useless facts - Page 32

Von Due · 03-05-21, 09:17 AM

At Last The 1948 Show was first aired in 1967.

Jimbuna · 03-05-21, 02:08 PM

You spray 2.5 drops of saliva per word.

Moonlight · 03-05-21, 05:50 PM

^That can't be right, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" must have more drops than the word "bollocks" does, it's bloody fake news again.

Jeff-Groves · 03-05-21, 06:08 PM

Your eyes can detect a candle flame 1.7 miles away.
In the USA, Candles cause an estimated 15,600 house fires, 150 deaths, and 1,270 injuries each year.

Statistics don't tell us if those people were Blind.

Jimbuna · 03-06-21, 01:29 PM

Mary Shelley allegedly lost her virginity on her mother’s grave.

Jeff-Groves · 03-06-21, 01:39 PM

The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914.
Jarvis later denounced the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar.

I've been by the home of Jarvis and her Mother in West Virginia.
So 2 for 1 useless facts.

Aktungbby · 03-06-21, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Mary Shelley allegedly lost her virginity on her mother’s grave.

For which Percy Shelly atoned a short time later

Catfish · 03-06-21, 02:07 PM

During the black death, incoming ships were forced to wait 40 days to prevent possible infection.
The italian word "quaranta" for 40 is where the word quarantine comes from.

ET2SN · 03-06-21, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

For which Percy Shelly atoned a short time later

Smoked to death?

Aktungbby · 03-06-21, 05:28 PM

The famous Percy Shelley, the John Lennon of his time, drowned sailing his new sailboat and washed up on the Italian coast ...some fortnight later... not looking as good as in the contemporary painting of his beachside cremation. My great-grandfather drowned similarly on the St Lawrence river testing his new boat: in front of his wife and my grandmother. Naturally I tend to recollect these things when aboard the 35+ year-old Catalina in the Carquinez Strait!

Jimbuna · 03-07-21, 06:39 AM

A shark is the only animal that can blink both its eyes.

Jimbuna · 03-07-21, 06:57 AM

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Sean C · 03-08-21, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A shark is the only animal that can blink both its eyes.

I'm pretty sure I've seen plenty of animals blink both eyes. Do you mean independently ... like winking?

Jimbuna · 03-08-21, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean C

I'm pretty sure I've seen plenty of animals blink both eyes. Do you mean independently ... like winking?

@1:04

Von Due · 03-08-21, 12:07 PM

Window glass is a solid liquid or a liquid solid if you like.

03-05-21, 02:08 PM	#467
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,900 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You spray 2.5 drops of saliva per word. __________________ 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)

03-05-21, 05:50 PM	#468
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	^That can't be right, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" must have more drops than the word "bollocks" does, it's bloody fake news again. __________________

03-05-21, 06:08 PM	#469
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,317 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Your eyes can detect a candle flame 1.7 miles away. In the USA, Candles cause an estimated 15,600 house fires, 150 deaths, and 1,270 injuries each year. Statistics don't tell us if those people were Blind. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

03-06-21, 01:29 PM	#470
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,900 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Mary Shelley allegedly lost her virginity on her mother’s grave. __________________ 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)

03-06-21, 01:39 PM	#471
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,317 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis later denounced the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. I've been by the home of Jarvis and her Mother in West Virginia. So 2 for 1 useless facts. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

03-05-21, 09:17 AM	#466
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	At Last The 1948 Show was first aired in 1967.

03-06-21, 02:07 PM	#473
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,892 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	During the black death, incoming ships were forced to wait 40 days to prevent possible infection. The italian word "quaranta" for 40 is where the word quarantine comes from. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-06-21, 05:28 PM	#475
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,814 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Learning fom others mistakes saves pain! The famous Percy Shelley, the John Lennon of his time, drowned sailing his new sailboat and washed up on the Italian coast ...some fortnight later... not looking as good as in the contemporary painting of his beachside cremation. My great-grandfather drowned similarly on the St Lawrence river testing his new boat: in front of his wife and my grandmother. Naturally I tend to recollect these things when aboard the 35+ year-old Catalina in the Carquinez Strait! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

03-07-21, 06:39 AM	#476
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,900 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A shark is the only animal that can blink both its eyes. __________________ 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)

03-07-21, 06:57 AM	#477
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,900 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. __________________ 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)

03-08-21, 12:07 PM	#480
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Window glass is a solid liquid or a liquid solid if you like.

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