Fact of the day

My fact of the day is that if you dont put 'Rest in Peace' on your grave stone you can be recruited for skeleton wars.

The US state of New Mexico was named before the country of Mexico

Sergeant Skeleton reporting for duty!

I intend to have "Waiting to respawn, 5...4...3..." On my tombstone.

The word "Meow" ONLY appears in the words Meowing, Meowers, Meowed and Homeowner.

too many facts guys!

One per day please.

Well it's been a year so I reckon I'm OK now.

Osama bin Laden developed his hatred for the west in Stratford-upon-Avon.

(Ciation: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/osama-bin-laden-developed-hatred-13846324)

That figures.

Several animals have, including lizards and fish have a third eye on top of their heads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_eye

Adolescent mice drink more alcohol when in the presence of other mice.

Adolescence in mice lasts about 30 days.

Pigeons can fly at average speeds of up to 77.6 mph but have been recorded flying at 92.5 mph.

https://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/about-pigeons.html

(see Characteristics and Attributes section)

African or European?

The largest living organism on earth today is a fungus in Oregon just beneath the ground, covering about 3.7 square miles and estimated to weigh as much as thirty-five thousand tons.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/the-secret-lives-of-fungi?utm_campaign=likeshopme&client_service_id=31202&utm_social_type=owned&utm_brand=tny&service_user_id=1.78e+16&utm_content=instagram-bio-link&utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&client_service_name=the%20new%20yorker&supported_service_name=instagram_publishing

The largest living organism on earth today is hippy.

ftfy

Human beings, giraffes and blue whales all have the same number of neck bones.

Your average horse has a peak power output of 15horsepower at full tilt

As well as the five commonly known and understood senses - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, there are the more mysterious senses of dread, satisfaction and uneasiness

And the sense of nonce.

the most unpleasant of all the senses

Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman.

Narwhals are one of a handful of mammals in which females go through menopause.

The male barnacle has the largest penis relative to its size of any living thing.
If a barnacle was scaled to the size of an average man then its penis would be the size of Nelson's column.

Would their phallic monuments to dead war commanders scale as well?

Plants existed on land for millions of years before bacteria evolved that could decompose them.

Would their phallic monuments to dead war commanders scale as well?

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Do you mean the edifice in Trafalgar Square or Admiral Lord Nelson’s you-know-what?