useless facts - Page 25

Von Due · 02-12-21, 01:16 PM

Ελληνικά is Greek to English speakers.

Jimbuna · 02-12-21, 02:17 PM

Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin.

Rockstar · 02-12-21, 04:18 PM

Just five years after Japan surrendered. It contributed 46 ships and 1200 former Imperial Japanese Navy personnel for combat duty in support of allied forces during the Korean war.

Platapus · 02-12-21, 06:30 PM

Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.

Buddahaid · 02-12-21, 07:48 PM

Shopping locally. I end up ordering most of what I'm looking for from Amazon because the local stores almost never have what I'm looking for!

Platapus · 02-13-21, 07:41 AM

On the average, it takes about 53 hours for food to go from mouth to ... uh.. final product.

Jimbuna · 02-13-21, 08:06 AM

The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer.

Platapus · 02-13-21, 10:34 AM

Herbert Hoover was Stanford's football team manager. At the first Stanford-Cal game in 1892, he forgot to bring the ball.

Jimbuna · 02-13-21, 01:26 PM

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

Platapus · 02-14-21, 07:48 AM

The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—Norville Rogers.

Jimbuna · 02-14-21, 08:27 AM

Salt used to be a currency.

Aktungbby · 02-14-21, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Salt used to be a currency.

No doubt many a centurion licked his salarium in his atria's solarium to prevent heatstroke while roamin' around Mare Nostrum.

Jimbuna · 02-14-21, 01:59 PM

There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Platapus · 02-14-21, 08:55 PM

Hawaiian Punch was originally developed in 1934 as a tropical flavored ice cream topping.

Jimbuna · 02-15-21, 08:32 AM

There are 32 muscles in a cat’s ear.

02-12-21, 02:17 PM	#362
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin. __________________ 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)

02-12-21, 04:18 PM	#363
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,832 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Just five years after Japan surrendered. It contributed 46 ships and 1200 former Imperial Japanese Navy personnel for combat duty in support of allied forces during the Korean war. __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

02-12-21, 06:30 PM	#364
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-12-21, 07:48 PM	#365
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,558 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Shopping locally. I end up ordering most of what I'm looking for from Amazon because the local stores almost never have what I'm looking for! __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

02-13-21, 07:41 AM	#366
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	On the average, it takes about 53 hours for food to go from mouth to ... uh.. final product. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-12-21, 01:16 PM	#361
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Ελληνικά is Greek to English speakers.

02-13-21, 08:06 AM	#367
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer. __________________ 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)

02-13-21, 10:34 AM	#368
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Herbert Hoover was Stanford's football team manager. At the first Stanford-Cal game in 1892, he forgot to bring the ball. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-13-21, 01:26 PM	#369
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down. __________________ 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)

02-14-21, 07:48 AM	#370
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—Norville Rogers. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-14-21, 08:27 AM	#371
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Salt used to be a currency. __________________ 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)

02-14-21, 01:59 PM	#373
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. __________________ 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)

02-14-21, 08:55 PM	#374
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Hawaiian Punch was originally developed in 1934 as a tropical flavored ice cream topping. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-15-21, 08:32 AM	#375
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,198 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are 32 muscles in a cat’s ear. __________________ 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)