Hmmm that's interesting...
I love a good fact. Whether it is a fact about an animal with seven mouths, or a planet that spins clockwise. I just can't get enough of them (or remember them for that matter).
So here it is, The 2006 Find a Fascinating Fact Contest. The challenge is to send in the most interesting fact you can, the winner will receive one of Tim Oakes exclusive prizes! Send in as many facts as you want, but you are limited to 2 facts per comment!
I will start, and this may well end up being the winner...
Fact: The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Orville brothers first flight.
Beat that...
posted by Tim Lovell @ 5:35 PM
38 Comments:
ok, heres a fact,
I have your phone dibber, and unless I win, you cant have it back.
How do you like those eggs???
I know that this blog has unnecessarily become a place to air my dreams, but last night, I dreamt that we were all meeting up for a meal. Rob had become a black rasta with short dreadlocks and was very depressed because he had been put in prison for being a gangsta and was only allowed on day release for our meal.
Then ben walked in wearing some kind of south american carpet as a dress, and we all laughed at him.
I woke myself up laughing! Sometimes dreams are even better than real life!
So I take it that you've gone for the ransom option then...
Fact: The man's trying to keep Rob down. Fight the power.
Fact: The average CEO's salary in the US is 475 times greater than the average workers salary. In Japan, it is 11 times greater; in France, 15 times; in Canada, 20; in South Africa, 21, and in Britain, 22.
1. Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
2. Bananas aren’t fruit! They are a type of herb.
That wasn't a dream Jodie, Ben does wear dresses.
Fact:
In late 1923, when hyperinflation in Nazi Germany was its height, a loaf of bread cost 200 billion deutsch marks.
Good fact Jon. Tremendous. On reflection, I'm not sure if the CEO fact can be right, but I'll try to check it out...
Keep going everyone else.
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
It is estimated that by 2015 50% of all school lessons in the UK will be conducted by online video conference. It is also estimated that 75% of university courses will also be taught on line, with seminars taking on a 'linear' structure using blogging and instant chat as a key means of discourse.
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matthews average number of comments (not including current blog): 8.12
scrivs average number of comments: 20.2
fact!
fact:
my husband is sad.
Well... the banana plant is a herb but the yellow thing we eat is the fruit of that plant.
Fact: Of McDonald's milkshakes, chocolate, vanilla and banana flavours are suitable for vegetarians. Stawberry flavour is not.
Fact: Norwegians invented the cheese slice, the paperclip and the string vest!
Apparently a significant number of Americans dont know who the current president is, but I havent been able to find a number on that. However one third dont know who the vice president is and only 8% know who the Canadian prime minister is. I know you probably dont know who the Canadian PM is but you dont live right next door. (It's Stephen Harper by the way, and we dont like him)
Fact:
Scriv manipulates statistics
Fact:
Revised statistics that normalise for time (a far more significant factor than posts!)
Matthews: 50.71 comments per month
Scrivner: 38.29 comments per month
Fact:
I am sad too
Oops, I broke the rules. You can ignore my last fact.
do you hear that???
'ignore his last fact.'
i omit the second on his behalf.
i win!
fact: Tim can snore when he is awake
fact: jon can snore out of his ass
thats a bit mean! but fair.
An impressive fact Jodie, I would like to hear this. Maybe you could record it and make it your blog theme.
Well, at the moment, Jon M is in the lead, with his astonishing fact about German bread. There WILL be a prize, and the competition will be closing in the next 4 days. If you want a chance to win my fantastic prize, you should really get your skates on!
1) There are 92 confirmed cases of unaccounted for nuclear bombs lost at sea
2) George W. Bush & Hugh Hefner are related (perhaps he's not so bad after all)
to be specific, they are a cousins
Does that mean Hugh Hefner is part of the aluminati too then Trev?
Oh Jon, how you mock so....
I am not sure where ol' Hef's allegiance lies, probably in toight asses.
Anyway Jon, there is no such thing as the Illuminati, it is all conspiracy theory.
Fact: 80% of tickets bought in Swansea for the theatre are bought by idiots, the other 20% by rude people.
there are more aborted babies in Russia then delivered ones and every other one is borm with a disease.
I know you've probably all seen the advert with the dying bear about russia. but i was shocked.
Also... this surprised me.
Infact hazard a guess...
What percentage of the British population do you think is Black African & Black Carribean?
Doesn't include mixed race.
Also my stat is from 2001.
free advert for my mate tom (nutritionist). just started a debate on attonement.
http://concerningyourpredicament.blogspot.com/
80% of people that live in swansea are idiots, the other 20% are rude people. (hence the ticket sales)
FACT: Congratulations!
I wouldn't like to the know the percentages for East Grimetown or where ever it is you live.
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Its East You're-never-gonna-marry-my
-sister-if-you-carry-on-like-this.
Dan's fact wins. Nice work Tim!
Well no one guessed, but 2% of Brisith pop is Balck African or B- Caribean.
MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS! xx
I know it's past the closing date but here's a fact for Lent that I just read:
Monasteries have brewed Bavarian-style beers (aka dark lagers, apparently) for centuries. They call them liquid breads and drink them when they're fasting. One of the most famous of them is Paulaner Salvator, which is 7.5% alcohol! That'll help you forget the tummy rumbles.
And the winner is...
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