Whose up, whose down?
In or out of the puzzle?
Moving or not?
Why is there a missing piece?
To find the solution watch QI as they try and figure it out (from 22 minutes in):
Saturday 17 March 2012
Strange but true
A few facts you may not have known:
µ Slugs have four noses
µ A jellyfish is 95% water
µ A toothpick is the object most choked on by Americans
µ Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings
µ The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur
µ Nose prints are used to identify dogs - just like a human's fingerprints
µ The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times
µ Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
µ Bats always turn left when exiting a cave
µ Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch TV for three hours
µ Earnest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, Gadsby, which contains more than 50,000 words - none of them with the letter E
µ The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump
µ Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
µ The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tonnes
µ A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue
µ The original name for butterfly was flutterby
µ Your ribs move about 5 million times a year - every time you breathe
µ A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night
µ If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion
µ Lightening strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet
µ You blink over 10,000,000 times a year
µ A hummingbird weighs less than a penny
µ The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1
µ There are more than 50,000 earthquakes around the world every year
µ More monopoly money is printed in a year than real money printed throughout the world
µ During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food - the weight of about 6 elephants
µ You're born with 300 bones - but adults have only 206
µ The average person has more than 1,460 dreams a year
µ In space, astronauts cannot cry properly - because there is no gravity, tears can’t flow down their faces
µ The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out
µ A sneeze travels at more than 100 mph
µ There are more plastic flamingos in the US
µ Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows
µ Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails
µ The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
µ Dolphins sleep with one eye open
µ Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
µ Owls are the only birds to see blue
288,000 Jelly Beans
Video to 'In Your Arms' by Kina Grannis. It took 22 months, 1357 hours, 30 people, 2 ladders, 1 still camera and 288,000 jelly beans.
Badger badger badger
Also, check out another Weebl video of Magical Trevor disappearing a cow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au3-hk-pXsM&feature=plcp&context=C49f54baVDvjVQa1PpcFMRyUmV73r9hQrylRIkbqF23ii7-W5brkk%3D
Where the Hell is Matt?
In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip to 39 countries on all 7 continents. This video captures him dancing on his travels as he invites the people he meets (and also his internet followers) to join him.
Matt is currently making another video so if you're interested to find out where he is visiting so that you can join him in his dancing check out his website for details: http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/
OK Go
If you ever get bored on a trip to the gym how about trying to recreate this Grammy Award winning video for 'Here it goes again':
OK Go is made up of Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka and Andy Ross (who replaced Andy Duncan in 2005). Well known for their quirky videos they continue to awe us with their innovative ideas.
Videos for 'This Too Shall Pass', 'Needing/Getting' and 'End Love' (keep an eye out for the goose in the last one).
What's next for OK Go? Well they've recently released a video called 'White Knuckles' which features some talented dogs; it seems that nothing is too difficult a challenge for this group. Keep an eye on these guys - they're sure to be bringing yet more unique looking videos for our entertainment.
4 Chords
The Australian comedy group 'Axis of Awesome' prove that we have an obsession with 4 chords.
Last year the group released their official music video for the song, including yet more evidence for our fixation with the chords E, B, C# and A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
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