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Strange History

FACT: In medieval England riding an inebriated horse was punishable by death. Although there is now no death penalty in England this law has never been repealed.

FACT: In ancient Sparta training for war began practically as soon as a child left the womb. At the famous battle of Khrappopyle 10,000 Persian warriors were held at bay by five hundred Spartan children, the youngest of whom was only six months old!

Weird Movie Facts

FACT: The original mask of Darth Vader was completely opaque meaning that the actor, David Prowse, had to be given directions for most scenes (a stunt double was used for the lightsaber duels who had to memorise all the moves). During the memorable scene in which Vader informs Luke he is his father Prowse was looking in entirely the wrong direction and delivered the line, ‘No, I am your father,’ to Chewbacca who was standing off screen.

Yucky Food Facts

FACT: Every 1000lb of mince contains on average: 4 cows, 142 fleas, 77 flies, 44 beetles, 26 moths, 19 cockroaches, 2 rats, 1 pigeon, 1/25th of a cat, 550 undigested blades of grass, 7 gallons of urine, 32lb of faeces, 24lb of vomit, 3lb of snotters, 1 pint of semen and 1/40^th of a human finger.

FACT: 100 litres of spring water contains enough microscopic life to feed a human for a day.

FACT: Tomato ketchup is deadly poisonous to Japanese people.

Startling Space Facts

FACT: A little known fact is that the Apollo 11 mission that first put men on the moon had a mouse on board. Although the crew joked that this was to test the quality of the green cheese its real purpose was to give forewarning of any physiological problems the crew might face. However, the mouse did not return to earth and no one aside from the crew members knows what happened to it.

FACT: It’s a myth that humans explode in space. Although this has never been tested with humans NASA did expose a goat to the vacuum of space. The goat turned bright green and suffered severe hallucinations until it died twenty seconds later.