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

no known verterbrate has more than 4 limbs. altho creatures with many limbs in the inverterbrate world are common.

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have you tried 'Fins, Sharp Teeth & Steel Toecaps' at the top end of Oxford Street? Stock pending, they should meet all your fishy aquatic toe tapping needs.


It is, however, physically impossible for a shark to play the harmonica.

This is a fact that is discussed in Henry Gee's 'Science of Middle earth' in the context of dragons...

*chuckle* as it happens i got it from my son's book on dragonology. too lazy to check the author. but i DID think about it for a time.

The only object that can safely be inserted into one's own ear is one's elbow.

Oi, you pinched that from me

It is physically impossible for a shark to stick its elbow in its ear while underwater.

One should never put out a campfire with one's face.

OI! BigAl... You musta pinched from my mother!


More researchers logged into h2g2 for the first time on 9.9.1999 than on any other date since.

One should never kiss a rhinoceros on the first date.

Did you know that your average mosquito never wears a white tuxedo on its 3rd date if there's an 'r' in the month?

Now you're all just being silly!

Only on the lips

The majority of Camels dream about having three humps!!!!

Nik, are you stalking me with these ruddy camels?!!!!!!

Wild camels once roamed West Texas. In 1856 US Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis instituted the US Camel Corps to use the camels as beasts of burden carrying cotton and other goods across the Southwest. Their soft padded feet weren't suited to the rocky conditions. They changed hands between the Confederate and Union armies and most were sold at auction. A few escaped and were known to still roam the region until the early 19th century.

And you can stop going on about camels too CZ! It's a conspiracy!

Just another useless fact.