Useless Fact of The Day!

[Disorderly And Drunk]

teh seal... my name in Irish is "Little Seal", which i am very proud of, as you may guess!

 

[Binky the Bomb]

Each member of the Magic roundabout was inspired by a drug.

 

[Ezteq]

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]

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]

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]

Under the terms of the "Geneva Convention" it is illegal to clean a bayonette with "Brasso".

 

[Bracken]

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]

baby puffins are called pufflings

Me Wanna Puffling!!!!
<(*.*)>

 

[Hawkwind]

• 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]

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]

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]

• 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]

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]

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]

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

 

[nakkiel]

apparently

 

[Adoctor]

my dog's got no nose

 

[old.Tohtori]

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

 

[[SS]Gamblor]

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

 

[old.Tohtori]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Chronictank]

bananas are a herb and a fruit

 

[old.Tohtori]

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]

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

Deutschland

 

[Roken]

Dick Dastardly ('s voice Paul Winchell) invented the artificial heart

 

[Litmus]

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.

 

[Thorwyn]

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

wrong.. there are four.

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

 

[Tasslehoff]

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.

 

[Zebolt]

wrong.. there are four.

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

depending on the spoken language