The Official Useless Facts Thread
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Thanksgiving Day was not invented in Turkey. 
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There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
On average, there are 333 squares of toilet paper on each roll.
Technically speaking, a female "dude" is known as a "dudine."
In snow skiing, most men fall on their faces while most women fall on their behinds.
The U.S. has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The Pentagon spent $50 million on Viagra for American troops and retirees in 1999. (hoorah!)
It is said the average person speaks only 10 minutes a day.
-It is illegal to water a garden in the rain in Montreal Canada.
You can loose your driver's license in Athens, Greece for being "poorly dressed" or "unbathed."
An exocannibal is a cannibal that eats only enemies and an indocannibal eats only friends.
-When Shakespeare moved to his new home, he named it "New Home".
Warsaw is the city with the largest Polish population on earth, Chicago has the second largest.
-If you refrigerate your rubber bands, they last longer.
-If an entire family is overweight, the odds are the dog is too.
i am so bored.
On average, there are 333 squares of toilet paper on each roll.
Technically speaking, a female "dude" is known as a "dudine."
In snow skiing, most men fall on their faces while most women fall on their behinds.
The U.S. has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The Pentagon spent $50 million on Viagra for American troops and retirees in 1999. (hoorah!)
It is said the average person speaks only 10 minutes a day.
-It is illegal to water a garden in the rain in Montreal Canada.
You can loose your driver's license in Athens, Greece for being "poorly dressed" or "unbathed."
An exocannibal is a cannibal that eats only enemies and an indocannibal eats only friends.
-When Shakespeare moved to his new home, he named it "New Home".
Warsaw is the city with the largest Polish population on earth, Chicago has the second largest.
-If you refrigerate your rubber bands, they last longer.
-If an entire family is overweight, the odds are the dog is too.
i am so bored.
Here is some intresting facts about 1904 sent to my by a friend.
I'm sure some/most have seen it.
THE YEAR OF 1904
Maybe this will boggle your brain. The year is 1904...one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
I'm sure some/most have seen it.
THE YEAR OF 1904
Maybe this will boggle your brain. The year is 1904...one hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for 1904:
The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.
The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
Ninety percent of all U.S. physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated high school.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
Kingfisher
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Some things I thought were intresting.
The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.
A snail can sleep for 3 years.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
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It's good to be the king...
Apologies if some of these were already covered on this thread:
•A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
•Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
•A snail can sleep for 3 years.
•An ostrich's eyes are bigger than its brain.
•There are more chickens than people in the world (hmm...possibly not, nowadays).
•Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
•A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
•All polar bears are left-handed.
•Elephants can't jump.
•Butterflies taste with their feet.
•A sperm whale produces 60 litres of sperm and has a 12ft penis.
•It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.
•Bats use ultrasounds to pick up vibrations from their prey.
•Dolphins and humans are the only animals on the planet that have sex for pleasure.
•Cows can't vomit.
•It is impossible for a pig to look up at the sky
•If the Earth was the size of a golf ball, the Sun would be the size of a washing machine.
•Happy Birthday was the first song to be played in outer space
Fart-related facts:
•On average everyone farts once per hour.
•Farts are highly flammable.
•Adults produce between 200mls - 2 litres of fart per day.
•The amount you fart is increased by stress, onions, cabbage and beans.
•Vegetarians fart more, but theirs smell less.
•A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
•Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
•A snail can sleep for 3 years.
•An ostrich's eyes are bigger than its brain.
•There are more chickens than people in the world (hmm...possibly not, nowadays).
•Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
•A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
•All polar bears are left-handed.
•Elephants can't jump.
•Butterflies taste with their feet.
•A sperm whale produces 60 litres of sperm and has a 12ft penis.
•It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.
•Bats use ultrasounds to pick up vibrations from their prey.
•Dolphins and humans are the only animals on the planet that have sex for pleasure.
•Cows can't vomit.
•It is impossible for a pig to look up at the sky
•If the Earth was the size of a golf ball, the Sun would be the size of a washing machine.
•Happy Birthday was the first song to be played in outer space
Fart-related facts:
•On average everyone farts once per hour.
•Farts are highly flammable.
•Adults produce between 200mls - 2 litres of fart per day.
•The amount you fart is increased by stress, onions, cabbage and beans.
•Vegetarians fart more, but theirs smell less.
It has been rumoured that the Holy Grail is buried on an Island in Nova Scotia Canada. The island is called Oak Island and is actually currently for sale. Many have purchased the island in hopes of finding buried millions and even the Holy Grail... however all have failed and ended up broke in the process. I believe it is currently for sale for about 7 million (canadian)
It's impossible to lick your own elbow.
75% of the people who read the above sentence give it a go to see if it's true or not.
:hatsoff: Jackson
75% of the people who read the above sentence give it a go to see if it's true or not.
:hatsoff: Jackson
Jacksson_77 said:It's impossible to lick your own elbow.
75% of the people who read the above sentence give it a go to see if it's true or not.
:hatsoff: Jackson
So what one is the useless fact? The part about it being impossible, or the part about 75% of people try to do so when read the above. :1orglaugh
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