useless facts - Page 255

Platapus · 02-25-25, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

/\...like when I get 'twixt two mirrors while shaving...

and contemplate which is my 'good' side

and which isn't

For you?

Neither is the good side.

Aktungbby · 02-25-25, 10:00 AM

I knew that'd finally get a 'rise' outta ya!

Jimbuna · 02-25-25, 11:27 AM

Medical errors are a top cause of death.

According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. This makes medical error the third leading cause of death in the country.

Jimbuna · 02-26-25, 02:14 PM

Sloths have more neck bones than giraffes.

Aktungbby · 02-27-25, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Catoptromancy is the interpretation of reflections

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Originally Posted by Platapus

For you?

Neither is the good side.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I knew that'd finally get a 'rise' outta ya!

https://www.tiktok.com/@pointingoran...62946353319199

Jimbuna · 02-27-25, 06:08 AM

Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest.

Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

Platapus · 02-27-25, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

https://www.tiktok.com/@pointingoran...62946353319199

They should not have used my image there. They did not give me a chance to even brush my teeth.

Jimbuna · 02-28-25, 12:48 PM

Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches.

Jimbuna · 03-01-25, 02:09 PM

Paint used to be stored in pig bladders.

Ostfriese · 03-01-25, 03:51 PM

In 1950 East Germany had a population of 18.39 million. Despite a fertility rate of >2 until 1970 the population declined to about 17 million. At the time of the reunification it was down to 16.1 million.
Today the eastern region of Germany has only about 13.8 million inhabitants.

Especially young people are leaving the area of the former GDR, and the majority of them are women. In the age group 18-49 some rural regions experience a severe disparity between men and women, with less than 70 women for every 100 men.

Catfish · 03-01-25, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Medical errors are a top cause of death.
According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. [...] .

Hasn't the Johns Hopkins team just been defunded by Musk

Aktungbby · 03-02-25, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches.

...and used their scaly tails to floss with!

Jimbuna · 03-02-25, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Hasn't the Johns Hopkins team just been defunded by Musk

I've no idea but wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he has

Jimbuna · 03-02-25, 01:21 PM

Humans have jumped farther than horses in the Olympics.

Jimbuna · 03-03-25, 11:53 AM

The Terminator script was sold for $1

02-25-25, 10:00 AM	#3812
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,072 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I knew that'd finally get a 'rise' outta ya! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-25-25, 11:27 AM	#3813
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Medical errors are a top cause of death. According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. This makes medical error the third leading cause of death in the country. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-26-25, 02:14 PM	#3814
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sloths have more neck bones than giraffes. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-27-25, 06:08 AM	#3816
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest. Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-28-25, 12:48 PM	#3818
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-01-25, 02:09 PM	#3819
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Paint used to be stored in pig bladders. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-01-25, 03:51 PM	#3820
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,879 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In 1950 East Germany had a population of 18.39 million. Despite a fertility rate of >2 until 1970 the population declined to about 17 million. At the time of the reunification it was down to 16.1 million. Today the eastern region of Germany has only about 13.8 million inhabitants. Especially young people are leaving the area of the former GDR, and the majority of them are women. In the age group 18-49 some rural regions experience a severe disparity between men and women, with less than 70 women for every 100 men.

03-02-25, 01:21 PM	#3824
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Humans have jumped farther than horses in the Olympics. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-03-25, 11:53 AM	#3825
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Terminator script was sold for $1 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!