The Fact of the day

30% of all couples in the world are first cousins

beer was invented by monks

nachos is the most popular food to be craved by pregnant women

Coca-Cola used to have trace amounts of cocaine in it. It became cocaine free in 1929.

at age 37, Jack Nicholson discovered that the person he thought was his sister, was actually his biological mother... sounds almost like 'Chinatown', doesn't it?

until unborn babies are at least 3 weeks old, they are all female which is why guys have nipples

opossums have 13 nipples.

just found this one which i think is brilliant (sorry leftys)

right handed people on average live 9 years longer than left handed people

In york(England) any English man may by law shoot Scottsmen within the city walls after midnight with a longbow. (old laws eh! briliant)

Oh and in 2000 the pope (john Paul i think) was made an honnery Globe Trotter!

i thought i was at sunset on the welsh border?

7,000 new insect species are discovered every year

since it's Christmas time

did you know that Santa was originally green until coca cola put him in a red suit to match the coca cola logo

the song "Rudolf the red nose reindeer" was originally a jingle for a chain store

the power of the media eh?

both probally, England was/is vary paranoid about being Invaded.

80% of the worlds population have never heard a dial-tone

In Czechoslovakia, there is a church that has a chandelier made out of human bones. (i'll try and find out were)

found it check out forums to find out more

their is a jumper knitted from woven human hair made by a barber in the Ripley's believe it or not museum in blackpool

Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.

Glass cracks at 3000 miles an hour. To actually film it cracking, you'd need a camera that could take a million frames per second.

100 pounds of chocolate is eaten every second in america!

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

ummmmmm A baby is born every single minute

actually the stastitic is 3 babies born every minute

with out artificial coloring coca cola would be green
yum!

if you cut off a cocroach's head it would only die days after due to starvation

oh and a platipus has no nipples

wow how many nipple facts do we have?

JELL-O is made from bones and hides of pigs and cows.

"did you know that Santa was originally green until coca cola put him in a red suit to match the coca cola logo"
thats an urban myth..santa had red coats before.. and green...
and blue! I just saw this lady on tv who had a huge collection of santa clause pictures and postcards that prove that its a myth..! maybe coca cola just made it popular and everyone started adjusting

you can get drunk by just bathing in alcohol

this might not exactly be a fact but.....A woman who had recently visited South America, where she had safaried in local rainforest, began to experience severe pains in her left ear, accompanied by headaches, dizziness and constant rustling sounds, at first put down to tetanus. It became so serious that exploratory surgery was required, which revealed that a spider which had become trapped in her ear. Eventually it had eaten through her eardrum and was living within the aural cavity. The rustling sounds were from the spider crawling around inside her skull. An egg sac was also removed.