Useless Fact of The Day!

Ezteq

Queen of OT
Joined
Jan 4, 2004
Messages
13,457
v.v good thread.

1) female hyenas have a penis and they mount the subordinate males

2) my bf had a dream that I had a penis and did this to him after seeing the wildlife show about hyenas.

3) dolphins discapline their young by pushing them down and sonic buzzing them (usually their genitals), because their flippers are too short to deliver a clip round the ear 'ole.

4) KFC serves gravey in australia

5) its nice.

6) i think FUCK came from medieval times when a person was put in the stocks for copulation and above the stocks was engraved "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"

7) fleshes 1st post in this thread made me laugh so much i burped.

9) i cant count

10) the shark cage in Jaws was actually one third the normal shark cage size, it was inhabited by a midget to make the shark look bigger.

11) i've seen the midget shark cage irl \o/

12) mangrove trees grow snorkle roots which poke up above the mud oxygen can not filter through mangrove mud

13) i've seen this too.

14) percy shaw invented the cats eye (reflector in middle of road) as he was in his garden at night and shone a light on a stray cat....

15) if the cat had been facing the other way he'd have invented the pencil sharpener.

16) 9 out of ten cats prefer whiskers

17) the other 1 cat shaves

18) dogs gain a lot of useful information by smelling other dogs urine, they can tell how old the other dog is, what sex it is, if it has any i'llnesses, what its eaten and how long ago since the dog pee'd.

19) if a human eats asparagus too much their urine smells funny.

20) after having his head eaten by the female (during copulation) the male praying mantis keeps on going!!! (Now Thats a sight to behold!!)
 

Binky the Bomb

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Jan 31, 2004
Messages
1,897
Ezteq said:
20) after having his head eaten by the female (during copulation) the male praying mantis keeps on going!!! (Now Thats a sight to behold!!)
Must be powered by Duracell.
 

Aoami

I am a FH squatter
Joined
Dec 22, 2003
Messages
11,223
The Parthenon in Athens faces over the bay of Salamis to commerate a Grecian victory over the Persians there. Ironically, the Parthenon is now in ruins due to the Persians.

About as useless as you can get.
 

Rookiescot

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Jan 16, 2004
Messages
816
Under the terms of the "Geneva Convention" it is illegal to clean a bayonette with "Brasso".
 

Bracken

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Jan 7, 2004
Messages
2,368
The Entertainer chain of toy stores do not sell Harry Potter products because the company founder is a born-again Christian who believes that the wizardry depicted in the books is the work of the devil. They do however sell Lord of the Rings products (Gandalf et al), as well as toy guns,tanks and military planes. Those are considered "harmless fun".
 

Ezteq

Queen of OT
Joined
Jan 4, 2004
Messages
13,457
baby puffins are called pufflings

Me Wanna Puffling!!!!
<(*.*)>
 

Hawkwind

FH is my second home
Joined
Jul 5, 2004
Messages
7,541
  • To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
  • The earliest record of bowling goes back 7,000 years to ancient Egypt where a round object resembling a bowling ball, and marble bars, resembling bowling pins, were found in the ruins of a pyramid.
  • A pregnant goldfish is called a twit
 

Hawkwind

FH is my second home
Joined
Jul 5, 2004
Messages
7,541
Ele said:
If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

Hand rolled balls of Bi Carb Soda with a little water have the same effect. It actually looked like they were blown apart by a shotgun. Cornish fishermen showed me once or twice. They were a plague down there and considered fair game by any means.

Also, feeding them bread soaked with Tabasco sauce is hilarious, no danger to the seagul. Watching them constantly dip their heads in the water to try and cool the burning sansation.
 

Blackjack

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Jan 4, 2004
Messages
2,540
The lenght of the C8A1 5.56 mm Colt Carbine is 76 CM/ 29.9 inch with the telescoping butt stock in. And 85 CM/ 33.4 inch with it out.
it's 30 round "box" magazine should only be loaded with 28 rounds to avoid malfunction.
 

Binky the Bomb

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Jan 31, 2004
Messages
1,897
Hawkwind said:
  • To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
Hehe, reminds me of a Bill Hicks gag
"Put your right testicle on the bible"
Massive heaving, courtroom murmur 'Jesus, what balls'
 

Tasslehoff

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
1,925
When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

When Gerber baby foods began to sell in parts of Africa, they continued to use their usual packaging, with the cute baby on the front. They didn't realize until later that where they were selling it, it was a common practice to help illiterate people buy things by putting pictures on the wrapper of what was inside....

It's impossible to sneeze without closing your eyes.

Michael Tolotos, who died at the age of 80, never saw a woman.

John Bellavia has entered over 5000 contests... and never won anything.

In 1982, the last member of a group of people who believed the Earth was hollow died.


The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly.
 

Deerstalker

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Dec 11, 2004
Messages
139
Binky the Bomb said:
Each member of the Magic roundabout was inspired by a drug.

The Magic Roundabout was sold to the BBC, without a script or a sound track, hence the UK magic roundabout has absolutly no resemblence to the original french version ( which is in itself is quite bizzare )

DS
 

nakkiel

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
May 9, 2004
Messages
330
Hawkwind said:
Also, feeding them bread soaked with Tabasco sauce is hilarious,.

as is throwing hollowed out meat pies filled with english mustard to the hippo's at chester zoo
 

old.Tohtori

FH is my second home
Joined
Jan 23, 2004
Messages
45,210
Disorderly And Drunk said:
teh seal... my name in Irish is "Little Seal", which i am very proud of, as you may guess!

Just now noticed this.

I bet you are! And not to mention an irish name too :p
 

[SS]Gamblor

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Feb 1, 2004
Messages
1,293
Shaeffer said:
id actually like to see a tortoise jump

or a snail

neither are mamals ( i think)

the reason a Elephant can't jump is becuase it's ankle bones are fused..

don't take my word for it, i got told by David Attenbourgh ... and who'd call him a liar o_O
 

old.Tohtori

FH is my second home
Joined
Jan 23, 2004
Messages
45,210
Anastasia said:
There are only 3 words that can't be rhymed with - orange, silver and another one I can't remember.

I wonder what rhyming rules apply to this.

Can't rhyme orange with range of pronounciation?

Or orange with boreens because of typing?

Silver could be rhymed with pilfer, but what is the amount of "rhyming" that is needed for a word to rhyme.
 

Smurflord

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Dec 22, 2003
Messages
697
old.Tohtori said:
I wonder what rhyming rules apply to this.

Can't rhyme orange with range of pronounciation?

Or orange with boreens because of typing?

Silver could be rhymed with pilfer, but what is the amount of "rhyming" that is needed for a word to rhyme.

Orange rhymes with Lozenge
Silver rhymes with Elver (a baby eel).
 

Smurflord

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Dec 22, 2003
Messages
697
Smurflord said:
Orange rhymes with Lozenge
Silver rhymes with Elver (a baby eel).

Bugger, scrolled up and realised I'd posted exactly the same thing over a year ago. Nerf old thread bumpage.
 

old.Tohtori

FH is my second home
Joined
Jan 23, 2004
Messages
45,210
Coconuts are seeds, but this is debatable.

Depending on the schoolars, scietists or culinarists, anything with a soft outer shell around a harder seed of some sort is a fruit and all others are vegetables.

So, tomato is a fruit. Cucumber is a fruit. But as an example, a strawberry is a vegetable.

So when going into a restaurant and ordering a salad, you can ask what the f*ck are these fruits doing in my salad.
 

liloe

It's my birthday today!
Joined
Jan 25, 2004
Messages
4,166
Gurnox said:
There are only two countries in the world that begin with the letter 'D'. Denmark and..........

;)

Deutschland
 

Roken

One of Freddy's beloved
Joined
Jan 7, 2004
Messages
150
Dick Dastardly ('s voice Paul Winchell) invented the artificial heart :)
 

Litmus

Resident Freddy
Joined
Dec 30, 2003
Messages
1,577
It is illegal to open a window on a bus in some asian country(cant remember which) without first asking all other passengers if it is ok.
 

Tasslehoff

Fledgling Freddie
Joined
Dec 28, 2003
Messages
1,925
Alabama

* It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
* It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
* Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Alaska

* In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
* While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

Arizona

* In Tucson, it is illegal for women to wear pants.
* In Globe, it is illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American.
* In Glendale, it is illegal to drive a car in reverse.
* In Nogales, it is illegal to wear suspenders.

Arkansas

* In Fayetteville, it is illegal to kill "any living creature."
* School teachers who bob their hair may forfeit their pay raises.
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top Bottom