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Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:46 on 24th January 2009 Gregor Mendel, "the father of genetics," twice failed the certification exam to become a high-school science teacher. |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:49 on 24th January 2009 Mr & Mrs Einstein were told their little boy Albert was backwards and not particulary bright. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:52 on 24th January 2009 Mosquito repellent doesn't repel mosquitos; it blocks their sensors so that they don't know you are there. |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:55 on 24th January 2009 The mosquito is one of the most dangerous animals in the world. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:08 on 24th January 2009 Winston Churchill had a heart attack in the White House while straining to open a bedroom window. |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:22 on 24th January 2009 The Spanish exclamation Ole!, commonly heard at bullfights and flamenco dances, comes from Allah, meaning "praise be to God." |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:46 on 24th January 2009 The word "deadline" originated in Civil War prisons, where lines were drawn that prisoners passed only at the risk of being shot. |
Bob T Posts: 934 Joined: 8th Jan 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:36 on 25th January 2009 The Cheetah can't retract its claws. |
Shirley K. Lawson Posts: 2310 Joined: 17th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 01:51 on 25th January 2009 alligators or crocadiles (we got any aussies here?) , one of them when they bite on to an object, can't unlock their jaw, until whatever they have bitten is torn free and clear. |
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:41 on 26th January 2009 You can't fold a piece of paper/card in half more than 8 times!! think its 8 anyway!! |