Some Useless Facts!

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by hadouken, Mar 17, 2005.

  1. a persons sense of smell is the most closely linked to the memory
    2. Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the top of your mouth
    3. Mozart wrote “twinkle twinkle little star” when he was five
    4. There are 3 golf balls on the moon
    5. Only female ducks quack
    6. The only bird to have a penis is the swan
    7. The youngest pope was 11 years old
    8. Usually at the age of 30 humans begin to shrink
    9. The poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people
    10. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
    11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length. Its like a human jumping the length of a football field
    12. You’re more likely to be a target for mosquitos if you consume bananas
    13. About 10% of the worlds population is left handed
    14. The average human body contains enough iron to make a nail 7.62 cm long
    15. Most people fear public speaking more than death
    16. You can hear the tick of a watch from 6 metres away in quiet conditions
    17. FOUND ON AN OCTANE LIGHTER: WARNING:flame may cause FIRE...
    18. The poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers
    19. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a phone call
    20. Some lions mate 50 times a day
    21. The average person is about a quarter on an inch taller at night
    22. A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 100kph
    23. Human thighbones are as strong as concrete
    24. No two spider webs are the same
    25. It is estimated that at any one time 0.7% of the worlds population is drunk
    26. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight and pull 30 times its own weight
    27. The electric chair was invented by a dentist
    28. Chocolate stimulates the release of endorphins in the body. Endorphins enhance ones mood and block pain. -- thats helpfull..
    29. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about ten
    30. The average human body contains enough potassium to fire a toy cannon.
    31. The average person at least presses their snooze button three times each morning .. HAHAHAHAHAHHA
    32. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma
    33. Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, laser printers and windshield wipers were all invented by women .....
    34. Apples, not caffeine are more efficient at waking you up in the morning
    35. If the world was tilted one degree more either way the planet would not be habitable because the area around the equator would be too hot and the poles would be to cold.
    36. Clouds fly higher during the day than they do at night . wow
    37. 1.5 billion kilograms of chocolate is consumer worldwide each year
    38. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache .
    39. The foetus acquires fingerprints at the age of 3 months
    40. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
    41. The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits. This is one of the reasons that telephone numbers were kept to seven digits for so long.
    42. Because of the rotation of the earth an object can be thrown further if its thrown west .......
    43. A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue
    44. You can stop a sneeze by pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth
    45. A cow gives nearly 200 000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
    46. There are 336 dimples on a regular golf ball
    47. Turtles and honeybees are deaf
    48. Sound at the right vibration frequency can bore through a solid object
    49. If you keep goldfish in a dark room it will eventually turn white.OOoo Imma try that!
    50. Between the ages of 30 and 70 your nose may lengthen and widen by as much a 1.5cm
    51. In the last 4000 years no new animal has been domesticated
    52. A ducks quack never echoes
    53. The largest number of children born to one woman is 69 in Russia. HOLY SH*T!
    54. If you sneeze hard you can fracture a rib. If you try to supress a sneeze you can rapture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die
    55. The catfish has more than 27000 taste buds
    56. Babies are born without knee caps they don’t appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age
    57. Starfish don’t have brains
    58. cats have better memories than dogs
    59. the average human will drink about 72737 litres of water in a lifetime
    60. travelling by air is the safest means of transport
    61. the modern flushing toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper
    62. the left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart
    63. the human brain is about 85% water
    64. peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
    65. a goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
    66. in ancient Egypt priests plucked out every hair on their bodies including the eyebrows and lashes
    67. the Neanderthal mans brain was a lot larger than modern mans
    68. 40 people are sent to hospital every minute for dog bites
    69. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest
    70. No words in the English language rhyme with mouth, orange, purple and silver
    71. Every time you lick a stamp your consuming 0.1 of a calorie
    72. Most lipstick contains fish scales
    73. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 muscles to frown
    74. A fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip
    75. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne it will keep floating to the top and then to the bottom
     
  2. 1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made
    out of cotton.

    2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.

    3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it would digest itself.

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

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

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

    7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

    8. A duck's quack doesn't echo ... no one knows why.

    9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

    10. Every person has a unique tongue print.

    11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

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

    13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

    14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

    15. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLain are brother and sister.

    16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

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

    18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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

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

    21. 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.

    22 Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

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

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

    25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

    26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!

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

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

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

    30. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

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

    32. 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.

    33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

    34. 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.

    35. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!

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

    37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

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

    39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.

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

    there ya go something to waste ur time on lol
     
  3. Umm, according to the show mythbusters, a ducks quack does echo. (#8)
     
  4. DanK

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    some...
     
  5. Knoctur_nal

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    home made phosphorous....the stuff that glows in the dark..ingredients..
    urine
    sand.
    heat in an oven and ur done...
     
  6. Have you tried that?
     
  7. Knoctur_nal

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    :rolleyes2 ...haaa..nope...
     
  8. Akademik

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    holy ----!!! it actually works!
     
  9. Moki

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    so if u peed on the sand and lit a bonfire it'll glow?!!
     
  10. Knoctur_nal

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    now thats an interesting idea with the bonfire....so..i guess u won't only be roasting marshmellows eh...haaa
     
  11. DanK

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    ive tried it..or..errr rather, i used to piss in the firepit in the mornings. and i havent seen anything glowing in there after we put out the next fire.
     
  12. what are you doing peeing in a firepit? Do you live in the jungle or something?
     
  13. Knoctur_nal

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    he travels alot....i think....
     
  14. DanK

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    camping
     
  15. oh, of course, I forgot that the rule of campfires where you are supposed to piss in the fire
     
  16. DanK

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    of course. especially in the morning.
     
  17. Akademik

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    roasted hot dog? ew. :hs:
     
  18. Moki

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    i thought u just kick sand or dirt to put it out? well ive never been camping so i cant say.
     
  19. Akademik

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    lolll... if your like me and my friends and drink at the bonfire... Eventually someones gonna be drunk enuff to pee on the fire for fun.
     
  20. DanK

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    well, i wasnt talking about putting out the fire, just putting out the hot ashes.. cuz to put out a live fire.. especially one of those camp fires, thats a lot of piss