Useless fact of the day

An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
 
LEGAL FACTS

A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.

In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter.

In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.

Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars

The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.

The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.


Elmo, a puppet from the children's television show "Sesame Street," testified on April 23,2002 during a House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. He was testifying in favour of school music education. He is the first puppet in history to testify on Capitol Hill.

In 1998, a law passed in the U.S. state of Virginia allows drivers to keep their road kill, as long as they report it within 12 hours

There is a law in the state of Idaho that does not permit one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that is heavier than 50 pounds.

SURVEYS

More People use blue toothbrushes then red ones.

Nobody yet has explained satisfactorily why couples who marry in January, February, and March tend to have the highest divorce rates.

if you earn twenty thousand dollars a year, one minute of your time is worth a little more than seventeen cents.

10 Percent of men are left-handed while only 8 percent of women are left-handed. Male or female, all left-handed people are "in their right mind."

MEDICAL

In 1972, a group of scientists reported that you could cure the common cold by freezing the big toe.

it took me 35 mins to go through 5 sites and pick out the best facts to include in this,
 
# A group of frogs is called an army.
# A group of rhinos is called a crash.
# A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
# A group of whales is called a pod.
# A group of geese is called a gaggle.
# A group of ravens is called a murder.
# A group of officers is called a mess.
# A group of larks is called an exaltation.
# A group of owls is called a parliament.
 
Giving you about a months notice, on Thursday the 4th of May
At two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the
Morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't happen again until 3006!
 
Or if you live in america, it could be happening right now...
will be better in 2067 when the time reads
01:23 4/5/67 ;)

Haha, Later Da Cowman!
 
Tiger Woods' real first name is Elrich...I think that's how it's spelt...If you ask anybody that knows me, they'll tell you just how random I can be, and I reckon that THAT was pretty random:)

Bubye

Rowey:p
 
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