Odd factoids

[david k]

Augusta golf course use to be called junesta when they played earlier in the year

 

[classic33]

24m slices of bread are thrown out by households every day in Britain.

 

[bruce1530]

A 24m slice of bread would need an oven the size of a gymnasium to bake it.

 

[david k]

Fish and silly people have a 3 second memory

 

[david k]

Fish and silly people have a 3 second memory

 

[Drago]

Fish, the original Marillion frontman, earned his name because he had gills. Rumours had it that he came from Atlantis, and his mother was a whale. He was too large for the group, and was sacked in favour of a more conventionally sized singer with regular human lungs and no scales.

 

[classic33]

As they sleep (and fish do sleep), parrotfishes and wrasses secrete a mucous cocoon around themselves at night.

 

[Drago]

Parrotfish exist because of evil cross breeding experiments conducted by Josef Mengele in 1944.

 

[Tim Hall]

When parrotfish say the traditional "Who's a pretty boy then?", in deference to their maritime habitat what they're actually saying is "Who's a pretty buoy then?

 

[Threevok]

Goldfish aren't gold at all

In fact, they tend to bake rather than melt in a kiln

 

[roadrash]

Goldfish aren't gold at all

In fact, they tend to bake rather than melt in a kiln

and die …. don't forget die , there isn't much water to be found in a kiln

 

[Threevok]

and die …. don't forget die , there isn't much water to be found in a kiln

Codlateral damage

 

[classic33]

Though goldfish have been used almost as a synonym for forgetfulness for decades, scientists have found that they can actually remember things for up to five months – and can even be trained to associate certain sounds with feeding time.

 

[david k]

Goldfish aren't gold at all

In fact, they tend to bake rather than melt in a kiln

Pretty sure they are gold, however I'm less than convinced they are fish

 

[classic33]

Goldfish and koi are both members of the carp family, but they are not the same species.