Factoid of the Hour #24

Threat Display in the Animal Kingdom

Factoid of the Hour #23

Did an Ex-Police Dog Bark at Shipworms in a Tree?

Factoid of the Hour #22

If your shag carpet is too shaggy, 

it can attract crocodiles.

Factoid of the Hour #21

The words of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' are from the

poem, 'Defense of Fort McHenry'.  The music is from

an English drinking song, 'To Anacreon in Heaven'.

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century

BCE who wrote drinking songs.

[Bottoms up!]

Factoid of the Hour #20

It's National Peanut Month!

 Factoid of the Hour #19

"Neanderthals 'Not Fully Extinct'"

Factoid of the Hour #18

No, that's not snow blanketing the countryside in 

Wagga Wagga, Australia.  It's spider webs.

Factoid of the Hour #17

Man Eating Triple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack

Grill in Chandler, Arizona, Placed Under Cardiac Arrest

Factoid of the Hour #16

Jon Huntsman's endorsement of Mitt Romney weighs

 less than Aerogel, i. e., about 0.003 grams per cubic

centimeter.

Factoid of the Hour #15

Slime Molds are smarter than you think.

Factoid of the Hour #14

Not many people know that, as he grew older, Freddy

Krueger began to suffer from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Factoid of the Hour #13

Minnesota Shoplifter Hides $6,500 Mink Coat in Her

Drawers, Is Arrested and Jailed, But Coat Isn't

Discovered Until Three Days Later

Factoid of the Hour #12

Scientists, aided by a $405,000 federal grant, have

determined that coffee enemas are ineffectual in

the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Factoid of the Hour #11

According to a recent poll, 35% of Republicans

believe GOP stands for 'Government of the People'.

Factoid of the Hour #10

One teaspoon of the matter in the neutron star at the

center of the Crab Nebula weighs 500 million tons.

Factoid of the Hour #9

Whereas the term 'Crop Circle' has been entered into

the Oxford English Dictionary, 'Chinese Paramilitary

Circle' hasn't.

Factoid of the Hour #8

Nabisco manufactures twenty

varieties of Wheat Thins.

Factoid of the Hour #7
Less than 1% of the people who have ever lived on
Earth have laid eyes on Plutonium-238. Inasmuch
as you now have, congratulations, fellow elitist!

Factoid of the Hour #6
Did you know you can buy an Imperial 3-Month Survival
Food Kit for only $1,085.95? Did you know that the food
kit has a 30-year shelf-life? Did you know the shipping
is free? Did you know a tube tent, a solar sleeping bag, a
Shak’r Light (never needs batteries), a portable stove with
fuel, an adult rain poncho, and a solar blanket are included
absolutely free? Did you know if you buy enough of these
kits, you may survive the ending of the Mayan Calendar
in 2012?

Factoid of the Hour #5
Cuban Rolls 148-Foot-Long Cigar,
Sets New Guinness World Record