try, write their own name.

and I love this one too...
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!

Quoting zaksame

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!

I must confess... We have two outside (one shown) and two inside.

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The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Quoting zaksame

Ninety-seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try, write their own name.

I just tried that one out with a colleague: I said, write down something. So he wrote: 'something'

Myth busted

Quoting Utrecht

Quoting zaksame

Ninety-seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try, write their own name.

I just tried that one out with a colleague: I said, write down something. So he wrote: 'something'

Myth busted

Not busted, could it be your colleague just happens to one of the 'other' 3%?

Quoting zaksame

Quoting Utrecht

Quoting zaksame

Ninety-seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try, write their own name.

I just tried that one out with a colleague: I said, write down something. So he wrote: 'something'

Myth busted

Not busted, could it be your colleague just happens to one of the 'other' 3%?

hehe, well, he is kinda different yes

82% of all gold mined in the US comes from Nevada.

Statues and Stuatuary:

I can never remember this one and every time I see a statue of a guy on a horse it really annoys me. So, here it is again....

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.

Quoting zaksame

Statues and Stuatuary:

I can never remember this one and every time I see a statue of a guy on a horse it really annoys me. So, here it is again....

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.

this is also a myth.

this thread should be renamed myths busted, or something better than that........... sorry, that was a shit post. even with my edited version it was a shit post. i'm off to bed.

[ Edit: Edited on 04-Sep-2009, at 08:18 by bwiiian ]