lassie23 11,960 Posted December 6, 2016 Did you know that cats spend 66% of their lives asleep. Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia The croissant was invented in Austria Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine Anyone else got any pointless nuggets of knowledge they would like to share? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AderynCoch 1,059 Posted December 6, 2016 Captain James Wilson was the first European to visit the island of Mangareva in 1797. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, AderynCoch said: Captain James Wilson was the first European to visit the island of Mangareva in 1797. I did not know that. Did you know that the average human brain contains around 78% water. Edited December 6, 2016 by lassie23 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike57 109 Posted December 6, 2016 10 hours ago, lassie23 said: Did you know that cats spend 66% of their lives asleep. Only 66%... Ours seems to spend more than that asleep, she wakes up and runs around if her food bowl is empty but otherwise in the winter alternates between in front of the fire and one of her bed places. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 6, 2016 9 minutes ago, mike57 said: Only 66%... Ours seems to spend more than that asleep, she wakes up and runs around if her food bowl is empty but otherwise in the winter alternates between in front of the fire and one of her bed places. I thought it would be more than that too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jethro 4,602 Posted December 7, 2016 Did you know, Giraffes have the highest blood pressure in the animal kingdom. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 7, 2016 lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mapantz 7,565 Posted December 7, 2016 If you shuffle a deck of cards, the arrangement of those cards is likely to have never been done by anyone before, or likely to ever be repeated again. The number of possible sequences in a deck of cards is 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000 - which is more than the number of atoms in the observable universe. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 7, 2016 I had a gluten free flap jack and it was sandy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CreweCold 15,734 Posted December 7, 2016 9 minutes ago, lassie23 said: I had a gluten free flap jack and it was sandy. eugh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jethro 4,602 Posted December 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Cloudy daze said: The largest supermassive black hole weighs 21 billion solar masses Did you know....supermassive black hole is entirely responsible for me blowing not one, but two sets of cars speakers. Ooops! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 7, 2016 grapes explode when you put them in a microwave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 7, 2016 6 minutes ago, Cloudy daze said: As do fragmentation grenades.... and gremlins Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LimoPreacherman 440 Posted December 7, 2016 50 minutes ago, lassie23 said: grapes explode when you put them in a microwave 48 minutes ago, Cloudy daze said: As do fragmentation grenades.... 41 minutes ago, lassie23 said: and gremlins And marshmallows!!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spikecollie 2,167 Posted December 7, 2016 ...and eggs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weather-history 10,963 Posted December 7, 2016 I mentioned this one in the past that the last British person who had a parent born in the 18th century died in 1970. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spikecollie 2,167 Posted December 7, 2016 Your salivary glands produce 0.5-1.5 litres of saliva a day. You'll never see a bottle of pop in the same way again! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LimoPreacherman 440 Posted December 7, 2016 Every year, about 6,500 Americans are injured by their toilet seats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CreweCold 15,734 Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Did you know that if you put your ear up to a stranger's leg, you can hear them say 'What the eff are you doing?!' Also, did you know that there's a species of deer able to jump higher than the average house? This is due to its powerful rear legs and the fact that the average house cannot jump. Did you know, the human body has 7 trillion nerves...and some people manage to get on every single one of them Edited December 7, 2016 by CreweCold 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AderynCoch 1,059 Posted December 7, 2016 3 hours ago, Weather-history said: I mentioned this one in the past that the last British person who had a parent born in the 18th century died in 1970. The last American Civil War widow died in 2008. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lassie23 11,960 Posted December 7, 2016 Venetian blinds were invented in Japan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weather-history 10,963 Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Hannah Stilley was the earliest born woman to have had their photo taken. She was born in 1746! Edited December 8, 2016 by Weather-history 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weather-history 10,963 Posted December 8, 2016 Jimmy Carter's post presidentially life is the longest of any former US president, currently of 35+ years. That is about 78% of John F Kennedy's entire lifespan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I remember Atlantic 252 3,541 Posted December 8, 2016 Nokia 6310i is the best phone! I have 6 of them and no other phone, smartphones who needs one, Phones are for calls and texts! hopefully batteries will last a few years yet, long live the 6310i Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jethro 4,602 Posted December 8, 2016 Did you know..... there are 35 types of snowflakes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites