General Random Facts Topic

[lets all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes]

Hula Hoops are round, they're staying round, and they'll be around forever.

Its a fact.

an if anyone tries to change the shape of them i shall say oi
you
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[The Macintosh Ninja: SOH CAH TOA]

Manhole covers (as in those steel circles covering the sewer entrances) are circular so that they cannot fall into the hole no matter how they are turned.

[Milsap]

The definition of the Football League 'Great Escape' are that you survive relegation at the end of the season after being rock bottom on New Year's Day. Only two teams have done it: Northampton Town and Walsall.

Portsmouth also pulled it off in the Premier League, but no one cares about them =P

apparently the state of florida is bigger than england...

Most of them are =P

You can fit fourteen Frances into the country of Canada and still have room left over.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by us building ships for the Confederacy. They originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million. They never got the money.

[Sizacu]

Singapore is an island made up of 63 smaller islands c:
It is also one of the four Asian Tigers. The Asian Tigers are the four countries in Asia which have excelled in economics, and those are Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and I.. forgot the other ID.

[PiPlUp_94]

The word smashing  comes from the gaelic phrase 'S math sinn', which means good or great and it's pronounced in the same way as in english. Other words of gaelic origin include: galore (from gu lore, meaning enough)
pet (from peata - a tamed animal)
Smidgen (from smidean - meaning small bit)

[Shadow Lykan™]

Tea has such a weak Caffeine level that you would have to drink 10 cups of tea for the Caffeine to equal just one cup of Coffee

[OranBerrySandvich]

The last prisoner to be excuted at the Tower of London was a German spy. He was shot.

[Trekkie WhoLocked Fangirl!]

If every single person in china jumped at the same time it would cause a big enough earthquake to sink it!

[Kdintranet & Scizau]

In bangladesh you can go to young offenders for not doing your homework

[MOP]

If someone pokes the inside of your tummy button it feels really creepy.

[Kdintranet & Scizau]

^ does that include yourself?

Cat's urine glows in the dark

[PiPlUp_94]

Parrotfish aren't male or female until they mature, then whatever gender they meet and try to mate with they'll become the opposite sex.

[MOP]

^ does that include yourself?

Got to be someone else who does it. Especially when you're not expecting it. Then again maybe its just me who finds it uncomfortable?
Edit: get a girlfriend, rip your shirt off, demand a tummy button poke, report back on results.

Medieval sheep farmers in England bred a sheep with golden coloured wool.

[Kdintranet & Scizau]

^ aww, I have no-one to feel my tummy button,

No matter the size of the paper, it can only be folded 7 times.

[Sizacu]

The last question c: