useless facts - Page 120

Platapus · 06-27-22, 01:23 PM

Male mosquitoes use thousands of tiny hairs that grow along their antennae to hear.

Jimbuna · 06-28-22, 05:29 AM

More human twins are being born now than ever before.

Platapus · 06-28-22, 02:28 PM

It takes 5,000 pounds of fresh rose petals to make just one pound of rose oil

Makes me wonder why I don't see more squeaky roses.

Jimbuna · 06-29-22, 09:54 AM

A narwhal's tusk reveals its past living conditions.

Jimbuna · 06-30-22, 09:34 AM

The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph.

Platapus · 06-30-22, 03:38 PM

The English word for tomato comes from the Spanish word tomate, which itself came from the Nahuatl, the ancient Aztec language, word tomatl. The Aztec name translated to “Plump thing with a navel.”

I once dated a plump thing with a navel. She was quite the tomato.

Ostfriese · 06-30-22, 03:49 PM

Vaporizing any amount of water (changing its state of matter from "liquid" to "gaseous") without changing it's temperature requires as much energy as increasing the temperature of the same amount of gaseous water by about 500K.

Vaporizing any amount of liquid water at 100°C (212°F) expands its volume by a factor of about 1700.

Jimbuna · 07-03-22, 10:44 AM

"New car smell" is the scent of dozens of chemicals.

Platapus · 07-04-22, 05:32 AM

Up until the 1770's, erasers were usually damp bread

Jimbuna · 07-04-22, 08:02 AM

The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.

Jimbuna · 07-05-22, 12:48 PM

The severed head of a sea slug can grow a whole new body.

Platapus · 07-06-22, 03:50 PM

Vinculums are used to designate repetends and radicands.

But that's just stating the obvious.

Jimbuna · 07-07-22, 06:03 AM

Hair and nails grow faster during pregnancy.

Platapus · 07-07-22, 03:12 PM

The paper clip was invented by several people in different countries around the same period of time.

Jimbuna · 07-09-22, 05:48 AM

Some sea snakes can breathe through their skin.

06-27-22, 01:23 PM	#1786
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Male mosquitoes use thousands of tiny hairs that grow along their antennae to hear. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-28-22, 05:29 AM	#1787
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	More human twins are being born now than ever before. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-28-22, 02:28 PM	#1788
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It takes 5,000 pounds of fresh rose petals to make just one pound of rose oil Makes me wonder why I don't see more squeaky roses. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-29-22, 09:54 AM	#1789
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A narwhal's tusk reveals its past living conditions. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-30-22, 09:34 AM	#1790
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-30-22, 03:38 PM	#1791
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The English word for tomato comes from the Spanish word tomate, which itself came from the Nahuatl, the ancient Aztec language, word tomatl. The Aztec name translated to “Plump thing with a navel.” I once dated a plump thing with a navel. She was quite the tomato. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-30-22, 03:49 PM	#1792
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,178 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Vaporizing any amount of water (changing its state of matter from "liquid" to "gaseous") without changing it's temperature requires as much energy as increasing the temperature of the same amount of gaseous water by about 500K. Vaporizing any amount of liquid water at 100°C (212°F) expands its volume by a factor of about 1700. Last edited by Ostfriese; 06-30-22 at 04:12 PM.

07-03-22, 10:44 AM	#1793
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"New car smell" is the scent of dozens of chemicals. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-04-22, 05:32 AM	#1794
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Up until the 1770's, erasers were usually damp bread __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-04-22, 08:02 AM	#1795
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-05-22, 12:48 PM	#1796
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The severed head of a sea slug can grow a whole new body. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-06-22, 03:50 PM	#1797
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Vinculums are used to designate repetends and radicands. But that's just stating the obvious. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-07-22, 06:03 AM	#1798
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Hair and nails grow faster during pregnancy. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

07-07-22, 03:12 PM	#1799
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,000 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The paper clip was invented by several people in different countries around the same period of time. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-09-22, 05:48 AM	#1800
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Some sea snakes can breathe through their skin. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)