I recently discovered the following and i think they might intrigue you also.so enjoy this piece and invite others to.cheers:
number one:
I was listning to the radio the other day and there was an interesting piece on things from our work places that people never find out I.E a nurse rang in and said that in hospitals there are beds with false bottoms in them to carry dead people around in that just look like a made bed when being pushed aroundThe radio d.j said that they speed up songs to make them finish quicker and stuff like thatAnd a friend of mine works for a major brand company that selld powerball dishwasing tablets for your dishwasher however was telling me they are the exact same powder used in laundry powder just compressed into a tablet so its cheaper 2 buy laundry powder and use in your dishwasher.
number two:
You can make your own tarter sauce with pickle relish and mayonnaise.
number three:--When the Egyptian Pyramaids were first constructed around 2500 BC, they were paper white and as smooth as glass; topping the pyramid was a golden capstone that gleamed in the desert sun. The pyramids somewhat stayed in this state until the Arab invasion of Egypt around AD 500. The Arab invaders stripped the pyramid of it's smooth limestone--The fear of number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia and it was derived from treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen and phobia. There were thirteen people at Christ's Last Supper before his captivity, it is recorder that Christ was crucified on Friday. Routine mission to the moon goes drastically wrong on Apollo 13. Some hotels skip number thirteen when numbering rooms. In Formula 1, there is no car with the number 13.--The word "testis" cames from the Latin meaning to bear witness. In ancient Rome, only men could bear witness or testify in a public forum. In order to show importance to their testimony, they would hold their testicles as they spoke, and an oath was declared while holding another's testicles.--Internet fact: The word "Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". --In 1940 Dr. S.S. Bryukhonenko at the Institute of Experimental Physiology and Therapy, Voronezh, U.S.S.R conducted research where he experimented with dogs and proved that dogs head can live without its body for three days. --111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
number four:
Mohammed is now one of the 20 most popular names for boys born in England and Wales.
number five:
An average record shop needs to sell at least two copies of a CD per year to make it worth stocking, according to Wired magazine.mber five:
number six:
Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies. "I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies," she says.
number seven:
Prince Charles broke with an 80-year tradition by giving Camilla Parker Bowles a wedding ring fashioned from Cornish gold, instead of the nugget of Welsh gold that has provided rings for all royal brides and grooms since 1923.
number eight:
Lionesses like their males to be deep brunettes.
number nine:
20. The Queen has never been on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.
number ten:
One person in four has had their identity stolen or knows someone who has.
number eleven:
The length of a man's fingers can reveal how physically aggressive he is, scientists say
number twelve:
In America it's possible to subpoena a dog.
number thirteen:
One in 18 people has a third nipple.
number fourteen:
Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to be discharged from the US Army.
number fifteen:
Fifty-seven Bic Biros are sold every second - amounting to 100bn since 1950.
bonus:
Newborn dolphins and killer whales don't sleep for a month, according to research carried out by University of California. also:The hotter it is, the more difficult it is for aeroplanes to take off. Air passengers in Nevada, where temperatures have reached 120F, have been told they can't fly.
what do you think?more to come later...................
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