Random/Useless Yet Interesting Facts

[Death Hill]

Maybe this one will go better than the joke thread.:\:rolleyes:

 

 

- The longest word you can type using only the top row of the keyboard is 'typewriter'.

 

- The shortest war was between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar in 1896. It lasted only 40 minutes.

 

- George Washington's biggest fear was being buried alive. So much so that he requested to be laid out above ground for several days to confirm that he was dead before they buried him.

[Death Hill]

- There are only 5-10 survivors left of World War 1 still alive today. 2 of them currently reside in the United States (Washington and South Carolina).

 

- The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.

 

- Spiders have transparent blood.

[Death Hill]

- It's illegal to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (think about this one for a minute)

 

I will be back with more tomorrow, feel free to join in.:dozey:

[ailene90]

The game Simon Says was originally called Do This, Do That.

 

Plants run fevers when they are sick.

 

If you work nights, you are almost twice as likely to have an accident than if you work days.

 

 

Hmm interesting stuff

[chuck kottke]

:rolleyes::laugh3:.. I like you're first one the best! I took a good look at Washington's tomb at his home in VA - yea, he really was paranoid about that 'being buried alive' business! But, in those days, it did happen!!:shocked2:

:)Useless facts: the first Flash-light actually burned kerosene, had a "smokeless" flame, and was designed to be hung from the front of a bicycle. A new bicycle in 1895 cost between 40 and 85 dollars (US), and the first real production automobiles used bicycle tires and wheels. (1890's-1902).

[Carolyn Marie]

The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour.

 

There are no clocks in Las Vegas, Nevada casinos.

 

The butterfly was originally called a flutterby.

 

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

 

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

[rudy_o]

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).

 

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

 

A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.

 

On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.

 

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

 

If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium.

 

:)

[Death Hill]

-Contrary to what many think, hairs and nails do not grow after one is dead. They only appear to grow because the skin around them retracts creating the illusion.

 

-Everything in your body replaces itself after 30 months. So NOTHING in your body at the moment was part of your body in January 2006.

[Pseudonym]

-More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.

 

-You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider

 

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

 

-TIME Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

 

-In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.

 

 

 

 

This is fun:laugh3:

[Jpw48]

3% or Americans prefer their hotdogs plain, with no topping

[Death Hill]

The only word that you can't do in Scrabble (within tile limit, of course) is 'Pizzazz'. You can use two blank tiles for 2 of the z's, and the regular z, but you are still missing the fourth z.

[stingfan]

The 1961 Tokens cover song called "The Wimoweh Song" or "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is based on an old Zulu legend. The legend says that when the Europeans came to Africa and took over, their last king, Chaka the Lion, did not die. He merely went to sleep and will reawaken some day. The "Wimoweh" sound repeated in the song is a misinterpretation of the Zulu phrase "uyim Bube" which means "You are a Lion".

[busybeeburns]

Cactus spines can be used for human sutures (stitches), after they have been first sterilized on hot coal.

[Christa42]

Dogs have no sense of time and that's why they are so excited to see you even if you just left the room 5 seconds ago. i do not believe this but all my dog friends tell me its true

[Glossal Fragster]

daddy longleggs are the most poisonous beings alive....but have no way of distributing the poison

[NeSs1776]

-More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.

 

-You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider

 

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

 

-TIME Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

 

-In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.

 

 

 

 

This is fun:laugh3:

 

 

 

stalin won man of the year also ! geogre W bush won it also only evil people win man of the year mostly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[exist2inspire]

Only 2.9% of Americans will never swear in their life.

 

30% of humans are color blind and don't know it.

 

AND

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father.

[guyy]

daddy longleggs are the most poisonous beings alive....but have no way of distributing the poison

Actually that myth's been busted, if you know what I mean. ;) Their bites are no worse than those of mosquitoes, and can't give you malaria.

 

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father.[/size][/b]

:dozey:

 

Ok, a few of my own:

 

You probably know a "byte" is 8 bits, that is, 8 ones and zeros. But for some reason, 4 bits also has a name that no one ever uses: "nibble." :thinking:

 

The word "Bookkeeper" is kind of weird because it has 3 double letters in a row. :confused:

 

Adult mayflies and fireflies have no mouths, so if something doesn't eat them, they will die of starvation within a few days of becoming adults. :(

 

Left-handed people live significantly shorter lives on average than right-handed people, but apparently no one knows why. :\

 

Graphite (pencil lead) and diamonds have the same chemical composition, but different structures. :stunned:

 

There's an ancient light bulb in some random fire station that's been running almost continuously for well over a century and still hasn't burned out, possibly because the bulb contains a near-perfect vacuum, making the filament take forever to degrade. They really don't make 'em like they used to. :P

[Pseudonym]

stalin won man of the year

sorry, guess I was mis-informed!;)

 

 

 

Only 2.9% of Americans will never swear in their life.

 

30% of humans are color blind and don't know it.

 

AND

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father.

I believe the color-blindness part, how would they know they were colorblind?:dozey:

 

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father! HAHA:laugh3:

[guyy]

The 1961 Tokens cover song called "The Wimoweh Song" or "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is based on an old Zulu legend. The legend says that when the Europeans came to Africa and took over, their last king, Chaka the Lion, did not die. He merely went to sleep and will reawaken some day. The "Wimoweh" sound repeated in the song is a misinterpretation of the Zulu phrase "uyim Bube" which means "You are a Lion".

 

Er...actually there's one other thing. "The Wimoweh Song" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" are actually two completely different songs often played at the same time as if they were one song. No, I'm not making that up. I've heard "The Wimoweh Song" by itself, with no mention made of the other one, which came later. This might be why they got combined, though.

[luckycharms2987]

approx 44% of kids watch tv before going to bed

a dragon flies lives for about 48hours(is this true.. poor dragon fly)

the female praying mantis rips the head off the male before having sex.

[Pseudonym]

90% of all statistics are made up

[luckycharms2987]

90% of all statistics are made up

 

 

so does that mean that that one is made up??

 

Or does that fall under the 10% that are true:P

[Pseudonym]

so does that mean that that one is made up??

 

Or does that fall under the 10% that are true:P

There is a 56.2% chance what I said is correct.:rolleyes:

[luckycharms2987]

ooh 56.2%..

 

thats a good number

 

 

 

I think i may drop out of college.. everything I will ever need to know i can learn from this thread:lol: