Useless facts
 

Did you know that a slug has 5 noses? What does a slug need 5 noses for?

Re: Useless facts
 

Have you ever sniffed one of those things?!

I think anyone who has can agree that they all need to be able to smell better...

did you know:

OJ simpson was orrigionally cast to be the terminator, in 'the terminator'

Hmmm ... Interesting:

"Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts."

"A chicken once had its head cut off and survived for over eighteen months, headless." <-- Ew.

"The Walt Disney character Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy."

"67.5% of men wear briefs instead of boxers." < -- Interesting

"One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world's telephones put together."

- Katie

I just found this odd and figured this is the only decent place to post it...

Kidnappings have actually decreased in numbers in the past few years...although their popularity in the media has grown.

Your finger nails grow 1.8mm faster than you're toe nails

If locusts were the size of humans when they jumped they'd accelerate at over 7000 mph/s.

Elephants stand on their toes.
A turkey can run 20 mph.

Here's some that I stole from Snapple Caps:

A cat's lower jaw cannot move sideways

A duck's quack doesn't echo

A goldfish's attention span is three seconds

A mile on the ocean and a mile on land are not the same distance

A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion mathematical calculations

A queen bee can lay 800-1500 eggs per day

Alaska has more caribou than people

Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work

Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S.

All porcupines float in water

Almonds are members of the peach family

Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons

Broccoli is the only vegetable that is a flower

Cats can hear ultrasound

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds

Emus and Kangaroos cannot walk backwards

Fish cough

Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open

Lizards communicate by doing push-ups

Mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas

No word in the English language rhymes with month

Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music

The average American will eat 35,000 cookies during his/her lifetime

The average raindrop falls at seven miles per hour

The only food that doesn't spoil is honey

The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments

The state of Maine has 62 lighthouses

The tongue is the fastest healing part of a human body

There are more telephones than people in Washington D.C.

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia

You blink over 10,000,000 times a year

You will definitely never run out of conversation topics at party's if you print this post! LOL :D :D :D :D

Um, yeah...

Well ... think about it. If they're hatched from an egg, there's no need for a belly-button! :D

Amusing quote for the day:

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer!" - David Acfield

Wow.

- Katie

Intamin's Mega- and Giga-Coaster braking systems use the FESTO Pneumatic valves provided in our Kit of Parts.

Examples include Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England, Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake, Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags America, Millennium Force at Cedar Point and (the only one I've not ridden yet) Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm.

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command go hang yourself.

When John Wilkes Booth leaped onto the stage after shooting the President, he tripped—on the American flag.

The rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd took their name from a high school teacher named Leonard Skinner who had suspended several students for having long hair.

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.

a hippo can run faster than a man

Microsoft word's save icon shows a floppy disk with the metal shutter on backwards

I already posted this in the dem vs reps thread, but I'll post it again:

only 20 of the 430 or so members of the house of reps in the US runs in a close election.

Did you know that females causing car accidents has risen and males causing car accidents has fallen every year?

A sneeze comes out of the human body between 100 and 300 miles per hour.

Another Snapple cap fact:

The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime

I luv useless facts

Like, Hitler's favorite movie was reportedly "King Kong"

Spaceship Earth at Epcot can float in The Living Seas.

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ok this may be a little late (post wise)... but why are u smelling slugs:confused: :(


( o and for my useless fact just read down there :: point down::
and did you ever notice, there is no cent key on the keyboard..?)

because it's america's answer to escargot :-P

Eating too many carrots can turn your skin orange.

Lions like catnip.

Chickens have horrible night vision.

Elephants can't turn their heads to look behind themselves. Or jump.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th. On the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Whales have accents.

Porcupines kiss each other on the lips.

The owl is the only type of bird that can see the color blue.

1.8 mm faster per what time period? (Per second?:p )

Heh, I wondered the same thing, when I read that post, but decided it wasn't interesting enough to warrant asking...

I'm guessing per week, but I might just be stupid. :)

hmmm... not sure I completely for got what time period it was but probaly per week, I mean think about it how often do you cut you fingersnails in relation to your toe nails.

What?!?!?! Elephants stand on their toes!?!??!?!? oh dear..I just dunno about that one.

They do, i did a paper on it in grade school. Search google for it, its true. Its on the internet, its gotta be true.. ;) :rolleyes:

When the Chavy Nova came out. It did not sell very well in Mexico because "Nova" (No vas, pronounced without the "s") means no go!

there are 1.5 miles of telephone wire strung accross America, in billion

18 million acres of pizza are consumed in the U.S. on a daily basis

an airbag inflates at 200miles an hour

4 seconds, on avaerage, that elapse between 2 cans of Spam being opened somewhere in the world

Here's the big one: I read in Maxim that some one invented the personal hover craft and it wasn't Dean (there goes that theory) it should be avalible at zapworld.com

Weren't hovercrafts developed in the 60's?

Anyways...the WWII Boeing B-29 bomber that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima was named Enola Gay and the operative was called the Manhattan Engineer District, or more commonly... the Manhattan Project.

The bomb was known as 'Little Boy' and it took 43 seconds to reach the ground after being released. It was aimed at the Aioi Bridge.

Also, out of the 34 B-29's left, there is only 1 that is flyable.

I happen to like WWII (well...not the war...but studying it, it's quite interesting...it's interesting to see how much of the equipment back then is still in use today (although much of the technology has been updated, of course))

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60MPH.
Twinkies have a shelf life of about 25 years.
Raindrops aren't actually tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom.
When the Titanic sunk there was 7,500 lbs. of ham on it
A broken clock is right at least twice a day.

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-Superman: The Escape at Six Flags Magic Mountain takes enough energy durring the launch to power a small town for 6 seconds.
-The Matterhorn at Disneyland was the first steel coaster.

Lincoln/Kennedy Facts!
 

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assasinated Lincoln was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names comprise fifteen letters.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were both assassinated before their trials.


I left another set of facts out because of being inapropriate for the boards, if you really want to know IM me on aol or PM me...

I can see superman and Six Flags Magic Mountain from my backyard...hey, its a useless fact.

Re: Lincoln/Kennedy Facts!
 

Woah. --- *SPLAT* --- * head implodes* -- I've heard a few of those, but not so many... sheish
:eek:

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Brandon Died! AHAHA!

Well, since Brandon is dead, can I be the new moderator?? :-p

Also, there is one more fact that I am aware of..its not appropriate for posting, but quite amusing though

Hehe, yep, one more fact..

Some amazing coincidences, if only they were true.

John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838, while Lee Harver Oswald was born on August 19, 1939.

John Wilkes Booth was captured in a barn, not a warehouse.

John Wilkes Booth was not so much assassinated as killed during his capture.

One last thing. The names of the secretaries are not likely to be accurate. This 'fact' was used because it is hard to disprove.

Huh??? Did someone say my name???

Ok here's some more,

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.

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.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

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 is the only king without a mustache.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first
flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

::folds piece of paper 7 times, and can't do more::

WOAH! you're right!

If you turn most things 360°, they look the same, right? But if you turn an electron 360°, it doesn't: You have to turn it 720°.

A friend told me this one...

In 1994 when the first McDonalds opened in Kuwait City, Kuwait, the drive thru line was 7 miles long.

Wow. [mutters]Loosers[/mutters]

Correction: Oswalds Birth: October 18, 1939, Booth's B-day is right, I guess the book I pulled these from was wrong on that fact

Also, the barn is correct, BUT I remember that a union soldier set the barn on fire, and booth came towards the door as the barn was set on fire, then Sergeant Boston Corbett fired a shot and Booth was paralyzed. He was carried to the porch of the farmhouse and he died there on the porch. So he really was assinated per say

You're right...August 19 was the date of his father's death.

There are a couple of sources that state that Lincoln never had a secretary named Kennedy, but I didn't think they were reliable enough to quote.

This list has been around for eons, and if you strip out the untrue statements and half-truths, you're left with a number of pretty meaningless coincidences.

Found these at http://www.rookiesworld.com/Useless.html
 

The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

When Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon in 1969, he didn't say what he's popularly believed to have said. He actually said, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." The "a" was lost in the transmission.

The English sparrow isn't a sparrow-and it comes from Africa, not England.

There has never been a President who was an only child.

You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.

A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long.

40% of people who move to a new address also change their brand of toothpaste at the same time.

Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.

The first letter Vanna White ever turned on Wheel of Fortune was the letter "T."

The average pencil can write 45,000 words.

Milk delivered to the store today was inside a cow two days ago.