This thread is meant to be fun for all. if you have some useless bit of trivia or knowledge please share.


I'll start...

Did you know the inventor of the modern flush toilet was named Thomas Crapper?

For thousands of years urine was a main ingredient in toothpaste because the ammonia in it is an excellent cleaner. Ammonia is still a main ingredient in many types of toothpaste today.

Did you know that cows can't swim because they can't close their after and literally sink? Crazy isn't it?

Did you know that cows can't swim because they can't close their after and literally sink? Crazy isn't it?

They can't close their ass? :eek:

They can't close their ass? :eek:

Exactly. That's why farmers always have a satisfied grin on their lips I suppose. ;)

Exactly. That's why farmers always have a satisfied grin on their lips I suppose. ;)

lol. They better hope the cow doesn't kick. :p

can i have some karma please sonny? :(

This thread is meant to be fun for all. if you have some useless bit of trivia or knowledge please share.


I'll start...

Did you know the inventor of the modern flush toilet was named Thomas Crapper?

For thousands of years urine was a main ingredient in toothpaste because the ammonia in it is an excellent cleaner. Ammonia is still a main ingredient in many types of toothpaste today.


A method of therapy called urino-therapy encourages drinking urine to improve body's retention of micro-nutrients.

More information is at: http://skepdic.com/urine.html

This thread is meant to be fun for all. if you have some useless bit of trivia or knowledge please share.


I'll start...

Did you know the inventor of the modern flush toilet was named Thomas Crapper?

For thousands of years urine was a main ingredient in toothpaste because the ammonia in it is an excellent cleaner. Ammonia is still a main ingredient in many types of toothpaste today.

The first bit of trivia is really a myth.
I'm too lazy to explain, so here's the link.

http://www.theplumber.com/crapper.html

The yo-yo is the world's second oldest toy.

can i have some karma please sonny? :(

I just sent some. I tried earlier today and it wouldn't let me.

FACT OF THE DAY
>
>Something to think about on your next dream vacation......
>
>The average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it
>ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360
>gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder
>why the ocean is so salty... pass it on...
>

i love the first batch, anybody got more bright ideas...

i love the first batch, anybody got more bright ideas...

Of course. I'm full of useless knowledge.

Here's one: The exalted pharaoh Ramses II fathered over 160 kids. To immortalize this achievement, the Ramses brand of condoms bears his name.

The shallow champagne glass originated with Marie Antoinette, from wax molds made of her breasts.

FACT OF THE DAY
>
>Something to think about on your next dream vacation......
>
>The average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it
>ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360
>gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder
>why the ocean is so salty... pass it on...
>

-^^(even though its a joke)^^ the real reason the ocean is so saty is because after it snows in the mountains and the snow is melting it feeds into the rivers and riverbeds picking up salt, a natural mineral in the dirt and carrying it to the ocean. thats why the ocean is so salty thats the last place the salt can go.

-Pee is a sterile substance from your body.

They can't close their ass? :eek:
My second wife couldn't close her legs.

FACT OF THE DAY
>
>Something to think about on your next dream vacation......
>
>The average blue whale produces over 400 gallons of sperm when it
>ejaculates, but only 10% of that actually makes it into his mate. So 360
>gallons are spilled into the ocean everytime one unloads, and you wonder
>why the ocean is so salty... pass it on...
>


....Thats some funny ****!!

Useless fact: My next door neighbor has 3 rabbits.

my next door neighbors are gay

My second wife couldn't close her legs.

Well, I believe that she can't swim either.

Did you know that the Metro of Moscau carries over 9 million people every day?

Did you know that only 5-7 percent of all released records make profit in the end?

Did you know that the average human being is waiting over two weeks in front of red traffic lights in his whole life?

Did you know that married men normally sleep on the right side of their bed while divorced men tend to sleep on the left?

Did you know that 16 percent of american females are born blond but that there are 33 percent of blond females right now? 64 percent of all females on TV are blond and 65 percent of the Miss Americas as well.

Want more? ;)

Did you you know that the brain surface area of Aphalina dolphins is 3 times larger than human's ?

Did you you know that the brain volume of Aphalina dolphins is 1.5 times larger than human's ?


I LOVE DOLPHINS !!!

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/kinser/Size1.html

good work guys keep it coming!!!

lol wassup with this obsession over dolphins man

In the old days painters used to charge people for portaraits by the limb. That's where the saying "It'll cost an arm and a leg," comes from.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska...(I doubt Russian Wolf is included in this unless his bike
breaks down on the way...lol)

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,
John Han**** and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2,
but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

Back in the Middle ages people didn't have last names so they got their surname from their job. For example person who works with metal was Smith, someone who repairs wooden barrels was Cooper, and a person who was new to the area was Newman.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
name requested?
A. Obsession

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go
until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and
laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
year?
A. Father's Day

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."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a
month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-
law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and
because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the
honey month ... which we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at
them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into
the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a
refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your
whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The first man to distill Bourban whiskey in the United States was a baptist preacher in 1789.

At least 75% of people who read my last post will try to lick their elbow.

In France - Captain Sarret made the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1918

Napoleon appointed 3 scientists to create a device that would preserve rations for his troops as they attacked Russia. They came up with canned food. In the French team was Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the pasteurization method. The technique they developed for canning is virtually the same process used today. Unfortunately, the scientists didn't also invent a can opener. So by relying on knives and bayonets to pierce the thick metal cans, many soldiers severely wounded themselves, some even cut off a finger or two. :p :eek:

In 1956 the phrase, "In God We Trust", was adopted as the U.S. national motto.

That elbow one was great lol

Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.

In July 1934 Babe Ruth paid a fan $20 dollars for the return of the baseball he hit for his 700th career home run

Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.

Most toilets flush in E flat

In the band KISS, Gene Simmons was "The Demon", Paul Stanley was "Star Child", Ace Frehley was "Space Man", and Peter Criss was "The Cat.

The song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" was written by George Graff, who was German, and was never in Ireland in his life.

Napoleon appointed 3 scientists to create a device that would preserve rations for his troops as they attacked Russia. They came up with canned food. In the French team was Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the pasteurization method. The technique they developed for canning is virtually the same process used today. Unfortunately, the scientists didn't also invent a can opener. So by relying on knives and bayonets to pierce the thick metal cans, many soldiers severely wounded themselves, some even cut off a finger or two. :p :eek:


The French hated Russian Cossacks for their sable (chopping) techniques and lack of appreciation of the French invasion. Had not the French invaded Russia, they woud have enjoyed instead the Cossacks' dancing and singing performances.

Napoleon won all of the key battles and took over Moscow but he lost the Russian war in the end. He was a genius in tactics, but a fool in strategy.

Too much masterbation will make you repeat yourself repeat yourself.

Too much masterbation will make you repeat yourself repeat yourself.

I read that it would make you go BLIND - at least that what I think it said, I didn't have my glasses in the bathroom! :o

Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.

This one's a bit of a myth, too. Fight in those days used the London Prizefight rules, which meant that a round ended automatically after a knockdown. So most rounds didn't last the full three minutes we see today.

What this does mean is that many fights features over 100 knockdowns :eek: .

Here's one: the oldest board game still played today is Backgammon. Evidence has it going back five thousand years.

Backgammon's a great game :cool: .

Another one: the first mechanical clock was invented by a certain sect of devoted monks who wanted to make sure they were praying at exactly the top of certain hours.

Days in the middle ages also had 24 hours, though they were divided up so that there were 12 in the day and 12 at night, regardless of the amount of sunlight.

hmm I didn't know that lol sorry about the misunderstanding dudes!

I never could figure out how to play backgammon.

hmm I didn't know that lol sorry about the misunderstanding dudes!

I never could figure out how to play backgammon.

Not a misunderstanding, it's still an interesting fact :cool: .

Backgammon's rules are a bit tricky but once you know them it's a great way to pass the time. Not as intensive as chess or as simple as checkers, plus, even though it's a game of skill, so much depends on the roll of the dice.

In 11th and 12th century Italy many of the cities in the north broke free of imperial rule and were governed by elected councils. Though the franchise was limited to men of a certain standing (most modern democracies had similar rules until the early 20th century) these were basically representative democracies.

If a peasant in the middle ages managed to escape to an incorporated city and stay there for one year and one day, they automatically became a free man/woman.

Some historians hypothesize that Norse Vikings ingested psylocibin mushrooms before going into battle, which may explain their incredible ferocity.

Not a misunderstanding, it's still an interesting fact :cool: .

Backgammon's rules are a bit tricky but once you know them it's a great way to pass the time. Not as intensive as chess or as simple as checkers, plus, even though it's a game of skill, so much depends on the roll of the dice.

I was always more of a Stratego girl myself lol. Chess takes too long and it's really hard, so is checkers.

The world's oldest active parliamentary body is the Icelandic Althing which met first before the year 1000.

The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.

The Greek national anthem has 158 verses.

NASA scientists are still receiving data from Voyager even though the signal it is emitting has less energy than that emitted by a blowdrier.

Marvin Gardens in the Monopoly game is not spelled the same as the Marven Gardens outside of Atlantic City, NJ, which the board game is based on

the largest volcano in the solar system is called olympus mons and is found on mars.
it is three times higher than everest.

charles manson unsuccesfully auditioned for the monkees.

the average lifespan of a parrot is 120 years.

the brain weighs only three pounds but uses 20% of the bodies blood and oxygen.

there is one square mile to every resident of alaska.

joshua slocum the first man to sail around the world solo couldn't swim.

in the first world war no allied pilot was ever given a parachute.

an ant can survive for two weeks underwater.

up untill the 18th century, british sailors were allowed a daily ration of one pint of neat rum.

pollen from pine trees travels far enough for a scottish pine to be pollinated by a norwegian one.

a boomerang is effective at killing game from up to 150 metres away.

theres a 2.8 million to 1 chance you'll die by falling down a hole.

every human is naturally radioactive.

There is an organization (forget the details) in charge of coming up with future designs for the U.S. flag if new states are added. For example, if the number of states goes up 1 to 51, then the pattern will be alternating rows of 9 stars and 8 stars (3 rows each).

a fighter pilot wears more layers of clothing than a medieval knight.

venus is the only planet in the solar system to spin backwards (from east to west).

Eratosthenes, a scholar in Ancient Greece, knew that the world was round and accurately determined its circumference. He also measured the tilt of the earth and the size and distance from the earth of the sun and the moon

top ten deadliest wars.
1/second world war 50 million
2/first world war 15 million
3/russian civil war 9 million
4/congolese civil war 3 million
5/korean war 2.8 million
6/chinese civil war 2.5 million
7/2nd sudanese civil war 1.9 million
8/vietnam war 1.5 million
9/afghanistan civil war 1.4 million
10/ethiopian civil war 1.4 million

Wow, this thread has really taken off. :cool:

Here's another - Ben Franklin wanted the Turkey, not the Eagle, to be the U.S. national symbol. He considered the Eagle a "bird of bad moral character"

Incidentally, if anyone wants to know how a guy in Ancient Greece could measure the cirumference of the Earth, I can post the one-minute explanation here. It's really quite cool. Just let me know.

ten most succesfull warfaring nations in europe.
percent of campaigns to victory ratio.
(according to the imperial war museum)
1/great britain 100%
2/holland 80%
3/russia 71%
4/france 65%
5/germany 62%
6/greece 50%
7/poland 50%
8/denmark 50%
9/austria 40%
10/italy 33%

ten most succesfull warfaring nations in europe.
percent of campaigns to victory ratio.
(according to the imperial war museum)
1/great britain 100%
2/holland 80%
3/russia 71%
4/france 65%
5/germany 62%
6/greece 50%
7/poland 50%
8/denmark 50%
9/austria 40%
10/italy 33%

Obviously the imperial war museum isn't going back to the Hundred Year's War, otherwise britain wouldn't be batting a thousand :D .

At least 75% of people who read my last post will try to lick their elbow.

I am in the 75% of the population.

Horse viagra can give you an erection for three straight days.

I am in the 75% of the population.
yeah me too but i have short arms and a long toungue,
so i have a **** jab but a happy wife. :)

According to my late mother who never ever lied, there are many things you do everyday that could be considered a
"good way to put an eye out".

Did You Know?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by-product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term 'Ship High In Transit" on them which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term 'S.H.I.T." (Ship High In Transit) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably didn't know the true history of this word.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro



That'll fcuk the splelchekcer :D :cool: ;)

Horse viagra can give you an erection for three straight days.


HORSE TRANQUILIZER MAKES YOU TRIP LIKE A BASTARD! (KETAMINE)
i dont recommend it and f.f.sake dont take it with horse viagra. :D

Fashionable ladies of the sixteenth century thought it elegant to allow their pubic hair to grow as lengthy as possible. This way, it could be braided, pomaded, and embellished with bows and ribbons.

kangaroo is one of the few animals on the planet that cant step backwards. cant remember the other one.

toilet bowl cleaner mixed with ammonia makes sulfuric acid.

i know the story of the city "remlap" here in alabama but none of you are from here.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply a single season's worth of footballs to the NFL.

It takes 3,000 cows to supply a single season's worth of footballs to the NFL.

And only one missed Field Goal to spoil your season....

India has a Bill Of Rights for cows.

love this thread, thanks a lot guys, gave some karma for those who i can give too, keep it coming...

When emperor Constantine founded Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, in Turkey), he wanted an authentic Roman "rabble" in order to make his city feel more Roman, so he imported hundreds of working-class Romans.

Desi Arnaz jr. was on the cover of the first tv guide.

St. Paul, who basically invented the entire core doctrine of Christianity, probably had epilepsy, which explains the visions of Christ that led him to devote himself to developing the religion.

try these then :eek: .


During an hour's swimming at a municipal pool you will ingest 1/12 litre of urine.


In an average day your hands will have come into indirect contact with 15 penises (touching door handles etc.)


An average person's yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.


In a year you will have swallowed 14 insects - while you slept!


Annually you will shake hands with 11 women who have recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.


Annually you will shake hands with 6 men who have recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.


In a lifetime 22 workmen will have examined the contents of your dirty linen basket.

At an average wedding reception you have a 1/100 chance of getting a cold sore from one of the guests.


Daily you will breath in 1 litre of other peoples' anal gases.

You learn something new every day...............

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. : :eek:

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. :confused:

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. :cool:

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. :mad:

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Jesus was not born on December 25. December 25 was a pagan holliday. The church changed the date to convert people.

For thousands of years urine was a main ingredient in toothpaste because the ammonia in it is an excellent cleaner. Ammonia is still a main ingredient in many types of toothpaste today.
Is Colgate one of them? I hope not.

tasting your own cum makes you gay

Did you all know that a fighter who knows he's losing a fight will ask his father if he's winning the fight...

Here's some boxing trivia/useless knowledge:

In ancient Greece a boxing match began with 2 boxers standing face to face, their noses touching. They wore leather thongs ambedded with metal studs strapped to their wrists. At one time, metal ****es were added too.

Prize fights prior to the turn of the century lasted up to more than 100 rounds, and fighters used bare knuckles.

Boxing was the first sport to be filmed. Thomas Edison filmed a boxing match between jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in 1894.

Muhammed Ali was once invited to lecture on poetry at Oxford University.

(most people already know this , but george Foreman named all 5 of his sons George. - What's up with that? :p

Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways? :D

What kind of car did Jackie Kallen give James Toney after he won his Middleweight tile belt?

Rockin' :boxing:

What kind of car did Jackie Kallen give James Toney after he won his Middleweight tile belt?

Rockin' :boxing:
Caddy.....

Here's some boxing trivia/useless knowledge:

In ancient Greece a boxing match began with 2 boxers standing face to face, their noses touching. They wore leather thongs ambedded with metal studs strapped to their wrists. At one time, metal ****es were added too.

Prize fights prior to the turn of the century lasted up to more than 100 rounds, and fighters used bare knuckles.

Boxing was the first sport to be filmed. Thomas Edison filmed a boxing match between jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in 1894.

Muhammed Ali was once invited to lecture on poetry at Oxford University.

(most people already know this , but george Foreman named all 5 of his sons George. - What's up with that? :p
reason fights went 100 rounds or more was because a knockdown signified the end of the round and each fighter would get 30 seconds to 1 min to recover then a new round would begin. Jack Dempsey supposably took part in a few of these type of fights when he first began fighting.

Caddy.....


Nope- Rockin' :boxing:

Nope- Rockin' :boxing:
UMMMMM.....Benz?

Here's some useless knowledge: Did you guys know that Hamburgers, aren't really made out of ham?

I have 31 and 1/2 teeth

Here's some useless knowledge: Did you guys know that Hamburgers, aren't really made out of ham?
:eek: You're ****ing kidding me!!!

NO WAY! If there not made of Ham and they are not made of camel either then this what are hamburgers made of **** is still a mystery to me.....What the hell are hamburgers made off hmmmm?

Fact - My Moustache is 8 inches long

Fact - My Moustache is 8 inches long
you wanna know what else is 8 inches long? I'll give you 2 guess's

did u know if your at a redlight at night and u flick your high beams on and off the light will turn green. it does this for ambulances but also works for cars as well.

did u know if your at a redlight at night and u flick your high beams on and off the light will turn green. it does this for ambulances but also works for cars as well.
IT HAS TO BE STROBBED I THOUGHT??? I will try it tonight though in boston hmmmm could be very useful to me

It is impossible to lick your elbow.


my ex-girlfriend!!! She can definitely refute that statement. The girl could lick a spinal cord!!!

UMMMMM.....Benz?

Yup, a nice Black one. Rockin' :boxing:

dont qoute me on this, but I have heard that if a cow eats a prayying mantis, it will blow up very fat and die

The first bit of trivia is really a myth.
I'm too lazy to explain, so here's the link.

http://www.theplumber.com/crapper.html

The yo-yo is the world's second oldest toy.
good karma for knowing the truth..lol

dont qoute me on this, but I have heard that if a cow eats a prayying mantis, it will blow up very fat and die
has anyone else heard this

Dolphins are the only things other than humans that have sex for pleasure. :)

I'm sure everyone was wondering.

The Hoover Dam is built to last for 2000 years...the concrete in it won't be totally cured for another 500 years.

The first American army to have African-American officers was the Louisiana Native Guard. The Corps d'Afrique at Port Hudson was sworn into service on September 27, 1862.

dont qoute me on this, but I have heard that if a cow eats a prayying mantis, it will blow up very fat and die
I've heard this before, I don't know if it's true tho.

Sharks are apparently the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.

*I need to start eating some shark soon*

Sharks are apparently the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.

*I need to start eating some shark soon*
What about AIDS? Can a shark get AIDS?

What about AIDS? Can a shark get AIDS?


More power to the man that tries to find out the answer to that.

Enigma
Device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles in the early 1930's. See? The Poles aren't so dumb. Another stereotype busted by the Britannica. (A stereiotype, by the way, is a printing plate.)

Dolphins are the only things other than humans that have sex for pleasure. :)

I'm sure everyone was wondering.

Bonono monkeys do it to. ;)

Irony
The French horn is from Germany. The Great Dane has no relation to Denmark. Cold-blooded animals often have warmer blood than warm-blooded animals. Softwood is often harder than hardwood. Catgut is made from sheepgut. Caesar was not born by the cesarean section. A cold is not cause by the cold. Death Valley is teeming with life (more than 200 types of birds, several types of fish, and so on). The electric eel is not an eel.

Arabian horses
Arabian horses have 23 vertebrae instead of the 24 in most horses.

Elephant copulation lasts 20 seconds. That should make a lot of men feel better.

Mozart
When he was 13, he heard the secret song of the Sistine Choir and copied it out from memory.

This thread kicks ass.

Elephants cant jump, I cant lick my elbow, and Dub'ya cant run a country :D