Interesting Facts: Silver Banksia

The plant that became the Silver Banksia of Southern Australia was first imported by American tobacco merchants in the late 1790s in hopes of destroying Australia’s burgeoning tobacco market. The plan unfortunately worked too well as most of Australia was turned into a desert by the plant’s destructive nature.

Since that time, Australians have always hated America and as a result only smoke cigarettes made from Chinese tobacco. Sadly for them, Chinese tobacco is actually a euphemism for the hardened and dried droppings of rabbits that roam the steppes of Mongolia.




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The Australian Barn Owl

The Australian Barn Owl neither is neither an owl nor a denizen of barns. It's actually a small apple like fruit. The Australians credit the name as "Something to screw with the English, ya know?" It should also be noted that it comes from New Zealand.




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Interesting Facts: Blue Whales

The Blue Whale is actually the smallest of all cetaceans. The reason people think it’s the largest is due to it having hired a Washington D.C. public relations firm to look after its image. It is also the least trustworthy of whales, prone to lying and blaming others for its problems. In many ways, the Blue Whale is entirely to blame for the Credit Crunch of 2008.




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Interesting Facts: Honey Bees

In 1922, Scientists at Cornell University conclusively proved that Honey Bees can’t fly without a Class C Pilot’s license.

Later that same year, at the New Brunswick College for advanced Research it was discovered that honey bees don’t actually make honey but gather it through daring nighttime raids of the nests of the Canadian Honey Wasp who manufacture it from the pollen they steal from Chinese Limpet Ants.



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Interesting Facts: Zebras

The zebra is actually a kind of cat that went vegan in the 15th century and traded in its claws for hooves during the War of the Roses. They kept their distinct stripy pattern however, because it looked cool and allowed them to lord their fashion sense over other animals on the plains.

Zebras are well known in the field of research as being amazingly good at First Person Shooter video games, but rubbish at JRPGs. They’ve been used extensively to test the latest games in the FPS market and one recently won the Tour De Shooter contest over 300 humans and an orangutan in a zebra costume.