DMP'S useless knowledge

[Purplereign]

Luka Bloom takes his name from the Suzanne Vega tune 'Luka' and a character from 'The Dubliners' by James Joyce

(he is also the brother of esteemed Irish musician Christy Moore)

 

[Carek1230]

^That is very cool actually!

Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern, shape and size) to the fingerprints in humans.

 

[Earl-Of-IMDb]

This thread is so informative, i have learned so many things by just this read..one of the most interesting and fun thread i read awhile

 

[Carek1230]

^I agree! I it!!

The dome on Monticello conceals a billiards room (billiards were illegal in Virginia).

 

[DeadMansParty]

This thread is so informative, i have learned so many things by just this read..one of the most interesting and fun thread i read awhile

Thats how I roll, lol

 

[Carek1230]

Thats how I roll, lol

It's true, he DO!

 

[cobl04]

^Then there are officially FOUR!!! Dweeeb is certainly a good word!


"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

I type it with both

I wanna see that raw egg dammit! How the hell does that work.

'rule of thumb' came from old england where you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

 

[JCOSTER]

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

 

[Carek1230]

Dashing horses kicking up mud (among other things), splashing the passengers riding behind them, led to the invention of the dashboard, a term which survives today.

 

[MsPurrl]

^I agree! I it!!

The dome on Monticello conceals a billiards room (billiards were illegal in Virginia).

Maybe it did back in "the day", but here is how it looks now:

Monticello Image Gallery: Monticello's Dome Room

 

[Carek1230]

Hey! This is "useless" trivia!!!

 

[MsPurrl]

I wanna see that raw egg dammit! How the hell does that work.

My pictures came out really dark in the bat cave that is my kitchen, but my sister tried it at her house, where she has a lovely window.

 

[Carek1230]

youse guys and the egg thing!!! Too funny!!


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

 

[Purplereign]

^ that's a riot . . . where do you guys find all this stuff? It took me days to find a bit of stuff worth sharing . . . I phail at this thread . . . .but I checking it out . . . . and then impressing my friends / colleagues / family with all this stuff I just happen to know

 

[randhail]

British sailors are called limeys because they used Limes as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy and German sailors are called Krauts because they used cabbage (sour kraut) to prevent scurvy.

 

[Purplereign]

In the UK series 'Teachers', a donkey, a clown and (I think) an orange appear in every episode

 

[Carek1230]

TriBeCa stands for TRIangle BElow CAnal Street.

 

[JCOSTER]

About 17 percent of people are left-handed. About the same percentage of chimpanzees and gorillas are left-handed.

 

[MsPurrl]

About 17 percent of people are left-handed. About the same percentage of chimpanzees and gorillas are left-handed.

Therefore, left-handed people = chimpanzees and gorillas?

That's a good one, JC--had never read that before!

 

[JCOSTER]

I didn't make that up! But sure explains my brother in law.

 

[Carek1230]

Raindrops are not tear-drop shaped. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom.

 

[Bonogirl777]

About 17 percent of people are left-handed. About the same percentage of chimpanzees and gorillas are left-handed.

I didn't make that up! But sure explains my brother in law.

Hey, we left handed folks ain't that bad!

I don't know your brother in law but...

 

[Angela Harlem]

There are no exact rhymes for the words "orange" and "month."

supposedly true for purple and silver, also.

 

[Bonogirl777]

Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

 

[RedRocksU2]

The Lakers' franchise was founded in 1946 in Detroit, Michigan before moving to Minneapolis, where the team got its official title from the state's nickname, "Land of 10,000 Lakes."

 

[Carek1230]

Every person has a unique tongue print. (Say "aaah")

 

[MsPurrl]

Babies are born without kneecaps.

 

[Purplereign]

Babies are born without kneecaps.

. . . that made me cry

 

[Purplereign]

I haven't checked this one out but will verify on the weekend, cuz if its true it would be soooo cool

Apparently, all of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

 

[MsPurrl]

. . . that made me cry

Awwww, honey--it just means that their kneecaps are more cartilage than bone when they are born, but the bone forms later.