The Human Body

Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.

Bee honey

A field bee will fly about 50,000 miles to collect enough nectar to make a pound of honey.

A Dogs Tongue

All dogs except the Chow have a pink tongue, the Chow's tongue is bluish black.

Another Crazy Lawsuits

The Plantiff: Judith Richardson Haimes

The Defendant: Temple University Hospital

The Lawsuit: Haimes claimed to have had psychic abilities... until a CAT scan at the Philadelphia hospital "destroyed her powers." The hospital's negligence left her unable to ply her trade as a clairvoyant, she said.

The Verdict: Amazingly, the jury awarded Haimes $986,465. The judge disagreed and threw out the verdict.

True Story at a Portchester Car Park

Patrick finished his shopping in the supermarket of his home village of Portchester. He ambled slowly in the noonday sunshine into the car park behind the shopping centre to put his bags in the boot of his car.

As he moved towards his car he observed two youths, dressed in red anoraks and wearing red baseball caps, struggling with the lock of a white Nissan Bluebird car. Patrick watched them for a few moments before speaking', You two seem to be having trouble, he said.

'Oh, it's alright', replied one youth brightly, 'the key sometimes gets stuck in the lock.'

'Perhaps you would like to try my key', suggested Pat helpfully.

'Why on earth would we want to do that?' said the other youth in a sarcastic voice.

'Because it's my car', Pat retorted. True story car thief


What happened next

The youths ran away and Pat telephoned the police. When Pat described the young men the police immediately knew who they were. Ten minutes later the boys were arrested in the local pub some 150 metres away from where the attempted crime had been committed. They were still wearing their brightly coloured anoraks and hats.

Swedish Royalty

Some years ago an American tourist, 'doing' Europe, remarked to a fellow traveller on a ' bus in Stockholm, 'You know, buddy, America is the most democratic country in the world. Ordinary citizens can go to the White House to see the President and discuss things with him' .

The man replied, 'That's nothing. In Sweden, the King and the people travel on the same ' bus' . The American laughed scornfully at this ludicrous claim. It was not until the Swede reached his destination and alighted from the ' bus that another traveller leaned over to enquire, 'Did you enjoy sharing your seat with King Gustav Adolph VI?'

Hospital patient had to ring 911

A Romanian hospital patient had to call the emergency services because nobody heard him crying for help. Stefan Ososchi, 80, who suffers from an incurable disease, said he was lucky to have his mobile phone with him. He had been admitted to the County Hospital in Botosani and put on a drip but the nurses forgot to come back to take out the needle from his vein.

Mr Ososchi said, "I waited for the nurse come and take the needle out. It had been almost an hour and nobody came. I had terrible pains in my arm and I tried to take it off myself but didn't succeed. I began to cry for help. It was in vain so I called 911 and asked for their help."

The head of the County Hospital in Botosani said the two nurses who were in charge of the patient will be disciplined for negligence. Ambulance service spokesman Dorina Andronache said, "I thought it was a stupid joke when I heard that somebody from a hospital was asking for help. But it turned out the patient was indeed in trouble."

Pizza to go

Dai worked in a local Pizza Parlour near Swansea, Wales. A man came in and ordered a pizza to take away [pizza to go]. Dai asked the man whether he would like the pizza cut into 4 or 6 portions. The man puzzled over this for quite a while before answering that he would prefer 4 portions because he thought he wasn't hungry enough to eat 6.

Frozen in Grand Central Station

This is a prank on a "grand" scale. Over 200 people gathered at Grand Central Station in New York to pull off a 'frozen in place' act. The onlooking travelers who weren't part of the act were mystified as to what was going on.

Crazy Lawsuit

The Plaintiff: Mortimer Hetsberger, a 22 year old bank robber 

The Defendant: Laura Gonzalez, a teller at the Fleet Bank in Atlantic City, New Jersey 

The Lawsuit: In July 1998, Hetsberger handed Gonzalez a note at her teller window. It said: "I want the money now." According to Gonzalez, he also told her "Now, or I'll shoot." She handed him $4,000. He was captured the same day. When he heard that Gonzalez had accused him of threatening her, he filed $1.5 million lawsuit for slander, explaining that he'd never even spoken to her. 

Verdict: No ruling yet.