Did You Know....

[FreddyMyers]

A simple thread dedicated to freaky facts and strange stories.

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which is about 60,000 words, on a 6-day cocaine binge. He was also reported to have been suffering from tuberculosis at the time.

[Ferox13]

Weird...I read it after a 6 night glue binge.

[swiss tony]

Lord Byron had a morning swim, every morning in the Grand Canal during his time in venice.

[ferretchucker]

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament in London.

I think I might just do that. What are they gonna do? Kill me? Mwahahahahahahaha!

[swiss tony]

A duck's quack doesn't echo:eek:

[Ferox13]

A duck's quack doesn't echo:eek:

Lies.. :-)

[swiss tony]

I haven't been able to substantiate this under laboratory conditions but I did read it on one of those sites that have 'interesting facts' within.

Here's another: No other English word rhymes with 'month'.

[ferretchucker]

Or Orange!

[Professor Matt]

Genghis khan died of a heart attack while having sex..

[swiss tony]

I thought he bled to death when he brought a princess he abducted to bed and she stabbed him in the grown.

Here's another- 1 in very 100 American adult males is imprisoned. Americans make up 3% of the global population but make up 25% of the global prison population.

[Ferox13]

I haven't been able to substantiate this under laboratory conditions but I did read it on one of those sites that have 'interesting facts' within.

Here's another: No other English word rhymes with 'month'.

I however did work on the crack lab team that proved this wrong (http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm)..

:)

[swiss tony]

Smarty Pants! I suppose you're going to tell me that, if a tree falls down and nobody's around it DOES make a noise? That's nonsense:)