It's a little known fact. . .

[EJFan]

cliff clavin's my idol. ok, not really but he's the inspiration for this thread. and eilan's "i would do anything for love" thread reminded me about that chick in the video and whatnot... so here goes:

do you know any useless trivia? help expand the minds of others... post it here.

- the average office chair on wheels travels eight miles each year.

- both dark and light raisins are made from GREEN thompson seedless grapes. the black/purple ones are dried in the sun so they get a tan... the green raisins are dried in a hot room so they don't change color.

 

[DelicateFlower]

In 1905 the population of Las Vegas Nevada was 30

DF

 

[bisexplicit]

The human dentition pattern consists of the following (divided into "quarters" of the mouth): 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 pre-molars and 3 molars.

(Actually, I know tons of random facts, but I never remember them until its triggered in a convo...I'm also good at making up facts and having them sound like they're real. But, yeah, anyway, if I think of anything else, I'll post it.)

 

[DelicateFlower]

The are six fictional characters that have stars on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame."


Why on earth do I know this stuff?


DF

 

[rcuhljr]

There's a rational number between every two irrational numbers, and an irrational number between every two rational numbers, but there are more irrational then rational numbers.

 

[EJFan]

the shape of your hair determines the shape of your hair...

in other words, more rounded hairs (think spaghetti) are straighter than oval shaped hairs (think linguine) which tend to be curly.

 

[Ricwilly]

"Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be." Is a quote by William Adams usually attributed Lincoln, who may well have said it, tho Adams said it first.

 

[Quoll]

People use the term Quantum Leap to describe something huge, when in fact a Quantam Leap is the smallest possible change.

 

[Ezzy]

Rnst Vincnt Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!







It was actually Ernest Vincent Wright but I took the e's from his name as a joke.

 

[Ezzy]

The Hundred Years War lasted for 116 years.

 

[Quoll]

The sun is white, not yellow.

 

[Eilan]

Wow. I'm usually chock full of useless knowledge. At the moment, I'm clueless.

 

[AppleBiter]

The term "soap opera" came about because before television, radio shows were often referred to as operas. Corporations figured out that the audience for their daytime dramas were mostly housewives and decided to advertise clothes-washing and dish-washing soaps during those programs. Hence the name "soap opera."

 

[Quoll]

The black box is actually orange.

 

[Eilan]

Mona Lisa has no eyebrows in Leonardo da Vinci's painting. During that time, a woman was considered more beautiful if she shaved her eyebrows.

The strike of the eagle talon is so powerful that its force is twice that of a rifle bullet.

 

[Ezzy]

The strike of the eagle talon is so powerful that its force is twice that of a rifle bullet.

The "Black Talon" cop killer rounds of ammunition are named after the above eagle fact and that they were even more powerful and could go in through bodyarmour through a body and out through bodyarmour.

 

[silverwhisper]

when the pope speaks ex cathedra, catholic theology dictates that the content is infallible. i know of no equivalent in any other realm.

w/ the possible exception of dittoheads WRT rush limbaugh... :>

ed

 

[MeikaBeans]

when the pope speaks ex cathedra, catholic theology dictates that the content is infallible. i know of no equivalent in any other realm.

Ex cathedra has only been exercised twice in the history of the Church. Pope Pius IX used it when defining the dogma of Mary's Immaculate Conception and Pius XII used it when defining the Mary's Assumption.

 

[EJFan]

watermelons aren't red until you cut them.

this isn't really all that fascinating and applies to anything concealed from light... since light "causes" color. sounds interesting though.

 

[blue112]

Women are more likely than men to smile when giving bad news.

 

[bisexplicit]

Women are more likely than men to smile when giving bad news.

In conversation, men touch others more while talking then women.

 

[blue112]

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete

 

[silverwhisper]

meikabeans: no disrespect intended but irrespective of how frugally or profligately the ability is used, that it even exists in the first place is to me more than mildly weird.

ed

 

[DelicateFlower]

In 1917, Margaret Sanger was jailed for one month for establishing the first birth control clinic.

 

[EJFan]

meikabeans: no disrespect intended but irrespective of how frugally or profligately the ability is used, that it even exists in the first place is to me more than mildly weird.

ed

i just finished working out and am a bit slow on the uptake.

once more in english, SW?