Useless fact of the day

[Herbie]

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

And heres a few more
Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That’s more than sharks.

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)

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

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

[Ham]

I think I must be a snail!

[Herbie]

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.


If they dont count spanking the monkey make that 100 million and 1

[Jaffa]

As its St Patricks day, heres another useless fact.

The color blue was originally assigned to Ireland by St. Patrick, and for centuries, Irish superstition held that wearing green was unlucky.

[janobi]

When potatos were discovered by Sir Walter Riley, they were actually blue.

Carrots are actually purple, and are now orange through genetic modification by the dutch. They are orange as a symbol to the dutch.

[Herbie]

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[janobi]

In the UK, only Royal mail can legally drive through a red light. This goes back to early times, and is was put in place in case of declarations of war, as mail had to get through at all costs.

[berley]

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

[janobi]

There are no words in the english language that rhyme with ORANGE or SILVER.

[Jaffa]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Men fart an average of 17 times a day, and women fart an average of 9 times a day (I thought they never farted)

[allycoops]

I'm enjoying reading all these facts , keep it going Lads

[janobi]

Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer. Scientists believe this has something to do with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.

Porpoises are the 2nd most intelligent things on earth next to humans.

Guinea pigs and rabbits cannot sweat.

A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink.

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

The dot about the "i" is called a tittle.

[Herbie]

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2to 6 years of age.

[janobi]

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

[janobi]

A gorilla will sleep upto 18 hours a day.

[Herbie]

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up at the sky

[janobi]

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

[Devilfish]

It's impossible for you to lick your elbow.

[father ted]

emus have double plumed feathers and lay emerald/forrest green eggs

[father ted]

AT LATITUDE 60 DEGREES SOUTH YOU CAN SAIL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD

[janobi]

The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

[janobi]

People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.

[gazz10]

Camel Have Three Eye Lids

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren?t added to it

[Jaffa]

It's Saturday today.....I will get my coat...:itsme:

[janobi]

Camel Have Three Eye Lids

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren?t added to it

As do crocodiles mate, with the 3 eye lid thing. Its a protective layer. And also on coca-cola.

Up until 1920 something it contained coca, which is the plant that you make cocaine from. They used this in small amounts to get people addicted.

[Herbie]

If no greenfly were to die, the whole earth would be covered 32 miles deep in greenfly after 1 year

[Herbie]

It's Saturday today.....I will get my coat...:itsme:

Pmsl now that is useless info

[gazz10]

There are no words in the english language that rhyme with ORANGE or SILVER.

Another word is Month.

and talkin of coca-cola

Pepsi originally contained pepsin, thus the name

[gazz10]

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

[janobi]

Humans use a total of 72 different muscles in speech.

[father ted]

the bubbles in guiness beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the the top like other beers .this is still a mystery

[janobi]

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

[janobi]

Tiger Woods? real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname ?Tiger? in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.

[thommo]

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.

Japan uses the most energy per year than any other country.

Natural gas does not have any odor. In order to detect a gas leak, some gas companies add a chemical that smells similar like rotten eggs.

The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com on March 15, 1985.

more than one but a few for you to ponder over.

[ianb]

A man will ejaculate 48 gallons of semen in his life. (hopefully not all at once)

[Herbie]

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

The average pencil can draw a line 35 miles long.

In the average lifetime, a human will grow 590 miles of hair.

[amofakham]

We know more about the surface of the moon than the surface of the sea..

[janobi]

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

[scm200]

A pin head of material from the core of the sun will emit enough heat to kill a person 1,000 miles away.

Loud speakers only convert about 4% of the power into sound.

Viewed from the southern hemisphere, the man in the moon is upside down.

scm

[Elric]

they is no such word as guillible, in the english dictionary

[janobi]

they is no such word as guillible, in the english dictionary

Yeah. And next to it, there is a picture of you my friend. lol. You been had. lmao.

Lightning strikes the earth about 8 million times a day.

[spen737]

there is over 1 ton of air in a Boeing 747

[spen737]

the planet rotates at 15 degrees an hour

[janobi]

A ?2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2

[conor-mr2]

An f86 sabre is more manueverable than a m15

[KB010150]

Eating salt comes from sea water. Furthermost point in UK form seaside is 52 miles. But in UK sal:2in1:t is not produced !!!

[kryton]

man who walks through airport door sideways is going to bangkok ;)

[janobi]

man who walks through airport door sideways is going to bangkok ;)

This is useless facts mate, not chinese proverbs. lol.

Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

[thommo]

This is useless facts mate, not chinese proverbs. lol.

you got to admit its good though, read it carefully.

[janobi]

you got to admit its good though, read it carefully.

I read it very carefully mate. lol. Its like my chinese mate who takes cars. We call him tommytookamotor

[peeteegee]

If you are chased by a crocodile, run zigzag, a crocodile is not good at making sharp turns

[kryton]

I read it very carefully mate. lol. Its like my chinese mate who takes cars. We call him tommytookamotor

man with hand in pocket feels cocky all day?

ok that was my last 1 ;)

[janobi]

If you are chased by a crocodile, run zigzag, a crocodile is not good at making sharp turns

Thats because they have no shoulders. But will out run any human in a straight line. They are also excellent climbers.

IBM?s motto is ?Think?. Apple later made their motto ?Think different?.

[smirnoff_rules]

It costs more to buy a new car today in the uk than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

[Salami]

Herbie said "There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day."
Is that number including animals? lol

[cantona7]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave

Men fart an average of 17 times a day, and women fart an average of 9 times a day (I thought they never farted)

women dont fart as much as men cause they dont keep their mouth shut long enough to build up the pressure:elefant::dancing:

[janobi]

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

[deadff00]

if there are only you and dead people in the world.
how many people are there?:2in1:

the answer was 57006 :damnmate:

[thommo]

if there are only you and dead people in the world.
how many people are there?:2in1:

the answer was 57006 :damnmate:

care to explain? or shall we take your word for it?:confused:

anyone else understand this?:confused:

[janobi]

if there are only you and dead people in the world.
how many people are there?:2in1:

the answer was 57006 :damnmate:

How is the answer 57006? Surely its 1. As you are the only person alive??

Los Angeles? full name is ?El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula?. It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A

[janobi]

The ?countdown? (counting down from 10 for an event such as New-Years Day) was first used in a 1929 German silent film called ?Die Frau Im Monde? (The Girl in the Moon)

[janobi]

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine

[janobi]

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

[janobi]

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

[guy7454]

Are you sure? Don't think that's true.

[Bulld0g]

It's impossible for you to lick your elbow.

Come on how many tried ? :D

[janobi]

The penguin is the only bird that can?t fly but can swim.

[Elric]

you can lead an horse to water, but a pencil must be lead

[Salami]

The penguin is the only bird that can?t fly but can swim.

So is my wife she is my bird she can swim but can't fly without a machine. lol :roflmao:

[janobi]

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ?MT?

[C64]

It takes far more energy to manufacture a battery than the battery provides.

[C64]

57006

care to explain? or shall we take your word for it?:confused:

anyone else understand this?:confused:

This is an old HEX puzzle mate, you can work it out on a scientific calculator. :)

57006 is indeed correct :)

I had 48879 for dinner last night ;)

[xenafan]

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters ?MT?

Except PMT!! Only jokeing m8


Cheers

Xenafan

[thommo]

This is an old HEX puzzle mate, you can work it out on a scientific calculator. :)

57006 is indeed correct :)



hardly a fact of the day though is it? more a Q and A.

lets keep to facts and i dont have to go to snopes.

[Herbie]

Orchids are grown from seeds so small that it would take thirty thousand to weigh as much as one grain of wheat.

[janobi]

An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

[janobi]

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa L?wenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

[deadff00]

dead is hex for 57005 pluss you is 57006
mayb this one was a little complicated but i found that fact quite useless so i thought it should go in the useless fact of the day.:thefinger:

[janobi]

dead is hex for 57005 pluss you is 57006
mayb this one was a little complicated but i found that fact quite useless so i thought it should go in the useless fact of the day.:thefinger:

You mean hexidecimal??

Robert Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln?s oldest son) was in Washington DC during his father?s assassination as well as during President Garfield?s assassination, and he was in Buffalo NY when President McKinley was assassinated.

[-Hox-]

The average household's kitchen bin is 25L...

[challah]

a snail has one foot

[gredders]

35% of all car accidents are caused by picking their noses!

[Boogiestu]

In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

[Dogs Bollocks]

A gorilla will sleep upto 18 hours a day.

While nearly constantly farting.

[RedSpider]

There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.

thats me sorted. what about the rest of yas?

[RedSpider]

We know more about the surface of the moon than the surface of the sea..

yeah, i'm pretty sure we know more about the surface of the sea

[janobi]

yeah, i'm pretty sure we know more about the surface of the sea

I think he meant the bottom of the ocean, not the surface of the sea!!

Giraffes have blue tongues.

[racin-snake]

chow chow dogs also have blue tongues

giraffes have the same amount of vertebrae in their necks as we have

[deadff00]

You mean hexidecimal??

no actually I mean Heaxadecimal but I presumed people would kinda figure that from the lazy / short version hex. Perhapse I should have noted it as Base 16 instead in case anyone got confused. But thanks for the comment and have a good day.

[Grizz]

no actually I mean Heaxadecimal but I presumed people would kinda figure that from the lazy / short version hex. Perhapse I should have noted it as Base 16 instead in case anyone got confused. But thanks for the comment and have a good day.


phew, thank ~~~~ you came back. Janobis been waiting 3 and a half years for an answer lol

[gc1966]

the black stripe on a loolypop lady's sign is to write down any car reg that drives dangerously around the children.she carries a piece of chalk to write on it.

[cgscott]

during your lifetime the average person will grow 590 miles of hair.

mines stopped at 34 miles i think

[DogdySnigwirter]

In the film Blazing Saddles everyone has the same last name ... Johnson.

[patkins]

There's no i's in eyes.

[smoggy]

Wyatt Earp refereed an heavyweight championship boxing match between Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzwilliams

[Shady]

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/members/254544-dogs-bollocks/ dragged up this THREE year old thread

[deadff00]

This is an old HEX puzzle mate, you can work it out on a scientific calculator. :)

57006 is indeed correct :)

I had 48879 for dinner last night ;)

I forgot I had an acc on here....
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BEEF!!!

[Grizz]

how the ~~~~ do you forget you had an account on the worlds best website?????????????????????????

[Johnner]

Think you'll find that should be 57005 mate !!!


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