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smurf smurfy smurfs
  • Smurfs are Belgian
  • The smurf comics were created after a misunderstanding over salt
  • Smurfs are said to be “three apples tall”
  • The smurf franchise generates about $10 million in royalties annually and are worth about $4 billion
  • Smurfette was created by Gargamel and was originally a brunette
  • Smurfs were the first to introduce the zombie movie theme to the world in the episode “The purple smurfs”. This was 6 years before ‘The night of the living dead’
  • A petrol station in the US once had the slogan ‘service with a smurf’
  • Their creator Peyo, doesn’t like Smurfette
  • The book that Brainy smurf was always writing is called ‘Quotations by Brainy Smurf’
  • There are a total of 103 smurfs
  • Smurfs were once linked to Communism, Ku Klux Klan and even Neo Nazisim. All of which are untrue
  • Smurfs turn purple when they hold their breath
  • The world record for the most people dressed as smurfs happend in Swansea in 2009
  • A lot of smurfs from the comics never made it to the cartoon;  Timid Smurf, Enamored Smurf, Finance Smurf

snoring
  • UK has the world’s first snoring farm, and one client was charted at 103 decibels
  • Snoring is actually a medical condition that needs to be cured

war
  • The longest civil war is fought in Myanmar which has been in strife since 1948 – present
  • The longest ongoing war (not civil) is between Isreal and Palastine which started in 1947
  • The longest war in history goes to the incorrectly named 100-year-war between Britain and Frace which went on for 116 years
  • The shortest war took place in 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes
  • Chevy Chase was a battle that took place on the english-Scottish border in 1388
  • Global spending on defence total more than $700 billion. Global spending on education is less than $100 billion

prisons
  • The United States has more than double the prison population of any other country. (Over 2.9 million people)
  • The Faroe Islands has a prison population of 9 inmates. This is because they ship most of them to Denmark, which is much like how England shipped inmates to Australia
  • In Abu Ghraib, only 3-5% of detainees were caught by the USA. The other 95% were handed in by foreigners for monetary rewards

Queen Elizabeth II
  • The Queen’s real birthday is on April 21, but it is celebrated officially in June
  • Since 1952, The Queen has conferred over 387,700 honours and awards
  • Tony Blair is the first Prime Minister to have been born during The Queen’s reign. He was born in early May 1953 – a month before the Coronation
  • The Queen has opened 15 bridges in the United Kingdom during her reign
  • The Queen has 30 godchildren
  • The Queen sat for the first and only hologram portrait in 2003
  • The Queen sent her first email in 1976 from an Army base

debt
  • Total UK personal debt has exceeded £1 ¼ trillion and at the end of November 2006 it stood at £1,278bn

London bridge
  • The “London Bridge” is now in Arizona in the U.S.A. This fat cat(rich guy) bought it for only $2.46 million dollars.Click here Thanx Allen A.

England, UK
  • During the 1600′s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old
  • In Britain, failed suicidees were hanged in the 19th century. (I won’t even comment on this one)

coca-cola, coke
  • It takes about 2.7 litres of water to make 1 litre of coke
  • In 2007, the UK consumed over 1 trillion litres of coca-cola products
  • The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china
  • Coca-cola can remove blood stains
  • Coke can clean chrome better than commercial cleaners: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of aluminium foil dipped in Coke
  • Can loosen a rusted bolt; Applying a cloth soaked in Coke to the rusted bolt for several minutes
  • To bake a moist ham; Empty a can of Coke into the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the rippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy
  • Can help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield
  • Is one of the most popular drink in the world
  • Coca-cola was never green as some sites would have it

cats
  • Cats sweat through the pads of their feet (especially when they hear a dog barking) and cannot taste sweet things
  • Cat’s urine glows under a black-light. (But did you reeeeally want to know this?)
  • Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten (unsure)
  • Cats have 32 muscles in each ear
  • Cats can hear ultrasound which is often used to repel them
  • There are about 9 million cats in the UK
  • The Mammal Society says cats kill around 275 million prey items a year, including over 55 million birds. Voles and other small mammals make up much of the remainder