Useless facts.

[Aaron]

Useless Facts
1. Most American car horns honk in the key of F.

2. The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

3. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

4. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.

5. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

6. Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

7. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

8. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected after the original 7-ounce containers and 'UP' for the direction of the bubbles.

9. 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie. .

10. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

11. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

12. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.

13. Reindeer like to eat bananas.

14. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

15. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

16. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

17. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

18. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.

20. A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

[Skullcaptain]

18. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.


:D
:D
:D
:D

[Pigeon Poop]

1. Bulls are colorblind, it is the motion of the cape which angers them.

2. China has more English speakers than the United States.

3. Cheese is the oldest of all man-made foods.

4. By the time a child finishes elementary school he/she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on television.

5. Children grow faster in the springtime.

6. Bees kill more people per year than sharks do.

[kiba]

4. By the time a child finishes elementary school he/she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on television.


i am happy about this.

[Pookie]

If you look really close in the 34th minute of the new Superman movie you'll see 3 testicles.

[Landau14]

OMG

10. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
19. More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes
16.Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots

LOOOL
Man, you are GOOD! XD
Keep 'em coming

PS- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple

Oh really? What about solnth, gorange, nilver and gurple? Ha? Not so smart now, eh?

[Shamousse]

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

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

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

5. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

6. The spot on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.

7. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
sharks stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

8. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

10. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.

11. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.)

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

13. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

14. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

15. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

16. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.

17. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't
sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)

18. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

19. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

20. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

21. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

22. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

24. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.

[Landau14]

24. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it

LOL

22. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries

LOL

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants

LOL

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A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death

Super Cool! I've got to try it someday

Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.)

How The ****?!?!

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20. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Knew it. Pretty cool

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton

That's why it doesn't get messed up in the cleaning machine

13. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos

That's ****ing brilliant!!

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

WHAT???/

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Are all of these "Did you know?"s from Wikipedia? (:

[Shamousse]

I get all mine by email..people love sending me stuff like this

[SmokeyMcDugen]

Useless Facts
11. 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.


Sorry Guy,

But that would be incorrect. One example is aftercataracts
Look it up.

[Immortal_Daemon]

Sorry Guy,

But that would be incorrect. One example is aftercataracts
Look it up.

Google disagrees.

[Aaron]

More coming..

More Useless Facts
A whale's penis is called a dork.

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

The average person spends 6 months of their life sitting at red lights.

In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money throughout the world.

Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.

Seattle?s Fremont Bridge rises up and down more than any drawbridge in the world.

Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.

Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.

A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.

Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.

In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.

There is approximately one chicken for every human being in the world.

Most collect calls are made on father's day.

The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.

[orc_dragoon]

1. a tomato is considered a fruit and vegetable.
2. fire is hot
3. ice is cold
4. micheal jackson is "***"






just had to get those off my mind

[SmokeyMcDugen]

Google disagrees.

As if I really care what those Communist-loving morons (rich, but morons just the same) agree and disagree with.

Try a medical website (Its the US Library of Medicine/Health)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&uid=3841544

[dieuglydie]

Dogs can't look up.

[Glock23cj]

Dogs can't look up.

Funny my dog just looked up at me

[Taurean]

Why is there a fathers and mothers day, while there is not a sons or daughters day??

Been wondering on that for a loong while

[N V]

because we are annoying brats from we are born until we leave the "nest"

they need those days to just relax ;) :D

[Aaron]

------------> Uncopyrightable is the most unusual word in the english language. See if you can find out why O_O

[2.0]

Funny my dog just looked up at me
I think me means like straight up.

..I dunno..

[MadMardegan]

1 Penguins can jump up to 6 feet

2 If you hold a Kangeroo's tale it can't jump

3 The average human only produces one tea spoon of adrenaline in their life

4 Only 10% percent of americans own passports

I'll have more another time, can't think of any atm.

[Landau14]

Liked the new ones (:

Demands:
1. How many SMS are sent in mother's day?
2. How many bugs there are in the world?

[Immortal_Daemon]

Fact: 4chan has wtfpwnt Scientology for the past 2 days.

Fact: It's awesomely entertaining.

[Dlav123]

1.a goldfish has a memory span of 2 seconds

2.dolphins and humans are the only things on earth that have s-e-x for enjoyment

3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

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

12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17. The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

24. The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

25. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

26. The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

28. Camel’s have three eyelids.

29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

30. John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

39. Slugs have four noses.

40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON’T TRY IT, DUMBASS)

44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.

45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.

46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.

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

48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”.

49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.

50. Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

51. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

52. The numbers “172″ can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

53. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

54. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.

55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

56. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

57. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

59. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.

60. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

61. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.

62. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).

63. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.

64. IBM’s motto is “Think”. Apple later made their motto “Think different”.

65. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.

66. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

67. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

68. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.

69. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.

70. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.

71. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.

72. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald’s.

73. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.

74. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.

75. In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).

76. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles”.

77. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.

78. One in ten people live on an island.

79. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

80. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.

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

82. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

83. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

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

85. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.

86. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.

87. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).

88. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[2.0]

2.dolphins and humans are the only things on earth that have s-e-x for enjoyment


Theres an ape, called a Bonobo, or something similar that also does. ;o

[torchohanger]

Why is there a fathers and mothers day, while there is not a sons or daughters day??

Been wondering on that for a loong while

Every day is daughter/sons day

[Dlav123]

oh i didnt know that 2.0 but anyway have u read the whole thing i posted this and then i looked through the thread and saw about 10 of them were posted lol

[davidlissfan]

Let me try.

42


Elvis Presley died at 42

The angle at which light reflects off water to create a rainbow is 42

The city of Jerusalem covers an area of 42 square miles

The Torah (the holy book of Judaism) is broken into columns, each of which always has exactly 42 lines

Fox Mulder (The X-Files) lives in apartment # 42

There are 42 decks on the Enterprise NCC1701-D (the Next Generation ship)

Bill Clinton is the 42nd U.S. president

A Wonderbra consists of 42 individual parts

There are 42 Oreo cookies in a 1 pound package

"The beast was given a mouth uttering proud boasts and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for 42 days" -Revelations 13:5

In romeo and Juliet, Juliet sleeps for 42 hours

The right arm of the statue of liberty is 42 feet long

Jimi Hendrix & Jerry Garcia were born in 1942

The number of dots on a pair of dice is 42

Dogs have a total of 42 teeth over there lifetimes

In "The Catcher In The Rye" Holden Caufield lies and says he's 42

The world-record jump by a kangaroo is 42 feet

The natural DNA vibration frequency of a white mouse is 42

The natural DNA vibration frequency of a human is 42

There are 42 generations from Abraham to Jesus Christ

And most important :
According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, "the meaning of life, the universe, and everything" is the number

42

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not to bad considering I did NOT use Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V :)

[Aaron]

Holy wow.

[Legendary Slasher]

the two longest words in spanish that are used in commen conversations:

electroencefalografista (this can be plural so you add an S)
anticonstitucionalmente

The longest is superextraordinarísimo

[Dlav123]

wat do tey mean?

[Legendary Slasher]

electroencefalagraphist (i think, the guy who takes pics of ur brain through and MRI)anti constitutionaly, and super extra ordinarism (word that is from ordinary)

[Omnicide]

Eh I only know of a couple ones.

The plastic covering on the ends of your shoelaces are called aglets.

It is, in fact, pigs and humans that are the only species that have sex for enjoyment.

Humans are the only species that produces young before they are ready to care for them.

The most feared animal in the Amazon jungle is the jaguar. The one most likely to kill you in the Amazon jungle is the mosquito.

An interesting quote that I find somewhat true: "How do you tell a black bear from a grizzly bear? Easy. Climb up a tree. If it climbs up after you and eats you, it's a black bear. If it knocks the tree down and eats you, it's a grizzly bear."

Housecats kill more creatures than the big wildcats.

[2.0]

It is, in fact, pigs and humans that are the only species that have sex for enjoyment.
Dolphins and Bonobos (A type of ape) do as well. O_o

[SarG3]

Everytime you masturbate, god kills a kitten.

Please think of the kittens.

[Omnicide]

I don't see how dolphins though.

._.;

[SarG3]

I don't see how dolphins though.

._.;

Dude trust me they make horses look small, I feel bad for their females.

[2.0]

I don't see how dolphins though.

._.;
They're extremely intelligent and social animals. It is kinda weird though, LOL.

[Omnicide]

Eh...there's plenty more. ._.;;

[Taurean]

I eat healthy breakfasts.

[brom]

"Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile. So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her."

i was in the boy scouts

dont run streight, they can run faster than you

dont zig zag! u fall down u die, and they will run in a streight line and catch up with you faster than if you ran in a streight line

FIND NEAREST TREE...

or JUST DONT GET NEAR ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES!

[Omnicide]

Obviously not a tight zigzag. Probably very quick turns in a different direction to throw them off. Besides...I would think after a certain distance from water, they'd break off the chase, as they're more ambush predators than chasers.

[2.0]

Obviously not a tight zigzag. Probably very quick turns in a different direction to throw them off. Besides...I would think after a certain distance from water, they'd break off the chase, as they're more ambush predators than chasers.
Unless you happen to run across an expecting mother with eggs. Then you're screwed. ;o

[Omnicide]

I dunno. I've never heard of a 'gator or croc following someone a long distance from water.

[Taurean]

Every day is daughter/sons day

I guess. That was a little enlightening actually x)

EDIT: Just lie on top of it and twitch your arms around its nose\mouth, then it can`t bite anything ^^

Like i would actually do that x)

Do you think they loose their teeth if you generally feed them chocolate?

AND: do you think Bruce Lee would beat down a Polar bear x) ?

[Oilerfan]

I guess. That was a little enlightening actually x)

EDIT: Just lie on top of it and twitch your arms around its nose\mouth, then it can`t bite anything ^^

Like i would actually do that x)

Do you think they loose their teeth if you generally feed them chocolate?

AND: do you think Bruce Lee would beat down a Polar bear x) ?

A polar bear would smash bruce lee.

[Taurean]

Why?

[Legendary Slasher]

How about Chuck Norris!?

[orc_dragoon]

Unless you happen to run across an expecting mother with eggs. Then you're screwed. ;o

Agreed

[Habit88]

chuck norris' tears cure cancer. too bad he has never cried. ever
chuck norris does not sleep. he waits.
the chief export of chuck norris is pain.
chuck norris has counted to infinity--twice.
there is no chin behind chuck norris' beard. only another fist.
there is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures chuck norris allows to live.
chuck norris does not tea bag the ladies. he potato-sacks them.
chuck norris once challenged lance armstrong to a "who has more testicles?' contest. chuck norris won by five.

[Taurean]

Tjukk norris

[Legendary Slasher]

When God said let there be light, Chuck Norris said, Ask Please

Jesus can walk over water, but Chuck Norris can walk over Jesus

AND there is a LOT MORE

[davidlissfan]

Your sig ^ is high-larious to no end, ROFL ex dee.

[Legendary Slasher]

Yea its damn great! laugh everytime!

[Omnicide]

Dlav is always good for a laugh...usually at his own expense.

[Dlav123]

yep i am.im naturally funny sometimes in a mean way and i can help making a joke now and then.even though it makes people hate me more sometimes :(

[2.0]

yep i am.im naturally funny sometimes in a mean way and i can help making a joke now and then.even though it makes people hate me more sometimes :(
Wow, you totally misunderstand.

You're funniness has nothing to do with jokes.

[Dlav123]

on well im bad with understanding stuff.i get confused easily anyway that was a joke lol about the illegal stuff i was bored and decided to give someone a laugh but i didnt think it was to funny.

[Omnicide]

Wow, you totally misunderstand.

You're funniness has nothing to do with jokes.Clearly.

But this just adds to my point.