The Bluemoon interesting fact thread.

[stony]

The Sami people of northern Finland use a measure called Poronkusema: the distance a reindeer can walk before needing to urinate.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

 

[stony]

In 1999, Darlington FC acquired 50,000 worms to irrigate their waterlogged pitch. They all drowned.

 

[mac]

You can bring a tortoise out of hibernation by putting it in a microwave for 10 seconds.


**This is only a rough guide based on a 1000w microwave, it may take longer on other machines**

Are you supposed to say "don't try this at home"? Because you just know corky is now out looking for a tortoise!!!

And a microwave

And a home, he got kicked out of his last one.for eating turtles apparently

 

[Chancy Termites]

Eno Eruotor has the most bizarre dress sense of anyone on the planet.

 

[papillon]

Statistical analysis shows that there is a 50% chance that the next poster will be masturbating

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Yep

 

[BigJoe#1]

Statistical analysis shows that there is a 50% chance that the next poster will be masturbating

Don't you mean a 50% chance she wont be?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

A banana is a berry, a strawberry is not a berry.

Women cannot remove kinks from garden hoses.

 

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Just a reminder (as the op) that these should be facts that you actually KNOW, not that have been found browsing the web.

Some excellent posts so far...keep 'em coming..........