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Factoid (n) A statement that could plausibly be true, but probably isn't.
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Truffles are cancerous growths that bud off the roots of certain trees.
In Canada people over 60 purchasing condoms are required to present a doctor's certificate. (Raak) I was hoping someone would say that. Good man.
The first World Cup was played in South America between the Incas and the Aztecs. The Aztecs won 1 - 0.
If a baby boy is born in the first half of the year, the chance that he'll be named Michael is 38% greater than if he'd been born in July or later.
100% pure ethanol is as corrosive to human flesh as sulphuric acid.
Nobody has ever actually been to the North Pole. All footage of claimed forays was filmed on a permanently erected soundstage at Elstree.
The word "chicken" originated as a contraction of "chick-to-hen," describing accurately the lifecycle of the bird, which, uniquely, has no male of the species.
Don't buy replacement printer cartridges. It's cheaper to but a new printer with free replacements.
The Eiffel Tower is constructed entirely out of pipe cleaners and drinking straws [Both] Actually, that is entirely believable.
Plankton are the most promiscuous life from on the planet.
There is more water underneath the Sahara desert than there would be in a lake of the same size.
Jupiter's density is so low that its total mass is less than all the sand in the Sahara put together.
The real reason people born just after WWII are called baby boomers is due to their poor diet, consequent on food rationing, which cause them to be quite outrageously flatulent.
Before Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity in 1666, people and objects floated in the air unless they were tethered down. The discovery on the 2nd September meant everything suddenly fell to earth. This was the real cause of the Great Fire of London.
For certain medical conditions it is possible to have Guinness prescribed on the NHS.
The game of cricket was called after the insect of the same name because of the similarity between the sound of the bat on the ball and the noise made during mating.
A football weighs less than an elastic band ball of the same size would.
A glass of red wine every day provides protection against all known diseases. (Botherer) What air?:-)
The word kara-oke is Japanese for I will survive
In Dad's Army, Captain Mainwaring's famous line, "You stupid boy," was originally written as "You f***ing tw*t, Pike," and was only changed at the very last minute after concerns were raised among BBC bosses.
hen dropped from an aeroplane, elastic band balls of 1.41M diameter do not bounce.
imagine a 'W' at the beginning of the last sentence and it might make sense.
A grommet is one and two thirds groats.
A hen dropped from an aeroplane would be able to control its descent with a 1.41m ball of elastic bands.
If a meteorite the size of a house brick were to strike Loch Ness, all life within the Loch would be ended and thus conclusive proof of the exictence or otherwise of Nessis would be garnered.
"Wallace and grommet" is actually an old folk saying which is too rude to translate here.
It is illegal to mash potato in certain cantons of Switzerland.
The original form of the "Big Brother" format was a gay SM role-playing summer camp at a disused prison somewhere in Eastern Europe.
Half the male population of England has a middle initial beginning with the letter "J".
Charles de Gaulle was actually born in Slough while his parents were at the reading of his great uncle's will.
John Prescott MP has a third nipple.
It is impossible to grow courgettes on the Isle of Wight
[Phil] He has any number of nipples at his disposal, from what I've heard.
No British telephone number contains three consecutive sixes.
Slugs cannot bear the smell of braised red cabbage. Smearing some on your garden will protect your rhubarb.
If you perfectly relax all the muscles in your tongue and throat, and gently take hold of it with a pair of sugar tongs, it is possible to pull it out from the mouth a distance of six inches or more. However, if you do this you will not be able to fit it back in again without surgical intervention.
The electric drill was invented by Stanley Gibbins. [Raak] really?
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