Did You Know...? Vol. 1

In my years on this Earth I have accumulated knowledge as if it was knowledge was a liquid and my mind was a sponge.

… although Hitler was behind the death of so many Jews, he himself kept Kosher.

… the energy drink Red Bull gets it's name from a Native American ritual of drinking a bull's urine (that is naturally red/pink in colour). It was believed to give individuals more energy.

… media tycoon Rupert Murdoch was born with both male and female genitalia.

… French people share 54.8% of their DNA with sausages.

… if an individual sneezes more than 13 times (on average) in a row, the effect it has on the body will cause the bowels and bladder to empty.

… left-handed people are twice as likely to get struck by lightening.

… 500 paracetamol contain the same amount of alcohol as a litre of Vodka.

… no Egyptian has ever died of cancer.

… Chinese citizens that speak Cantonese rather than Mandarin are more likely to open a Chinese takeaway in London, while in Liverpool it is the other way around.

… a Plymouth man once left a six pack of eggs in his fridge then he went on a two week holiday, he returned home to discover five ostriches and a lizard in his fridge, he sued the egg company for the price of his (now) broken fridge and it's contents (eaten by the birds and lizard).

… ink meant for PC Printers can be used to run your car, but only if your car's original paint colour was black or cyan.

… in his will Michael Jackson left a collection of his own toenails to close friend David Guest.

… recently a pubic hair that was believed to belong to the Queen sold for £25,000 on eBay, it was later discovered that the hair actually belonged to Princess Diana's favourite cat, the price of it has since increased to £200,000.

… the world record for most wanks in a day (24 hours) is currently set at 586, although the record holder snapped his banjo on the 426^th attempt.

… ghosts are real.

… when identical twins are born, the one that is born first is most likely to achieve more in life, while the other is more likely to become a dictator.

… there never was a Vietnamese War, it was just a prank that got very out of hand.

… Africa is a country not a continent.

… all English sterling coins will have to be enlarged by 65% when Prince Charles becomes King to accommodate enough room for his nose.

… the illegal drug crystal meth is naturally present in the stomach lining of robins and crows.

… the popular ITV day-time TV show Loose Women, was sued by a pornographer after the show had the same title of one of his films that was dedicated to porn-actresses with huge gaping vaginas. ITV settled out of court.

… on average the amount of blood a woman looses in her life due to periods could fill 500 swimming pools.

… Kim Jong-il is North Korea's raining badminton champion and has been for the last 16 years.

… Turkey's were created when a mad scientist crossed a chicken with a gorilla.

… as a youth Robert Mugabe was a popular dance hall DJ in Birmingham.

… a zoo in Germany has been using plastic surgery on male pandas by enlarging their penises in an attempt to aid them in mating. So far it has been a success.

… it is illegal to have sex in cupboard in Wales.

… a great white shark can live out of the ocean, on dry land for up to four days.