Monday 15 February 2010

A few facts not a lot of people know

  • Elephants are born see-through, but only obtain their grey colour from the soot emitted from the exhaust of Bill Oddie's camper van.
  • Gordon Brown can't look up.
  • Until 1809, people walked backwards with their bottoms on display as it was commonly believed the more bum on show, the more important the person.
  • Croc shoes are made from toys stolen from orphanages.
  • No-one really knows how to play chess.
  • In Sicily, you can't pass your driving test unless you shout "Weeeeeeeeee" everytime you accelerate.
  • There are more lost Chinese tourists in the tunnels of the London tube network, than anywhere else in the world.
  • Terry Wogan has got a working whisky distillery built inside his torso, where his liver should be.
  • Ray Mears was born wearing condoms for socks. He also discovered Portugal a month later.