Useless

[Rusty]

Alrighty, I'm bored, this is infact how this thread came to be. I was in a bookshop today and saw this book with about 300 pages filled with useless knowledge, it was funny and rather interesting (planning to buy it) and it made me wonder...

What's a random piece of useless knowledge that you know?

[Psychotic]

The capital of Uzbekistan is Taskhent.

Oh, and all polar bears are left handed.

[Resha]

Your ears can hear the best in the morning.

[m4tt]

http://www.bathroomreader.com/home.html

Great books there. I have the 15th edition on my toilet at home! A lot of useless information in there.

[Logan]

Cu is copper. :/

[TasteyPies]

Monkeys don't peel bananas, they break em in half.

[Skogs]

Fruit bats are actually closer to primates than true bats. Rather than echolocating, they rely on keen vision and an excellent sense of smell.

[Giga Guess]

Your ears can hear the best in the morning.

So THAT'S why that alarm clock is so damn loud!

Raccoons have opposable thumbs!

Starfish have no brains to speak of.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Cats are left-hand dominant, and adult cats are typically lactose intolerant.

Dolphins and humans are the only animals that have sex for recreation.

A dog's mouth has less bacteria than a human's.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows, because at that time it was the vogue for women to shave off their eyebrows.

The Vatican is the world's smallest country.

A frog throws up by expelling it's stomach, and wiping off the bile, and eating the stomach again. (YUMMY!)

The symbols for Gold and Iron (Au and Fe) mean Aurum and Ferris, the alchemical names for those elements.

[Fuzakeru]

A frog throws up by expelling it's stomach, and wiping off the bile, and eating the stomach again. (YUMMY!)

. . . . dot . . . . I don't know what to say after reading THAT dainty little bit of information.

[Shoeberto]

You can take a fish in a bowl of water, take out the water, fill it with mountain dew, let the fish die, take out the mountain dew, replace it with water, and when if you put the contacts of a 9 volt battery to the top of the water, the fish will revive.

Courtesy of Krissy.
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/goldfish_holding.htm

[essenceofdarkness]

Viz productions uses the wrong spelling for the name of Inuyasha's sword in the show Inuyasha. The way they spell it is Tetsusaiga, but the "tsu" in the middle can be used in 2 ways. The way they use it when writing the kanji for it is as a glottal stop, a brief pause between syllables. It sounds almost like a slur of the previous letter, and is therefore romanized as a double letter, being spelled as 'Tessaiga' instead of 'Tetsusaiga'.

That's my useless information for the day lol.

[Kirobaito]

Eleanor Roosevelt was a lesbian.

[Giga Guess]

. . . . dot . . . . I don't know what to say after reading THAT dainty little bit of information.

You're welcome! ^_^

Did you know that the color calico/tortiseshell (in cats) almost always occurs in females, and if it's in a male, he's almost always sterile.

[escobert]

Dolphins and humans are the only animals that have sex for recreation.
No Bonobos do :p\http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html

[Efli]

Fungi are more closely related to insects than plants.

[Thunday Man]

The armadillo always has 4 babies that are identical geneticly

[nik0tine]

Aristotle was wrong about his theory about the pendulum.

[Giga Guess]

In cards, the suit of the spades used to be the swords.

[Skogs]

Did you know that the color calico/tortiseshell (in cats) almost always occurs in females, and if it's in a male, he's almost always sterile.

It's because females are essentially chimeric. At a multi-cell stage in development, one of the X chromosomes in each cell always inactivates. However, in some cells the maternal X chromosome and in others the Y chromosome is inactivated. One of the colour genes in cats is found on the X chromosome - so if the maternal and paternal X chromosomes code for different colours - they will end up as a patchwork, depending on which area of fur is descended from a maternal X-inactivated or a paternal X-inactivated cell line. Since two X chromosomes are required for the calico/tortoiseshell phenotype - any male cats would have the have polysomal X chromosomes - such as XXY - usually resulting in infertility.

:D

And some species of sea cucumber eat by expelling their intestines onto their food then digesing and absorbing the food outside the body and then reswallowing their guts when their done.

:upsidedow

[-N-]

Everything I know is useful.

There, that was useless, wasn't it?

[Giga Guess]

I.....did not know that Skogs....

Didja know that a starfish throws it's stomach onto it's prey to eat?

[Rusty]

Do you know that the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache?

[Freya]

did you also know that the king of hearts has a knife to his head. you know cause the queen is evil like.

[TasteyPies]

Shlupquack has a super secret page :eek:

I would post a link but im afraid she might hurt me.

[DMKA]

Eleanor Roosevelt was a lesbian.
So was J.Hoover.

Chickens over populate people in the world.

Orange is the only English word that has no other word that rhymes with it in the same language.

Three of Oklahoma's state govenors attended and were part of the campus Alumni at ECU (the University I am currently attending and sitting in right now).

Alaska is the largest state in land area, but the smallest state in population.

New Mexico and Louisiana are the only 2 remaining states where cock fighting is legal.

In Arkansas its legal to beat your wife no more than twice a week.

Japan has the highest population density in the world.

Russia has the lowest population density in the world.

The first McDonalds drive thru in the world opened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The largest McDonalds in the world is located over a freeway in the middle of nowhere in Miami(pronounced "my am uh"), Oklahoma.

The tallest building in the world is located in Toronto, Canada.

Mew Two is th 150th Pokemon.

Yeah thats it for now I've got to go to Sociology.(haha) :D

[escobert]

You can take a fish in a bowl of water, take out the water, fill it with mountain dew, let the fish die, take out the mountain dew, replace it with water, and when if you put the contacts of a 9 volt battery to the top of the water, the fish will revive.

Courtesy of Krissy.
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/goldfish_holding.htm
That's so messed up :eek:

[auron_790]

A Jiffy is a real time its a 1/100th of a second :p

[Giga Guess]

I believe Purple has no rhyme for it either...

[escobert]

Yeah nothing rhymes with purple

[Giga Guess]

(I'm just laughing thinking about the people who were viewing this saying "burple" "curple" "durple".....)

[Shlup]

Shlupquack has a super secret page :eek:

I would post a link but im afraid she might hurt me.
I do not. >_>

My useless info for today: Uhm... Somewhere in the world, every two seconds, a Barbie is sold.

[Triple T]

I had to study a 250 page book for a project last year, but I only did 30, so I know a few worthless facts. :D

- Sven Robbinson was the first homosexual of the Canadian Parlament to admit he's gay.
- The Capital of Belaruce is Winsk.
- Newfanland was founded in 1949.
- The square cube of 125 is 5.
- Vikings were sent to "Hel" after they die.
- 50% of Québecouis talk French, 30% speak English and 20% speak both.
- My street was named after General Brock.

[Kirobaito]

- The square cube of 125 is 5.
Cube root. There is no such thing as a square cube. Well, there is, but not in this case. The cube root of 125 is 5.

[Giga Guess]

I had to study a 250 page book for a project last year, but I only did 30, so I know a few worthless facts. :D

- Sven Robbinson was the first homosexual of the Canadian Parlament to admit he's gay.
- The Capital of Belaruce is Winsk.
- Newfanland was founded in 1949.
- The square cube of 125 is 5.
- Vikings were sent to "Hel" after they die.
- 50% of Québecouis talk French, 30% speak English and 20% speak both.
- My street was named after General Brock.


Actually, they were only sent to Hel if they died ignoble deaths, such as from illness, or old age. When they go to Hel, Hela, the goddess of those who entered that realm, proceeds to devour their souls, taking particular joy in snapping their bones and sucking out the marrow. Charming, no?

Vikings that died noble deaths, on the other hand, were escorted by Valkyries to Valhalla, to train up for the Ragnarok.

[TasteyPies]

I do not. >_>

The one with all those scary pictures. I backed them all up too :P+

CLICK FOR IMAGE BECAUSE IT IS LARGE AND SCARY (http://www.eyesonff.com/shlup/062604_021.JPG)

Who is this?

[Psychotic]

Useless fact: Zombies do indeed exist. Proof? ^

[Shlup]

The one with all those scary pictures. I backed them all up too :P+

[IMG removed]

Who is this?
Who's the zombie? That's TheAbominatrix, ya doof!

[Giga Guess]

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Are you sure 'bout that?

[Shlup]

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Are you sure 'bout that?
I'm serious! That's her at her birthday party!

[TheAbominatrix]

It is! I was drunk off my butt and I'd had too many peices of black-iced pirate cake!

It turned other things black too, I learned the next day xD

[TasteyPies]

It is! I was drunk off my butt and I'd had too many peices of black-iced pirate cake!

It turned other things black too, I learned the next day xD

Useless info:

How the cake looked

CLICK FOR IMAGE BECAUSE IT IS LARGE (http://www.eyesonff.com/shlup/062604_002.JPG)

[TheAbominatrix]

Useless info: The girl in the picture with me made that cake. It was her party as well.

[Shlup]

I made the images links 'cause of modem rapage.

[Cloud_99]

I know the Internet was originally invented by a chain of colleges and universities in Britain who realised that they could use the spare line space in cross-atlantic phone lines to send information to their American counterparts. :D

[Soul Vagabond]

Random Fact: Cows are a large contributor to global warming because of the excessive amount of methane gas they produce. (Farts and cow pies) Not to mention because there's so durn many of 'em.

[Giga Guess]

Did you know it's physically impossible to kiss your elbow?

[kikimm]

Did you know it's physically impossible to kiss your elbow?

I WILL prove that wrong....someday.

Hrm...useless? toenails grow slower than fingernails.


:D

[Giga Guess]

Didja know that "Believe," Cher's most successful song _EVER_ wasn't gonna be released, cuz Cher didn't really like it a lot. Same with "Just Like Jesse James..."

[crazymcjoe]

Every 60 seconds someone switches to Tesco car insurance.

[Misfit]

Useless fact random info: Swallowing small objects that LOOK like candy may kill you.

[StarlightAngel]

Kissing a banana slug is cleaner that kissing another human being. Interesting, no? :D

[Giga Guess]

A katana is TECHNICALLY not a sword, as a sword is supposed to have 2 edges to it, while a katana only has one.

[Squall04]

Lieutenant General Robert D Beckel, USAFA class of 1959 is the only person to serve as Cadet Wing Commander twice.

The Terrazo is 7,258 feet above Sea Level.

The MDS Modified Mission Designator for Antisubmarine is S.

The primary function of the McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle is Air Superiority Tactical Fighter.

The speed of the LGM-30G Minuteman III missile is 15,000 mph.

Post (v.) - an order signifying to a subordinate that their presence is no longer desired. (I've been posted many times)

These and many more useless facts can be obtained from Contrails. Available for your pleasure at Amazon.com. FreedomFry can also testify as to the entertainment value of this book.