Fact Of The Day

[partisan]

The last thing elvis ate before he died was 4 scoops of vannila ice cream and 6 chocalote chip cookies

[Rainbowmum]

^ And yet he died without a smile on his face.

Casanova referred to condoms as his “English riding coats”.

[monk]

The longest lived dog, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was an Australian Cattle Dog, named Bluey, who lived to be 29.

[partisan]

Henry Ford, founder of Ford motor company kept a framed photo of Hitler on his desk in Michigan

Hitler kept a framed photo of Henry Ford on his desk

[Rainbowmum]

In 1633, the Catholic Church forced Galileo to admit that the Earth does not move around the sun. Legend has it that after he officially renounced his theory, he turned to leave and muttered, “Still, it moves.”

[monk]

During the Napoleonic wars, a French ship of the type chasse marée was wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool. The only survivor was a monkey, allegedly wearing a French uniform to provide amusement for the crew. On finding the monkey, some locals decided to hold an impromptu trial. Since the monkey was unable to answer their questions, and many locals were unaware of what a Frenchman may look like, they concluded that the monkey was in fact a French sailor. Just to make sure, the animal was thus sentenced to death and hanged in the town square.

[Lalo]

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

And THAT'S why I believe that God is a woman!!!

[partisan]

Elephants are the only animal to have four knees

[Lalo]

One species of antelope, the Sitatunga, can sleep underwater.

[Rainbowmum]

In 7000 BCE, a wall of water 10 stories high moving at 450 miles an hour struck the coastlines of Europe, Asia and Africa. The death toll could have been in the millions. Geologists believe the tidal wave was caused by a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna that dumped 6 cubic miles of rock into the sea at more than 200 miles an hour. The force of this impact liquefied the seabed and triggered a giant mudslide. The resulting 130-foot-tall waves reached the farthest parts of the Mediterranean in about 3.5 hours. Archaeologists have found the remains of a fishing village on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean that was abandoned in a hurry – half-gutted fish were buried under a mountain of mud, which preserved them for thousands of years.