I thought I would start a random facts thread...
Just stuff you find interesting

For instance
Did you know...

The more you know, the easier it is for you to learn new things. Also, it seems as the the brain has unlimited compacity for knowlege and information

There's something called munchowser syndrom where parents will intentionally hurt their child to get attention for themselves.
The More You Know

The executioner at the chopping block always chopped twice, because it was almost impossible to get through every tendon and muscle in one swing.

Milk is the official drink of North Dakota.

Queen Victoria mourned the passing of her husband, Albert, for over fourty years.

In California it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

In California, it's not littering if you place your garbage on the ground.

Heh, He was well known for his ring.

Speaking of which, Did you know that the original use for a prince albert was for the placement of a mans 'organ', as the pants were so tight, to hide the bulge, they would have a hook on the inside of them, and the tailor would ask, 'do you hang to the left, or to the right?'.

I did actually know that

This makes me sound as if I have some sort of fetish!

Did you know that Welsh people can be executed if they remain in the city of Chester after dusk? Don't know what we've done to deserve that!!!!

Does that count for people like myself who are partially Welsh?

Did you know that the world's briefest-ever serving president was Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes, who ruled Mexico a total of 45 minutes before quitting?

Did you know that all spiders are venomous except for two small families that lack venom glands? Also, they are NOT poisonous, eating one can't hurt you, unless it bites you on its way down.

^So... I'm guessing their poison is only truly poisonous if it enters the bloodstream? And that it's not acidic or, if it is, it isn't strong enough to be absorbed through the skin or lining of the internal organs making up the digestive track prior to being melted with stomach acid?

No. Venom is injected, poison is ingested. They have venom, not poison. :p

Did you know? That a cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime

Did you know the drug premarin is made from the urine of pregnant mares?

^yes I did know that.

Did you know that it's a myth that humans only use 10% of their brains?

^Really? I'm going to have to look up the actual %age then.. curious.

Did you know the longest kiss in a movie is in Andy Warhol's Kiss? Rufus Collins and Naomi Levine kissed for the entire 50 minutes of the movie.

Did you know that checks came into use in 1875?

^^^Did you know that Pope Formosus was judged by his sucessor Stephen VI in a formal trial, they sat him and put him his papal vests even when he was dead and when he was found guilty they threw his corpse to the river?

And then when he was finally buried, they unburied him later just to be beheaded by Sergius III?

^^cool fact^^

Did you know that daddy long legs (aka harvestmen) are not spiders (however they still are arachnids). Oh and most of female Koala bears have syphilis.

^^^yes, and there is a species of spider with the common name "daddy long-legs" that are actually spiders (Pholcid family). People often confuse them. It's also a myth that they have the strongest venom in the world but have too small of fangs to penetrate (this applies to both huntsmen and Pholcidae).

Did you know that a horse doesn't recognize things it sees in either eye, that's why you lead them on one side, it doesn't cross over in their brain. If a horse sees you with its left eye, you look a completely different person in its right eye.

Saw V comes out today

Did you know that the only crime in England that still carries the death penalty is defacing a note of currency that depicts the ruling monarch?