[S4B]

Kangaroos can't fart

[Console]

I thought it was because the boys/men used to have women that dressed them, whereas the women where meant to dress themselves so the buttons were mirrored on the mens clothes to make it the same for the women doing their own clothes up and the mens clothes up.

If it is to do with sword fighting, why were the woman's buttons on the other side?

[S4B]

Kite flying is the most dangerous sport in the world

[SAV1OUR]

Dannii Minogue is an X Factor judge.

[Console]

I thought it was because the boys/men used to have women that dressed them, whereas the women where meant to dress themselves so the buttons were mirrored on the mens clothes to make it the same for the women doing their own clothes up and the mens clothes up.

It's just occurred to me that I have that backwards; the men would have dressed themselves and the women would have had a maid or something help them get dressed.

[S4B]

Dogs can smell cancer in humans

[Console]

Dogs can smell cancer in humans

Is that in the same way that cats can predict death in humans?

[Console]

No, all cats have the fictitious ability to predict death, that's why witches like cats, especially black ones.

[S4B]

Dogs can smell cancer in humans

Is that in the same way that cats can predict death in humans?

No idea. It was on QI that's where most of my trivia comes from. Apparently dogs can smell lung cancer on your breath and one dog tried to bite a mole off its owners leg and it turned out to be skin cancer

[Console]

As a fact (although whether it's interesting or not is up to debate), did you know that when we see a tree (or any object) on TV it looks exactly the same colour as a real tree would look (assuming correct colour, contrast and brightness settings and that you're using a colour TV of course), whereas if a dog (or pretty much any other animal for that matter) looked at the tree on TV the colours would look completely different to what the dog see's in real life? This is because the cones in our (human) eyes are set to receive specific colours, which we know as the primary colours (Red, Green and Blue), but for dogs (and other species) the cones respond to different levels of light and therefore perceive different colours. So, as the TV is set for human levels (with Red , Green and Blue) any creature without the correct cone levels will not see the correct colours.

[MK Chris]

The word "sheriff" is derived from the middle ages where a "reeve" was in charge of land. When the counties or "shires" were set up, the main reeve to cover that whole area was called a "shire reeve".

The word "posh" is apparently from a nautical term, "port out, starboard home".

The phrase "kick the bucket" comes from when people hung themselves they would stand on a bucket with a noose around their necks and then kick it away.

There are a few other terms that I know, but I can't remember off the top of my head. A lot of words and phrases come from old nautical terms.

[S4B]

I like this thread! I'm going to post loads more facts

Billie Piper's middle name is Paul

[MK Chris]

Billie Piper's middle name is Paul

That's just silly (but true according to Wikipedia, which also says she was born 'Lianne', which is my sister's name.)

[S4B]

Are you going to check all my facts Topher?

An inventor in Brazil claims he has built a car that can run on urine and that it ddoes 20 miles to the gallon - and I'm not taking the piss

[MK Chris]

Are you going to check all my facts Topher?

I just found that a bit silly.

[S4B]

Most trivia facts are. Here's another. Laughing can burn of 6 calories a minute!

[MK Chris]

Yeah, but silly in a "why would they do that?" kind of way, as opposed to something that sounds silly but has had no human intervention in order to be true.

[S4B]

Me too but I do that anyway - god imagine how fat I'd be if I didn't

did you know Maggie Thatcher day is celebrated in the Falklands on Jan 10th?

[DemonHorse]

Dogs can smell cancer in humans

Is that in the same way that cats can predict death in humans?

It was on QI

A great source of these things.

[S4B]

The best source in the world

Any month that starts on a Sunday wil have a Friday the 13th in it!

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Any week that has a Monday will also have a Tuesday.

[S4B]

when a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of 6 feet, normally without being hurt

[Console]

Any week that has a Monday will also have a Tuesday.

What if the world ends on a Monday?

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

I never said what day the week started on.

[S4B]

Ha well done Console! That peed on your fire Gaspode! Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a Belly Button!