Scarbys Fact of the Day

[lazzer]

its virtually unscarby now :icon_lol:

 

[Rayvon]

FACT OF THE DAY:

on this day in 1901: Edward VII became king at the age of 59.

 

[Leesoh]

he just said its more than enough

please read the threads highland before posting silly comments

He? HE??????

Pray you never feel the force of my wrath, otherwise fact of the day will be how many pieces testicles can be ripped into!!!

 

[Scarby]

San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

and

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight"

and

Eleven plus two: When you rearrange the letters: Twelve plus one

last one for now

It is impossible to lick your elbow. Go on try it!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Scarby]

a couple for you guys to chew on

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

and

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

and

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

 

[Feriol]

The word 'mile' is derived from the latin words 'milia passuum' meaning a thousand paces. A Roman mile was a thousand paces long and a pace was two steps.

The record number of fish carried in a puffin's beak is 61 sand eels, and one three bearded rockling

The scottish county of Fife has 46 seperate golf courses dotted along its coastline, and more links courses than any other county.

Catterick has had an army garrison for 900 years

 

[Scarby]

super facts mate

keep them coming

 

[Feriol]

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard

The original game of "Monopoly" was circular

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can

Butterflies taste with their hind feet

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day

In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

 

[Feriol]

The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... Thus the saying.

 

[fcukcov]

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard

The original game of "Monopoly" was circular

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can

Butterflies taste with their hind feet

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day

In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33

what about South America and North America?

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

Often just called America though I hear it referred to as the Americas as a continent. But Europe and Asia are sometimes put together as continental Eurasia.

 

[Scarby]

It has been estimated that 17% of human beings are left handed which is roughly the same figure as for gorillas and chimpanzees

 

[Scarby]

the British Navy worked out how to seal food in cans in 1813....
































...however it wasnt until 1852 that the can opener was invented

 

[Leesoh]

It has been estimated that 17% of human beings are left handed which is roughly the same figure as for gorillas and chimpanzees

My info suggests that the number of left-handers (ie. superior people) is nearer 5%.

 

[Scarby]

My info suggests that the number of left-handers (ie. superior people) is nearer 5%.

where did you get that info from? because i suggest whatever souce you recieved your info from was incorrect in this matter

 

[Leesoh]

where did you get that info from? because i suggest whatever souce you recieved your info from was incorrect in this matter

It was from 'The Left-Handers Calendar'. I know which source I trust the most.

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

youre goggy-handed then :icon_bigg

 

[Leesoh]

youre goggy-handed then :icon_bigg

I prefer to think of it as 'superior' or 'special'.

 

[highland fox]

youre goggy-handed then :icon_bigg

So am I YV

 

[MKFox]

Freaks...you should be drowned.