Tuesday, September 7, 2010

DID YOU KNOW?


1. Sutherland in the Northern Cape of South Africa has a 66 million year old Volcano, which is not yet extinct
2. The only street in the world that has two Nobel Peace prize winners is in Soweto,
3. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Both Have houses on Vilikazi street and it is also rumoured that the Cookie Monster owns a holiday house which he recently bought.
4. South Africa has the oldest Meteor Scar is found near Parys and called the Vredefort Dome it is rumoured that when you jump into the scar you could be teleported to Paris in Texas or Paris France depending on your social status...
5. Glider Flights have been recorded as early as 875 AD. It is said to have been used on those 3 day holiday weekends to fly off to exotic destinations
6. Otto Lillienthal of Germany one of the most influential aviation pioneers invented the Hang Glider. This was after he had invented the time travelling machine and flew back in time to introduce it to the people in 875 AD.
7. South Africa’s most endangered animal is the riverine, said to be the cousin of the beaver...
8. For over 40 years the Blue Whales were hunted almost until extinction by whalers until protected by the international community. Whalers not to be confused with Whalers doing reggae with Bob Marley and hitting up the Bong...
9. The Blue Whale is the Largest Mammal. Close in Second is a Chinese Lady called Chow yung Fat (Not the Actor)
10. The earth fits into Jupiter 1000 times and Jupiter Fits into the Sun a thousand times, that makes the Sun a million times bigger than the Earth. The Guy or girl who did the measurements sure had a lot of time, okay quick equation; How many times does McDonalds fit into Chow yung Fat (Not the Actor)
11. The Voyager is the most distant Man Made Object. This space craft is now 10.4 billion KM away from the sun(when the measurements was taken at the time of going to print), It is rumoured that Buck Rodgers in the 20th Century is frozen in an ice chamber. The Largest Woman Made Object is the Michelin Man on account of good cooking and Gender Equality...
12. Calbraith Rodgers (Looks like aviation runs in the family Uncle Rodgers is still on his way to the Sun) completed the first coast to coast airplane flight in the US, it took him 49 Days, 69 stops ( Must have enjoyed no 69) and 16 crash landings to complete. Otto must have been proud.
13. The Krakatau volcano’s 1883 explosion measured in megatons of TNT was, was 13000 times bigger than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. Never trust a women that tells you size doesn’t matter, believe me if you gave her an option between a Coke and a Smile. Let’s just put it studies have show Smile last longer than a can of Coke.
14. Mount St. Helen in the USA erupted in 1980, killing 57 people, and destroying 250 homes and 300 km of highway. Scientific experiments done during 150 eruptions have proven that volcano’s would rather go off road on weekends...
15. Hippos are susceptible to sunburn and spend most of their days with just their noses out of water and in other hippo’s business


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