dinsdag, februari 05, 2002

Stuffucanuse heeft meer eigenaardige dingen, zoals de feiten die je waarschijnlijk nog niet kende:

There are only 500 crematoriums in the whole of the USA. As opposed to 550 in Great Britain.
A gorilla can fart ten times louder than a human being.
An ant will always fall over on it's right hand side when drunk.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, and silver.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.
The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (Vraag je je wel af waarom de uitdrukking bij ons 'vuistregel' is...)
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
The longest chicken-flight ever recorded was 13 seconds.
A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. foot house 4 inches deep.
A 3 year old's voice is louder than 200 adults' in a crowded restaurant.

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