January, 2010

Magnets don’t just work on metal. They work on frogs too!

12 Jan

Magnets don’t just work on metal.  They work on frogs too!

Yup, scientists at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, managed to use a magnet to levitate a frog!
We all know that magnets pushed together at opposite poles will repel each other but how does something that isn’t magnetic repel enough to levitate? Well the reason takes a little explaining but it’s based on something called [...]

In 2004 Lisa Sparxxx broke the world record for the most sexual partners in a 12 hour period. She had sex with 919 different men.

11 Jan

In 2004 Lisa Sparxxx broke the world record for the most sexual partners in a 12 hour period.  She had sex with 919 different men.

Girl,..That’s just straight up filth right there!

Having longer toes makes you a faster sprinter.

10 Jan

Having longer toes makes you a faster sprinter.

Kinesiologists (researchers of movement) at Pennsylvania State University have found that successful short distance runners have toes roughly half an inch longer than average which is actually something that makes them mechanically less fit to sprint.  But it does give the sprinter a fractionally longer amount of time with their foot in contact with the [...]

JK Rowling doesn’t have any middle name.

9 Jan

JK Rowling doesn’t have any middle name.

In fact, her name is simply Joanne Rowling. So why is there a ‘K’ thrown in to the mix? Well there’s nothing magical about I’m afraid. Her marketing team decided that boys, who represent the majority of her target audience, would be less likely to buy literature by a female author so they [...]

Fruit Flies hold the answer to getting slim.

7 Jan

Fruit Flies hold the answer to getting slim.

I should point out that scoffing down a bowl of flies isn’t going to help you lose weight.  Other than the fact of course that you’ll very likely be ‘blowing-chunks’ for an hour afterwards.  Regardless,  scientists may have found a way to inhibit the way we store fat from studying these nasty little turd munchers. [...]

The worlds tallest snowman is 113 feet 7 inches. The worlds tallest snow-woman is 122 feet 1 inch.

5 Jan

The worlds tallest snowman is 113 feet 7 inches. The worlds tallest snow-woman is 122 feet 1 inch.

The beautiful town of Bethel, Maine is place where, apparently, the “common is uncommon”.  Where Brooks Bros. sells pliers and wrenches, Victoria’s Secret is a chocolate raspberry desert and where Timberland Outlet is an exit for logging trucks.  It’s also a place where they just love building whack-off great snowmen!
Built in 1998 and finished in 1999, this [...]

Sherlock Holmes was addicted to cocaine and morphine.

4 Jan

Sherlock Holmes was addicted to cocaine and morphine.

Is it just me Watson, or am I gurning my face off?

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