Things to ponder...

It's always difficult getting back into the swing of things after the festive break.  So, here are a few things to ponder over and a couple of interesting facts to ease you into 2009.

We're always on the look out for interesting and unusual facts so all contributions welcome.

Ponders

• How much deeper would oceans be if sponges didn't live there?
• Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
• After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting OUT of the water?
• Isn't Disney World a people trap operated by a mouse?
• How come "abbreviated" is such a long word?
• If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?

Facts

• Ancient Egyptians would shave off their eyebrows in order to properly mourn the death of their cats.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
• The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
• Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
• The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan".  There was never a recorded Wendy before.
• The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
  

• By Fiona Dorman
• Published: 8 January 2009
• Tags: Random, facts

7 Comments

• meddler replied on 9 Jan 2009 at 13:37

  Maybe you didn’t know but WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. Name was coined by the chemist, Norm Larsen, while he was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water. Norm\'s persistence paid off when he perfected the formula on his 40th try.

• Mel replied on 12 Jan 2009 at 12:48

  Did you know that the black strip in the middle of a Lollipop Lady's (or man or person!) lollipop is a blackboard to enable them to write a number plate down should a car speed through the crossing! They had to keep a piece of chalk in their pockets should the need arise. (Not sure if it still is but it used to be, it'll probably now be a blackberry keypad!)

• Sameer replied on 15 Jan 2009 at 16:19

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• meddler replied on 15 Jan 2009 at 16:46

  Hey, did you know that NO piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half?

  Ha Ha!!!

  :O)

• meddler replied on 15 Jan 2009 at 16:50

  Also, bet you didn't know that the first product with a bar code was a pack of Wrigley's gum.

  meddle, meddle.

  Yip, I'm bored.

  :O)

• I, Gallery =) replied on 15 Jan 2009 at 19:30

  "Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers." - Lol!))) There's also one series about Hitler that haven't showed up on tv =) Seen it today.

• meddler replied on 16 Jan 2009 at 10:46

  How mean to put an "s" in lisp?

  Why does monosyllabic have 5 syllables?

  Also did you know that a polar bears fur is CLEAR!!!?

  meddle meddle

  :O)