Strange facts that you never wanted to know

If you were to put one of the old fashioned "pear" shaped light bulbs in your mouth , its impossible to take it out again without breaking it .

I would post one, but I can't remember any.

You can not measure an object's both position and the velocity at the same time with 100% accuracy.

The first post is not a fact.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

Abdul Kassem Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. The 117,000 volumes were carried by 400 camels which were trained to walk in alphabetical order.

When measured from the center of the earth, the highest mountain on the planet isn't Everest, it's Chimborazo.

Don't you mean from the base? From the center of the Earth, Everest is still higher than anything.

Nope, from the center of the earth.

I call bullshit.

South London?

Oh wait! That's the centre of the known universe.

The question is, of course, what do I stand to gain when I prove you wrong?

Re Chimborazo: I would assume that's cos the earth is flattened at the poles and bulges out at the equator.

From Wiki Chimborazo article:

Damn, I was thinking of winning a crate of beer out of this.

@Genie: Oops, sorry, didn't notice your previous post ... guess I owe you one then

The vast majority of the world's bullshit is not actually produced by bulls.

Seems I loose on a frigging technicality.

Nope, it's produced on this forum.

Wasn't there some debate a few years back as to whether K2 might actually be taller than Everest ??

There are infinite places on earth where you can go 100km southwards then 100km eastwards and finally 100km northwards, still returning to the departing point.

I don´t believe a rat can live longer without water than camels. No way. Two or three days and they are toast. Or at least dried rat.

Try it my friend

Cats can not fart loudly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle

Unless those camels are carrying a 117,000 volumes library.

Dogs can't look up.

The surface of Venus has been mapped in far greater detail than the ocean floor on Earth.

You can't sneeze with your eyes open

Now where did I see this before ...

You cannot lick your elbow

Hassloch is the largest village in Germany.

Rationale and rhyme and reason pale beside a single kiss.

Tell that to my cats. Well, I guess you need to define loudly. If you mean that all cat farts are inaudible, it is not true.

My dog can look up, she loves to chase the ADAC helicopter, among other things...

I know more than a few people who can lick their elbow.

The smallest measurement of length with any meaning is equal to ~ 1.6 x 10-35 m

boredom is an anagram of bedroom

I don't get it. Wouldn't you have to go west too?

I'd have said there's just one place on Earth where you can do what Mr Box says.

Can you go eastward when you're standing on the south pole?

no you can only go north...

Nope, no need to go west at all. Unless you go south then west instead of east, but then you wouldn't have to go east to get back to the starting point, just north again.

Yes, Jeeves is correct, only one point, but an infinite number of ways to start south.

No shit Sherlock. If by that he means standing in place, I can see where the infinite places are, otherwise I'm baffled. Or, maybe infinite "places" means standing at the north pole looking at a different azimuth southwards.

EDIT: RM got it before me.

Ah I geddit now.

Kangaroo rats never drink water.

But there is water in what they eat, no?

Would the technicality be that you were proved to be wrong ?

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!

and there are many, many more

Well, only if you can name 3 of those infinite places.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

In some lizards, gender is determined not by chromosomes, but by the hatchling's ambient temperature.

I can see someone is itching to go gamble.

I have 18 writing utensils in the penholder on my desk, including three highlighters.