September 2005
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Fact #13: Currencies of the World
In Turkmenistan, it is standard practice to pay for goods and services by using ghosts as currency.
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Fact #11: Elvis
Elvis Presley had a stunt double who performed all his moves, and made sweet love to his thousands of groupies, while The King himself stuck to singing and fire-eating.
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Fact #12: On The Farm
One-in-five farm animals can speak reasonably fluent French.
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Fact #10: Blogternet
The number of blogs on the internet has increased so rapidly that, according to scientists, by the year 2012 the internet will consist of only blogs and adult material. Additionally, furniture and cars will be made of recycled blogs.
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Fact #9: TV and You
The average CRT TV set outputs enough radiation to melt forty-eight human faces per year. Newer plasma TVs output far less harmful emissions, such as the scent of a meadow in the summer, and a sense of personal superiority.
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Fact #8: Evolution
It’s a well known fact that humans evolved from apes. Less well known is that apes evolved from shoes.
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Fact #7: The Soviet Legacy
During the Cold War, the Soviets developed a rainbow that was entirely red. All rainbows over Soviet Russia were reconfigured this way from 1974 up until the end of the Cold War. It caused lasting environmental damage, resulting in an estimated 14 trillion tonnes of pollution being released into the atmosphere.
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Fact #6: TV
The theme tune for The Golden Girls was written by Shaolin Monks.
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Fact #4: Office equipment through the ages
It’s a little known fact that early staple guns were so powerful they were actually used for hunting. Also, during World War II, when equipment was scarce, some soldiers were issued them instead of a standard weapon. These soldiers had some of the highest kill rates, and were even able to take down enemy aircraft. The staple gun has since then been toned down for use in public places such as...
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Fact #3: 64-bit computers
64 bit computers operate using a furnace that burns at 26,000 Kelvin. They are 6 metres tall and can fire uranium-tipped shells out of their USB ports. The US military developed 64 bit computers as a way to counter the threat of multiple 8 bit machines combining together to form the fabled COLOSSAUR.
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Fact #2: Egg
Only one farm animal has ever been awarded the Nobel Prize. This was a chicken called Henrietta Blakenstowe. She created the chicken egg in 1886, an item that has led to a revolution in farming methods. It’s hard to find a farm today that doesn’t have skilled egg-crafting chickens on its payroll.
The Facts
As someone who deals in cold, hard, facts, I feel that I should from now on be referred to as “The Facts”.
Much as I despise the “Did you know…?” scenarios beloved of people who spend too much time watching the Discovery channel and too little time being super-damn-cool, I have recieved a communique from the International Fact Council saying that in order to maintain my status I must deliver...