useless facts

[Aktungbby]

Driving a John Deere tractor is often a harrowing experience.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Rockstar]

Driving a John Deere tractor is often a harrowing experience.

Stay off the highway next time ;)

[Jimbuna]

There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

[Arlo]

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lvCWFzlYdxk/XUkEUfp1NzI/AAAAAAAAPEk/4Mc8Fl6VTsk7r_s6lcHl5V26aCDaMX4xwCLcBGAs/s1600/amazing-interesting-random-facts%2B%252815%2529.jpg

[Sean C]

Next time the wife nags me about drinking too much, I'll tell her I'm preparing in case the house sinks. :()1:

[Jimbuna]

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

[Jimbuna]

It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

[Jimbuna]

28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

[mapuc]

In 2010, the U.S. Air Force built the fastest interactive supercomputer in the entire military, consist of 1,760 Playstation 3s.

Markus

[Rockstar]

Attempting to view Pluto from Earth is like trying to see a walnut from 30 miles away.

[Jimbuna]

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”

[Jimbuna]

Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca.

[Jimbuna]

They NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

[Jimbuna]

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

[Von Due]

A inner tube on a bike lasts until it hits a nail, a piece of glass etc. The average biker thinks an inner tube lasts at least 1000 hours..

[Platapus]

The eggs of some species of Mayfly take as long as three years to hatch... after that the insect lives only six hours.

[Jimbuna]

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

[Platapus]

While the Nazi's were developing and implementing their plans for the prosecution, persecution and extermination of "Sub-humans", they were also busy passing some of the most stringent anti-animal cruelty laws of the time.

[Jimbuna]

China has more English speakers than the United States.

[Aktungbby]

U mean INGRISH!:hmph::nope::roll::x

[Jimbuna]

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

[Sean C]

The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.


Ahem. I believe that depends on what your definition of a "full Moon" actually is. Truth be told: I don't know what the "official" definition is ... or even if there is an "official definition".

On February 10th, 1865, from 16:46:08 to 16:46:57 UT1, the Moon's disk was ~99.8298945% illuminated. (Obviously this is so close to 100% as to not make an appreciable difference.) Due to the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon, it is far from uncommon for the Moon to not reach a full 100% illumination of the Earth-facing side.*

IOW, if you accept that the above means that the Moon was not "actually" full, then you must also accept that the Moon is almost never full.


*Note that, due to something called "libration", we actually see more than 50% of the Moon's surface over the course of its phase cycle.

[Jimbuna]

The word “maverick” came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle.

[Jimbuna]

The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.

[Aktungbby]

Nonsense! https://yogaloftboulder.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Flying-Penguin.jpg:O: https://images.discerningassets.com/image/upload/c_fit,h_1000,w_1000/c_fit,fl_relative,h_1.0,o_100,w_1.0/v1560973864/190103_10979-EditSig_mv969s.jpg

[mapuc]

Think this should solved the discussion, whether penguins fly or not

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/penguinsfly.html

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Think this should solved the discussion, whether penguins fly or not

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/penguinsfly.html

Markus

:smug:

[Jimbuna]

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

[Aktungbby]

Think this should solved the discussion, whether penguins fly or not

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/penguinsfly.html

Markus

:smug:JEEZE! Ya don't hafta get in such a dang flap over it!:03:

[Jimbuna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSHbSe7iW_E

[Jimbuna]

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

[Aktungbby]

any side I fall on is the right side these days:O: but then,:hmmm:...I'm an uncle; not an ant :roll::shifty::hmph::huh::88)

[Jimbuna]

All polar bears are left-handed.

[Aktungbby]

I paws to consider that concept:shucks: https://c.tenor.com/CF8ff5RXU20AAAAM/animals-aww.gif

[Jimbuna]

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)

[Platapus]

In baseball, the pitcher's mound is 10 inches higher above home plate.

[Platapus]

In the original Star Trek series, often in engineering, there were access doors/tunnels/tubes labeled GNDN. It became an inside joke on the series


GNDN = Goes Nowhere Does Nothing.

[Jimbuna]

A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

[Platapus]

The first audio comedy recording was by Cal Stewart in 1898 when he performed his "Uncle Josh" routine for the Edison company

[Jimbuna]

Butterflies taste with their feet.

[Jimbuna]

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

[Aktungbby]

/\ that'll rock their hyraxes!:yep:

[Jimbuna]

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

[Jimbuna]

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Jimbuna]

25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

[Platapus]

The letter A is the only vowel that is not on the top row of a qwerty key board

[Platapus]

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse is the only parasite that replaces an organ in its host.

[Jimbuna]

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

[Platapus]

I am almost ashamed to post this as everyone already knows this one


3 November is National Jellyfish Day.

[mapuc]

The Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was stationed in Dutch India during World War II, but after a few defeats to the Japanese navy in Asia, the ship was ordered to Australia.
To avoid being detected by the Japanese Air Force, the crew cut down trees from nearby islands, equipped the ship with palm trees and shrubs, and painted the remaining areas of the ship as pieces of rock so that the ship looked like a large tropical island seen from above.
The ship was anchored close to shore during the day and sailed only at night.
It became the last ship to reach Australia unscathed, and the only ship of the same size to survive the region's Japanese invasion.

Markus

[Platapus]

An adult Blue Whale eats about 16 metric tons of Krill each day.


The average weight of a Krill is about 2 grams.

[Jimbuna]

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

[Aktungbby]

...from the Huron-Iroquois word Kanata for the village of Stadacona, now present day Quebec adapted by explorer Cartier ca 1547; in his report description of the whole territory.I would have preferred the other of a dozen options: Tuponia!

[Jimbuna]

The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

[Jimbuna]

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

[Platapus]

In 1917, 911 recipients of the Medal of Honor had their award rescinded. Only six of them had them reinstated.

[Aktungbby]

Billy Dixon,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Billydixon.jpg/330px-Billydixon.jpg Buffalo Bill Cody, and Mary Walkerhttps://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2021-03/loc%20Dr%20Mary%20E%20Walker%201200.jpg?itok=E7JRP ZnL...wouldn't send hers back anyway were among the six!!??:yeah: Poor Tom Custer, who died alongside George at the
Battle of Greasy Grass,(winners get to name the battlefield:shucks:) had gotten two for capturing the enemy's colors in the Civil War...at least he died with his boots on! But looked good doing it!https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jan/23/2002238066/-1/-1/0/200117-A-ZZ999-610.JPG Reportedly George was always a little jealous of his sibling!:O:

[Platapus]

Mary Walker was one of the six that got the award reinstated. Still making her the only woman to receive the MOH.

[Aktungbby]

That's hardly a useless fact in the age of MeToo Movement!

[Platapus]

Mary Walker had an "interesting" relationship with the US government.


She volunteered to be a spy for the United States during the Civil way. Her request was refused. Aka NOT a Spy



She was a certified physician, but when she volunteered to be a doctor, the government would only accept her as a nurse.



She was captured by the Confederates under suspicion of being a spy and imprisoned for four months.



Through correspondence between the two governments, it was realized that she was not a spy and was released as part of a prisoner exchange. Aka NOT a spy



After the way, she applied for a medical pension for injuries she suffered as part of her imprisonment. Her request was denied because now the US government thought she had deliberately gotten her self captured to act as a spy for the US government. Aka IS a spy.

[Jimbuna]

There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.

[Jimbuna]

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

[Jimbuna]

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

[Aktungbby]

Surely your not including serf-like helots with outright captive slaves!! That would be an insult to any peasant!:O: Although every Autumn, the Spartan army's Crypteia units would freely murder any helot they wished to w/o reprisal...generally in neighboring conquered Messinia. Helots, at 7 to 1 ratio to the elite Spartans, did most of the farming(hence the takeover of fertile Messinia??!) and as every hoplite knows: "an army travels on its stomach!":doh:

[Jimbuna]

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

[Aktungbby]

never blinksYes he does; twice: https://youtu.be/99Ptctl5_qQ For example, in the video below you can see him blink quickly during the 1:37 and 1:44 mark.:arrgh!:

[Catfish]

One horse has about fifteen horsepower.

[Jimbuna]

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

[Platapus]

Four is the only number where it's value is the same as the number of letters in the name

[Jimbuna]

Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag.

[Jimbuna]

Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.

[Jimbuna]

Only female mosquitoes bite.

[Jimbuna]

The male seahorse carries the eggs until they hatch instead of the female.

[Jimbuna]

Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

[Jimbuna]

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

[Reece]

Toe Jam is not very tasty!! :k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

[Jimbuna]

"Spoonfeed" is the longest word in the English language that has all of its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

[Platapus]

The French Drain was invented in the United States... by an engineer named French.

[Jimbuna]

"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.

[Platapus]

English words can't end in the letter "i." That's why you'll often find "y" at the end of a word after a consonant.

[Catfish]

^ "FYI" :O:

[Jimbuna]

In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.

[Jimbuna]

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath

[Jimbuna]

Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!

[Jimbuna]

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

[Platapus]

Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

:nope:

From their own website
https://www.coca-cola.ie/our-business/faqs/was-coca-cola-originally-green

"Coca‑Cola has always been the same colour since its invention in 1886."

It used to be sold in green glass bottles and there was a "green Coca-Cola" but the color was still the same caramel

[Jimbuna]

So much for US based fact sites :)

[Jimbuna]

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

[Jimbuna]

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

[mapuc]

^ Doesn't say anything about breaking a wind

Markus

[Aktungbby]

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska, USA.

^ Doesn't say anything about breaking a wind

Markus That's 'cause it's how we got here at the beginning BBY!https://c.tenor.com/w8KsjNGvcWYAAAAC/family-guy-god.gif ...now let us pray!??:haha:

[Platapus]

^ Doesn't say anything about breaking a wind

Markus


In that case, would you be sitting in your own pew?

[Jimbuna]

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

[Jimbuna]

Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue.

[Platapus]

Owls are the only birds that can see the colour blue.




Satin Bowerbird: Hold my blueberry. :03:

[Jimbuna]

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

[Jimbuna]

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

[Jimbuna]

There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

[Platapus]

A three-toed sloth only poops once a week on average.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Ostfriese]

In the history of traffic accidents there's only one instance in which a car hit a submarine (in the port of Lysekil, Sweden, in 1961).

[Jimbuna]

A snail can sleep for three years.

[mapuc]

In the history of traffic accidents there's only one instance in which a car hit a submarine (in the port of Lysekil, Sweden, in 1961).

If I remember correctly it was a Volvo P444. The Driver forgot to brake and the car went over the edge hitting the sub with it's front of the car.

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

I had a Volvo P444 back in the 80's.
:yep:

[Aktungbby]

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. "U must help me to go up Sir; ...as for my coming down, let me shift for myself..." -Sir Thomas Mooooer:/\\chop:rotfl2: :oops: :dead:

[Catfish]

I had a Volvo P444 back in the 80's.
:yep:
This was a vintage one already then.. their first ponton body construction without using a separate chassis, derived from a Hanomag. You should have kept it :)

[mapuc]

Sorry friends I did remember it slightly wrong.

It was Volvo PV544 and not PV444.

https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/mtggo7/the_worlds_only_recorded_accident_between_a_car/

Markus

[Jimbuna]

"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

[Jeff-Groves]

"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

:hmmm:
What about Ah?

Example:
"You need to point the installer to where SH3 is installed."
"AH!"

[Jimbuna]

:hmmm:
What about Ah?

Example:
"You need to point the installer to where SH3 is installed."
"AH!"

I was thinking of "No"

[Jeff-Groves]

I was thinking of "No"

As in:
"Did anyone see who hijacked my Limo?"
"No."

[Jimbuna]

As in:
"Did anyone see who hijacked my Limo?"
"No."

:har:

[Jimbuna]

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

[Platapus]

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


That would depend on which version of the bible.


While it is often considered one of the apocrypha, Baruch 6:21 mentions cats.



Now how is *that* for useless knowledge. :D:up:

[Sean C]

Nice!

It's 6:22 in my copy of the Apocrypha:




Upon their bodies and heads sit bats, swallows, and birds, and the cats also.

Baruch 6:22 (KJV)

Apparently "they" are [statues of] Babylonian gods, and the fact that cats sit upon their heads is proof that they are not actually gods. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."

[Platapus]

Organizers of Madame Tussaud's traveling wax exhibition were forced to sew the zipper shut on the pants of the Clinton figure because visitors keep undoing the fly.


Hey, either they want realism or not! :03:

[Platapus]

Whether you want to admit it or not, chances are overwhelming that each of you has experienced Cephalacaudal recapitulation

[Platapus]

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




That reverberated with me. :D

[mapuc]

The word Long is shorter than the word Short

Markus

[Platapus]

Hydrogen gas is the least dense substance in the world, at .08988g/cc.



Hydrogen solid is the most dense substance in the world at 70.6g/cc.


Which makes sense.

[Jimbuna]

The volume of the earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

[Jimbuna]

Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.

[Platapus]

The house fly hums in the middle octave key of F.

[Jeff-Groves]

just because my Stove/Oven has Wi-Fi and Voice Command doesn't mean it will bring me a Beer.
:/\\!!

[Platapus]

William Shatner claims that he has never seen any of his TV shows or movies (With the exception of when he directed)


It seems that despite his ego, he really does not like to see himself on film

[mapuc]

Digby Tatham-Warter was a British Major who during World War II led a British battalion wearing a bowler hat and armed with an umbrella.
Among other things, he defeated a German car, heavily laden with weapons and ammunition, with its umbrella, and during a shelling of enemy fire, he exclaimed:
"Do not worry about the bullets, I have an umbrella!".
Digby survived the war and did not die until 1993.

Markus

[Platapus]

In the original showing of the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV program, the original script did not include the actual return to the Island of Misfit Toys at the end, it was simply mentioned that Santa went back.



Due to a very large number of letters expressing concern about these toys, the scene was added.

[Jimbuna]

Hummingbirds are the only animals that can fly backwards.

[Jimbuna]

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

[Platapus]

The world's second artificial satellite was the R-7 core rocket body.


What most people saw as the Sputnik satellite was actually the Rocket Body which was much larger and had reflective panels on it.

[Jimbuna]

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

[Platapus]

The oldest human-made object still in orbit is the Vanguard 1 satellite. Launched on 17 March 1958.


It is predicted to deorbit in 2198


The second oldest human-made object still in orbit is the Vanguard TV4 rocket third stage which closely follows the Vanguard 1 satellite.

[Aktungbby]

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

/\...they're either braggin' or jus' plain lyin':yeah::O: but that's what a whole lotta pride gets ya!!??

[Jimbuna]

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

[Platapus]

Prior to 1971, in the UK, epilepsy was a recognized reason to have a marriage annulled.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Platapus]

The song Jingle Bells or, as it was originally entitled, One Horse Open Sleigh, was originally a Thanksgiving song.



Extra useless fact: it was also the first song performed live from space on the Gemini 6 mission.



Extra extra useless fact: The harmonica Wally Schirra used was a Hohner "Little Lady".

[Jimbuna]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Jimbuna]

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

[Aktungbby]

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Most social dating is essentially ferreting out a suitable...spouse and hoping you've chosen well....:arrgh!::oops::timeout::wah:?!

[Jimbuna]

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

[Jimbuna]

California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."

[Platapus]

There is a man in the Philippines whose name is Abcdef Aeiou



His full name is Abcde Aeiou A. Mendoza and he lives in Manila.

[Jimbuna]

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

[Platapus]

A teacher, in Columbia, has legally changed her name to Abcdefg Hijklmn Opqrst Uvwxyz.



https://images.says.com/uploads/story_source/source_image/376247/bdbe.jpg


Her previous name was, legally, Ladyzunga Cyborg.


Ms Uvwxyz teaches art and photography at three universities as well as designing fashion on the side.

[Jimbuna]

In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.

[Jimbuna]

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

[Jimbuna]

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

[Aktungbby]

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.#3 R all those Hitler descendants, now under assumed names, quietly practicing LEBENSRAUM in "the Big Apple"!:yep::know::smug:

[Platapus]

The actor Beatrice Straight won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie Network. Her performance is the shortest ever to win an Academy Award for acting, at five minutes and two seconds of screen time.

[Jimbuna]

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

[Jimbuna]

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows.

[Platapus]

In the spring of 2019, there were 136 Devil's Hole Pupfish. Conservation efforts have totaled more than $5,000,000 and continue.



In 2013, there were only 35.

[Jeff-Groves]

In the Continental USA you are never more then 115 miles from a McDonald's.
That don't include Alaska!

[Jeff-Groves]

Buffalo Wild Wings started in........
Wait for it........





















OHIO!

[Rockstar]

San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic.

[Jimbuna]

In Quebec, there is an old law that states margarine must be a different color than butter.

[Jimbuna]

Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.

[Platapus]

We are familiar with the term Blacksmith.
A Redsmith is a metal worker who works with copper.

[Jimbuna]

Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.

[Jimbuna]

The angel falls in Venezuela are nearly 20 times taller than Niagara Falls.

[Platapus]

In the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the country is defined as a Democratic Dictatorship.


:hmmm::06:

[mapuc]

In the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, the country is defined as a Democratic Dictatorship.


:hmmm::06:

They have the right to keep their mouth shut and they have the right not to complain about the politics. So you see, they have rights

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the summer Olympic games while hosting.

[Jimbuna]

The town of Calma, Chile in the Atacama Desert has never had rain.

[Platapus]

The capital of Indonesia is Nusantara.

[Jimbuna]

King Louis XIX ruled France for 15 minutes.

[Platapus]

Marie Therese, the eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was the only member of the immediate royal family to survive the French Revolution.

[Jimbuna]

Greece's national anthem has 158 verses.

[Jimbuna]

When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it's the bell.

[FUBAR295]

Longest word in English language :

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters) is lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust.

[Jimbuna]

The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) was introduced in England in 1965.

[Platapus]

The Emperor Penguin can dive as deep as 550 meters for food.

[Jimbuna]

Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.

[Aktungbby]

Minnesota has 14,444 lakes(10+acres in size)...I've swum in five of them.:shucks:

[Platapus]

The salt that Penguins extract from their blood is released through their nose.

[Jimbuna]

Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per Capita than any other nation.

[Platapus]

I don't mean to brag or anything


But there is another part of my body that is as long as my foot. :D


My forearm. :wah:

[mapuc]

In 2002, a Toyota commercial featuring Brad Pitt was banned in Malaysia.
The reason was that the Malaysian authorities feared that the advertisement would give the Malaysians inferiority complexes.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Until 1997, there were more pigs than people in Denmark.

[Platapus]

Statistically speaking, no job in the United States of America is more deadly than that of the president.



18% of our Presidents have died in office. Almost 1 out of 5.

[Jimbuna]

There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.

[Jimbuna]

Sweden has the least number of murders annually.

[mapuc]

Sweden has the least number of murders annually.

With 330 shooting episodes and 46 homicides Sweden does not have least number of homicide.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The country code for Russia is "007".

[Platapus]

It may be a "conspiracy" but Charles II introduced a law requiring the Tower of London to keep 6 Ravens in its grounds at all time. This is still the Law.

[Jimbuna]

Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".

[Sean C]

All of the following are considered "food additives" by the United States Food and Drug Administration (https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/food-additive-status-list):

Acetone
Arsenic
Benzene
Ox Bile Extract
Butane & Propane
Carbon monoxide
Cedar leaves and twigs
Ground Limestone
Hemlock needles & twigs
Hydrochloric acid
Irradiated meats
Ivermectin
Naphtha
Natural gas
Resin from formaldehyde
Sulfuric acid

[LUKNER]

Russians generally answer the phone by saying, "I'm listening".

Алло!

[Jimbuna]

Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level.

[Platapus]

In the USA, when military service songs are played, the Army Song (The Army goes rolling along), is, by tradition, always played first.

[Jimbuna]

Nepal is the only country that has a non-rectangular flag. It is also asymmetrical.

[Aktungbby]

Vexillologically speaking, it is 2 asymmetric pennons.:yeah: They tend not to fray as badly in high winds at 29,000 ft above sea level!!:O: https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/nepalese-mountaineer-pemba-dorje-sherpa-who-currently-holds-the-for-picture-id88042384?s=612x612

[mapuc]

In 1938 in New York, Joseph Greenstein spotted a sign in a shop window that read, "No dogs or Jews."
Greenstein chose to take the sign down and was promptly confronted by a larger group of Nazi sympathizers who chose to attack Greenstein.
However, they did not know that Greenstein was known as "The Mighty Atom" and was one of America's strongest men who could bend horseshoes with his hands and bite nails over.
Greenstein sent 18 out of the 20 men to the hospital before the fight was called off.

Markus

[Platapus]

Sergeant Anthony Marchione was the last American to die in air combat in World War II. He was a photographer's assistant flying in a B-32

[Jimbuna]

More people speak English in China than the United States.

[Platapus]

In England, the Queen's Poet Laureate receives, in addition to an honorarium, a barrel of Sherry. The sherry is delivered evenly over the 10 years of the Laureate's term or about 72 bottles a year.



*hic* There once was a queen from Nantucket....*hic* :doh:

[Jimbuna]

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108.7 acres.

[Platapus]

California's State Animal Doesn't Exist in California

[Jimbuna]

In Japan, watermelons are squared. It's easier to stack them that way.

[Aktungbby]

That's because the last one was killed in 1922 in Tulare County. Their habitat became untenable largely due to the influx of California gold-rush settlers. Usus Californicus is extinct; the closet relative is the Alaskan brown bear or The Kodiac bear. There is estimated habitat for 500 grizzly bears in California; but in 2014, a petition to Fish and Game to reintroduce the great bear to California was rejected. It only exists on the state flag. Vexillologically speaking, in parades and such, someone must occasionally bear the state colours??!:O:

[mapuc]

In 1986, a Soviet plane was on its way to a stopover in Samara in present-day Russia, when the captain bet with his co-pilot that he could land the plane only with the help of the instruments.
They therefore pulled the blinds for the windows, but on landing he overheard warnings about the position of the plane, after which it smoked out of the runway and ended up upside down.
70 of the 94 people on board were killed on landing.
The co-pilot died on the way to the hospital after trying to rescue passengers while the pilot survived and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, of which he served six years.

Markus

[Platapus]

Lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada.

[Jimbuna]

The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".

[mapuc]

The number "four" is considered unlucky in Japan because it is pronounced the same as "death".

Everything from Japan seems to have come from China in one way or another, and unlucky number four is no exception. In fact, China spread this superstition around to many other Asian countries as well… basically any Asian country who borrowed kanji or created their own language with Chinese as a base. It's quite fascinating.

https://www.tofugu.com/japan/number-four-superstition/

Markus

[Aktungbby]

/\JEEZE!...At some point then, we'll probably be attacked by China....on the glorious 4th of July??:hmmm::O:

[Jimbuna]

The Philippines has about 7,100 islands, of which only about 460 are more than 1 square mile in area.

[Jimbuna]

The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.

[Jimbuna]

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats.

[Platapus]

In WWI, the 369th Infantry Regiment spent a total of 191 days in the front line trenches, more than any other US unit.



Happy Black History Month.

[Jeff-Groves]

April 11th, 1954 is believed to be the boringest day in recorded history.

[Jeff-Groves]

If you shove a foot of snow out of the end of your driveway?
15 minutes later a snow plow will push 2 foot back in.
:/\\!!

[Platapus]

The length of a cat's whiskers is determined by genetics. A cat that grows fat can render the whiskers less useful in measuring to see if it will fit in a tight spot


Want to see if your cat is too fat, compare the body width to the width of the spread of whiskers.

[Jimbuna]

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

[Jeff-Groves]

Honey-Do lists tend to be longer then Honey-Don't lists.
:hmmm:

[Platapus]

Honey-Do lists tend to be longer then Honey-Don't lists.
:hmmm:




You clearly don't know my wife. :o

[Catfish]

A man will do what he promised he will do, no need to remind him every three years.

[Jimbuna]

Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.

[Platapus]

Moon dust smells like wet fireplace ashes based on what the astronauts said.



Scientists on earth had to take their word for it as by the the time moon dust samples (intentional and non-intentional) got back to earth, it lost its smell.

[Jimbuna]

Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.

[Jimbuna]

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

[Platapus]

Sweet potatoes belong to the morning glory family (also known as the convolvulaceae family) and are actually swollen roots.


Not a potato

[Jimbuna]

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.

[Aktungbby]

...as I recollect...:hmmm: due to his cavalier attitude(s?), he became even shorter...(8"??+ -):/\\chop :rotfl2::oops::dead:

[Platapus]

Even at full gallop, the seahorse is the slowest fish at 0.01 miles per hour

[Jimbuna]

Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.

[Platapus]

Botanically speaking, Eggplants are berrys

[Jimbuna]

President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.

[Jimbuna]

Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.

[Platapus]

Cats, Camels, and Giraffes move both of their right feet first, then move both of their left feet. No other animals walk this way.

[Jimbuna]

A blue whales heart only beats nine times per minute.

[Platapus]

A cat’s purr vibrates at a frequency between 25 and 150 hertz, which is the same frequency at which muscles and bones repair themselves.

[Jimbuna]

A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.

[Aktungbby]

The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.

...as I recollect...:hmmm: due to his cavalier attitude(s?), he became even shorter...(8"??+ -):/\\chop :rotfl2::oops::dead:on Jan. 30, 1649, a bitterly cold day, anointed King, Charles I, wore two shirts to the executioner's block against the chill; lest the spectators think he was shivering in fear...

[Platapus]

Cats are believed to be the only mammals who don't taste sweetness.

[Aktungbby]

In German, Mississippi is spelled Mißißippi!:yep:

[Jimbuna]

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

[Aktungbby]

twice the length of its body...not including the tail!:O: http://s2.thingpic.com/images/sL/1JGS4SPJZmbiSMwKppYKb9fQ.jpeg

[Platapus]

Cats have the largest eyes relative to their head size of any mammal.:o

[Platapus]

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics


Nearly a third of American adults have been arrested at least once


Of course, that's arrested, not convicted of a crime.

[Jimbuna]

A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth.

[Platapus]

Glenn Ford was one of Hollywood's fastest gun drawing actors. He could draw and fire a handgun in 0.4 seconds as measured in the film frames

[Jimbuna]

A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.

[Jimbuna]

The penguin is the only bird that can swim but can't fly.

[Aktungbby]

Glenn Ford was one of Hollywood's fastest gun drawing actors. He could draw and fire a handgun in 0.4 seconds as measured in the film frames He'd do OK in a corral shootout!:03: