Useless Knowledge Thread

[Temptation]

Because useless knowledge... is the best!

Did you know a pirahna cannot see or hear but a school of hungry pirahnas can eat an adult cow to skin and bones in 5 minutes. The frenzy makes the water appear to be boiling.

[~fuelforfire~]

sweeeet

[Temptation]

Also rats & dolphins are some of the only mammals (aside from humans) that have sex for pleasure...

[~fuelforfire~]

Also rats & dolphins are some of the only mammals (aside from humans) that have sex for pleasure...

[Temptation]

In Alabama it is still illegal to:
1. Play dominoes on a Sunday.
2. Wear a fake mustasche in church that will make people laugh.
3. put salt on a railroad track.
The last one is punishable by death.

[Tren Bull]

if you throw a chunk of solid potasium into water it will blow up

[TADOLFI]

Here are a few regarding celebrities...

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

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokesmodel.

Arnold Schwarzenegger paid $772,500 for President John F. Kennedy's golf clubs at a 1996 auction.

Shirley Temple made $1 million by the age of 10.

AND lastly...

The 1st time the "f-word" was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname." In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, "Scarface," the word is spoken 206 times - an average of once every 29 seconds.

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A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
The Declaration of Independence (the very official copy in the Rotunda of the National Archives) is written on parchment, not paper.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
A raisin dropped in a fresh glass of soda will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
A 2x4 is actually 1-1/2" x 3-1/2" .
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
Every person has a unique tongue print. (Say "aaah")
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. Irony.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Chocolate kills dogs! Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. (Debated)
Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If they were captured, the cards could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
Most lipstick contains fish scales. Yum.
Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
During the California Gold Rush of 1849 miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the high costs in California during these years it was deemed more feasible to send the shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
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. The proper term for upper case letters is "majuscule" and for lower case it's "minuscule".
The printing industry gives us other popular phrases, such as "mind your 'p's and 'q's." The moveable block type had the letters in reverse so they would read correctly when imprinted on paper. Apprentices had to remove the type from the pages and return the blocks to their upper and lower cases. Each drawer in the case held a different size of letters, and each drawer was divided into compartments (called sorts) for each letter. The letters 'p' and 'q' could easily be mistaken, so the master printer would advise their apprentices to mind their 'p's and 'q's. (This is debated. Link.)
When the master printer was building a page and discovered that a particular sort was empty, he would get angry. Thus the term "out of sorts".
The question mark came from a monk habit of writing the Latin word for question, quo, at the end of sentences. Over time, the letters were written vertically to save space and morphed into the ? we write today. Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)
Wellfleet, Massachusetts has the only town clock in the world that strikes ship's time. (Rings every half hour, to a maximum of 8 rings at the end of each four hour period.)
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with the words orange, purple, or silver, or month. (Debated, as I don't think that sliver is a rhyme for silver, or pimple a good rhyme with purple, etc.)
The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. (New or old? Not sure. Probably the old one.)
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
There are four cars and eleven lightposts on the back of a $10 dollar bill.
Scissors as we know them today (well, pretty much) were invented in Rome in about 100 AD (or CE, if you want to be politically correct).
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and look like it is stinging itself to death. It spasms a lot.
Most scorpions will glow under black (ultraviolet) light. (?!)
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
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.
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springstein's 'Born in the USA.'
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
The first product Motorola developed was a record player for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Roses MAY be red, but violets ARE, indeed, violet.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. One should carry a stout pole while travelling in quicksand country...when placed under one's back, it helps one to float out of the quicksand.
Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. (Mmm, diet food.)
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than one hundred years before either moon was discovered.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." For that matter, Sherlock Holmes never existed in the first place. But the address where he supposedly lived, 221B Baker Street, still gets a lot of fan mail. I am told that there is a desk there that has the sign "Secretary to Mr. Holmes".
An old law in Bellingham, Wash., made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing. (?!)
Birds have the right of way on all Utah highways.
Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokesmodel.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit will damage it.
The number one selling CD in history is the third Beatles anthology. It recently beat out the Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits."
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
If you drop a penny off of the Empire State Building, it will be going 106 miles per hour (terminal velocity) when it reaches the ground. Something moving this fast may actually cause head injuries if it lands on you. (OUCH)
The original Winnie the Pooh was a real live bear found outside of Winnipeg, Canada, hence the name Winnie.
Francis Bacon died in his attempt to find a better way to serve food. He caught a case of pneumonia while attempting to stuff a chicken with snow. Ironically, the chicken survived the ordeal.
Dachshunds were originally bred in 1600 to hunt dachs, which is German for badgers. (Historically speaking, 1600 was a slow year.)
Houdini's real name was Ehrich Weiss.
The first zoo in America was in Philadelphia.
Laser is actually an acronym for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation."
The world's first passenger train made its debut in England in 1825.
If you hate our "QWERTY" keyboard layout, blame Christopher Sholes. He changed it from the original in 1873 to lessen the chances of the keys jamming.
Napoleon III suffered from ailurophobia, which is a fear of cats.
Escalator is one of many words that were originally trademarks but have become ordinary words found in dictionaries. Some other words which were originally trademarks and have now passed into common use are aspirin, autoharp, band-aids, breathalyzer, cellophane, Coke (in some areas, at least), corn flakes, cube steak, ditto, dry ice, dumpster, formica, Frisbee, granola, gunk, jeep, kerosene, Kleenex, mace, nylon, ping-pong (also an onomatopoeia), popsicle, Q-tip, rollerblade, rolodex, Scotch tape, sheetrock, spandex, styrofoam, tabloid, thermos, trampoline, yo-yo, xerox, and zipper.
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Also, the powder on the bark of a quaking aspen tree works as a mosquito repellent.
Wild plants that are edible: (this is about the only non-useless info on here...)
Burdock (very bitter)
Dogwood berries, but not the plant (the berries taste like burdock)
The inside bark of a cottonwood tree
The white inside part of a cattail (tastes good! Sort of like a really mild cucumber.)
Watercress (sold as a delicacy in restaurants, but I don't like it much, it tastes like a really spicy radish)
Poplar bark
Anise (Very good, if you like black licorice!)
Dandelions. The leaves make a great salad, and the roots can be roasted and ground into something kind of like coffee.
Any kind of mint, which is recognizable from the smell
Wild rose hips, but not the plant (the hips are high in Vitamin C and are an ingredient in many teas.)
Thistle (Scrape the thorns off, duh! Eat the leaf or the inside of the blossom.)
Quaking aspen leaves, but they aren't exactly for eating. Make a tea of them to kill minor headaches because they contain salicylic (sic?) acid, the active ingredient of aspirin.
Some berries, including strawberries, raspberries, chokecherries (too much pit to be worth it), currants (TART!), serviceberries, gooseberries (green and stripy and TART!), purple elderberries (red ones are poisonous), etc. Don't eat sumac berries, they are poisonous!
Prickly pear. If you scrape off the skin and boil the inside, it tastes good!
Clover. Not sure how that tastes.
Wild plants that are poisonous! (some more non-useless, a disgrace to the site)
Nightshade, recognizable by its purple and yellow flower
Dogwood
Houndstounge
The wild rose plant, not the hips
Most mushrooms. Don't eat any unless you know what you are doing.
RED elderberries. Purple ones are okay.
A whole lot of other things. If you don't know what it is, don't eat it.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times (doubling factor... you end up folding 27 == 128 sheets of paper).
1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. (I have!)
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts on playing cards is the only king without a moustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning. (Go figure.)
The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. (Why do you name them?)
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. (Hmm, wonder why.)
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
Betsy Ross, Jackie Onassis, JFK, and Daniel Boone have all appeared on Pez dispensers.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing their hands in jelly.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. (I'm not sure if that counts 50 cent pieces or not.)
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
"Dreamt" and "undreamt" are the only English words that end in the letters "mt."
47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
26 (easily visible, there may be more) states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the old US $5 bill.
The almond is a member of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
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."
A mayfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (As noted by a reader: "The reason a goldfish swims back and forth and back and forth across the fish bowl all day long everyday is because by the time it gets to one side of the bowl it forgets what's on the other side of the bowl. Every trip is a new adventure! (Hey, I wonder what's over there!.... Hey! I wonder what's over THERE!)" )
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (Updated: I've had one person say they can do it. But still.)
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Wonder what it did to his liver?) That researcher also invented microwave popcorn.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
The data track on a CD is a very long spiral. If it were unwound and laid out in a straight line, it would be over 3.5 miles long.
It is impossible to lick your elbow or stick your elbow in your ear. (Updated: I've recieved many e-mails from people who actually can lick their elbow. Most people can't do it, and I have yet to get an elbow-ear report.)
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
A shrimp's heart is in its head.
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so).
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twerp.
More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
Rats and horses can't vomit.
"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
A lot of photocopier faults world-wide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.
Cat's urine glows under a black light.
The oldest standing building in Australia is Captain James Cook's house, brought over from England brick by brick. Why?
Paul McCartney's real first name is James - Paul is his middle name. Thus, all the Beatles (including Ringo, whose first name is Richard) were named after kings.
The hole inside a CD is exactly the same size as an old Dutch 10 cent coin, called the "dubbeltje". (?!) Of course, all the European countries (save a few) have gone Euro now.
Killer whales are not, technically, whales. They are orcas, a relative of the porpoise and the dolphin.
If you stroke a shark from nose to tail, it is smooth. If you stroke it the other way, it is rough, and on some species, can even give you hand lacerations.
Elephants are the only land mammals that can't jump.
More about elephants: If you add up the circumference of two feet, you get exactly the elephant's height. (?!)
Your foot is nearly the same length as your forearm as measured from the inside of the elbow to the wrist. (On me, it's nearly exact. )
In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
90% of all New York cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. (This reminds me of a Douglas Adams quote. If you can tell me which book, I'll give you... umm... nothing. Oh, wait *rummages* I have some undying respect I can throw in.)
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
A snail can sleep for three months.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar bears, despite being near the North Pole, are southpaws. (ooh, bad pun)
"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Americans eat on average 18 acres worth of pizza every day.
Almost everyone who reads this site will end up trying to lick their elbow.

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History
When George Washington was elected President, there was a King in France, a Tsarina in Russia, an Emperor in China, and a Shogun in Japan.

Six people died in Oregon during WWII as a result of a Japanese balloon bomb.

Roulette, an invention by the mathematician Blaise Pascal, was a by-product of his experiments with perpetual motion.

The dome on Monticello conceals a billiards room (billiards were illegal in Virginia).

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom has evolved into the modern military salute.

Spiral staircases in medieval castles turn right as they ascend. This was so that (right-handed) knights defending the castle could more easily combat invading foes who were climbing the stairs.

Dashing horses kicking up mud (among other things), splashing the passengers riding behind them, led to the invention of the dashboard, a term which survives today.

Firehouses have circular stairways because the engines were at a time pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor, and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.

Great Britain was the first county to issue postage stamps, so theirs are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. (And the glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher).

In the 1940s, the FCC assigned TV Channel 1 to mobile services, but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

Sputnik was launched on October 4, 1957, the same day that "Leave it to Beaver" debuted.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

The US purchased Alaska from Russia for approximately 2 cents an acre.

Taft was the last President with facial hair.

The day after October 4, 1582 was October 15, 1582.

Robert E. Lee is the only person to date to have graduated from West Point military academy without a single demerit.

Names
The names of the three monkeys are Mizaru (see no evil), Kikazaru (hear no evil), and Iwazaru (speak no evil).

The ammunition belts in WWII aircraft were 27 feet long, reminiscent of the expression "the whole nine yards".

University of Florida football team, the Gators, first tested Gatorade.

The Greek word "gymnasium" means "to exercise naked". In Ancient Greece, gymnasts wore no clothes.

Dismas and Gestas were the two thieves crucified with Jesus.

The term "dodger" (from the Brooklyn Dodgers, now known as the Los Angeles Dodgers) was a shortened form of "trolley dodgers," which described Brooklynites for their ability to avoid being hit by trolley cars.

The ghosts in Pac-Man are named Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde.

Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus.

Thomas Crapper is credited with inventing the modern-day toilet, and Otto Titsling with inventing the brassiere. Major General Joseph Hooker allegedly paid prostitutes to accompany his soldiers in the Civil War.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of owls is called a parliament.

A barmaid reportedly decorated her establishment with the tail feathers of cocks. One day a patron asked for "one of those cock tails." She served him a drink with a feather in it.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

The product's full name is WD-40 Water Displacer, which was perfected on the fortieth attempt.

Tribeca stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal Street.

The two lions in front of the New York Public Library are currently named Patience and Fortitude.

The letter "J" does not yet appear anywhere within the periodic table of the elements.

Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street share the same names as Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in "Its A Wonderful Life".

Words
The word "pound" is abbreviated "lb." from the Latin "libra pondo", meaning weight or balance, where the constellation got its name.

The word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," meaning "the king is dead".

"Alma mater" means "bountiful mother".

"Admiral" is derived from the Arabic phrase "amir al bahr," which means "lord of the sea".

"Stewardesses", "reverberated", and "lollipop" are the longest words that can be typed using only one hand on a keyboard. "Skepticisms" is the longest word that alternates hands, while the longest word that can be typed using the top row only is "typewriter".

The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable".

"Bookkeeper" and "bookkeeping" are the only words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis " (a lung disease) is the longest English word according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

"Beelzebub", another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies".

Geography
Mapmaking is older than writing.

At latitude 60 degrees south you can sail the entire way around the world.

If the earth were the size of a bowling ball, it would be just as smooth; the mountains on raised relief globes are greatly exaggerated.

Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the largest mountain on Earth: although partially submerged, it is 4,000 feet taller than Mount Everest.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the full stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Alaska is the most northern, western and eastern US state.

Mozambique has an AK-47 assault rifle on its flag.

Pluto takes 248 Earth years to orbit the Sun. For 20 of those years, it is closer to the Sun than Neptune.

The Amazon River enters the Atlantic with so much volume that fresh water exists more than a hundred miles from the mouth of the river.

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Biology &c.
The human brain stops growing at age 18, and is 80% water. Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain. The storage capacity of the human brain is about 4 terabytes (4,000 gigabytes).

A peanut is a legume, not nut.

Honey is the only food that cannot spoil.

Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

A blue whale gains approximately 200 pounds a day for the first seven months of its life.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

An elephant can be pregnant for two years.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.

All polar bears are left-handed.

The human body has 70,000 miles of blood vessels.

Fun Facts
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Congo is the world leader in cobalt mining, producing two-thirds of the world's cobalt.

You expend more calories eating and digesting celery than there are in the celery itself.

Minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit equals minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Michael Jordan shaves his head on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.

Powdered non-dairy creamer is flammable (trust me on this).

Raindrops are not tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have written a book in all 10 Dewey-decimal categories.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle and to trap the sediments in the wine.

The tip of a whip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The "crack" of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

Mr. (Fred) Rogers was an ordained minister.

In a deck of cards, the King of Hearts (AKA the suicide King) appears to be sticking his sword through his head.

The wingspan of a Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brothers' first flight.

Starting with the number one, you would have to count to one thousand to use the letter "A".

The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick.

If done perfectly, any Rubik's Cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

[l2elapse]

the distance from the earth to the sun is about 93 million miles = D

[l2elapse]

99% of the solar systems mass is concentrated in the sun

[USfighterFC]

Wow bouncer you know a lot of stupid shit

[stunner5000pt]

the temperature at the core of the sun is 15 000 000 Kelvins

the corona of the sun (its outer atmosphere) is 2 000 000 Kelvins No one knows why it is that hot

the tallest mountain in th solar system is located of Mars called Olympus Mons (mount Olympus) and stands 25 km tall. Mount Everest is just under 9 km (8848 metres) tall

The second highest mountain on earth is K2. It is considerably harder to climb K2 because of the mountain's jagged peaks and cliffs

Moby Dick is partly based on the true story of how a sperm whale actually sank two whaling ships

[Tren Bull]

heres one you guys probably didn't know

muscle tech products are over priced

[TADOLFI]

Here's a few on training...

Two bananas a day for a week can reduce blood pressure 10%, due to their high potassium content.

Fit people tend to sweat more and sooner than unfit people. Their bodies are more efficient at cooling.

When people start training as a result of a New Year's Resolution, 60% have quit by Valentine's Day.

And here is a link to a 10 question bodybuilding trivia game

[Tren Bull]

heres another useless fact, courtesy of snapple tops

the top of the empire state building was originally built as a place to anchor blimps

[TADOLFI]

heres one you guys probably didn't know

muscle tech products are over priced

Good stuff Tren !

[Tren Bull]

Good stuff Tren!

haha, im full of usefull information

[Doc.Sust]

bouncer ,WOW! that it to much info

[Mizfit]

Did u know that poop tastes like barbeque chicken?




If you know this you are one sick individual.. who in the hell eat's their crap

[Tren Bull]

Did u know that poop tastes like barbeque chicken?




If you know this you are one sick individual.. who in the hell eat's their crap

uhhh, what? have you been drinking again?

[Mizfit]

uhhh, what? have you been drinking again?

nothing.. i think my 11 hour work days and getting up at 4am is getting to me.. it's been a tough two days

[Tren Bull]

nothing.. i think my 11 hour work days and getting up at 4am is getting to me.. it's been a tough two days

yea thatl do it. id go insane if i had to work 11 hours a day.

[~fuelforfire~]

heres one you guys probably didn't know

muscle tech products are over priced

my god!

[steve0]

i think bouncer took care of this thread, hands down.

[~fuelforfire~]

haha yeah, i read all of his shit too.

[Tren Bull]

heres some useless info. your boy tren drank too much tonight. now im about to go to sleep

[Tren Bull]

and heres some more useless info. my sworn enemy is gonna feel the wrath



as a very wise woman said once "some times karma needs a hand"

i think il give karma a hand with its fate

[DevilsDeity]

african swallows are non-migratory.

[Timm1704]

lol bouncer you cleaned up. i didnt even read them all, and i love this useless crap. anyway, my contribution:

the worlds largest ever dog was an english bullmastiff named Zorba. she measured, from her nose to the tip of her tail, 8feet 3 inches, and weighed a whopping 24 stones (336lbs). thats one big dawgie!

There is NO WORD in the english language that rhymes with ORANGE

[WEBB]

the term "brain freeze" is incorrect....when you eat somethuing cold your brain senses that it is getting cold so it increases the temp in the brain causing a lot of pain....

[Kärnfysikern]

A person living directly outside a nuclear power facility would receive approximately one additional millirem per year.

As comparison:

-That same person receive 300 times as much from natural backgrounds radiation.

-A airline crew member receives 500 times that annualy from the time spent on high alltitudes.

-A person getting dental x-rays receive 10-39 times as much.

-A person standing 30 meters (100 feet) from a vehicle transporting spent nuclear fuel, moving 15 miles per hour, would receive a radiation dose of approximately 0.0004 millirem. If the same person were standing the same distance from all potential shipments (approximately 50,000 truck shipments over 24 years), he or she would receive a total whole-body dose of about 20 millirem. During the same 24-year timeframe, that same person would receive over 7,000 millirem from natural background radiation.

[Kärnfysikern]

if you squeese your nose when you are about to sneeze the urge to sneeze will go away.

[Kärnfysikern]

If lighting strikes one place there is a higher risk it will strike that place again rathern than striking a random place in the proximity.

[Temptation]

The female bedbug has no sexual opening

[*Alex*]

The female bedbug has no sexual opening

i 'd make one.

[Tren Bull]

A person living directly outside a nuclear power facility would receive approximately one additional millirem per year.

As comparison:

-That same person receive 300 times as much from natural backgrounds radiation.

-A airline crew member receives 500 times that annualy from the time spent on high alltitudes.

-A person getting dental x-rays receive 10-39 times as much.

-A person standing 30 meters (100 feet) from a vehicle transporting spent nuclear fuel, moving 15 miles per hour, would receive a radiation dose of approximately 0.0004 millirem. If the same person were standing the same distance from all potential shipments (approximately 50,000 truck shipments over 24 years), he or she would receive a total whole-body dose of about 20 millirem. During the same 24-year timeframe, that same person would receive over 7,000 millirem from natural background radiation.

speaking of radiation, if we had a gun that could emit a beam of alpha, beta and gamma particles, wed have ourselves a straight up doomsday weapon. nothing would escape the wrath

[BUBBA74]

Did you know the human head weighs 8lbs?

[USfighterFC]

Did you know the human head weighs 8lbs?

I dont know dude, I gotta pretty big head.

[USfighterFC]

Did you know the human head weighs 8lbs?

I dont know dude, I gotta pretty big head.