Guinness is actually red, not black or brown.

This thread is awesome.

Lammastide said:

This thread is awesome.

awww ur a doll thanks i thought it would be fun

xpertluva said:

- The name of all the continents end with the same letter they begin with.

North America and South America don't do this, unless you only refer to them as America.

Or silver, or orange.

Bookkeeper is the only word in the English language that has three double letters in a row.

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here are a couple more useless facts:

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

A snail can sleep for three years.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

According to Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, it is possible to go slower than light and faster than
light, but it is impossible to go the speed of light. Also, there is a particle called tackyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it.

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. ( In your next life do you want to be a pig?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?)

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Something I always wanted to know)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20

insatiable3 said:

here are a couple more useless facts:

The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

insatiable3 said:

here are a couple more useless facts:

Also, there is a particle called tackyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it.

I don't believe this part!

Häagen-Dazs ice cream was developed by a married couple in the Bronx, Reuben and Rose Mattus. The name was totally made up and doesn't mean anything. When the Mattuses were brainstorming a name for their product, they took "Duncan Hines," switched the first letters of both words, and then threw a fake Scandinavian twist on it to come up with their new ice cream name.

NDRU said:

insatiable3 said:

here are a couple more useless facts:

Also, there is a particle called tackyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it.

I don't believe this part!

the useless facts dont lie

insatiable3 said:

NDRU said:

I don't believe this part!

the useless facts dont lie

Did you get some of these facts from Uncle John's?

Efan said:

insatiable3 said:

the useless facts dont lie

Did you get some of these facts from Uncle John's?

i got them from useless facts .com

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

muirdo said:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

I've heard this as well, but turns out, it's only partially true: http://www.snopes.com/mil...statue.asp

Poiple said:

muirdo said:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

I've heard this as well, but turns out, it's only partially true: http://www.snopes.com/mil...statue.asp

LOL yeah I just went to Snopes to back my claim up and noticed the same thing lol.

Im affronted

muirdo said:

Poiple said:

I've heard this as well, but turns out, it's only partially true: http://www.snopes.com/mil...statue.asp

LOL yeah I just went to Snopes to back my claim up and noticed the same thing lol.

Im affronted

Ahhh, it's all good.

muirdo said:

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

thats sooo interesting i love it !! i never knew that!!

1.The hanshake is based on when knights would me each other. They would extend their hands to show that they were not carrying any weapons.

2. The buttons on the sleeves of men’s jackets serve no real purpose today, but as the story goes, it involves Frederick the Great, who was King of Prussia in the 1700s. Frederick’s armies were involved in a great many wars, and he was often on the field of battle with his troops. One of his concerns, so the story goes, was the appearance of his men.

Once, as he went about inspecting his soldiers, he became quite upset at the dirty sleeves of their uniforms. When he asked why the sleeves were dirtier than the rest of the uniforms, he was told that the soldiers wiped the sweat from their faces on their sleeves.

Frederick refused to have this habit continue, so to stop it, he ordered metal buttons sewn on the top side of all soldiers’ sleeves. That way, if the men wiped their faces, using their sleeves as a towel, they would get badly scratched.

Eventually these buttons were put on civilians’ jackets as well, but only as decoration. So if you notice buttons on your father’s jacket sleeve, don’t think that your mother put them there to stop him from using his jacket as a towel. The buttons are only for decoration.

muirdo said:

Poiple said:

I've heard this as well, but turns out, it's only partially true: http://www.snopes.com/mil...statue.asp

LOL yeah I just went to Snopes to back my claim up and noticed the same thing lol.

Im affronted

What if they have a traffic cone on their head?

edit.

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mcmeekle said:

muirdo said:

LOL yeah I just went to Snopes to back my claim up and noticed the same thing lol.

Im affronted

What if they have a traffic cone on their head?

edit.

[Edited 8/5/10 13:29pm]

They have embraced Ned culture.

[img:$uid]http://www.edwud.com/photos/duke_of_wellington_traffic_cone_glasgow.jpg[/img:$uid]

the authorities have now given up taking the traffic cone off and is now a permanent fixture

muirdo said:

mcmeekle said:

What if they have a traffic cone on their head?

edit.

[Edited 8/5/10 13:29pm]

They have embraced Ned culture.

[img:$uid]http://www.edwud.com/photos/duke_of_wellington_traffic_cone_glasgow.jpg[/img:$uid]

the authorities have now given up taking the traffic cone off and is now a permanent fixture

Maybe they survived the battle but got run over in the car park on the way home.

more useless facts for today... enjoy please add if you feel like it...

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily (I knew it!).

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist that discovered this??)

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

Needless to say, personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions. When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile." Also, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt, and therefore, the expression "losing face."

sexydancer said:

3)TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

not on my keyboard

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

i don't think so, must be much more

funkadelic11 said:

sexydancer said:

3)TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

not on my keyboard

It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

i don't think so, must be much more

insatiable3 said:

here are a couple more useless facts:

Also, there is a particle called tackyon, which is supposed to go faster than light. This means if you fire a tackyon beam, it travels before you fire it.