What is your favorite useless fact ?
 

I love 'em. If only I could get them all out of my brain I may have been better in math classes but I figure it is too late for that now so fill me up even more :)


Stuff like:

Buckingham Palace is located on the site that once hosted a brothel.


On the average, 28 mail carriers are bitten by dogs, each day, in the United States.

There are 0.00 Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq everyday.

Maybe thats why there is so much fucking around there

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your reply was much more polite than mine would have been :)

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if you burp, fart and hiccup at the same time you'll die


I dont know if it's true or not though :winkwink:

When you flush a toilet in the northern hemisphere, the water turns the opposite way than if you flushed in the southern hemisphere. :glugglug

You can't get more useless than that! :1orglaugh

Fyrflygrl

Did you know that in New Mexico, over eleven thousand people
have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it?

Did you know that in 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa,
made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast?

On this day in history ..

1793 - King Louis XVI beheaded by French revolutionaries
1813 - Pineapple introduced to Hawaii
1892 - John Couch Adams English co-discoverer of Neptune dies
1954 - 1st atomic sub USS Nautilus launched
1954 - 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited - NYC
1962 - Snow falls in SF
1967 - Ann Sheridan dies at 51
1979 - Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1982 - Islanders start NHL record 15 game win streak (15-0-0)

False, i did it this morning...

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When Boogie Nights was released in Hong Kong, they did not have a Chinese phrase that matched the word Boogie. So they renamed the whole movie,"His enourmous tool gives him great success.":1orglaugh

apile of camel shit if light on fire will burn for 3 days!

Did you know that in New Mexico, over eleven thousand people
have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it?

Did you know that in 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa,
made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast?

On this day in history

1793 - King Louis XVI beheaded by French revolutionaries
1813 - Pineapple introduced to Hawaii
1892 - John Couch Adams English co-discoverer of Neptune dies
1954 - 1st atomic sub USS Nautilus launched
1954 - 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited - NYC
1962 - Snow falls in SF
1967 - Ann Sheridan dies at 51
1979 - Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1982 - Islanders start NHL record 15 game win streak (15-0-0)


Acacia president admits to the worlds smallest penise therefore explaining why they are after the porn industry that mocks men like him

http://ricotta.has-a-small-penis.com/4.jpg

all burger kings combined uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month

Chachi means penis in Korean.
So when the first episode of Joanie Loves Chachi aired in Korea, it became the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television because it translated to Joanie loves Penis.

Donkey Kong was supposed to be Monkey Kong but they made a spelling mistake...


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my useless fact is that you often post useless crap :Graucho

*Taco Bell uses Grade D meat, any lower woudn't be recomended for human consumption. :glugglug

*The term, "Give them the Whole 9 Yards" originated from WWII. The ammo belts for the Mustangs was exactly 9 yards so when they went on a straffing run they would yell, "Give them the whole 9 yards!"

*Americans were the first to use germ warfare. They used it against the Indian Chief Pontiac when they would leave out disease infested clothing and blankets for the Indians.

*Bush is sending Astronauts to Mars in the search for Alien Weapons of Mass Destruction. :1orglaugh

unlike you of course ;)

OMG .. the other day I was trying to figure out what could've started that phrase .. THANKS! I learned something new today! :1orglaugh

I like cheese.

Big Ben is actually not the clock, it's the bell inside the tower.

My penis enlargement program is the ONLY ONE PROVEN TO WORK! Check the sig! :thumbsup

where do u come up with these, Robert??

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As I work for wishing.com I will indeed agree on that being useless information. :)

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why is that useless? Maybe I will have to buy you a dairy based gift one day and then it will come in handy.

exactly :P

just bored with all newsarticle posts :thumbsup

YuM!!!!

The average person eats over 5 pounds of dirt in their lifetime.

well good thing I post more than just them, then, eh ? :) Atleast I tend to get there first.

The "Rule of Thumb" originates from Old England.

You could beat your wife with any stick that was smaller or equal to the diameter of your thumb without being prosecuted for battery. Anything larger was a crime.

The term "86'ed" comes from the old west. The wiskey served was mostly 110 + proof. When you got too drunk to tell, they served the lesser quality "86" proof stuff to you, thus you were 86'ed.

Tom

A sneeze leaves your face at 75 mph

A Boeing 747 can flex it's wings 26 feet before they snap.

The Australian department of Health does not classify McDonalds buns as "Bread."

The sugar content makes them "Confection"

Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.

One million cloud droplets are needed to make enough water to produce one raindrop.

The snickers candy bar was named after a horse owned by the Mars family.




oh and GFY member "Galleryseek" is a cockholster

In medieval England, pigs were valuble, but cats weren't. Young pigs were sold live at market in a burlap sack. Unscrupulous sellers would put a (worthless), cat in the bag instead and sell it as a suckling pig. If a smart buyer looked in the bag prior to leaving the market then they would "let the cat out of the bag" and find out the truth.


Also, in WWII in the UK, U.S. service men liked to sit in the balcony seats and yell at the movies while throwing popcorn and peanuts at the screen and the other patrons. People would get angry about that. Thus the phrase
"No more comments from the peanut gallery!"


Also in London in the middle ages, the roofs were made from thached straw. There were many stray cats and dogs that would live up inside the thatched roofs, (the buildings were all bunched together), and when there was a very bad storm, with high winds and heavy rains, the strays would be washed out of the thatch and fall to the streets below.....so it would be "raining cats and dogs"


(as you can see, I love the history of words and phrases!)

true, though too bad those cats weren't better at catching rats before the plauge or they may have proven their worth :)

Here's my useless fact: Coriolis effect

An add on to this fact is the term "Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole" originated from this germ warfare campaign. When they told the soldiers to gather up the infected gear the soldiers stated, "We wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole!" - so they were given 11 foot poles.

*The term "Tank" came about when they first introduced them to the front lines during WWI. They were covered with tarps and when the soldiers asked what was under the tarps they were told water tanks (Tanks for short). The name stuck.

*The salute came from Medieval times when Knights would pass each other, they would raise their visors with thier right hands. One reason was to expose their faces and the other was to show that their hands were clear of weapons.