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

A watched gullible thread never boils

Ringo was actually a really good drummer.

More people die in September than any other month.

At least 27 people are killed each year in monkey puzzle tree-related incidents.

The new animated Disney films match up perfectly in standard and greatness to the oldish ones.

Lime cordial is the undoing of most teenagers today.

Whisky is a drink enjoyed by all, to be drank at any time of day regularly.

In the year 2012 [by the calendar Gregory] their shall come a plague upon the Earth. And the plagues name shall be Nancy. And the plagues shape shall be coat-hangerish. And the plague shall fly left. And the plague shall fly right. And the plague shall fly up. And the plague shall fly down. And the plague shall fly backwards! But in no other direction! For that direction are myth put about by scientists, who are in the service of The Father Of All Lies.

And the days before the coming of the plague apostrophes shall go missing!

Amongst other things... Do *you* know where your keys are? Do you? Eh?

Actually,I don't,coming to think of it.

Isaac Newton invented the cat flap.


Actually that one's true.

Eve tempted Adam with a pomegranate in the garden of Eden.They couldn't spell pomegranate so they said apple instead.

Actually, it was an apricot, but they didn't know what that was. They were going to say 'fig', but decided 'apple' sounded better.

England doesn't need any more windfarms, as there's already enough wind without them.

Germany has more farmland than Britain.

I am regularly seen wearing a big hat.

Some Islands in the Caribbean have huge plugs in the middle. They look a little bit like volcanos, but if a big hand came out of the sky they could pull out the plug and he island would sink.

A link has been established between acquired dyslexia and the proximity of monkey puzzle trees.