Useless Fact of The Day!

[Smurflord]

A thread for all those utterly useless facts, that are mildly interesting. Please add your own. I'll begin....

Apricots are part of the rose family.

 

['Shy]

Butterflies taste with their feets

 

[Loxleyhood]

Echos don't quack.










Wait................




















Dammit!

 

[Gurnox]

There are only two countries in the world that begin with the letter 'D'. Denmark and..........

 

[Gombur Glodson]

Damascus.

USA has never been at war with a country that had a Mcdonalds resturant.

 

[Gurnox]

Damascus.

Nope, that's a Syrian city. And it's not the Dominican Republic either......

 

[Gombur Glodson]

Djibouti

Dominica?

 

[Loxleyhood]

John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved Abe Lincon's baby.

 

[Gurnox]

Djibouti

Dominica?

Yep, Djibouti! Damn you, Google!

 

[Gombur Glodson]

*whistles innocently*

FEBRUARY 16 IS PRESIDENTS DAY IN THE U.S.A

 

[Smurflord]

Trivia was the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and the crossroads.

 

[Gombur Glodson]

All Gondolas In Venice, Italy Must Be Panited Black, Unless They Belong To A High Official.

 

[Loxleyhood]

Richard the Lionhearted King of England, of Robin Hood and the crusades fame, only spent three months of his reign in England. He was also a homosexual.

 

[Gombur Glodson]

The White Part Of Your Finger Nail Is Called The Lunula

 

[Smurflord]

Most toilets flush in E flat.

 

[Loxleyhood]

The iguana has a left and a right penis.

 

[Smurflord]

The iguana has a left and a right penis.

Don't we all?

 

[Ele]

The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to seven digits for so long.

Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery (should have stayed that way)

In the movie "Toy Story", the carpet designs in Sid's hallway is the same as the carpet designs in "The Shining."

 

[Flesh]

Interesting fact, none of those were interesting.

 

[Loxleyhood]

I found the Toy Story one very interesting!

 

[Ele]

Crane Flies (Daddy Long Legs) carry the most poisonous and fast acting venom known - but in a cruel (as only God can be) twist of fate, they have no teeth with which to inject it. Therefore they keep getting their legs ripped off by small, sadistic children...

perhaps this is more to your liking Flesh

 

[Loxleyhood]

Crane Flies (Daddy Long Legs) carry the most poisonous and fast acting venom known - but in a cruel (as only God can be) twist of fate, they have no teeth with which to inject it. Therefore they keep getting their legs ripped off by small, sadistic children...

perhaps this is more to your liking Flesh

Ricky Gervais.

 

[Flesh]

All Gondolas In Venice, Italy Must Be Panited Black, Unless They Belong To A High Official.

I've been on a red one, and a gold one!

 

[Gombur Glodson]

I've been on a red one, and a gold one!

Then they obviously belonged to high officials

 

[Flesh]

Crane Flies (Daddy Long Legs) carry the most poisonous and fast acting venom known - but in a cruel (as only God can be) twist of fate, they have no teeth with which to inject it. Therefore they keep getting their legs ripped off by small, sadistic children...

perhaps this is more to your liking Flesh

Not really, I'm not interested in the cruelities you inflict on poor little creatures.

 

[Flesh]

Then they obviously belonged to high officials

Maybe someone stole them!

 

[Kami]

I don't want to copy/paste the whole lot here but I gathered some funny and useless facts together not that long ago for a list

http://www.halfmad.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=100

 

[Smurflord]

Maybe someone stole them!

Flesh = Gondola Thief

 

[Flesh]

Smurf = fatty.

 

[Kami]

The iguana has a left and a right penis.

If only, then my right arm wouldn't be so much bigger than my left