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Useless trivia, part two.........
- Thread starter Mike N
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First...what is light urple? (SNL skit)
Second...as if my nose wasnt big enough already
Third...so is my last name lebel
"Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. "
I'm not so sure about this one.
I'm not so sure about this one.
Only when it's standard 8 1/2 by 11 paper. I took a piece of D size and folded it in half 18 times once (D size paper is 36 by 24)
It's easy to get bored in AutoCADD class.
Rock on
Eric
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Originally posted by Eric Cameron
Only when it's standard 8 1/2 by 11 paper. I took a piece of D size and folded it in half 18 times once (D size paper is 36 by 24)
It's easy to get bored in AutoCADD class.
Rock on
Eric
Oh? I thought it would be fun to learn how to hit a carberator with a hammer...
That's right! I remember that now. Anyone else remember Mr. Wizard on Nickelodeon? Ahh...the good old days of TV.
the first toilet ever seen on tv was on leave it to beaver
the average cough comes out of your moth at 60 miles per hour
relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue
blodnes have more hair than darker haired people
the length of the finger dictates how fast the fingernail grows, therefore the nail on your middle finger grows the fastest
coca cola was originally green
grapes explode when you microwave them
in france a five year old can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar
dolphins sleep with one eye open
on average, 90% or Dutch teenagers can speak fluent English wheras only 80% of American teens can speak fluent english
that last one is funny and sad
the average cough comes out of your moth at 60 miles per hour
relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue
blodnes have more hair than darker haired people
the length of the finger dictates how fast the fingernail grows, therefore the nail on your middle finger grows the fastest
coca cola was originally green
grapes explode when you microwave them
in france a five year old can buy an alcoholic drink in a bar
dolphins sleep with one eye open
on average, 90% or Dutch teenagers can speak fluent English wheras only 80% of American teens can speak fluent english
that last one is funny and sad
First, I don't own any moths, and further, given their size, wouldn't that send the moths flying in the opposite direction?
Bump.
Today is National Trivia Day according to the oldies
station here. Now that is trivial.
Jupiter is bigger in mass than all the other planets combined.
The search function on TB actually works. That is a little
known piece of trivia.
Mark Latimour has his picture on the new Bass Babes thread
in the Lobby. He also looks good in drag on that thread.
But that is pretty trivial.
Today is National Trivia Day according to the oldies
station here. Now that is trivial.
Jupiter is bigger in mass than all the other planets combined.
The search function on TB actually works. That is a little
known piece of trivia.
Mark Latimour has his picture on the new Bass Babes thread
in the Lobby. He also looks good in drag on that thread.
But that is pretty trivial.
1. A rat can last without water longer than a camel
2. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate
3. Every person has a unique tongue print.
4. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
6. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily
7. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
8. Most lipstick contains fish scales
9. Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice.
10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
11. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
12. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. The proper term for upper case letters is "majuscule" and for lower case it's "minuscule".
13. Wellfleet, Massachusetts has the only town clock in the world that strikes ship's time. (Rings every half hour, to a maximum of 8 rings at the end of each four hour period
14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves
15.The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white
16. Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo
17. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
18. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning
19. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice
2. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate
3. Every person has a unique tongue print.
4. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
6. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily
7. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
8. Most lipstick contains fish scales
9. Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice.
10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
11. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
12. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. The proper term for upper case letters is "majuscule" and for lower case it's "minuscule".
13. Wellfleet, Massachusetts has the only town clock in the world that strikes ship's time. (Rings every half hour, to a maximum of 8 rings at the end of each four hour period
14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves
15.The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white
16. Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo
17. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
18. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning
19. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20. Walt Disney was afraid of mice
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I made a thread similar to this a while ago.
I made a thread similar to this a while ago.
Mike N said:
I'm no anatomist, but my best guess is that they actually do exist, but don't undergo ossification until that age.
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Kangaroos technically have no name. When the early European explorers saw them, they asked what they were, and the natives said, "Kangaroo.", which means "I don't know.".
Panda are not bears, they're racoons.
Strawberries are not fruits, they're actually in the rose family.
Panda are not bears, they're racoons.
Strawberries are not fruits, they're actually in the rose family.
Could you explain this one a bit better?Brendan said:
A light year is the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year. Are you telling me that you can fold paper over and make it reach pluto??? 
- just found out, a light year works out at nearly 6 trillion miles. 
Here's a bunch of useless animal ones 
Domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
A cat can jump 5 times as high as they are tall.
Florida produces and supplies 95 percent of the tropical fish sold in North America.
Aquarium fish are the most popular pet in
America. 12 million households owning more than 158,600,000 fish.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards
Horses were the last primary animal to be domesticated.
basenji ( African wolf dog) is the only dog that cannot bark.
Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.
Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
Chihuahua is the oldest breed of dog native to North America.
A wolf can consume almost twenty pounds of prey at a feeding
A wolf can achieve estimated speeds of between 28 and 40 miles per hour for up to 20 minutes
The artic wolf (canis lupus arctos) is one of the safest animals in the world. Its habitat is so harsh, humans dont cultivate the land.
Wolves were completely wiped out in England by the early 1500s
Scotland killed its last wolf in the mid-1700s
In the United States there has never been a documented case where a healthy wild wolf attacked a human, in fact it is very rare when a wolf even comes near a human.
A blue whale calf drinks about 130 gallons of milk per day, and gains up to 200 pounds per day
Southern right whales have been seen to raise their flukes in the wind and use them as sails.
Frogs can jump up to 20 times their length.
The Galapagos tortoise is the largest living species, weighing in some cases, over 570 pounds.
Ferret males are called Hobs.
Ferret Females are called Jills.
Baby Ferrets are called Kitts.
Ferrets can catch our colds and flu from humans. (and die from them)
Ancient Egyptians first kept Ferrets 3,000 years ago
If an octopus is hungry enough, it will eat one of its own arms (which will eventually regenerate)
Domestic cat can sprint at about 31 miles per hour.
A cat can jump 5 times as high as they are tall.
Florida produces and supplies 95 percent of the tropical fish sold in North America.
Aquarium fish are the most popular pet in
America. 12 million households owning more than 158,600,000 fish.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards
Horses were the last primary animal to be domesticated.
basenji ( African wolf dog) is the only dog that cannot bark.
Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.
Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
Chihuahua is the oldest breed of dog native to North America.
A wolf can consume almost twenty pounds of prey at a feeding
A wolf can achieve estimated speeds of between 28 and 40 miles per hour for up to 20 minutes
The artic wolf (canis lupus arctos) is one of the safest animals in the world. Its habitat is so harsh, humans dont cultivate the land.
Wolves were completely wiped out in England by the early 1500s
Scotland killed its last wolf in the mid-1700s
In the United States there has never been a documented case where a healthy wild wolf attacked a human, in fact it is very rare when a wolf even comes near a human.
A blue whale calf drinks about 130 gallons of milk per day, and gains up to 200 pounds per day
Southern right whales have been seen to raise their flukes in the wind and use them as sails.
Frogs can jump up to 20 times their length.
The Galapagos tortoise is the largest living species, weighing in some cases, over 570 pounds.
Ferret males are called Hobs.
Ferret Females are called Jills.
Baby Ferrets are called Kitts.
Ferrets can catch our colds and flu from humans. (and die from them)
Ancient Egyptians first kept Ferrets 3,000 years ago
If an octopus is hungry enough, it will eat one of its own arms (which will eventually regenerate)
