another one
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electrochemical Comission (IEC) designated October 14th as World Standards Day to recognize those voulenteers who have worked hard to define international standards.

The United States celebrated World Standards Day on October 11th, Finland celebrated on October 13th and Italy celebrated on October 18th.

Michelle Monahan had 1.7 pints of semen pumped out of her stomach in Los Angeles in July 1991.

New york is home to the world's most offensive cocktail, consisting of tomato juice, a double shot of vodka, a spoonful of french mustard and a dash of lime. It i not mixed, but served with a tampon (unused) instead of a cocktail umbrella and is called a "cunt pump"

And a few random ones that haven't been posted too much (or not at all, i hope):

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

American airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

Not sure if this has been posted, but a lot of people assume "I am" is the shortest possible sentence. It's not. "Be" is a complete sentence; in an imperative statement, the subject "you" is understood.

This QOTW has been home to some of the worst spelling i've seen in recent years (including mine probably - i'm sure you pedants can spot many spelling mistakes in my 2 posts)

Oh and all the people who post replies like "left handed polar bears don't rhyme with orange, etc, etc" are not funny and definately not clever. It was done rather humorously in the "sickest joke" QOTW, however, the complete spamming of these style of posts in this question has rendered them horribly unfunny.

I make no apologies for length or girth, you fucking love it you slags.
(mrcheese989, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 13:28, Reply)