Did you know that ????????

[freecybermag]

OK so what interesting fact do you know. I was shocked to learn that the Brontosaurus didn't really exsist :shock:
So come on tell us something that we don't know.

I'll start

Pluto is not really a planet. It just a rock.

Chris

[Jayne]

Curd Tarts are made from curdled milk, in the old days, it was a way of using up sour milk and cream..you'd be suprised how many don't know that :lol:

Jayne

[MinuWeb]

I have always wondered why sour cream goes bad

[Cornish Steve]

I'm beginning to have my suspicions that Santa doesn't exist.

[Jayne]

lol Steve, don't be silly, of cause there is a Santa :lol:

Jayne

[freecybermag]

Here's another:

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intraveniously (not that you wouldwant to inject it but interesting all the same :D )

[freecybermag]

Also the bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep. YUK!!!

[Asteeleleith]

Pluto is not really a planet. It just a rock.

Chris

I am sorry chris but in this case you would be mistaken, there is controvery over wether or not pluto is a planet or not. But i am afraid it is now welded in the astronomical community, pluto is a planet :-)
There is even another even smaller world that was discovered some time ago. This could be planet 10. The Jury is still out though as to wether it should be called a planet or not though.
Pluto even has a satalite called Chiron :-)

Truth is there is a fine line between a planet (which takes its name from the Greek, meaning wanderer) and an asteroid.

Al

[Asteeleleith]

I'm beginning to have my suspicions that Santa doesn't exist.

steve, now come on, i am surpised at you?
Did he forget you this year ? :-(

Al

[freecybermag]

Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water

[Asteeleleith]

Here are som interesting Astronomy facts for you. As i am celebrating 20 years o being being an amateur astronomer now lol

Did you know
The furthest most ppl can see is the Andromeda Galaxy which is 2.25 million light years away!

Did u know that if there was an Ocean big enough, Saturn would float in it!

Did you know that it is not only human dead skin you hoover up, but cosmic dust as well?

Did you know the Sun is 93 million miles away? nd the light from the Sun takes about 8.33 minuts to reach us?
The suns central core is 15,500,000 degrees C!
Surface temp is 6000 degrees C!
It is half way through its like cycle, and is powered by nuclear energy?
In fact the light you see fro the sun orignated as X-Rays from the core and has taken 100 years to emerge to the surface?

Earth and Venus are about the same size?

That you have cosmic particles passing straight through every second as if you were not even there?

Theres a few to impress ur mates with at the new years party lol

Al

[freecybermag]

also if the Sun was hollow Earth would fit in there 1.3 million times.

And the Sun is not the hottest thing in Space. It's the third hottest. The hottest thing is the Blue Star

[Asteeleleith]

And the Sun is not the hottest thing in Space. It's the third hottest. The hottest thing is the Blue Star

indeed this is true, to an extent :-)
Though i am not sure about the sun being the third hottest
Can i ask where you found that out?

Blue/whate stars are the colour they are because they are new stars, therefore have the most energy, so they are like infernos.
Next time you are out, take a look at Orion, southwest of that is what we call the dog star. Sirus. This is the brightest star in the sky. Other than the sun of course. :-)

Al

[Asteeleleith]

Hi all

I mentioned the term light year in one of my posts. It has just dawned on me that some of you might not know what the light year is so here goes.

Light travels at an approc distance of 186,000 miles per second. Which means in a year, it travels 6,000,000,000,000 (6 trillion) miles.
It is used as te astronomers yard stick. As you can tell we can use miles as a unit of distance wen talking within the solar system, however outseide that things are getting pretty vast indeed.

So we decribe galaxies and stars etc as being light years away.

Another useless fact for you.

Well done Chris, now ya got me started lol

Al

[freecybermag]

Some Lions mate over 50 times a day. (lucky B's :lol: )

[freecybermag]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. (Double YUK) :x

[Jayne]

Red food colouring is made from red beetles :lol:

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Some Lions mate over 50 times a day. (lucky B's :lol: )


Lucky lions, know what I'm coming back as!


Nic :wink:

[Admiral Collections]

Guess the lion link is where the quote came from 'being wild in bed'




Nic :wink:

[Jayne]

The saying...waiting on tenterhooks...came from a machine that stretches polyester to heat and colour it. They are the teeth that hold the fabric tight :D

Jayne

[freecybermag]

The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year. Bye bye Moon :cry:

[Jayne]

Yeast in bread is a living organism, so you're eating tiny bugs :lol:

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Yeast in bread is a living organism, so you're eating tiny bugs :lol:

Jayne

Urghh Cheers Jayne for that, no more bread for me, or little cakes with red food colouring!


Nic :wink:

[freecybermag]

No wonder my bread disappears in the afternoon. The swines get up and go I think :lol:

[freecybermag]

Michael Keaton's original name is Michael Douglas

[Admiral Collections]

I am really a man!


Nic :wink:

[Jayne]

Don't worry Nic, the oven kills the bugs, so your only eating dead bugs :lol:

Jayne

[freecybermag]

lol Nic

You're going to get some stick for that. Are you sure you want to leave it on there :lol:

[Admiral Collections]

Jayne, you dont know how much that has damaged me. I always thought you were a nice person!


Urghhhhhhhh its making my skin crawl


Nic :wink:

[Jayne]

Sometimes if you watch flour, it moves :lol:

Sometimes bugs in that too, they don't harm you and some bugs are good for you :lol:

Jayne

[freecybermag]

A Blue Whales heart is the same size as a Volkswagon Beetle.

[freecybermag]

When you walk down hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.

[Jayne]

Soap used to be made from Whale blubber :lol:

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Jayne are you trying to give me some compulsive disorder? I cant eat bread, now I cant wash!


Nic :wink:

[freecybermag]

More than 20 Million Meteoroids enter Earths atmosphere every day.

[Coding Monkey]

Nic is too afraid to call me after I called her a stalker

[Jayne]

I've got loads of useless stuff in my head, but only the gory bit's seem to stick in there :lol:

I'll try and remember some nice stuff.

Better not mention glue had I :lol:

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Jayne, please tell me about glue, I have to look out for my kids. Is it made with thousands of ants all spewing vomit?




Nic :wink:

[freecybermag]

While humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes.

[freecybermag]

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War 2 were made of plaster

[Pilfo]

Grey hair is actually transparent.

(I should know!)

Pilfo

[Admiral Collections]

Pilfo one thing I have always wanted to ask, does grey hair mean grey in all areas?



Did you know me and Mac are getting married and Jayne and Claire are bridesmaids, Nigel is best man and Rob from Matrixx is our priest for the day???


Nic :wink:

[Pilfo]

Whatever turns you on!

Pilfo

[Admiral Collections]

Pilfo answer my question please, Im interested.


Nic :wink:

[Jayne]

Nic,

All i'm saying about Glue is horses :lol:

They save the horse hair for paint brushes etc :lol:

Jayne

[Pilfo]

Not in my case, anyway!

Pilfo

[Admiral Collections]

Jeez now I cant use glue, paint brushes, eat bread or wash!



Nic :wink:

[Jayne]

Soap powder is tested on rabbits and ginny pigs :lol:

They don't kill them though, just squirt it in their eyes (not nice, but true)


And the reason soap powder makes your clothes white, is because it contains optical whitening agents and bleach, it re-whitens your clothes, they are no cleaner, just whiter :D

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Ok thanks Jayne, now I cant wear clothes!


Nic :wink:

[Pilfo]

Here's some mouth/tongue facts:-

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

Pilfo

[Admiral Collections]

No lipstick. All I need one of you to say now is hair straighteners are made out of polar bears bones!

[Asteeleleith]

Soap powder is tested on rabbits and ginny pigs :lol:

They don't kill them though, just squirt it in their eyes (not nice, but true)


And the reason soap powder makes your clothes white, is because it contains optical whitening agents and bleach, it re-whitens your clothes, they are no cleaner, just whiter :D

Jayne

right in both cases
Must admit i have never cared for them doing the former

Al

[Jayne]

I used to read the testing sheets in my break at work, when I worked in the chemical plant. They often used begel dogs too, don't know why they only used those sorts of dogs. It would upset me to read them.

We once had animal rights people on canoes on the river, trying to get in, don't know why though, the tests weren't done there. It was very exciting to watch :lol:

Jayne

[freecybermag]

MacDonalds salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers.

[Jayne]

MacDonalds salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers.

It's because there burgers are that small, they cannot fit 60% in :lol:

Jayne

[freecybermag]

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. :cry:

I'm never going there then :lol:

[Asteeleleith]

MacDonalds salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers.

i will never forget watching supersize me. I have never had a big mac since. the man nearly got cerosis of the liver purely through eating.

mind youin this healthy eating society fat food cos suffer

Al

[Coding Monkey]

I wouldn't have went there before Super Size Me :shock:

[freecybermag]

Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake :shock:

[WelshPixels]

Polar bears are actually black. Their hairs have special nicks in them that reflect the light to make them look white.

They have the best of both worlds, the white look lets them sneak up on the odd penguin or two while the black absorbs any heat that is available.

The military have been trying to copy it since WWII but have not been able to do it yet.

[Jayne]

Polar bears are actually black. Their hairs have special nicks in them that reflect the light to make them look white.

They have the best of both worlds, the white look lets them sneak up on the odd penguin or two while the black absorbs any heat that is available.

The military have been trying to copy it since WWII but have not been able to do it yet.


Now that was an interesting one, didn't know that :D

Jayne

[Cornish Steve]

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

I can imagine the next trendy nightclub: Licketysplit. For ID, you'll have to lick the doorman.

[Jayne]

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

I can imagine the next trendy nightclub: Licketysplit. For ID, you'll have to lick the doorman.


Yuck Steve, that's a horrible thought (unless it's Mel Gibson on the door):lol:

Jayne

[Hayles]

Or Nigel, of course Jayne..? :wink: :D

[freecybermag]

China has more english speakers than the USA :shock:

[CG Effect]

AMD Processors don't over heat!

[CG Effect]

Hitler was a nice guy when He was'nt gasing people.

[fastfences]

Or Nigel, of course Jayne..? :wink: :D

That's quite perceptive of you, Hayles. It was only yesterday that Jayne PM'd me asking my permission for her to enlarge my photo avatar to use as a screen saver. Well, how could I refuse? :wink:

Whilst I'm here, did you know that the word avatar actually applies to the male only? The female one is 'avatart'. :lol:

I get the distinct feeling I should go now 8)

[CG Effect]

One day Nukes might save the planet.
World War 4 will be faught with spears and rocks.

[Cornish Steve]

Hitler was a nice guy when He was'nt gasing people.
Which just goes to show that true evil always cloaks itself with personal charm.

[Hayles]

This makes sense now then, Nigel...

"Which just goes to show that true evil always cloaks itself with personal charm".

:D

[Jayne]

Or Nigel, of course Jayne..? :wink: :D

That's quite perceptive of you, Hayles. It was only yesterday that Jayne PM'd me asking my permission for her to enlarge my photo avatar to use as a screen saver. Well, how could I refuse? :wink:

Whilst I'm here, did you know that the word avatar actually applies to the male only? The female one is 'avatart'. :lol:

I get the distinct feeling I should go now 8)


It wasn't for a screen saver, I wanted it to scare the birds of my garden :lol:

Jayne

[Hayles]

I used it to scare carol singers off..... worked a treat! :D

[fastfences]

No Hayles, you've got it wrong. They were so captivated by my looks and charm, they decided to come to Evesham and serenade me for an hour :wink:

Can't believe I wrote that - I'm starting to sound like Macmyday :lol:
I'd best go back to my old self :wink:

Cheers Nigel

[SillyJokes]

I'm not sure I can beat Jaynes amazing fact that bread is made with yeast ;) , but how about this seasonal offering?

Most animals don’t eat moss. It’s hard to digest, and it has little nutritional value. But reindeer fill up with lots of moss. Why? The moss contains a special chemical that helps reindeer keep their body fluids warm. When the reindeer make their yearly journey across the icy Arctic region, the chemical keeps them from freezing—much as antifreeze keeps a car from freezing up in winter.

[Jayne]

That was interesting, does it work on humans too :lol:

Moss Pie, that could be a new bakery idea!

Jayne

[Admiral Collections]

Gwyneth Paltrow once admitted in an interview that she eats in the nude to stay aware of every calorie she consumes.


This is taking watching your weight a tad too far me thinks!


Nic :wink:

[Top Hat]

If you eat only Rabbits, you will starve to death

[Jayne]

If you eat only Rabbits, you will starve to death


Why?

Jayne

[Cornish Steve]

Gwyneth Paltrow once admitted in an interview that she eats in the nude to stay aware of every calorie she consumes.
Then I'm sure the restaurants she frequents are packed.

[Jayne]

lol...Steve are you taking lesson's off Nigel :lol: :lol: :lol:

Jayne

[fastfences]

Yeah, Jayne, Steve's quite right. I was about to post similar, but I feel it necessary to expand upon why such an action is deemed helpful.

Many strict dieters are bulimic and, of course, have to expel their food after eating. Eating in the nude alleviates any spillage problems and benefits the dieter by savings on dry cleaning bills and the like. Also, if one is desirous of reusing the food, it's said to be much nicer off the body, rather than off fabric.

Without delving too far into this rather, well, 'deep' topic, there's other benefits like not creasing the Versace frock whilst in the latrine, not needing to put on the mandatory brooch/diamond pin etc, the visible pantyline problem is totally gone and no tell-tale bra straps is a bonus.

Eating in the nude does have merit!

Cheers, Nigel

[Jayne]

And now you are doing super long posts, have you and Steve done a Visa Versa and not told anyone :lol:

Jayne

[fastfences]

Horses for courses. I just did a 1 word post elsewhere :wink:
Cheers, Nigel

[SillyJokes]

From Australian Aborigines to Alaskan Inuits, the tradition was the same: they never ate lean meat. Stefansson, an anthropologist who lived many years among the natives of northern Canada, tells us why: “The groups that depend on the blubber animals are the most fortunate in the hunting way of life, for they never suffer from fat-hunger. This trouble is worst, so far as North America is concerned, among those forest Indians who depend at times on rabbits, the leanest animal in the North, and who develop the extreme fat-hunger known as rabbit-starvation. Rabbit eaters, if they have no fat from another source—beaver, moose, fish—will develop diarrhoea in about a week, with headache, lassitude and vague discomfort. If there are enough rabbits, the people eat till their stomachs are distended; but no matter how much they eat they feel unsatisfied. Some think a man will die sooner if he eats continually of fat-free meat than if he eats nothing, but this is a belief on which sufficient evidence for a decision has not been gathered in the North. Deaths from rabbit-starvation, or from the eating of other skinny meat, are rare; for everyone understands the principle, and any possible preventive steps are naturally taken.”

[Jayne]

Thanks Caroline, very interesting stuff, I thought Top Hat was joking until I read this :D

Thanks

Jayne

[HotPluto1]

Actually Pluto IS a planet and it is HOT...I have proof of that. See

HotPluto (dotcom) can't list url yet!

Brett

[RahXephon]

Albus Dumbledore is Gay!! :eek:

www.blufftontoday.com/node/17604 (http://www.blufftontoday.com/node/17604)

[Rusty]

Did you know that............Is it such a slow news day that this is the second post that has been ressurrected from eons ago. This one is nearly 2 years old.

[sirearl]

Some Lions mate over 50 times a day. (lucky B's :lol: )

forget your king of the jungle.quality over quantity

a pigs orgasm last 30 minutes,

now thats what I call "bringing home the bacon" :rolleyes: :D


Earl

[Stephen Berry]

Hyenas gain nutrient from what other animals leave behind as useless - skin and bones (bones make up so much of their diet that their faeces is often white) .......... and they have such efficient stomachs, they can even gain nutrients from eating other animal's faeces .............. mmmmmm ..... there's a McDonald's joke in there somewhere.

[glencooley.com]

That a a distance a beer mat falls from your pint glass is mesured in bevemeters....

[green mum]

oh dear, I've just spend 20 mins reading this when I should have been working. Really interesting stuff though, hope I can remember some of it.

Did you know a pig can run a mile in 4 minutes?

[AdamJ]

When people, and journalists, keep talking about a significant development as being a 'quantum leap' they're being quite insulting to the person who achieved it. A quantum change is an incredibly small change. :)

[sirearl]

oh dear, I've just spend 20 mins reading this when I should have been working. Really interesting stuff though, hope I can remember some of it.

Did you know a pig can run a mile in 4 minutes?

so would you if someone was threatening to turn you into sausages.:rolleyes: :D

[Stephen Berry]

Did you know a pig can run a mile in 4 minutes?

4 minutes - that's a mere 15mph.

Rhinos can charge at 30mph for 100yds
Giraffes can run at 30mph for 4 miles
and of course the cheetah ..... fastest officially recorded time of 69.59 mph

and ..... how dull am I knowing all that?

[sirearl]

but the king of them all is the Zebra 50 miles at 30mph.

Earl

[basic]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it. (Double YUK) :x
Just what I need to hear to help me with my diet:eek: :D

[sirearl]

That a a distance a beer mat falls from your pint glass is mesured in bevemeters....

I take it thats measured with a pissometer .;)

Earl