General Random Facts Topic

[Milsap]

Usually cocaine, actually.

And sniffer dogs can detect it

[Moon Chaser]

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

[ShiraBliss]

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

... French derp xD (oh noes, Hetalia coming to mind! Nuuuuuuuuu!)

Coconut milk can be substituted for plasma in the blood. Go figure.

[Laprabi]

I hope this hasn't already been said, but oh well.

It costs around 3 cents to make an average dollar bill.

[Moon Chaser]

About 50% of people don't develop an itchy rash when exposed to poison ivy.

[LaserDuck]

at one point, 80% percent of german soldiers were overweight, or so I heard.....

[Shaymin]

so I heard.....

SO I HERD!

After the Easter Holiday, if you're lucky like me, you'll have a 5 day weekened followed by another 4 day weekend! Hooray for royal weddings!

[MOP]

SO I HERD!

I don't think she's talking about a group of animals. 
Edit: when do memes die?

Tea was seen as vital to morale so large quantities were stockpiled in the UK in the run up to World War II. Churchill even briefly considered plans to grow tea in the UK.

[Shaymin]

I don't think she's talking about a group of animals. 

...so i herd u liek? helloooo?

Mount Everest isn't the highest mountain, it's actually Mauna Kea, in Hawaii.

[Moon Chaser]

Horses cannot breathe through their mouth. If their nostrils become obstructed, they could suffocate.

It is bad luck to whistle in a theatre. The superstition dates back to the time when off-duty sailors would run the fly system in theatres, and the sailors would whistle the cues to each other. Therefore, if you were to walk through a theatre carelessly whistling a tune, you might cause a scenic piece to fall on your head.

Robert Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, was saved from a nasty railroad accident by Edwin Booth. Edwin was the brother of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth

[Milsap]

The battle of Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle in human history, in which over two million people were killed.

[Webby2]

It requires more calories to eat a celery than the celery actually has in it.

[sylar]

Asda asks your sexual orrientation when applying for a job there

... why would they need to know

[Webby]

Uhm, most places ask for your sexual orientation as part of "Equal Opportunities"... asking for your ethnicity, sexual orientation, relationship status etc. It's apparently meant to limit discrimination in employment or something... different companies ask different things though.

[Lugiafanatic]

...so i herd u liek? helloooo?

Mount Everest isn't the highest mountain, it's actually Mauna Kea, in Hawaii.

If the mountain is measured from Sea Level.