Odd factoids

[jefmcg]

hired every midget in Hollywood

Probably not all of them, there were rather a lot

 

[roadrash]

its a little known fact that in the film the wizard of oz, the tin man was played by drago, he would be roaming the yellow brick road to this day , if only he hadn't run out of oil.

 

[classic33]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

@roadrash, keep your eyes open!

 

[roadrash]

sneezing hurts enough as it is without blowing my eyeballs out

 

[Dirk]

Nat 'King' Cole wasn't really a king.
In fact he was a lesser Nigerian prince.

 

[winjim]

is this a bowdlerised g-string joke?

I think it's just the frequency of mains electricity (50Hz).

 

[winjim]

Nat 'King' Cole wasn't really a king.
In fact he was a lesser Nigerian prince.

Not King Cole.

 

[Nibor]

I believe there are more wild camels in Australia than in any other country

It is the only place they live wild

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

 

[srw]

I think it's just the frequency of mains electricity (50Hz).

Which in conventional terms (A=440Hz) is more like a sixth of a tone above a G, so it's quite a sharp G. And as any expert on power delivery will probably tell you, the actual frequency delievered will vary a bit, so the shaver (and any other implement which uses AC to deliver vibrations) will sing in different pitches.

 

[Dirk]

Britain's largest freshwater fish, the Pike, has been known to attack swimming dogs.

 

[jefmcg]

I think it's just the frequency of mains electricity (50Hz).

Well, that killed that joke stone dead.

(I'm not saying it was moribund already...)

 

[Paulus]

Not King Cole.

Ole King Cole never sang Mona Lisa!

 

[Andy_R]

Britain's largest freshwater fish, the Pike, has been known to attack swimming dogs.

But does the dog know what it's been attacked by?

 

[winjim]

Dogs align themselves along the Earth's magnetic axis in order to defecate.

I'd just like to point out that I have posted this factoid on similar threads twice already, and two of the people who liked it before have liked it again today.

However it is my favourite fact and I shall continue to post it at every opportunity.