useless facts

[mapuc]

By 1940, drive-in car washes with girls in very little clothing had become popular in the United States.
This, of course, was met with both joy and anger, and in 1940 a woman from Dallas complained that she would not stare at female bones, but rather male bones!
The owners loved the idea and opened a similar laundry station with men in short shorts.
The woman thought it was wrong both socially and economically, but was not a feminist. On the contrary, she believed that men - and not women - needed to work.

Markus

[Texas Red]

The most useless and random fact ever?

The word for the study of poop is Scatology

[Jimbuna]

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

[Mr Quatro]

The state of Delaware didn't abolish whipping and flogging until 1964 :o

[Jimbuna]

Texas is the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.

[Jimbuna]

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

[Texas Red]

It is theorized that one of the extinction events millions of years ago was actually a gamma ray burst.

[Jimbuna]

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

[Jimbuna]

Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.

[Aktungbby]

Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom. Not when playing drop the soap! :doh::O: :arrgh!:

[Aktungbby]

As ransomware attacks surge the FBI has touted "Don't pay the cybercriminals" but the US government also offers a little noticed incentive for those who do pay: the ransomes may be tax deductible!!?? The average ransomware payment is up 171% since 2019 to approx. $310,000 these days.:ping::ping::ping:

[Jimbuna]

If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".

[mapuc]

In 1992, the exclamation point was invented.
The idea is that it can be used to add excitement / excitement in the middle of a sentence, such as.
"That diplodocus looks extremely dangerous [exclamation point] but don't worry, it's peaceful."
However, the sign did not win attention and the patent expired in 1995.

Markus

[Von Due]

If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".

One one-Graham's-number-th is a number.

I'll show myself to the door :p

[Cyborg322]

In 1992, the exclamation point was invented.
The idea is that it can be used to add excitement / excitement in the middle of a sentence, such as.
"That diplodocus looks extremely dangerous [exclamation point] but don't worry, it's peaceful."
However, the sign did not win attention and the patent expired in 1995.

Markus

its been in use for over 500 years !

[Cyborg322]

UK Laws still in existence

It is illegal to be drunk in the pub. Under section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872, “every person found drunk... on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty”. It is also an offence under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 for the keeper of a public house to permit drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the premises.


Under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, a person cannot keep a pigsty at the front of their property unless it is hidden from public view.

[Jimbuna]

This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a 'fart'.

[mapuc]

its been in use for over 500 years !

The translation was wrong.

Imagine you put a "comma" under "!" Instead of the dot.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

[Aktungbby]

that is because they're cartilage patellae that haven't calcified...yet! :know:

[Jimbuna]

In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.

[Jimbuna]

Los Angeles' full name 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula' is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation 'L.A.'.

[Jimbuna]

Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.

[Aktungbby]

:hmmm::oops::nope::dead::hmph:Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.my sources say it's 9 moshpit fatalities between 1994 and 2006.

[Jimbuna]

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

[Sean C]

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.


I've thought about this before. It occurred to me that: given the fact that I can recite the lyrics to hundreds (if not thousands) of songs, I know exactly where ~20,000 unique items of inventory are at my business, and I can even remember minute details about things that happened to me when I was as young as two years old (40 years ago), then the storage capacity of the human brain must be monumental.


Add to that the phenomenon of catching a scent [or other stimulus] that immediately takes you back to a memory that you didn't even know you had and the capacity seems nearly unlimited.

[Texas Red]

If your Pistachios taste funny, that’s because an Orange Navel Worm died inside of it!!

[Jimbuna]

Koala is Aboriginal for "no drink".

[Jimbuna]

The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.

[Cyborg322]

Here is a good useless fact:

The man at the end of my street has a blue Fiesta

[mapuc]

Are you suffering from Etiamophobia ?

Fear of Asteroids/Meteors will hit Earth

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of 5.

[Mr Quatro]

The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.

Please explain, I don't understand, tell us more :D

[Jimbuna]

Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.

[mapuc]

One of Louis XVI's hobbies was making and repairing locks in his small private workshop at Versailles.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

[Texas Red]

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

[Aktungbby]

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
Natch! anyone who claims mating 50 times a day is lyin'!:D:shucks::O:

[Reece]

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

Ow my aching b***s!!

[Sean C]

One of Louis XVI's hobbies was making and repairing locks in his small private workshop at Versailles.

Markus


This might be a useless fact, but I find it absolutely fascinating. Then again, I guess that's not surprising at all, considering my interests include history and locks. :doh:

[Texas Red]

Ow my aching b***s!!

Lions are like the Ghengis Kahn of Africa then. Since every lion has some Ghengis Kahn lion in it.

[Jimbuna]

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

[Platapus]

Tug of War used to be an Olympic sport! It was part of the Olympic schedule between 1900 and 1920 and occurred at 5 different Summer Olympic Games. The nation to win the most medals in this was Britain with 5 medals, then the USA with 3.

[Jimbuna]

You can sail all the way around the world at latitude 60 degrees south.

[Mr Quatro]

Average fart leaves your ass at 7 mph :o

[Jimbuna]

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."

[Platapus]

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."


You must like this one. It is the third time you posted it. :k_confused:

[Platapus]

Abraham Lincoln was also a licensed bartender. In 1833, the 16th president opened up a bar called Berry and Lincoln with his friend William F. Berry in New Salem, Illinois. The shop was eventually closed when Berry, a raging alcoholic, consumed most of the shop’s supply.

[Jimbuna]

You must like this one. It is the third time you posted it. :k_confused:

:oops:

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

[Platapus]

:oops:

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.


You sure about that?


He was born in Blenheim Palace

[Aktungbby]

The sentence: "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet.

[Platapus]

The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire. The University of Oxford first opened its doors to students all the way back in 1096. By comparison, the Aztec Empire is said to have originated with the founding of the city of Tenochtitlán at Lake Texcoco by the Mexica which occurred in the year 1325.

[Mr Quatro]

You sure about that?


He was born in Blenheim Palace

Rename the thread "Fact Check" :D

[Aktungbby]

bathers express concern about sharing the soap when bathing...considering 75% lather from top to bottom...Not when playing drop the soap! :doh::O: :arrgh!:

Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.

:hmmm::oops::nope::dead::hmph:my sources say it's 9 moshpit fatalities between 1994 and 2006.

Rename the thread "Fact Check" :D Indeed!:O:

[mapuc]

^There a few reason why this thread is called useless facts

One of them is us posting wrongfully(useless) facts.(Well some of us do now and then)

Markus

[Jimbuna]

You sure about that?


He was born in Blenheim Palace

That's it! I'm finished with these US related sites :)

:oops:

:/\\!!

[mapuc]

When an agreement was reached in ancient Greece, an object was torn over and the two halves were given to the two parties to the agreement.
When the agreement was to be redeemed, those involved had to prove their part of the agreement by presenting their half.
This half was called a 'symbolon', and hence the word 'symbol', as the two parts were a symbol of the agreement

Markus

[Catfish]

The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire. The University of Oxford ...
There is no "University of Oxford", just a conglomerate of different small colleges trying to pretend to be better than each other, class society style.

[Jimbuna]

Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!

[Jimbuna]

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

[Platapus]

Ferrets, dogs, and monkeys were the most popular pets in the Roman Empire. Instead of cats, Ancient Romans used ferrets to hunt mice and rats. They used dogs as guards and monkeys as entertainment.

[Aktungbby]

...the question begs: Why is the H-1, H-2 H-3 and the H-201 highway on Oahu, Hawaii dubbed an interstate highway!!??:hmmm:

[magic452]

A microwave oven will kill a moth in less than three seconds. :up:
Don't ask me how I know this.


Magic

[Buddahaid]

...the question begs: Why is the H-1, H-2 H-3 and the H-201 highway on Oahu, Hawaii dubbed an interstate highway!!??:hmmm:

Have you evah got high there? :arrgh!:

[mapuc]

When my grandparents on my mothers side got their first TV they placed it in their finest dinner room and when they watched a program they were well dressed and sad like they were in Church-They fully believed that people in tv could see them.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

[Sean C]

When my grandparents on my mothers side got their first TV they placed it in their finest dinner room and when they watched a program they were well dressed and sad like they were in Church-They fully believed that people in tv could see them.

Markus


:har: I love it!

[Jimbuna]

The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider’s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.

[Jimbuna]

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

[Jimbuna]

All polar bears are left-handed.

[Jeff-Groves]

Streptomyces coelicolor is what you smell when you dig into dirt.

[Aktungbby]

Rename the thread "Fact Check" :D

Indeed!:O:

All polar bears are left-handed.That is a myth. Polar bears are ambidextrous and use both paws equally!:arrgh!::yep::know:

[Jeff-Groves]

That is a myth. Polar bears are ambidextrous and use both paws equally!:arrgh!::yep::know:
I'm not about to go find out for myself!
:o

[Aktungbby]

It would undoubtedly 'seal' your fate!:O:

[Jimbuna]

That is a myth. Polar bears are ambidextrous and use both paws equally!:arrgh!::yep::know:

All the one's I've met have been left handed :yep:








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[fireftr18]

I'm growling with laughter with this exchange. I can bearly hold it together. :D

[Jimbuna]

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

[Aktungbby]

...the more so as they've recently upped the limit from one to three children per family....in a country of 1.4 billion of earth's approx. 8 billion humanoids:ping::ping::ping::x :oops::dead:

[mapuc]

Guessed he must have had Australia in his mind. They live upside down

When the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius devised his temperature scale in 1742, he set the boiling point of water at 0 degrees and the freezing point at 100 degrees.

Markus

[Mr Quatro]

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

This image is funny ... would I still be able to have a Chinese child myself from a passer by perhaps? :D

[Jimbuna]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

[Aktungbby]

Arabica or Robusta?:Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

[Jimbuna]

Starfish haven't got brains.

[Mr Quatro]

Starfish haven't got brains.

What about Catfish? :D:haha::har:

[mapuc]

In 2013, a Chinese father was tired of his unemployed 23-year-old son spending all his time on World of Warcraft. He therefore hired other gamers to virtually assassinate his son's avatar in the game.

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

What about Catfish? :D:haha::har:

:haha: He hasn't seen this yet

[Jimbuna]

The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

[Aktungbby]

So does the uncle!:arrgh!:

[mapuc]

In 1940, 14-year-old Fidel Castro sent a letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In the letter, he asked the president to send him a $ 10 note, as according to the letter he had never seen one and would like to own one.
In addition, he offered to show Roosevelt one of the largest iron mines in Cuba if there was a shortage of iron to build ships from.
Roosevelt's press office sent a brief reply back to Castro thanking him for his letter, but no banknote was attached.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The longest word comprised of one row on the keyboard is: TYPEWRITER

[Catfish]

What about Catfish? :D:haha::har:
:haha: No brain? That's a no-brainer :k_confused:

[Aktungbby]

Kim Jung Un has ordered all N. Koreans to only speak unadulterated North Korean; refraining from slang or S. Korean expression. Deviations from N. Korean norms are dangerous poisons to to state ideology. Instead of nam-chin, a shortened S. Korean expression for boyfriend, N. Koreans have been told to use nam dong-mu which translates as male partner...Well, in the interest of global harmony:shifty:, I hereby salute :Kaleun_Salute: all my nam dong-mus at :subsim::shucks:

[Jimbuna]

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

[mapuc]

Have you tried getting one on the zinc box? The term comes from Middle Low German (1100-1500s), where a 5 'on the dice (sinc) and a 2' (box) meant misfortune.

Markus

[Platapus]

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.


My boss could open up his own Starbucks

[Sean C]

My boss could open up his own Starbucks


:har:

[Jimbuna]

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

[Aktungbby]

My girlfriends, iris and irene and iphigenia, have great tittles!:O:

[Mr Quatro]

My girlfriends, iris and irene and iphigenia, have great tittles!:O:

Which brings up the question: Are puns useless? :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis..

[Aktungbby]

Which brings up the question: Are puns useless? :Kaleun_Cheers: No but 'plays on words ' sure are!:arrgh!: This is really Y A TITTLE is always of interest 2 me BBY! https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2014/0715/tittle_header6_1600x900.jpg :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[mapuc]

Markus

[mapuc]

In 2003, a pensioner from Southend in England found an old 1.2 meter long object in his garden and immediately called the museum when he thought it was a tusk from an elephant.
The Southend Museum thought it was a 20,000-year-old tusk from a mammoth and had planned to exhibit it, but when they wanted to dig it up carefully, it turned out to be a 19th-century water pipe in white clay instead.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

[Jimbuna]

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

[mapuc]

Louis III of France died in 882, Around 17 years old when he wanted to chase a girl. Louis tried to get up on his horse, but hit his head against the crossbar on a low door, fell and suffered a skull fracture, from which he instantly died.

Markus

[mapuc]

Around 132 million tons of human faeces is "delivered" each day in USA.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

[mapuc]

Could have been posted it in our This Day in History. Because on this day 26 of July the Erfurt latrine disaster of 1184 happened.
It's more useless facts that's why I put it here

The Erfurt latrine disaster of 1184 offers a bizarre mix of tragedy and comedy. The somewhat muddy historical account tells the tale of a meeting of nobles gone awry after they drowned in excrement inside a church in modern-day Germany.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/erfurt-latrine-disaster?fbclid=IwAR0sVY5iM-CzXfD1OxD8Areni3H1UJv0-g_LzONjr1qn-U-oh0gBhgPP8XI

Markus

[Mr Quatro]

Could have been posted it in our This Day in History. Because on this day 26 of July the Erfurt latrine disaster of 1184 happened.
It's more useless facts that's why I put it here



https://allthatsinteresting.com/erfurt-latrine-disaster?fbclid=IwAR0sVY5iM-CzXfD1OxD8Areni3H1UJv0-g_LzONjr1qn-U-oh0gBhgPP8XI

Markus

I wonder if today's insurance companies would cover the damages or just call it
"An Act of God" :D

[mapuc]

When Jurassic Park was created in 1993, it was decided that the sound of the velociraptors' communication should be the sound of turtles in the middle of the mating act.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis".

[Platapus]

The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis".


Well.... :nope:



In Hangul, eumgyeong means penis. 음경


There is a slang word 자지 which means cock/dick but it is used not in a sexual way but more like how we use "dick" as an insult "what a dick". Transliterated in to English it can be pronounced Jaji (Ja Jee), which I guess might sound like Chachi.



As for it being the highest rated American program in Korea, it was never shown on Korean TV. It was broad cast on AFKN which is a US military channel. Most Koreans would not have had access to that channel.

[Jimbuna]

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

[Jimbuna]

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.

[mapuc]

During the filming of the movie Borat (2006), the police were called by concerned citizens 92 times, and a team from the FBI was sent out to the actor Sascha Baron Cohen, who had the main role as Borat, after reports that a man of Middle Eastern appearance was moving through the Midwest of the United States in an ice car.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

[Sean C]

AOC begs to differ. :o

[Jimbuna]

Giraffes have no vocal cords.

[Aktungbby]

That is a damn lie https://youtu.be/WANth4HdfJg:O:

[Jimbuna]

The pupils of a goat's eyes are square.

[Jimbuna]

Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.

[Catfish]

I wonder if today's insurance companies would cover the damages or just call it
"An Act of God" :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjGU-9EhcyQ

[Jimbuna]

There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.

[Aktungbby]

There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Do18yIkXUAIU9mT.jpg Her mom put those curls in ...Surely:D a monumental task on a fidgity three-year-old!:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: Temple’s mother, Gertrude Temple, a woman who had her own desires for a career in entertainment, enrolled her daughter in dancing lessons when she was barely 3. But when her daughter shot to fame, she was right there with her. Temple’s mother styled her daughter’s hair in pin curls for each feature film. Every hairdo had exactly 56 curls, no more, no less. Temple told The Times in 1989 that her “super mother ... kept my head on straight.”

[mapuc]

In Japan, the Nakizumo festival is held every year, where Japanese parents take their child to a temple, where they leave it to a sumo wrestler.
Then two sumo wrestlers, each with their baby in their arms, compete over whose baby can cry first and foremost. The tactics are i.a. shouting naki (meaning crying) repeatedly, loud noises, cutting face or rocking the baby back and forth.
In some tournaments, the referee wears a demon mask to scare the kids.
The tradition can be traced back 400 years and will, according to superstition, give the child strength and good health, but should also scare away evil spirits

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times.

[Mr Quatro]

Temple’s mother, Gertrude Temple, a woman who had her own desires for a career in entertainment, enrolled her daughter in dancing lessons when she was barely 3. But when her daughter shot to fame, she was right there with her. Temple’s mother styled her daughter’s hair in pin curls for each feature film. Every hairdo had exactly 56 curls, no more, no less. Temple told The Times in 1989 that her “super mother ... kept my head on straight.”

She was 6 years old when she started being a little star in the movies

Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, CA
Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a
child actress from 1934 to 1938.

[mapuc]

In 1999, hackers uncovered a security hole in Hotmail that made it possible to log in to any Hotmail account with the password 'eh'.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A spider has transparent blood.

[Texas Red]

In Arkansas, its illegal to pronounce "Arkansas" wrong.

[mapuc]

In Arkansas, its illegal to pronounce "Arkansas" wrong.

What about dialects ?

Markus

[Aktungbby]

She was 6 years old when she started being a little star in the movies

Born: April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, CA
Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a
child actress from 1934 to 1938.Beg to differ; her first film production was Baby Burlesque's parody Runt Page, made in 1931, (released in 1932) which Ms Temple acknowledged was a box office failure...she was born in 1928 ??!!:hmmm: https://lisawallerrogers.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/runt-page.jpg https://secureservercdn.net/160.153.138.163/169.7d4.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMGP2412.jpg< that aint no 6 yearold!:yep:

[Mr Quatro]

^ child pervert :o topless photo's are simply not allowed on subsim :D

[Aktungbby]

Indeed! So I added the 'Victoria's Secret' shot to redeem the situation...no wonder Jimmy Carter made the great lady U.S. Chief of Protocol; in addition to Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia!!: Good training starts early!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Markus Witt]

Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.

From the website of the Van Gogh museum:

We don’t know exactly how many paintings Van Gogh sold during this lifetime, but in any case, it was more than a couple. Vincent’s first commission was from his uncle Cor. He was an art dealer and wanted to help his nephew on his way, so he ordered 19 cityscapes of The Hague.

Vincent sold his first painting to the Parisian paint and art dealer Julien Tanguy, and his brother Theo successfully sold another work to a gallery in London. The Red Vineyard, which Vincent painted in 1888, was bought by Anna Boch, the sister of Vincent’s friend Eugène Boch.

Van Gogh often traded work with other artists – in his younger years, often in exchange for some food or drawing and painting supplies. In this sense, Vincent actually ‘sold’ quite a lot of work during his lifetime.

[Catfish]

I have a proposal, we split this thread in two new ones:

1. Fake News / Tales from hearsay (looking correct but nonsense or wrong)
2. Arbitrary knowlegde (at least correct)
:03:

[Markus Witt]

A spider has transparent blood.

Not trying to be a smart@ss here, but according to Wikipedia (So it must be correct!):

Spiders, like most arthropods, have an open circulatory system, i.e., they do not have true blood, or veins which transport it. Rather, their bodies are filled with haemolymph, which is pumped through arteries by a heart into spaces called sinuses surrounding their internal organs. The haemolymph contains hemocyanin, a respiratory protein similar in function to hemoglobin. Hemocyanin contains two copper atoms, tinting the haemolymph with a faint blue colour.

Its just that a lot of these "facts" that are repeated all the time are not exactly factual. :D

60% of all facts are wrong 90% of the time!

[Jimbuna]

Prince Charles is an avid collector of toilet seats.

[mapuc]

In 1954, the GDR banned nude bathing for the sake of public morality. It sparked huge protests across the country, after which the ban was withdrawn. Instead, the craze spread, so many East Germans chose to troop up on the beach naked. It was not until 1991, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, that the trend reversed when the West Germans began to be exposed to the naked East Germans.

Markus

[Platapus]

A spider has transparent blood.


Blue colored blood due to the hemocyanin which contains copper

[Jimbuna]

Poland is the "stolen car capital of the world".

[Jimbuna]

Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.

[Platapus]

Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.


John H. Balsley (29th May 1823 to 12th March 1895) first invented a folding wooden stepladder in 1862.



The first recorded use of a dumbwaiter dates back to around 200BC, during the age of the Romans.

[Jimbuna]

The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.

[mapuc]

The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.

His parents gave him the middle initial S to honor and please his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A horse can look forward with one eye and back with the other.

[Rockstar]

The Panzerkampfwagen V “Panther” tank found in a collectors cellar and seized in 2015 was only one many German armored vehicles built by the British REME.

[Jimbuna]

Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary.

[Jimbuna]

The word Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.

[Jimbuna]

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

[Jimbuna]

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

[Jimbuna]

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

[Rockstar]

The recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi dramatically brightened from magnitude 11.2 to 4.8 over August 8-9, 2021.

Though we’re just now seeing RS Oph go Nova. The event actually happened 5,000 years ago.

[Jeff-Groves]

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Thus:
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus!
:03:

[Jimbuna]

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.

[Jimbuna]

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

[Aktungbby]

....of all the thousands of FBI
personnel, only director J Edgar Hoover could write in blue ink...

[Jimbuna]

All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

[Jimbuna]

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

[Jimbuna]

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

[Jimbuna]

Pearls melt in vinegar.

[Jimbuna]

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 'Friday the 13th'.

[Jimbuna]

The mask worn by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

[Jimbuna]

Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.

[mapuc]

In 1865, slavery was abolished in the United States when 3/4 of the states supported the proposal, but it was not until 1995 that the state of Mississippi itself ratified the constitutional amendment.
However, they forgot to notify the archivist of the National Archives, so the Mississippi did not officially support the change until 2013, when they were made aware of the error by a couple of students.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.

[Platapus]

No word in the English language rhymes with "wolf"

[Jimbuna]

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down.

[Jimbuna]

The very first song played on MTV was 'Video Killed The Radio Star' by the Buggles.

[Jimbuna]

The U.S. military operates 234 golf courses.

[mapuc]

Do you have a teenager who hates cleaning up? In 1984, the boy Andy Smith sent a letter to President Ronald Reagan asking the president for public funds so that his bedroom could be cleaned, as his mother had said it looked like a disaster area.
Reagan replied that there were not really any funds available at the moment as it had been a year of quite a few natural disasters including hurricanes, floods, forest fires, droughts and earthquakes.
In addition, Reagan added that his government actually encouraged people to do things themselves or start a voluntary initiative, instead of relying on government grants.

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[Jimbuna]

100% of lottery winners do gain weight

[Aktungbby]

The U.S. military operates 234 golf courses. That's because most of the troops have dimpled balls and stiff putters and it was critical to the plot line in https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Bat_twenty_one_ver1.jpg/220px-Bat_twenty_one_ver1.jpg Knowing that his current location is too dangerous for rescue aircraft, Hambleton devises a plan to reach safer territory. He plots a course to the river which is the boundary of the target area, then communicates his intended path to Clark in a code composed of various golf courses he knows well. This will allow the rescuers to keep track of his progress, making it easier for them to pick him up.

[Jimbuna]

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.

[Platapus]

Bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.


The first bullet proof vest was invented in 1538 by Filippo Negroi. The first modern design was invented by Casimir Zeglen in 1897. Both of them were of the masculine persuasion.



One of the first fire escapes was invented in England in 1784, Daniel Maseres. But Anna Connelly held the first patent for the more recognizable external permanently mounted stairs on the sides of buildings in 1886 :up:



You are correct that a woman invented the windshield wiper :up:



However Gary Starkweather invented the laser printer in 1969 at the Xerox research lab in Webster, New York.


2/4 ain't bad. :up:

[Jimbuna]

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

[mapuc]

Have you ever wondered where the city name Gotham City comes from in Batman?
The name takes us all the way back to medieval England, where an English village became known as Goat's Town when the town was reportedly inhabited by not so clever people.
This impression they should have given themselves to avoid a strict king. Author Washington Irving gave New York the unflattering nickname in 1801, which was taken up by Batman's creator Bill Finger when he stumbled upon the name Gotham Jewelers in the phone book.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

[mapuc]

At the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Hungary kicked off the match in both halves against Argentina without the referee noticing.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Cats urine glows under a black light.

[Jimbuna]

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

[Jimbuna]

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

[Sean C]

Hey, I remember him from Bonanaza!

[Catfish]

Hey, I remember him from Bonanaza!
They always had this flaming and burning Bonanza intro, now it seems there are wildfires where the location was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQjb_QiFbJE

[Jimbuna]

When possums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

[Jimbuna]

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants!

[mapuc]

But that's fiction. It started back in the 1970s when a politician proposed a cash-strapped Finish city stop purchasing Donald Duck comics for a youth center.

https://www.10news.com/news/fact-or-fiction/fact-or-fiction-donald-duck-banned-in-finland-for-not-wearing-pants

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[Jimbuna]

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!

[Jimbuna]

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

[Jimbuna]

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

[Platapus]

Before the opening of DisneyLand, in 1955, the most popular tourist attraction in Southern California were the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Cemeteries.

[Catfish]

The english word "trumpery", which derives from a french word meaning "to deceive", is defined in the dictionary as "showy but worthless".

[Jimbuna]

A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

[Jimbuna]

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

[Jimbuna]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

[Sean C]

That's not so useless. I know I'll be standing on the other side if I'm ever near a cave from now on, anyway.


Might be fun to tell a "friend" to stand on the exit side at dusk. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.

[Catfish]

^ What about flies? Bees? Wasps? Dragonflies ... a.s.o. :o

[Jimbuna]

I've no idea Kai :oops:

[Platapus]

How about a triple play?


1. In recognition of National Ampersand Day, which is, of course, on 8 Sep, I offer up these two additional worthless tidbits


2. How did it get its name? At first the original version of the symbol & did not have a name, but its graphic roots are from the Latin letters et, meaning "and". It was, in the 18th century considered part of the English alphabet. When children recited the alphabet, it ended with " 'x' 'y' 'z' 'and per se and'" Because children tend to slur words, the slowly became commonly pronounced "ampersand". By the 19th century, the symbol was commonly called ampersand... and it stuck


3. This is what is called a mondgreen -- A mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning.



Mondgreens are quite common when listening to lyrics to a song. What we thought we heard is different when we actually read the lyrics written down.



More than anyone really wanted to know about & :D

[Jimbuna]

In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)

[Jimbuna]

In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field.

[Jimbuna]

South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it's capital.

[Jimbuna]

The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983

[Aktungbby]

The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983A partial solution to over-population thru the rythm method ??!!:O:

[Platapus]

The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983




Must resist responding about little boys.
Must resist responding about little boys.
Must resist responding about little boys.
Must resist responding about little boys.
Must resist responding about little boys.:D

[Catfish]

^ and ^^, was thinking in similar lines .. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

[mapuc]

On September 10, 1973, NASA's famous control room in Houston. got something of a shock
A woman's voice suddenly spoke on the radio from the first American space station, Skylab.
They honestly got confused, because there should be no women on board.
The lady explained that it had been so long since the men have had a proper, home-cooked meal that she just wanted to make.
She talked for a few minutes, until she suddenly said that the astronauts were on their way to her, so she had to go.
The astronauts later admitted that they had made the astronaut Owen Garriott's wife, Helen - who was thus safely down on Earth - - to utter the surprising words as a joke.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

[Jimbuna]

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910

[Jimbuna]

Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes.

[Arlo]

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other

Hell, so can I. Does it matter that the writing is as indecipherable as the drawing?
:shucks:

[Jimbuna]

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

[Arlo]

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

But how often do you see a Scotsman with a bow and arrow? *ba dump bump* :shucks:

[Jimbuna]

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

[Aktungbby]

No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/494571-most-times-to-fold-a-piece-of-paper:hmph::nope:

[Jimbuna]

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

[Jimbuna]

Mexico City sinks about 10 inches a year.

[mapuc]

Joseph Pujol (1857-1945) was a professional fart comedian who had an impressive sphincter.
He discovered his unique talent when, as a child, he swam underwater, and could feel the cold water seeping up his butt, and when he came ashore again, it ran out of him.
When he was in the French army, he entertained by sucking water into his butt and "shooting" it several meters away.
He then discovered that he could do something similar with air, and moved to Paris, where he performed at the Moulin Rouge haggling on command.
Here he played O Sole Mio and La Marseillaise on a wind instrument and was able to blow light out at several meters distance with his butt.
Among others, King Leopold II of Belgium, Sigmund Freud and Prince Edward of Wales had the opportunity to experience the fart.

Markus

[Platapus]

According to some contemporary models, it is estimated that to build Stonehenge took 30,000,000 man hours


Damn unions!

[Jimbuna]

During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.

[Arlo]

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

[Aktungbby]

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)

But how often do you see a Scotsman with a bow and arrow? *ba dump bump* :shucks: :hmmm: ...at the Oscars? https://seeingthingssecondhand.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/screenshot-44.png https://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/original/48cc8cd6c29ff/Braveheart-Rubber-tipped-arrow-2.jpg http://www.midgleywebpages.com/broadarrow.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bodkin1.jpg/220px-Bodkin1.jpg<anyone one the recieving end of a bodkin (Crecy-1346; Agincourt-1415) could honestly be said to have learned the "arrow of his ways!!??:doh::nope::dead:The Battle of Crécy decimated the French nobility. An English knight, familiar with French heraldry, told Godfrey of Harcourt he had seen the Count of Harcourt’s banner, gold bars against a crimson field, on another part of the field. Godfrey crossed the battlefield in search of his brother, but when he arrived Jean was dead, as was his son. The French Counts of Alençon and Flanders died with many of their retainers. Also dead were both of Philip’s marshals and Guy, Sieur de la Tremoille (although the sources are unclear if the English captured the Oriflamme). Likely 1,500 French knights and squires perished at Crécy. At Agincourt, a mere 69 years later , Failure to learn II: Fighting commenced at 11:00 AM, as the English brought their longbows within killing range and the first line of French knights advanced, led by cavalry. The field that the French had to cross to meet their enemy was muddy after a week of rain and slowed their progress, during which time they endured casualties from English arrows. When the first French line reached the English front, the cavalry were unable to overwhelm the archers, who had driven sharpened stakes into the ground at an angle before themselves. This was an innovative technique that the English had not used in the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers. Eventually the archers abandoned their longbows and began fighting hand-to-hand with swords and axes alongside the men-at-arms.
The next line of French knights that poured in found themselves so tightly packed (the field narrowed at the English end) that they were unable to use their weapons effectively, and the tide of the battle began to turn toward the English. As the English were collecting prisoners, a band of French peasants led by local noblemen began plundering Henry’s baggage behind the lines. Thinking it was an attack from the rear, Henry had the French nobles he was holding prisoner killed. The third line of the French army, recoiling at the pile of corpses before them and unable to make an effective charge, was then massacred swiftly.
The battle probably lasted no longer than three hours and was perhaps as short as half an hour, according to some estimates. While the precise number of casualties is unknown, it is estimated that English losses amounted to about 400 and French losses to about 6,000, many of whom were noblemen. :k_confused::oops: :dead: Throwing the The Franco Prussian War, WWI, WWII, and Vietnam, the French seem to have a recurring problem... :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

[Jimbuna]

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

[Jimbuna]

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[Jimbuna]

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

[Jimbuna]

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal.

[Arlo]

Anyone who watched Batman on TV in the sixties would have suspected such. As they would Robins in the bird community.

[Jimbuna]

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen.

[Jimbuna]

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

[Aktungbby]

Male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality of any mammal. Such is the nature of Radar love!!?? https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/15/16/33214466-0-image-a-30_1600183916000.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a54R9zE_hJk< these old guys R still at it!:Kaleun_Applaud:

[Aktungbby]

All of the original Ramones are dead...and Johnny Ramone's1965 Moswrite Ventures II guitar, https://guitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/johnny-ramone-main-mosrite@1400x105.jpgplayed at 2000 live performances and 15 albums, just sold this weekend...$937,000. He bought the guitarhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Johnny_Ramone_1983_c.jpg/220px-Johnny_Ramone_1983_c.jpg to replace his stolen original blue Venture II. MAJOR Irony 101: the poor thief who now knows it's potential worth, can't sell it because he/she doesn't dare reveal its provenance!??:o

[Jimbuna]

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

[Jimbuna]

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

[Jimbuna]

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

[Jimbuna]

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

[Platapus]

As of 21 Sep 21, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is 23 Billion Kilometers from Earth. Communications take 20 hours.... each way.

[Jimbuna]

The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

[Jimbuna]

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins.

[Jimbuna]

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

[Platapus]

The International Mermaid Museum is located in Westport, WA

[Jimbuna]

Slugs have four noses.

[Jimbuna]

India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

[Aktungbby]

That's a lotta bull!

[Rockstar]

The red and white pattern on the parachute deployed by Mars rover Perseverance is binary code for “Dare mighty things”

[mapuc]

Richard Norris Williams was on board the Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912, when the ship sank four days into the voyage after encountering an iceberg.
He was in the icy water for so long that doctors would amputate his leg after he was rescued, but Williams refused.
In 1920, he won Wimbledon in the Men's Doubles.

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