Quite Interesting

[Nicos]

Carrots were first grown as a medicine not a food.

[Nicos]

The World Longest Carrot
recorded in 2007 was 5.839 metres (19 feet 1 7/8 inches) - Joe Atherton, UK

[OllieMartin]

Keeping a carrot theme (loving the facts by-the-way Nicos!):
The modern orange carrot emerged in the Netherlands in the 17th century, it's colour making it popular with the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independance.

[HayleyB]

The Carrot was originally purple...

[Nicos]

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

[Nicos]

The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.


EEwww.....

[Nicos]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

[Nicos]

In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

[Nicos]

The fastest -moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.

[Nicos]

Here's one for Bob......

Worldwide, goats provide people with more meat and milk than any other domestic animal.

[Nicos]

Have we got enough to do one episode yet???

[OllieMartin]

In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

So it takes 360 bees' lives to fill one 150ml jar of honey?
I think this very fact might have been on QI. I think we should link Stephen Fry to this thread!

[Nicos]

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

[Nicos]

Rats and horses can't vomit.

[Nicos]

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.