CM's completely useless factoid thread.

[Sherry Hawk]

I suspect there aren't a lot of people in the AH who have ever seen one, Sherry

eh - I've owned/trained/ridden/shown horses all my life, and anyone who has will tell you they have very distinct personalities.

And they do some weird things sometimes.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

eh - I've owned/trained/ridden/shown horses all my life, and anyone who has will tell you they have very distinct personalities.

And they do some weird things sometimes.

I did ranch work in college. All I got was a sore ass and low pay.

 

[rgraham666]

I suspect there aren't a lot of people in the AH who have ever seen one, Sherry

Like me.

 

[Sherry Hawk]

Like me.

You've never seen a cattleguard?????

Wow. I've just always figured they were really common.

 

[Guest]

I have but I didn't know they had a special name.

Or that they possessed special cattle controlling powers.

 

[Sherry Hawk]

I have but I didn't know they had a special name.

Or that they possessed special cattle controlling powers.

I have special powers. Want me to show you?

 

[Guest]

I have special powers. Want me to show you?

Hell, yes!

 

[Stella_Omega]

A cow will not cross a Cattle Guard (pic below) on a road although there is nothing to stop them. I don't know why.

They won't even cross one if it's a fake and only painted on the road. I think because they ain't too smart.

Sheep, on the other hand, are much smarter!

 

[FatDino]

Sheep, on the other hand, are much smarter!

Well, there's gotta be a reason why they chose sheep to clone first, right?

eta: cloned from cells of a dead "parent."

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

Sen. Robert A. Taft, Eisenhower's opponent for the 1952 Republican nomination, died in the same year that Ike took office. If he had been nominated and elected, he would have had one of the shortest Presidential terms in US history.

 

[poppy1963]

Sheep, on the other hand, are much smarter!

Oh...I just LOVED this report! It is so cool when animals show us their ability to solve dilemmas creatively...we think we understand them and so most people look on them as "dumb animals"...when, in fact, they are anything BUT dumb. They just have "different" ways sometimes!

 

[jomar]

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

 

[glynndah]

If snow squeaks when you walk on it, the temperature is 10 degrees F or less.

 

[hmmnmm]

One of my favorites....where I currently reside, Missionary is the only legal sexual position.

I've always wondered how they'd regulate that.

Honor system, turn yourself in.

 

[SeaCat]

The inner bark of Weeping Willows is hgh in the active ingredient that is used in Aspirine.

Two sticks correctly together can create a fire. Two Girlscouts correctly rubbed together can make your night hot.

Water weighs roughly ten pounds per gallon.

Eating some vegetables will cause the human body to creat more Gas than other veggies.

Keep your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

Cat

 

[Vermilion]

A cow will not cross a Cattle Guard (pic below) on a road although there is nothing to stop them. I don't know why.

They won't even cross one if it's a fake and only painted on the road. I think because they ain't too smart.


http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/Jenny_Jackson/ScreenShot219.jpg

In the UK at least the bars are far enough apart that a cow's feet would go through the gaps - hooves aren't exactly the best sort of feet for balancing on thin bars. Horses can manage it cos they have bigger feet.
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[Vermilion]

Sheep, on the other hand, are much smarter!

What I want to know is how in the hell you came across that article...?
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[jomar]

Babies who wear disposable diapers are five times more likely to develop diaper rash than those that wear cotton diapers.

 

[oggbashan]

Hey ogg. Did they ever get that guy down from the Cliffs of Dover? You know, the one who was supposed to ring a bell if he saw Napoleon's fleet coming?

Yes. They stopped watching in 1957.

Og

 

[oggbashan]

I suspect there aren't a lot of people in the AH who have ever seen one, Sherry

The whole Bournemouth AH meet walked over one (A cattle grid).

BlackTulip won the prize for the most elegant crossing.

Og

 

[oggbashan]

Henry VIII was originally intended to be a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, the very same church that he later took over. One can argue that he was especially prepared for his later role as head of both church and state.

Add: The Pope awarded the title "Defender of the Faith" to Henry VIII for a book Henry wrote defending the Roman Catholic Church against a Protestant polemic. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II STILL has the title "Defender of the Faith". It is shown on UK coins with the initials D.F.

Og

 

[gauchecritic]

Oh, I'm gonna love this thread, I just know it . . .

America was named for one Amerigo Vespucci . . . .

Can you imagine if this continent had been called Vespuccia?

"Those damn Vespuccians."

"The good old US of V."

"God bless Vespuccia."

Geographical features aren't named for people's given name, more often for family names. Otherwise you'd have the Straights of Ferdinand (Magellan), The Vitas (Bering)Straights, Henry (Hudson)Bay, the James (Cook) Islands.

(I've read that Vespucci actually changed his name from Alberigo to Amerrigo, after Columbus's 'discovery'.)

John Cabot (it is said) named the country after a British official (A Welsh guy named Richard Ap Meryke,) known as Richard Ameryk.

Other trivia:

The famous ride from London to York attributed to Dick Turpin was in fact made by a highwayman that died before Turpin was born, one Jack Nevison.

A common name amongst children for liquorice is 'spanish'. So called because the liquorice root from which it is made is an 'accidental' Armada import.

For an excellent selection of 'factoids' go to utube and look for QI a panel game featuring Stephen Fry as quiz person.

 

[oggbashan]

London's Bridges

The bridges that connect the City of London with the South side of the River Thames are built and financed by a medieval trust that owns property in the City of London (and elsewhere). They built London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

That trust has enough money to build a bridge every ten years.

Yet they made money selling a used bridge to an American. It is now at Lake Havasu City.

For hundreds of years the trust has been run by people with a sharp eye for a money making opportunity. No wonder they can afford to build bridges.

Og


PS. Anyone want to buy a second hand bridge?

 

[AlecBond]

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[Vermilion]

The bars are made to be a diameter of such that their hooves will not get a "full pad" on them, thus making it "unstable" to walk on.

well that explains it much better than I did
Thanks
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