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

The WWW was almost called the MOI - mine of information.

The circular saw was invented by a woman member of the Shaker sect in the USA.

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The length of your middle finger is exactly the same as the width of your palm.

The length of your forearm, from the inside of your elbow to your wrist, is the same as the length of your foot.

At this instant hundreds of H2G2 researchers are in the process of taking off their right shoes in order to lay their right foot against the inside of their left arm and compare…

It is said that Mike "Nez" Nesmith's (of 'The Monkees') mother invented liquid paper, a jobbing secretary who decided something had to be done about all that paper (and so much time re-copying things) going to waste...

i just read 106 posts in about 22 minutes...and can't remember none of them

Oliver Hardy was two inches taller than Stan Laurel.

Correction:

Oliver Hardy was five inches taller than Stan Laurel.

The three wise monkeys have names. They are Mizaru (see no evil) Mikarazu (hear no evil) and Mazaru (speak no evil).

Frank Sinatra was buried with his Zippo lighter.

Actor Richard Burton was buried wearing a red suit. He once said he wouldn't be caught dead not wearing something red.

Jennifer Paterson - of the Two Fat Ladies - was buried with her motorcyle helmet. It had 'born wild' emblazoned on the front.

Bela Lugosi was buried in his dracula cape.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

It has been mathematically proven that there are infinitely many different sizes of infinity.

There is an almost empty glass of sprite on my desk, though this is subject to change

There is an empty glass on my desk

The Madrid attacks were exactly 911 days after 9/11.