Saturday 18 August 2012

Fact No.258

Among the Bagonda people of Uganda, the several widows of a recently deceased king have the distinctive honor of drinking the beer in which his entrails have been cleaned

Friday 17 August 2012

Fact No.527

The word 'toast' (like one that you make at a wedding) started in ancient Rome, where a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine

Thursday 16 August 2012

Fact No.526

Texas state law prohibits someone from having more than three sips of beer at a time whilst standing

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Fact No.525

In Missouri, anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing an empty alcohol bottle or can can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol

Tuesday 14 August 2012

Fact No.524

72% of Americans sign their pet's names on greetings cards they send out

Monday 13 August 2012

Fact No.523

On average, 18,000,000 items are for sale on eBay at any one time

Sunday 12 August 2012

Saturday 11 August 2012

Fact No.521

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9, living in China in the early 1900s

Friday 10 August 2012

Thursday 9 August 2012

Fact No.519

Women [on average] recognise different facial expressions better than men. This is due to women's enlarged linguistic features in the brain

Wednesday 8 August 2012

Fact No.518

The 1912 Olympics were the last time when gold medals were made of solid gold. Now they're made of silver, plated with gold

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Fact No.517

Flying frogs change colour in the day; they are greenish-blue in sunlight and dark green in the evening

Monday 6 August 2012

Fact No.516

Pets don't just eat grass when they're ill; some like the taste and some are just hungry

Sunday 5 August 2012

Saturday 4 August 2012

Friday 3 August 2012

Fact No.513

35% of people who use personal ads for dating are already married

Thursday 2 August 2012

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Fact No.511

First fact after a pretty long while [sorry]

The verb 'cleave' is the only word in the English language with two synonyms that are antonyms of each other. They are 'adhere' and 'separate'.