Fascinating Facts and Trivia

In the 1946 and 1947 FA Cup Finals, the ball actually burst during play. This has not occurred since.

The most FA Cup winners medals held by any player is 7 - Ashley Cole.

A few titbits for the New Year-some you might know.

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Horses can't vomit.

The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.
If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

If the government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their arses.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

The coldest recorded temperature in the UK is -27.2c (-17.0f) This occurred on the 11th February 1895, 10th January 1982 and 30th December 1995.

On 14th August 1975, 169mm (almost 7 inches) of rain fell during a thunderstorm over Hampstead in London. Areas less than 4 miles away received no rain at all.

A molecule of water will stay in the Earth’s atmosphere for an average duration of 10-12 days.

Wind makes no sound until it blows against an object.

Yuma in the state of Arizona has over 4,000 hours of sunshine per year, making it the sunniest place on the planet.

On 14th April 1986, the biggest hailstones ever recorded fell over Bangladesh. The stones weighed over 1kg each and 92 people lost their lives as a result.

Rain contains vitamin B12.