Uselss But Possibly Fun Facts

Nope it's on Ricky Gervais' Animals. Funniest stand up ever

C-4 is a very stable product, well known for its durability and reliability. It will not explode even if hit by a bullet, punched, cut, or thrown into a fire (in Vietnam, soldiers actually burned C-4 as an improvised cooking fire). The only reliable method for detonation is via a detonator or blasting cap.

Consumption of TNT produces black urine.

Even just making it causes bodily changes. Trust me, I've tried, and you know I have.

The plural of paterfamilias is patresfamilias.

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5. The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.

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Dubious. Currently stands at 6.2billion plus and reckoned to plateau after reaching 9 billion in only a couple of decades. I'm sure there is a wide range of projections.HarryHotspur2008-01-30 19:31:26

I just got that off a random website, could well be wrong.

The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.

Only female mosquitoes bite.

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

I'm about to get sacked for the 2nd time in 2 months on FM.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

Not everything you read on the Internet is true.

whatever

That statement is included. As is this one. Etc.

Hey - you're not in Yorkshire anymore matey!

Michael Moore used to have a worse Google rating than me. Around the time people cared who he was...

According to suicide statistics, Monday is the preferred day for self-destruction

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000BC

Isaac Asimov is the only author with a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

The sound of ET walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

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

The international telephone dialling code for antarctica is 672

Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

Pak'n'Save only had 52 bags of normal M&Ms.

50 bags of M&Ms are bloody heavy.

A stone can be used as a male contraceptive - you put it in your shoe and it makes you limp.

around 1 in 4 poms believe winston churchill and cleopatra are mythological characters