h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The only lizard that has a voice is the Gecko.

Presumably that'll be Buddy Gecko.

Might be Gordon!

The average speed of a butterfly is 32 km/h.


Oh, and today is Neil Young's 60th birthday.

(no link between these two facts)

Regardless of animal, within its lifetime its heart will have beaten roughly the same amount of times.

So a mouse heart will have beaten roughly the same number of times as a dog heart.

The horse in "Jingle Bells" is called Bob.

The heartbeat thing... that sounds to coincidental... too specious.

That requires further research or validation...


Ok... to change the subject, I'm going to let my cat type...


here goes: gfbv nmzx gfvbx gvc f kikluo9o

That's interesting. Every time my cat has jumped up on the keyboard by some mystical means he has always managed to press cont alt delete (or some other combination that necessitates a restart).

Welll....

I did hold the cat a bit... to make sure he didn't do just that.

Nice mastery of the space bar though!

RF

THe heart beat thing is true. Except humans that live longer by about 20%

"Nice mastery of the space bar though!"

The international dialing code for antarctica is 672.

This is only a useless fact if you DON'T phone penguins to wish them a happy birthday.

i will also let my cat type....

bnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
there we go

is that the proper word for it now.. cat?

i think i've hurt me back

That'll be the double zed's Aye Be... you need to spend more time in bed.

Last witch to be executed in Scotland was at Dornoch in 1722.

oh hullo mistur d

you're probably right!

there's more caffine in tea than in coffee.. i have just been told that... you probably all know this...

which makes it even more useless..

The more caffiene in tea thing is actually a myth... as is the thing about there being more caffiene in Jolt Cola.

myth as in hit and myth or ??

when i was in oz the coke tasted different there and i couldn't get enough of it.. it was totally addictive.. i dont drink it at all here..

someone explain?

The four-eyed fish of South and Central America has only two eyes.
It does however have four retina.

Tea also contains a substance similar to caffiene called theophylline which is sometimes used to treat asthma, hyperactivity and congestive heart failure. Caffiene's effects are considered more potent however theophylline is longer lasting. The average cup of tea contains around 50 mg of caffiene and 1 mg of theophylline. In high doses (above 500 mg) theophylline can have serious effects on the central nervous system causing convulsions or seizures.

BTW The Lone Ranger's sidekick Tonto died after consuming too much in a tea drinking contest.

He drowned in his tepee.

In France it is forbidden to call your pig "Napoleon".