I think we all need a bit of a laugh after the pandemonium of the last few days, so here's the latest offering in my "Fascinating" "Facts" series. Enjoy!
- Nuclear power is nothing about atomic science, it’s more about nuclears overcoming hardships and doing it for themselves.
- The oboe is capable of making noises only cats can hear. Mozart even wrote two concertos especially for cats based on this.
- American Rapper Eminem has to perform under specially designed cool lighting so he doesn’t melt whilst on stage.
- Mime artists draw with invisible ink.
- For a brief time during the 1950s Capetown wore an actual cape.
- Tom Hanks agreed to become the voice of Woody from Toy Story in exchange for a lifetime supply of penguin meat
- Cats can smell you singing.
- Steven Seagal invented marbles. It was originally played with the eyes of his enemies.
- The Welsh language originated as a textspeak version of Hebrew. Hence the lack of vowels.
- Oil of Olay will make your skin glow hot pink under black light
- Tigers are the only edible cat
- Andre the Giant used to hand out peanuts to any fans who quoted The Princess Bride. Today they sell for thousands on E-Bay
- The technology to recycle hasn’t actually been invented yet. Recycling plants merely stockpile plastics, and are entirely funded by venture capitalists hoping to cash in on future technology
- To make horns deadlier, most bison and bulls rub the tips on poison ivy
- You can tell if custard is ready to be eaten. Simply throw it against the wall. If it sticks it’s good.