- “Stockings” is the preferred word of choice for female geologists’ leggings, as “tights” was so often confused with stalactites and pantyhose with “angle of repose”.
- The act of being chased by gnomes is called noroamagnomia.
- The rapper “50 cents” got his name from the amount of aromas he could take in whilst walking through his grandmother’s rose garden.
- Movember is celebrated differently across the world. Americans grow Mohicans, Germans grow their Molars, whilst in Turkey it is known as Toevember, where males grow their toe hair in support of gout.
- The English spa town of Bath has suburbs called Tap, Pipes, Bidet and Grab Rail.
- Mentos were discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1942. Their name translated literally to English was Men Toes. They were exactly that – men’s toes.
- The well-known saying “Fortune favours the bold” is derived from the medieval proverb “Those who shave by the moon are bald”. Both idioms state if you take a chance it might pay off.
- There are more cod and chairs than people in Cape Cod, just as there are more sheets than beds in Manchester.
- The moves in today’s game of Chess are simplified versions of the original rules. For example when Chess was originally conceived a knight was able to move in a complete circle, landing on its original square, whilst the bishop could move in a letter M or Q pattern on any numbered turn which was a prime number.
- The website “importanthammockfacts.com” was taken down on the request of the Haitian government for fear of crippling their fledgling mattress industry.
- Despite working on humans, acupuncture hasn’t caught on in the tyre industry.
- Unprotected sex with fish can lead to mermAIDS.
- The Harrier Jump Jet was based on the mythical creature, Swanaroo. Half Swan, half Kangaroo, this beast could take off straight up, fly 900km/h and fire missiles from its wings.
- Organiser is the only word in the English language that is spelt “organiser”.
- Butterfly knives can only cut through butter, flies and butterflies. When used on anything else they become blunt and useless.