useless facts

[Jimbuna]

The roast camel is the largest menu item in the world.

This is served as a whole camel that is stuffed with lamb that has been stuffed with chickens. The chickens are also stuffed with fish or eggs. Several stages of stuffing also include rice or other fixings mixed in.

[Platapus]

Finland has more Metal Bands per capita than any other country.



53.5 per 100,000 persons.

[mapuc]

Finland has more Metal Bands per capita than any other country.



53.5 per 100,000 persons.

One of these heavy metal band(Lordi) won the European Grand Prix in 2006

Markus

[Jimbuna]

An apple is composed of 25% air.

[Platapus]

The selfie stick was patented in 1983, but there was little interest in it.
The patent holder allowed the patent to expire in 2008.. Just when the selfie craze really took off.

[Jimbuna]

The average person spends 6 months of their life waiting for traffic lights to turn green.

[Jimbuna]

Lon Chaney Jr is the only person to have played all four (Werewolf, Frankenstein, Mummy, Dracula) of the classic movie monsters.

[Platapus]

"Jingle Bells" Was Originally a Thanksgiving Song

[Jimbuna]

Cherophobia is the fear of being happy.

[Platapus]

Barry Manilow Didn't Write "I Write the Songs"

My trust in the world has been shattered.....

[Jimbuna]

The heartbeat of a blue whale can be heard from two miles away.

[Jimbuna]

Frogs do not drink water.

[Jimbuna]

Cabbages are 92% water.

[Platapus]

None of The Beatles Could Read or Write Music

[Jimbuna]

There is a bridge made especially for squirrels.

This was built to give the small creatures a safe pathway to use to cross the N44 motorway. Officials from the Netherlands spent approximately 120,000 pounds on this project. Only five squirrels were able to use this bridge.

[Platapus]

Metallica is the First and Only Band to Have Played on All 7 Continents

[Jimbuna]

A footlong from subway is not one foot long.

[Platapus]

If you want to have the song "Happy Birthday" played in a TV show or movie, the royalties will cost you $25,000

[Jimbuna]

Marie Curie’s old notebooks remain radioactive to this day.

[Platapus]

Monaco's Army is Smaller Than Its Military Orchestra

[Jimbuna]

Over 70,000 plant species are medicinal.

[Platapus]

Prince's debut album For You was released when he was just 20 years old, and he played 27 musical instruments on it. Included in the album's notes, he's listed as the musician behind all vocals, as well as (deep breath) electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, bass synth, singing bass, Fuzz bass, electric piano, acoustic piano, mini-Moog, poly-Moog, Arp string ensemble, Arp Pro Soloist, Oberheim four-voice, clavinet, drums, syndrums, water drums, slapsticks, bongos, congas, finger cymbals, wind chimes, orchestral bells, woodblocks, brush trap, tree bell, hand claps, and finger snaps. Phew!


Pretty talented guy. :up:

[Jimbuna]

Roosters have built-in earplugs in them.

[Platapus]

"Born in the USA" Isn't Pro-American

[Jimbuna]

The father of Computer Science committed suicide.

Alan Turning committed the act after being forced to undergo hormonal treatment for his homosexuality. He was also banned from continuing his research unless he went through the treatments.

[Ostfriese]

As I asked about Knight Rider in the Who/What/Where-Game:


While working on "Knight Rider" actor David Hasselhoff, who played the lead character Michael Knight, was married to actress Catherine Hickland. The show ended in 1986, and in 1989 they got a divorce.
In 1992 Hickland married again - her new husband was actor Michael Knight.

[Jimbuna]

Hydrofluoric acid is the least acidic but remains the most dangerous.

[Platapus]

Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction helped to Inspire the Idea for YouTube

[Ostfriese]

Hydrofluoric acid is the least acidic but remains the most dangerous.


There's something missing here.

Hydrogen fluoride (HF) is the least acidic among the hydrogen halides. There are lots of other acids which have a higher pKs value (lower acidity) compared to HF.

[Jimbuna]

The Netherlands has to import criminals to fill up their jails.

[Platapus]

Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti.

[Jimbuna]

Rain has a smell.

[Platapus]

It takes nature about 500 years to produce one inch of Topsoil.

[Jimbuna]

Mushrooms aren’t plants.

[Jimbuna]

A wild dog is ranked as the most successful predator.

According to research, canines have an 85% success rate when hunting. This is higher than that of a lion or cheetah. A lion only has a 17-19% success rate.

[Jimbuna]

Apple pie is not American.

This delicacy is said to originate from Medieval England. Variations of the original recipe were made popular by the Dutch which became the known favourite of today.

[Jimbuna]

An encrypted monument stands outside of the CIA headquarters in Virginia.

This monument was created by artist Jim Sanborn and features four inscriptions. 3 of 4 of the inscriptions have been cracked already. However, no one seems to be able to crack the final code to this day.

[Jimbuna]

The human body is the cause of metallic smells found in coins and other metals.

Upon contact with come metals, 1 Octen 3 One is formed as the result of the decomposition of oil present on the skin. This is what causes the metallic smell from metal.

[Platapus]

You were told "you got mail" by Elwood Edwards.

[Jimbuna]

The popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old.

[Platapus]

While Japan is known for its high speed trains (320 Kph Bullet Train) , it is also known for its slow trains.



The Resort Shirakami Train between Aomori and Akita travels at 10 KpH. This is to give the passengers time to appreciate the breathtaking scenery.



That's about 10 feet per second.



https://jreast.travel/joyfultrain/shirakami.php

[Jimbuna]

Expiration dates on a bottle of water is not for the water.

The expiration date is for the bottle itself. After some time, the plastic will begin to leach into the liquid.

[Platapus]

Monkeys in the wild do not eat bananas


The edible banana is a cultivated domesticated plant and fruit. Wild monkeys never encounter bananas at all ever unless they are around human habitation where bananas are or have been planted.

[Jimbuna]

The word "Typewriter" is the longest word you can type using only one row of the keyboard.

[Jimbuna]

In 1952 Mr Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television.

[Jimbuna]

Large banks use computers to process checks and debit card charges by the highest amount first.

[Jimbuna]

The longest musical performance in history still occurs today.

This is taking place right now at the church of St. Burchardi in Germany. The performance of John Cage’s Organ ‘as slow as possible’ isn’t schedule to be finished until the year 2640.

[Jimbuna]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

[Ostfriese]

France shares its longest (land) border with Brazil.

[Jimbuna]

Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.

[Jimbuna]

Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.

[Jimbuna]

A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can.

[Tango589]

Despite it being the largest animal on the planet, a Blue Whales' throat is so narrow it would choke to death on a loaf of bread. So the next time you swim in the sea, be sure to carry a loaf of Mighty White!

[Jimbuna]

On average, a human being will spend up to two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

[Jimbuna]

The average adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.

[Jimbuna]

Toy Story helped sell the Etch-a-Sketch.

[Jimbuna]

Four out of five children recognize the Mcdonald’s logo at three years old.

[Rockstar]

Mount Olympus, Mars is the tallest mountain in the Solar System.

[Jimbuna]

Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004. (They got back together in 2011.)

[Jimbuna]

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

[Aktungbby]

Pluto(no longer technically considered a planet) and Uranus also spin clockwise...but are severely tilted on their respective axis so it looks weird...

[Aktungbby]

On average, a human being will spend up to two weeks kissing in their lifetime. ...usually in their place of employment..."ki$$ing a$$"!:shucks::O:

[Ostfriese]

Atomic nuclei larger than hydrogen are lighter than the mass of their nucleons (neutrons and protons) counted together.


This phenomenon is called "mass defect" (or mass deficiency).

[Platapus]

Blowfly maggots have the ability to eat and breath at the same time.

[Jimbuna]

Dolphins give each other names.

[Aktungbby]

/\....which gives them porpoise in life!:timeout: Charles III's chrism was more organic than Elizabeth II's chrism. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die Hard when he was in his 70s.

[Von Due]

37 is the only 2 digit positive integer that has a 3 in the 10s place and a 7 in the 1's place.

[Jimbuna]

One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once.

[Jimbuna]

A “jiffy” is about one trillionth of a second.

[Jimbuna]

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

[Platapus]

The movie franchise holding the record for the longest run (still going) is the Godzilla movie franchise

[Jimbuna]

Dragonflies have six legs but can’t walk.

[Platapus]

The first time the Continental United States was bombed by Airplanes operating for a foreign government happened in April 1929 during the Escobar Rebellion.

[Jimbuna]

Pope John Paul II was an honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

[Platapus]

The first intercontinental weapon was the Fu-Go

[Jimbuna]

Mulan has the highest kill-count of any Disney character.

[Platapus]

The oldest human made object in space is the Vanguard 1 satellite. It was launched in March 1958 and is expected to de-orbit around the year 2200

[Jimbuna]

3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.

[Platapus]

The first time a sound was recorded on another planet was 1 Mar 82


Venera 13 space craft

[Jimbuna]

The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.

[Platapus]

The first animals in space were fruit flies. The Americans launched them on V2 number 20 on 20 Feb 1947. They survived reentry.

[Jimbuna]

Right handed people, on average, live nine years longer than left handed people.

[Platapus]

The Soviet Union, inadvertently, helped the US develop satellite navigation.


A few hours after the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, Two American physicists, William Guier and George Weiffenbach, at Johns Hopkins discovered that by measuring the Doppler shift from the beeping satellite, it was possible to accurately locate the satellite.



The following year, they were tasked to reverse the analysis and locate a receiver on the Earth from a known satellite position. This they accomplished in 1958. In 1959 the US Navy's Transit program was developed. It became the first operational satellite navigation system in 1960 and helped targeting the Polaris SLBM... which was mostly targeting Soviet Union targets.



Thanks for the assist Nikita. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

People used to answer the phone by saying “ahoy” instead of “hello.”

[Platapus]

People used to answer the phone by saying “ahoy” instead of “hello.”


Well they have been doing that since comment 231. :D:D:D

[Platapus]

There is only one piece of the Sputnik 1 rocket/satellite left and the US has it!!!!


The metal arming key which prevented contact between batteries and transmitter prior to launch is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.




And we ain't givin it back!

[Eisenwurst]

On August 4 2015 Kermit and Miss Piggy broke up.

[Admiral8Q]

On August 4 2015 Kermit and Miss Piggy broke up.

:haha::har:

[Jimbuna]

The average American spends about 2.5 days a year looking for lost items.

[Platapus]

According to Guinness World records, the largest collection of picture frames is owned by Lara Khoury from the United Arab Emirates. As of October 2010, she had collected a whooping 2,214 empty frames since 1992.

[Admiral8Q]

The colour orange is named after the fruit. Not the fruit named after the colour orange.
And what rhymes with orange? Door-hinge? Nah!

[Jimbuna]

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

[ZiiM]

In medieval times water was unsafe to drink in most of the world so they would drink mead instead of water. So everyone was always slightly drunk.

[Platapus]

The first commonly recognized horror film was The House of the Devil made in 1896


It had bats turning into people; hunchback dwarf assistants; and the hero using a large cross to vanquish the enemy. What's not to like?



Perhaps also the first vampire movie?

[Jimbuna]

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

[Platapus]

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.




But an alligator can. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.

[Platapus]

There are over 10,000 identified species of mold.


But the vast majority of molds have not yet been identified so the number may be in the hundreds of thousands

[Jimbuna]

Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

[Platapus]

Poison Dart Frogs Aren’t Inherently Toxic


The batrachotoxins found on the skin of the frogs are likely synthesized from the insects they eat in the wild; frogs raised in captivity often produce no detectable toxins.

[Jimbuna]

Pound cake originally included a pound of all of its ingredients.

[Platapus]

The slow loris is the world's only venomous primate. Its venom is stored in an elbow patch: the loris will suck in the venom from the patch, then mix it around in its mouth before delivering a toxic bite.

[Jimbuna]

About 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out weird sexual positions per year.

[Aktungbby]

About 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out weird sexual positions per year....occasionally suffering 'death in the saddle'. :O::oops: :dead::timeout: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51QtwaVVOZL.jpgWeird or Wierd? “Weird” is an adjective that means “uncanny or strange.” People often misspell it as “wierd,” perhaps because they want to apply the “i before e” spelling rule. To avoid making this mistake, then, keep in mind that this word has a “weird” spelling! Way to go Jimbuna!:salute:

[Platapus]

The most poisonous animal in America is the rough-skinned newt, whose skin contains a poison 10,000 times deadlier than cyanide.

[Jimbuna]

More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude.

[Jimbuna]

Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn’t bark.

[Jimbuna]

“Schoolmaster” is an anagram of “the classroom.”

[Platapus]

Nanoparticles containing bee venom toxin (melittin) can be used to destroy HIV while at the same time leaving surrounding cells unharmed.

[Jimbuna]

The sun makes up more than 99 percent of our solar system’s mass.

[Platapus]

Brazilian Wandering Spider is the most venomous spider on earth. It can causes male erections and its venom is being researched to help erectile dysfunction

[Jimbuna]

There are giant technicolor squirrels in India.

[Platapus]

The only plane allowed to fly on 9/11 post attacks was a plane from San Diego to Miami delivering an anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poisonous snake. It was accompanied by two jet fighters.

[Jimbuna]

The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.

[Jimbuna]

The tool used to measure your feet at the shoe store is called a “Brannock Device.”

[Platapus]

The venom of one of the South’s most poisonous snakes (copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) has been found to contain a protein that halts the growth of cancer cells and stops the migration of tumors cells.

[Jimbuna]

You produce about six pounds of stool per week.

[Platapus]

The oldest pair of pants found so far are over 3,000 years old. Found in the Turfan region of China.


What is especially interesting is that these pants are made of four completely different weaves depending on if flexibility was important or support, or protection. What is even more interesting is that these pants are made of one piece of cloth with transitions between the weave instead of separate pieces sewn together.

[Jimbuna]

A frigate bird can sleep while it flies.

[Platapus]

The antonym of a Prime Number is a Composite Number

[Jimbuna]

Octopuses and squid have three hearts.

[Platapus]

Wasp venom contains a chemical that alerts other wasps to join in and sting the victim.



Great

[Jimbuna]

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

[Platapus]

Talk about a harsh final exam...


For the Japanese chefs trying to earn the legal permission to serve Puffer fish (whose poison is over 1000 times more toxic than cyanide), one of their tests is to eat Puffer fish they’ve prepared.


You either pass the test or you don't. (gulp)

[mapuc]

Talk about a harsh final exam...


For the Japanese chefs trying to earn the legal permission to serve Puffer fish (whose poison is over 1000 times more toxic than cyanide), one of their tests is to eat Puffer fish they’ve prepared.


You either pass the test or you don't. (gulp)

If you by any chances should be interested then here is a video in how to prepare this Puffer fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8FIPRD9jvg&ab_channel=wocomoCOOK

Markus

[Jimbuna]

In 2016, Mozart sold more CDs than Beyonce.

[Ostfriese]

Manganese nodules (which can be found on the seabed in deep ocean waters (>4,000m / 13,000 ft) are radioactive, often enough more radioactive than uranium ore.
They contain thorium, protactinium and radon, all products of the decay of uranium-238.

[Jimbuna]

“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.”

[Platapus]

“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.”


Weird, I have this reoccurring dream that you have posted this five previous times. Strange dream, huh. :D

[Jimbuna]

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

[Platapus]

There is a species of snake in South East Asia commonly known as the “Flying Snake.” Not only does it climb trees, but it can then glide through the air from one tree to the next, slithering its body to create lift, achieving distances of 100m, more than any other gliding animal.



I know where my next vacation won't be....:o:o:o

[Aktungbby]

The deadliest creature on earth is the mosquito; approx. 1,000,000 people die each year from mosquito-borne diseases. The second deadliest creature is the human being; humans kill approx. 400,000 other humans a year.

[Jimbuna]

Honey is the only natural food made without destroying any life.

[Platapus]

The Boa Constrictor is one of only two animals whose common name is their Latin name.



The other one?


perhaps tomorrow

[Jimbuna]

The Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

[Jimbuna]

One-quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet.

[Platapus]

When foxes are pouncing on their prey, they are significantly more successful if they pounce in a North East direction


Scientists are wondering if this can be affected by geomagnetism.

[Jimbuna]

Americans eat an estimated 13 billion hamburgers each year.

[Jimbuna]

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

[Jimbuna]

The “dot” over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

[Eisenwurst]

Pope Francis used to be a nightclub bouncer.

[Jimbuna]

Sleeping through summer is called “estivation.”

[Platapus]

In September 1942, Pharmacist's Mate Wheeler Lipes performed an emergency appendectomy aboard a US Submarine... in a combat zone....with no surgical experience nor training... as a 22 year old high-school dropout....without any surgical instruments....and the patient (Darrell Rector, 19) survived.


Upon hearing about this, the Navy medical establishment was angered by the occurrence, and there was talk of a court martial. :shifty:



60 years later, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for his accomplishment. :shifty:


For a very nice write up https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64478-2005Apr18_2.html

[Jimbuna]

A group of hippos is called a “bloat.”

[Platapus]

In 1758, a young candidate in Virginia for the House of Burgesses footed a huge liquor bill to woo voters on Election Day.



George Washington spent his entire campaign budget, 50 pounds, on 160 gallons of liquor served to 391 voters.

[Jimbuna]

Rainbows were called “bows of promise” in Victorian English.

[Platapus]

Time is running out


If, in Poland, you want to go to Hel, you would take the 666 bus.


Later this month, the bus number will change to 669 based on complaints from irate and fearful christians.



The bus company says that if enough customers request it to be changed back, they would consider it.

[Jimbuna]

The chicken and the ostrich are the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex.

[Rockstar]

By the time the Civil War began in 1860, the Cherokee nation owned more than 4,000 Black slaves and aligned themselves with the Confederacy once hostilities broke out. In the 160 years since, the tribe has continually denied the descendants of its Black slaves full citizenship or any measure of equal rights under the law. As recently as 2011, the tribe denied requests for citizenship from this group. However, thanks to a landmark Cherokee Supreme Court ruling, the 8,500 living descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen have finally been given their proper status.

[Jimbuna]

A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can.

[Platapus]

We did not always have the secret ballot for elections in the United States.



It was not until after 1884 that the US started widely using the Secret Ballot for voting.


Prior to that the political parties pre printed already filled out ballots, which were accepted for the election. Voters were not offered any privacy when filling out blank ballots.



This new Secret Ballot was commonly known as an Australian Ballot due to it being first used in Australia in 1856

[Jimbuna]

Due to a genetic defect, cats can’t taste sweet things.

[Platapus]

Not a useless fact but interesting trivia


Donald Gray Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism symptoms, died 15 Jun 23, according to his longtime employer. Triplett was 89.

Triplett was identified as “Donald T.” in the 1943 paper “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” by Leo Kanner of Johns Hopkins Hospital

[Jimbuna]

A blob of toothpaste is called a nurdle.

[Platapus]

Why is polling day on a Tuesday in the US?


It started in New York State.


Tuesday was chosen because it would allow people to observe the Sabbath


Travel on Monday; Vote on Tuesday and get back by Wednesday which was traditionally Market Day.

[Jimbuna]

Mary Shelley allegedly lost her virginity on her mother’s grave.

[Platapus]

George Washington was the only president who did not represent a political party.


And we can see how "that" turned out. :nope:

[Jimbuna]

In 1993, Rod Stewart hosted the largest free concert.

[Platapus]

It wasn’t until 1856 that the US Congress removed property ownership as a requirement to vote in elections.

[Rockstar]

Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and 1950s, and she was considered "the most beautiful woman in the world" during her time. She began her acting career in Austria and became notorious for being the first woman to simulate an orgasm on screen in 1933. It was during this time that she also got married to Friedrich Mandl, a Vienna-based arms dealer with ties to Mussolini and later Hitler.

The marriage did not last long. In her own words, she wrote, "I knew very soon that I could never be an actress while I was his wife... He was the absolute monarch in his marriage... I was like a doll. I was like a thing, some object of art which had to be guarded and imprisoned, having no mind, no life of its own." According to her autobiography, she disguised herself as one of the maids and managed to flee to Paris. Others say she convinced her husband to wear all of her jewelry for a dinner party and then disappeared afterwards.

She eventually booked a liner to New York, where she met the head of MGM, who was impressed enough to offer her a $500-a-week contract to work as an actress. In 1938, she arrived in Hollywood and went on to star in several movies, working with the likes of Clark Gable and James Stewart.

Beyond her acting career, Lamarr was also a scientist and co-patented spread-spectrum technology during World War II to prevent the Nazis from jamming navy torpedoes. However, her invention was rejected and wouldn't be implemented until the Cold War in 1962. The technology would eventually be used in developing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology.

https://i.postimg.cc/Y9mYhh7p/IMG-1693.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Metallica is the only band to have played on all seven continents. (Yes, including Antarctica.)

[Aktungbby]

Metallica is the only band to have played on all seven continents. (Yes, including Antarctica.) https://youtu.be/0eL4BxZi1-g
:k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

Music has some pretty interesting effects on living things. It makes plants grow faster and cows produce more milk.

[Jimbuna]

Prince is credited with playing 27 different instruments on his debut album.

[Jimbuna]

It’s been calculated that the average woman will “eat” about four pounds of lipstick throughout the course of her life.

[Jimbuna]

Heels were originally created for men, but women adopted them in the 1600s to show status.

[Jimbuna]

The country of Russia is bigger than Pluto.

[Jimbuna]

Nearly 10 percent of all dreams include sex.

[Jimbuna]

Bears don’t poop during hibernation.

[Jimbuna]

Children tend to grow faster in the spring.

[Jimbuna]

Rhubarb can spring up so fast that you can actually hear it grow.

[Jimbuna]

Caterpillars have 12 eyes.

[Jimbuna]

The oldest known soup recipe dates back to 6,000 B.C. Among the ingredients? Hippopotamus and sparrow meat.

[Platapus]

The original name for the Google search engine was Backrub

[Jimbuna]

Raspberries are a member of the rose family.

[Jimbuna]

Neptune orbits the sun once every 165 years.

[Jimbuna]

Fruit flies were the first living creatures sent into space.

[Jimbuna]

BLUE JEANS - Italian sailors from Genoa, who the French called Genes, wore cotton workpants. These pants became known as "genes." Eventually, the word morphed into "jeans".

[Platapus]

Subtropolis, located 150 feet below Kansas City, MO, is the worlds largest underground office complex. Measuring 55,000,000 sq feet, about 15,000,000 is currently available for use There are 10 miles of roadway and 2 miles of railtrack. There are over 500 separate entrances to the complex.


It is currently being used by 55 companies and the US government.

[Jimbuna]

Champagne - There are roughly 44million tiny bubbles in a bottle of sparkling wine.

[Jimbuna]

DIETS - The earliest recorded food fad was followed by William the Conqueror (1028-87). He got so fat he confined himself to his bedroom with no food. He did drink - but only alcohol.

[Jimbuna]

EIFFEL TOWER - The Eiffel Tower is painted every seven years in three shades of brown (darkest shade at the bottom). About 60 tons of paint is used.

[Platapus]

African Elephants have two "fingers" at the end of their trunk; while Asian Elephants have one.

[Jimbuna]

Fly - There are over 120,000 species of flies, ranging in size from 1/20th of an inch to well over three inches.

[Jimbuna]

GOLF - Dimples are put into golf balls to eliminate aerodynamic drag. The drag acts as an anchor and the ball reduces in speed. Most golf balls today have 250450 dimples.

[Aktungbby]

only 13 of Titan's 90 descents to the RMS Titanic wreck actually made it to the Titanic...a success rate of 14%??

[Platapus]

The US Navy uses XBox controllers to operate the periscope on the Virginia class submarine. The old joystick system cost over $38,000 each, Xbox controllers about $30.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/25/the-navys-adding-a-new-piece-of-a-equipment-to-nuclear-submarines-xbox-controllers/

[Jimbuna]

1982 Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London

[Jimbuna]

Rainforest - Every second of every day, an area of the rainforest the size of a football field is destroyed.

[Jimbuna]

Sleep - The record for the longest duration without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The winner suffered hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision and slurred speech.

[Jimbuna]

United Nations - The UN has its own post office and its own postage stamps.

[Ostfriese]

Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years. :D

SCNR

[Aktungbby]

Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years. :D

...that's a damn lie! The real Ostfriese cannot count that high! :03:....Actor, Brad Pitt, practised fly-fishing in pal, Melissa Etheridge's Hollywood swimming pool for his role in A River Runs Through It.

[Jimbuna]

Valentine's Day - In 270AD, Roman emperor Claudius II believed marriage turned his men into bad soldiers and decreed that all young men were barred from marriage. Ignoring the emperor, Bishop Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret until his disobedience was discovered and he was sentenced to death.

[Ostfriese]

...that's a damn lie! The real Ostfriese cannot count that high! :03:.

Interestingly enough: back in the 1980s the people from Ostfriesland were the butt of many German jokes making fun of how stupid they (allegedly) are. This only changed with the Mantafahrer jokes, which were basically the same jokes aiming at a different group of people (the drivers of Opel Mantas).

[Aktungbby]

I understand completely; my great grandmother, Sarah Koenig, emigrated from the hinterlands of Swabia, Germany to Brooklyn, NY ca: 1900

[Jimbuna]

WEDDING - Brides in ancient Rome carried sheaves of wheat during their wedding as symbols of fertility.

[Platapus]

As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded. The Frito-Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964,

[Jimbuna]

THE X FACTOR - The most popular audition songs for girls on the TV talent show include Summertime and Hero. For blokes they include Ain't No Sunshine and I Believe I Can Fly.

[Jimbuna]

Yo-YOS - The yo-yo of today is based on a hunting aid created by Filipino tribespeople to stun and disorientate animals. An American businessman turned the weapon into a toy in the 1920s.

[Jimbuna]

Zip - Whitcomb L. Judson, a mechanical engineer from Chicago, invented a number of labour-efficient items... including the zipper.

[Platapus]

In WWII the U.S. Navy operated two coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers

[Jimbuna]

Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an earthquake.

[Jimbuna]

Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.

[Jimbuna]

There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named “Kleopatra.”

[Jimbuna]

Close to 70 percent of the world's freshwater is held in glaciers and ice sheets.

[Jimbuna]

Australia is "technically" wider than the moon.

[Platapus]

Dalmatian puppies are born without spots.

[Jimbuna]

20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.

[Platapus]

20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.


And I apologized! :oops:



Note to self: No more Taco Bell

[Platapus]

The first U.S. Air-to-Air combat victory in the Korean Conflict was with a F-82... and the second... and third.

[Jimbuna]

Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back up to 9,000 years ago!

[Jimbuna]

The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.

[Jimbuna]

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

[Aktungbby]

An apiarist occasionally breathes second hand smoke.

[Jimbuna]

Most pandas around the world are on loan from China.

[Aktungbby]

B-52's bombers use "spoilerons' not 'ailerons' which are permanently bolted down to reduce excess torque on the long wings of the aging but vital bomber fleet when banking to turn. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/usaf-avionics-technician-explains-why-the-b-52-ailerons-are-bolted-down-why-they-cant-be-used-and-how-you-fly-the-mighty-buff-without-them/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/B-52-spoilerons.jpg

[mapuc]

The Greek national anthem 'Hymn to Freedom' was written as a poem by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 and in 1865 the music was added and Greece made the song the national anthem. It is the world's longest national anthem and consists of no fewer than 158 verses.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.

[Jimbuna]

Basenji dogs are the only breed that doesn’t bark (they "yodel").

[Jimbuna]

A bananas is considered a berry.

[Jimbuna]

In 2021 three French men, Morgan Niquet, François Robin and Julien Serri, set the record for the most varieties of cheeses on a pizza. They used 834 different types of cheese!

[Aktungbby]

In 2021 three French men, Morgan Niquet, François Robin and Julien Serri, set the record for the most varieties of cheeses on a pizza. They used 834 different types of cheese! https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Images/cheese-laid-out-on-the-table_tcm25-677454.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:678x446/rscb1/ng:webp/ngcb1=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Images/person-holding-pizza-with-most-varieties-of-cheese_tcm25-677456.jpg?ezimgfmt=rs:678x446/rscb1/ng:webp/ngcb1:Kaleun_Salivating::timeout::oops::Kaleun_Sic k:

[Jimbuna]

Precisely :o

[Platapus]

Feel the need to binge?


It would take a person 651 hours, and 48 minutes to view every Star Trek show ever made.


Better make a snack.

[Jimbuna]

Pound cake originally included a pound of each of its ingredients which were flour, eggs, butter and sugar.

[Jimbuna]

Dark chocolate can help lower blood pressure.

[Platapus]

The full name of Krusty the Clown in The Simpsons is Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yercham Krustosky.

[Jimbuna]

Caesar salad originated in the Mexican city of Tijuana.

[Jimbuna]

SPAM is short for "spiced ham."

[Platapus]

Coulrophobia describes the fear of clowns.

[Jeff-Groves]

Not to much Clowns I fear.
It's those Non-Speaking, mothra-freaking Mimes!
:o

[Jimbuna]

Sandwiches were created because the Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, did not want to put his cards down while gambling (on a 24-hour streak!) to eat.

[Platapus]

The first killer clown in fiction appeared in the 1892 Italian opera Pagliacci

[Jimbuna]

Competitive art used to be part of the Olympic Games.

[Jeff-Groves]

Jesus is the only guy that ever came back from the dead that didn't scare the F- out of everybody!

[Platapus]

If you eat raw cannabis, it won't get you high but will still provide some of the health benefits.

[Jimbuna]

Punctuation wasn’t always a part of our written language. It was introduced by Greek playwrights to indicate when actors should pause.

[Platapus]

In the early 1970's students at Standford used their ARPANET accounts at Standford University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to connect with students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in order to arrange a cannabis sale.


So weed was one of the first products sold and purchased online. :up:

[Jimbuna]

“Spoonfeed” is the longest English word with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

[Platapus]

Shakespeare smoked cannabis.


To doobie or not to doobe, that is the question

[Jimbuna]

English is the second most spoken language, with over 840 million people who speak it as either a first or second language. The most spoken language is Mandarin.

[Platapus]

Beer hops are in the same family of flowing plants as cannabis. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

There are over 150 different dialects of English spoken throughout the world, 30 in the U.S. alone.

[Jimbuna]

"Lol" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2011.

[Jimbuna]

The word “goodbye” comes from an Old English phrase meaning “god be with you”.

[Platapus]

Almost 80 years ago, the Japanese city of Kyoto was spared from being bombed with nuclear weapons because of a honeymoon.




Kyoto was one of the primary targets being selected as nuclear targets at the end of WWII. However, US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson was against targeting that city and ultimately vetoed the selection.


Why?


Because, in 1893, Henry married his wife and had their honeymoon in Kyoto and had made multiple trips over the decades before the war. The city had such sentimental memories for Henry that he did not want to destroy the city.

[Jimbuna]

More than 80% of the information stored on computers worldwide is in English.

[Jimbuna]

A quarter of the world's population speaks at least a little English.