useless facts - Page 201

Platapus · 11-15-23, 04:37 PM

Chock Full o' Nuts coffee does not contain nuts. It's named for a chain of nut stores that the founder converted into coffee shops.

Jimbuna · 11-16-23, 08:13 AM

When you light a match in zero gravity, the flame will be round and blue instead of tall and orange.

Platapus · 11-16-23, 12:58 PM

Each year, 40,000 tons of space dust settles on the Earth.

Jimbuna · 11-16-23, 02:08 PM

There are poisonous minerals. One of the most poisonous is thallium. It’s often called the “dark twin” of lead. Skin contact can lead to serious illness, loss of hair, and in many cases, death.

Platapus · 11-17-23, 06:14 AM

Green eyes are extremely rare: only 2 percent of the population has them, and they’re more common in females than males.

Jimbuna · 11-17-23, 06:50 AM

Scientists guess that there are more than three thousand minerals spreading on the earth. Most of these minerals haven’t been identified yet.

Platapus · 11-17-23, 07:15 AM

The longest case of hiccups lasted 68 years.

Jimbuna · 11-17-23, 10:40 AM

The most common mineral found in the earth is quartz.

Platapus · 11-17-23, 02:56 PM

Bangladesh has six seasons: Grishmo (summer), Borsha (rainy), Shorot (fall), Hemanta (cool), Sheet (winter), and Boshanto (spring).

Jimbuna · 11-18-23, 08:21 AM

Dry air is only twenty one percent oxygen. The rest is seventy-eight percent nitrogen, and the remaining one percent is a variety of other gases.

Platapus · 11-18-23, 10:35 AM

Green Eggs and Ham was banned in China from 1965 to 1991 for its “portrayal of early Marxism.”

(facepalm)

Jimbuna · 11-18-23, 01:37 PM

There are three types of solar eclipses: a total solar eclipse, an annular solar eclipse, and a partial solar eclipse.

Platapus · 11-19-23, 06:02 AM

The Hass avocado was patented in 1935 by Rudolph Hass, a mailman from California.

Jimbuna · 11-19-23, 09:45 AM

The longest amount of time that a solar eclipse can last is only seven and a half minutes.

Jimbuna · 11-20-23, 02:12 PM

The longest solar eclipse of the century was on July 22 over India, Napal, Bhutan, and China. It lasted six minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

11-15-23, 04:37 PM	#3001
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Chock Full o' Nuts coffee does not contain nuts. It's named for a chain of nut stores that the founder converted into coffee shops. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-16-23, 08:13 AM	#3002
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	When you light a match in zero gravity, the flame will be round and blue instead of tall and orange. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-16-23, 12:58 PM	#3003
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Each year, 40,000 tons of space dust settles on the Earth. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-16-23, 02:08 PM	#3004
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are poisonous minerals. One of the most poisonous is thallium. It’s often called the “dark twin” of lead. Skin contact can lead to serious illness, loss of hair, and in many cases, death. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-17-23, 06:14 AM	#3005
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Green eyes are extremely rare: only 2 percent of the population has them, and they’re more common in females than males. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-17-23, 06:50 AM	#3006
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Scientists guess that there are more than three thousand minerals spreading on the earth. Most of these minerals haven’t been identified yet. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-17-23, 07:15 AM	#3007
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The longest case of hiccups lasted 68 years. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-17-23, 10:40 AM	#3008
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The most common mineral found in the earth is quartz. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-17-23, 02:56 PM	#3009
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Bangladesh has six seasons: Grishmo (summer), Borsha (rainy), Shorot (fall), Hemanta (cool), Sheet (winter), and Boshanto (spring). __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-18-23, 08:21 AM	#3010
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Dry air is only twenty one percent oxygen. The rest is seventy-eight percent nitrogen, and the remaining one percent is a variety of other gases. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-18-23, 10:35 AM	#3011
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Green Eggs and Ham was banned in China from 1965 to 1991 for its “portrayal of early Marxism.” (facepalm) __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-18-23, 01:37 PM	#3012
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are three types of solar eclipses: a total solar eclipse, an annular solar eclipse, and a partial solar eclipse. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-19-23, 06:02 AM	#3013
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Hass avocado was patented in 1935 by Rudolph Hass, a mailman from California. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-19-23, 09:45 AM	#3014
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The longest amount of time that a solar eclipse can last is only seven and a half minutes. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-20-23, 02:12 PM	#3015
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The longest solar eclipse of the century was on July 22 over India, Napal, Bhutan, and China. It lasted six minutes and twenty-seven seconds. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)