Odd factoids

[Threevok]

Brooke Shields married James Bond and then went on to invent the tea bag

 

[Dirk]

Brooke Shields married James Bond and then went on to invent the tea bag

Was that after she invented green stamps?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Lawnmowers are artificially loud to drown out the screams of the grass.

 

[jefmcg]

Lawnmowers are artificially loud to drown out the screams of the grass hedgehogs.

FTFY

 

[Profpointy]

FTFY

That's horrid ! Mind you I used to be called upon to dispatch maimed frogs caught up in the lanmower; a grim task.

 

[jefmcg]

That's horrid ! Mind you I used to be called upon to dispatch maimed frogs caught up in the lanmower; a grim task.

I got a frog once. Looked like a chicken fillet - well two chicken fillets - lying in the grass. So at least it was quick.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I got a frog once. Looked like a chicken fillet - well two chicken fillets - lying in the grass. So at least it was quick.

Frog’s legs taste like chicken (this is true from experience!). Albeit rubbery chicken, but chicken none the less.

 

[classic33]

Your eyeballs are the same size at birth as at death, while your nose and ears continue to grow.

An eye is composed of more than 2 million working parts.

 

[Drago]

Harry Hill is the son of Benny Hill.

 

[Dirk]

Harry Hill is the son of Benny Hill.

And brother to Damon.

 

[Drago]

And he lives in Grange Hill.

 

[winjim]

Then just like the "real" Sherlock Holmes (and that overrated Cumberbatch series), it works better if you don't have any outside knowledge.

We were just happy for the exposure as it's a condition that many GPs either haven't heard of, or believe is purely psychological.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Brooke Shields married James Bond and then went on to invent the tea bag

They went on to have a son called Basildon

 

[smutchin]

The town of Sandwich in Kent is not edible.

But the nearby village of Ham is.

 

[smutchin]

Clouded Leopards can rotate their back paws 180 degrees.

This allows them to climb down trees head first.

Where did I hear that yesterday? It was either on the radio or on a podcast. Can't remember. Something to do with firemen rescuing cats from trees, and why they get stuck up there in the first place.