The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread
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The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread
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30-10-2008, 02:11am
Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. Unfortunately, the likes of bulldogs and pitbulls only have 10, due to their breeding. Therefore, these dogs easily get misinterpreted by other dogs and often get into fights.
30-10-2008, 02:12am
One of the worlds oldest breeds of dog is the Saluki. It is thought to have been developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C.
30-10-2008, 02:12am
"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing.
30-10-2008, 02:13am
It was recently discovered that dogs DO see in color, just not as vivid as the color that humans see.
30-10-2008, 02:13am
In the original 101 Dalmatians movie, Pongo has 72 spots, Perdita has 68 and each of the puppies has 32.
30-10-2008, 02:14am
You can literally hypnotize a chicken by holding it and drawing a line in the dirt over and over. The chicken will stay still right there as long as you do this.
30-10-2008, 02:14am
Colonel Sanders (the Kentucky Fried Chicken guy in the white suit) was the second most recognized public figure in the world in 1979.
30-10-2008, 02:15am
Did you know that some breeds of chickens can lay coloured eggs? Sure enough, the Ameraucana and Araucana can lay eggs colored in shades of green or blue, depending on the breed and it's ancestry.
30-10-2008, 02:15am
In Fruita, Colorado, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years WITHOUT A HEAD. Mike died from choking on a corn kernel.
30-10-2008, 02:16am
In Gainesville, Georgia - the chicken capital of the world - it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork!
30-10-2008, 02:16am
One punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France was to make her chase a chicken through town naked.
30-10-2008, 02:17am
According to National Geographic, scientists have settled the old dispute over which came first -- the chicken or the egg. They say that reptiles were laying eggs thousands of years before chickens appeared, and the first chicken came from an egg laid by a bird that was not quite a chicken. That seems to answer the question. The egg came first.
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