A TOTAL FIRE BAN is in place for the whole of the South Wairarapa District
THE TOP SCORER of runs against South Africa is Stephen Fleming with a total of 2,383.
AND WICKETS taken against South Africa, Chris Martin has taken 54 followed by Dan Vettori with 47 and Chris Cairns with 42
RE THE DCD milk scare: scientist John Muller said that a 60kg person would have to drink more than 130 litres of milk or consume some 60kg of milk powder to reach the limit for an acceptable daily intake, and considerably more to have any health effects from DCD. “Clearly, this would never happen.”
THE LAW OF PROBABILITY – The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act
BETWEEN 1990 – 2010 there have been at least 69 mass killings in America. In an average year 6.8 people per thousand die from gunshot wounds. By comparison the UK figure is 0.4 per thousand.
THE QUICKEST way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your pocket.
TO EVERYONE’S surprise on February 11th 1990 ‘Buster’ Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson to take the World Boxing title
THE TOTAL money spent on gambling in New Zealand last year equates to $3,600 per man, woman and child. And this figure does not include on line gambling.
YOU FIRST have to have a lot of patience to learn to have patience
A BLUE WHALE weighs up to 180 tonne, it’s tongue weighs as much as an elephant and it’s heart is the size of a large car. It eats 4 tonnes of krill a day.
FORTY SIX percent of the world’s population live in cities
THE MOST POTENT known toxin is botuilnum. 500ml would be enough to kill six million people.
U.S. PRESIDENT Spiro Agnew managed to hit three spectators in a classic golf tournament on 13th Feb 1991
BRITAIN CHANGED from Imperial pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency on February 15th 1971
GOOD JUDGMENT comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
POPULATION DENSITY in U.S.A. is sixty eight people per square mile. By comparison France’s is 256 and England’s 600. – New Zealand’s is 103
OTTO ROHWEDDER invented the first bread slicing machine in 1928
