People who suffer from boanthropy believe they are a cow and will try to live their life as a cow...

Ghost crabs literally growl using teeth in their stomachs...

In the time it took for you to read this sentence, around 50,000 cells in your body died and were replaced by new ones...

Google web browser was originally named Backrub!

It takes 2,700 litres of water to make 1 pair of jeans...

@slimfern posted:

It takes 2,700 litres of water to make 1 pair of jeans...

You’ve been watching House of Games Slim

@Baz posted:

You’ve been watching House of Games Slim

Yeah! I was shocked by that fact

@slimfern posted:

Yeah! I was shocked by that fact

Me too ….my guess was way off

@Baz posted:

Me too ….my guess was way off

mine was too

@slimfern posted:

mine was too

Did you know that when someone annoys you, it takes forty-two muscles to frown, But it only takes four muscles to extend your arm out and smack'em in the head.

@slimfern posted:

Did you know that when someone annoys you, it takes forty-two muscles to frown, But it only takes four muscles to extend your arm out and smack'em in the head.

I like it. Economy in all things!

@slimfern posted:

Did you know that when someone annoys you, it takes forty-two muscles to frown, But it only takes four muscles to extend your arm out and smack'em in the head.

@Former Member posted:

I like it. Economy in all things!

There’s a world record for the holder of the most world records: Ashrita Furman, who’s set more than 600 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from fastest mile on a pogo stick, longest time to hula hoop underwater and greatest distance travelled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on the head...

@slimfern posted:

There’s a world record for the holder of the most world records: Ashrita Furman, who’s set more than 600 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from fastest mile on a pogo stick, longest time to hula hoop underwater and greatest distance travelled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on the head...

@slimfern posted:

There’s a world record for the holder of the most world records: Ashrita Furman, who’s set more than 600 records and currently holds more than 200. His records have ranged from fastest mile on a pogo stick, longest time to hula hoop underwater and greatest distance travelled on a bicycle balancing a milk bottle on the head...

Wonder if one of those records is for the most spectacular waste of time!

@Former Member posted:

Wonder if one of those records is for the most spectacular waste of time!

I imagine several of them to be so Roxan, if not more 

When you see electric pylons in the mountain areas of Norway they are actually electric fences to keep the trolls in their marked territory – they are not used for supplying electricity...

Announced by the National Grid today that the UK has had the first new-style electricity pylons wired up. It's the first new style design since 1927:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-60754357
Although the electricity cables are not insulated, birds touching them don't get electrocuted as they are not touching the ground.

No mention though in the article about trolls

@El Loro posted:

Announced by the National Grid today that the UK has had the first new-style electricity pylons wired up. It's the first new style design since 1927:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-60754357
Although the electricity cables are not insulated, birds touching them don't get electrocuted as they are not touching the ground.

No mention though in the article about trolls

@El Loro posted:

Announced by the National Grid today that the UK has had the first new-style electricity pylons wired up. It's the first new style design since 1927:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-60754357
Although the electricity cables are not insulated, birds touching them don't get electrocuted as they are not touching the ground.

No mention though in the article about trolls

When you click your fingers the noise is only made by your biggest finger slapping your palm - not your fingers snapping together

@Saint posted:

When you click your fingers the noise is only made by your biggest finger slapping your palm - not your fingers snapping together

I had to try that to see if you were right.....you were 

@slimfern posted:

I had to try that to see if you were right.....you were 

Yes

A quarter of all your bones are found in your feet

@Saint posted:

A quarter of all your bones are found in your feet

28 in each foot to be precise
Of which the fifth metatarsal (the one attached to the pinkie toe) is the most commonly broken.
I've broken mine in both feet
Thankfully not at the same time ...

Most  of your brain is made of fat - wonder if that's where the phrase 'fat head' comes from? Or was that me just being bullies? LOL

@Saint posted:

Most  of your brain is made of fat - wonder if that's where the phrase 'fat head' comes from? Or was that me just being bullies? LOL

It is in my case

@slimfern posted:

28 in each foot to be precise
Of which the fifth metatarsal (the one attached to the pinkie toe) is the most commonly broken.
I've broken mine in both feet
Thankfully not at the same time ...

Wow ….on all counts

A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is...

Your tonsils can grow back if there was tissue left behind during the removal process...

There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs...

Jellyfish are considered biologically immortal. They don’t age and will never die unless they are killed...

There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house...

The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months...

@slimfern posted:

The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months...

Good grief

@Baz posted:

Good grief

I know!   I struggle with 8hrs let alone 8 mths

@slimfern posted:

I know!   I struggle with 8hrs let alone 8 mths

I struggle with 4 hours

@Baz posted:

I struggle with 4 hours

I'll be there one day no doubt

@slimfern posted:

I'll be there one day no doubt

There are 140,000 species of mushrooms. 78 of those actually glow in the dark

@Moonie posted:

There are 140,000 species of mushrooms. 78 of those actually glow in the dark

Hello hope you are doing better. That is very cool!

@Former Member posted:

Hello hope you are doing better. That is very cool!

I am thank you. I hope you and your family are okay 🤗

@Moonie posted:

There are 140,000 species of mushrooms. 78 of those actually glow in the dark

Wow Thats cool Moonie

@Baz posted:

Wow Thats cool Moonie

👍

Did you know that 11 out of 12 astronauts that walked on the moon were Boy Scouts?