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

I'm not surprised that he was a bit aggressive by the time he got there

Avagadro's Number (6.02 x 10^23) of Softballs would be equal to the volume of the Earth.

I fancy maths geeks. Hell, I fancy maths. Fact.

K...

I keep forgetting that I'm trying to change my signature Smiley.

The earth could become a black hole if it was crushed to the size of a cricket ball.

England's fielders would still drop it.

A dog's tongue gets larger during exercise due to increased blood flow.

The number of orcs killed by Gimli in Helm's Deep in the Lord of the Rings is 42 in the book, but in the film, it is 43.

I know. That's weird.

If the earth were crushed to the size of a golf ball and thus becoming a black whole, it would be physically impossible for sharks to vomit under water.

Y.

After around 8 years - the supposed average lifespan of a pillow - one tenth of a pillow's weight will be taken up with mites, dead mites, mite dung, and dead skin.
Yuck!

Sexy...

Cptn Jack Harkness has the longest nick I think I've seen. Have they increased the max length recently?

The cleaners in this cyber cafe get very annoyed if you walk on the floor after they have just cleaned it!

(I bet they'd get more annoyed if I walked on the tables!)

One of the questions doctors use to determine whether the spider that bit you was, in fact, a black widow, is..

'Is this the most pain you've ever been in in your life?'

A 'bug' is the scientific term for a biting insect.

Here's a bit of useless current event type info...

The space shuttle crew have been told to refrain from using the shuttle's toilet and to use the one on the space station. Their docking orientation prevents safe jettisoning of wastes. (My guess is that the 'wastes' would splatter on the side of the space station but I didn't get all the details.)

well that sounds like nasa. prevent safe jettisoning of wastes.

NASA - Nine Astronauts Screaming Again

You stayed up all nigt thinking that up didnt you?