useless facts - Page 268

Platapus · 05-11-25, 01:22 PM

Cruise ships have morgues that can store up to 10 bodies at once. The average amount of people that die on cruise ships per year is 200.

Ostfriese · 05-11-25, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Fiat once sold a car with an espresso machine.

French car maker Renault offers a baguette holder as an optional item for its recently released R5.

Jimbuna · 05-12-25, 06:39 AM

Nomophobia is the fear of being without your smartphone.

Platapus · 05-12-25, 04:59 PM

More tornadoes occur in the United Kingdom per square mile than in any other country in the world.

Jimbuna · 05-13-25, 12:04 PM

Two-stick Popsicles were created to make your dollar stretch.

During the Great Depression, the Popsicle® company debuted the two-stick ice pop so people could get more bang for their buck, or rather, five cents.

Platapus · 05-13-25, 05:14 PM

By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce.

Platapus · 05-14-25, 05:49 AM

The majority of blind people in the U.S. and the U.K. cannot read braille. Statistically, less than 1% of blind in the U.K. and under 10% in the U.S.

Jimbuna · 05-14-25, 06:25 AM

A barber in India cuts hair with fire.

Nazim Ali, a haircutter in New Delhi, has been using flammable chemicals he ignites in order to ‘cut’ and style hair, according to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Ali’s been using his technique for 30 years, and is especially popular with the Dehli youth.

Platapus · 05-14-25, 03:30 PM

It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw, and males are more likely to be left-pawed.

Jimbuna · 05-15-25, 07:38 AM

Cranberries can bounce.

The small round fruit contains four air pockets, allowing them to not only float in water, but bounce when dropped on a hard surface.

Platapus · 05-15-25, 05:28 PM

There are only two countries in the world that have the color purple in their flags: Nicaragua and Dominica.

Ostfriese · 05-16-25, 01:59 AM

Olympic gold medals made mostly of silver. They usually are gilded or plated with gold, and the minimum amount of gold in a gold medal is 6 grams (out of a total weight of about 500 grams).

Ostfriese · 05-16-25, 02:00 AM

The bronze medals awarded at the 2024 olympics in Paris have a material value of about five euros.

Jimbuna · 05-16-25, 12:56 PM

It’s illegal to run out of gas on the Autobahn

Platapus · 05-16-25, 03:40 PM

“Tsundoku” is a Japanese word for the habit of buying too many books, letting them pile up in your house, and never reading them.

Guilty

05-11-25, 01:22 PM	#4006
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Cruise ships have morgues that can store up to 10 bodies at once. The average amount of people that die on cruise ships per year is 200. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-12-25, 06:39 AM	#4008
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nomophobia is the fear of being without your smartphone. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-12-25, 04:59 PM	#4009
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	More tornadoes occur in the United Kingdom per square mile than in any other country in the world. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-13-25, 12:04 PM	#4010
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Two-stick Popsicles were created to make your dollar stretch. During the Great Depression, the Popsicle® company debuted the two-stick ice pop so people could get more bang for their buck, or rather, five cents. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-25, 05:14 PM	#4011
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	By the time they have been retired for 2 years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-14-25, 05:49 AM	#4012
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The majority of blind people in the U.S. and the U.K. cannot read braille. Statistically, less than 1% of blind in the U.K. and under 10% in the U.S. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-14-25, 06:25 AM	#4013
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A barber in India cuts hair with fire. Nazim Ali, a haircutter in New Delhi, has been using flammable chemicals he ignites in order to ‘cut’ and style hair, according to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Ali’s been using his technique for 30 years, and is especially popular with the Dehli youth. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-14-25, 03:30 PM	#4014
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw, and males are more likely to be left-pawed. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-15-25, 07:38 AM	#4015
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Cranberries can bounce. The small round fruit contains four air pockets, allowing them to not only float in water, but bounce when dropped on a hard surface. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-15-25, 05:28 PM	#4016
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There are only two countries in the world that have the color purple in their flags: Nicaragua and Dominica. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-16-25, 01:59 AM	#4017
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,901 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Olympic gold medals made mostly of silver. They usually are gilded or plated with gold, and the minimum amount of gold in a gold medal is 6 grams (out of a total weight of about 500 grams).

05-16-25, 02:00 AM	#4018
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,901 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The bronze medals awarded at the 2024 olympics in Paris have a material value of about five euros.

05-16-25, 12:56 PM	#4019
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It’s illegal to run out of gas on the Autobahn __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-16-25, 03:40 PM	#4020
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,444 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	“Tsundoku” is a Japanese word for the habit of buying too many books, letting them pile up in your house, and never reading them. Guilty __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.