useless trivia

[BonoFox1]

Although my u2 dvd's will probably die quicker than that

...I hear ya!!

 

[BonoFox1]

--On July 16, 1969, a law was passed that made it illegal for US citizens to have any contact with spaceships or aliens.

--You can fracture a rib when you sneeze.

 

[BonoFox1]

--If your stomach doesn’t grow a new layer of mucus every 14 days, it will digest itself.

--Each individual has a tongue print that is just as unique as their fingerprints. Imagine having your tongue print taken

 

[BonoFox1]

--Herrings break wind to communicate and keep the school together.

--There is a world record for being able to squirt liquids out of a human eye. The existing record is 8.7 feet (2.65m), but a Turkish man claims to have broken the record with a 9.2 feet (2.8m) squirt.

 

[BonoFox1]

--An average roll of toilet paper has 333 squares of tissue

--The San Francisco cable cars are the nations only nation mobile monument

--There is a law that requires every citizen in the state of Kentucky to bathe once a year

 

[BonoFox1]

--Statistics have shown that Monday is the fadvorite day on which to commit suicide

--The aveage toilet bowl has a life span of just over 50 years

--the corkscrew was originally invented in 1890

 

[BonoFox1]

--Crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues

--Most men with moustaches are allergic to their own facial hair, because the moustaches trap allergens

--The first ball point pens were sold for $12.00 each

 

[BonoFox1]

--The most popular item for tourists to bring back from Holland are a pair of wooden shoes called klompen

--a cubic mile of fog contains less than one gallon of water

--Brontology is the study of thunder

 

[Acrobat Angel]

The first outdoor miniature golf courses in the United States were built on rooftops in New York City in 1926.

The human eyes can perceive more than 1 million simultaneous visual impressions and are able to discriminate among nearly 8 million gradations of color.

Bonofox 1 has an avi that makes me

 

[BonoFox1]

Bonofox 1 has an avi that makes me

LOL!!!

 

[BonoFox1]

--The lowest point in the US is Death Valley California

--When viewed from above rainbows are doughnut shaped

--The worlds most expensive spice is saffron

 

[Acrobat Angel]

The yo-yo originated in the Philippines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting

There are fourteen blimps in the world.Ten of the fourteen blimps are in the United States. The biggest existing blimp is the Fuji Film blimp

Libra, the Scales, is the only inanimate symbol in the zodiac.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

The side of a hammer is a cheek

There are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube

The Pilgrims refused to eat lobsters because they believed they were really big insects

 

[Canadiens1131]

 

[flaming june]

--Herrings break wind to communicate and keep the school together.

Some guys do that, also. Results are pretty much the opposite, though.

 

[Dismantled]

The tongue of a mature Blue Whale has approximately the same mass as that of an entire adult elephant.

The first man to die during planning & construction of the Hoover Dam was the father of the last man to die during its construction.

A greenfly born on a Tuesday can be a grandparent by Friday

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!

In 1943, Navy officer Grace Hopper had to fix a computer glitch caused by a moth, hence the term 'computer bug'.

Turtles can breath through their bottoms.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched

The sound you hear when macho people crack their knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

^ok..who wants to prove that one wrong .....

 

[Dismantled]

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough energy is produced to create an atomic bomb

 

[cobl04]

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

^ok..who wants to prove that one wrong .....

Sadly I know many who have tried.

The producers of Star Wars originally wanted to make it a children's breakfast show, so sure were they it wouldn't work.

 

[BonoFox1]

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough energy is produced to create an atomic bomb

 

[BonoFox1]

Some guys do that, also. Results are pretty much the opposite, though.

I know I have 3 brothers!!

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

-Fresh salmon doesn't smell like fish, it smells like melon.

 

[The Sad Punk]

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

Okay, this definitely isn't true. I think there were barely 2000 male citizens by the end of the Peloponessian Wars, and a lot of serfs had either died in battle or been freed. There would have hardly been 500,000 people in Greece at the time, let alone a town like Sparta!

Just clarifying.

--The Incas and the Aztecs were able to function without the wheel.

What is more interesting about this is that the Incas actually made wooden toys that had wheels on them, but never used them practically.

 

[LJT]

^wheels in general would be of little use in dense jungle.

 

[The Sad Punk]

Just saying that they were capable of understanding the idea, and never bothered with it - not that they were ignorant.

There was more than just dense jungle in the Inca territory, too.

 

[LJT]

Aye aye a few mountains would probably make it hell to try and wheel something up them.

 

[BonoFox1]

--Aulophobia is the fear of flutes.

--The longest confirmed lifespan on record was that of Jeanne Louise Calment of France. She died in 1997 aged 122 years, 164 days.

--Email," in French, translates as "enamel."

 

[BonoFox1]

--The oldest military unit is the Vatican's Swiss Guard. It dates back to January 21, 1506.

--American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.

--The German phrase, "Sieg Heil," means "Hail to victory."

 

[BonoFox1]

--The average cup of coffee contains more than 1,000 different chemical components.

--Catwoman's real name is Selina Kyle.

--It is estimated that there are more than 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 ways to play the first 10 moves in chess.

 

[BonoFox1]

--George Michael's real name is George Panayiotou.

--The "Dull Men's Hall of Fame" is located in Carroll, Wisconsin.

--If you were to take a taxicab from New York City to Los Angeles, it would cost you $8,325.

 

[BonoFox1]

--Tipping in restaurants in Iceland is considered insulting.

--Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote in 1869.

--About 20,000 elephants are killed by poachers every year.