The Useless Information Thread

[Golden_Silence]

I am bored... Totally bored beyond belief, so I thought, I'd start a thread, if it sinks who gives??

Tell me a really great piece of useless information, be it about you or one of those wierd but true kind of things..

Please relieve the boredom

 

[MidnightVixen]

The man that invented the Eveready battery gave away the company so that he could play with his model trains. As foolish as this may sound, it was the best decision that he ever made.

 

[fathom7]

God have you come to the right place. Try these:

It is impossible to sneeze while keeping your eyes open.
There is no rhyme in the English language for either Orange or Purple
It is impossible to strangle yourself.
Cutting the root end of an onion first is the best way to keep from tearing up while cutting the rest of it.

And there's so much more.

 

[lovemonster]

The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

 

[NorthernPA4U]

Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. They can survive temperatures close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151°C (303°F), 1000 times more radiation than any other animal, nearly a decade without water, and can also survive in a near-vacuum like that found in space.

 

[MidnightVixen]

- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

- There are more chickens than people in the world.

- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

- A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

- The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car. The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.

- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

- A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

- A snail can sleep for 3 years.

 

[Golden_Silence]

The man that invented the Eveready battery gave away the company so that he could play with his model trains. As foolish as this may sound, it was the best decision that he ever made.

Now that is interesting... I guess he must have signed a deal that kept him in batteries for his trains though..
Thanks for that info

 

[lovemonster]

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark.

 

[MidnightVixen]

Historical Information



- No president of the United states was an only child.

- Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.

- Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: in honor of his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.

- The the oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

- The South Pole was reached for the first time on 14 December 1911 by a team of explorers led by Roald Amundsen.

-Julius Caesar was the first to encode communications, using what has become known as the Caesar Cipher.

- In 1969 the US launched a male chimpanzee called Ham into space.

- The first written account of the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, was made in 565AD.

- All pyrimids were bright white.

 

[MidnightVixen]

- You can't fold of piece of paper in half more than 7 times. Don't believe me? Try it.

 

[MidnightVixen]

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

 

[Golden_Silence]

It is impossible to strangle yourself.

Hmmm... I am bored but not suicidal, but this is really useful info - thanks for sharing

 

[MidnightVixen]

There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

 

[fathom7]

Only 10% of all humankind can eat asparagus and NOT produce odiferous urine

 

[MidnightVixen]

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

 

[Golden_Silence]

The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

MY LEVIS???? - you keep telling people about my levis and you gonna get me in trouble you know that?

So YKK is your nemesis in a way then??

*ducks flying heavy sharp object*

 

[MidnightVixen]

Red is the most commonly colored vehical involved in accidents each year.

 

[lovemonster]

Genuine place names:

Bigfoot, Texas, USA
Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada
Chicken, Alaska, USA
Climax, Michigan, USA
Crackpot, England
Crotch Lake, Ontario, Canada
Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada
F**king, Austria
French Lick, Indiana, USA
Hell, Michigan, USA
Holy Moses, Colorado, USA
Hot Coffee, Missouri, USA
Hygiene, Colorado, USA
Intercourse, Pennsylvania, USA
Knockemstiff, Ohio, USA
Looneyville, Texas, USA
Monkey's Eyebrow, Arizona, USA
Nameless, Texas, USA
Nothing, Arizona, USA
Santa Claus, Indiana, USA
Toad Suck, Arkansas, USA
Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA
Why, Arizona, USA

 

[MidnightVixen]

The oldest person to live was Jeanne Louise Calment, she lived for a whopping 122 years until she died of smoking related complications.

- If your like Jeanne Calment and live over 100, you are considered a Centurian.

 

[MidnightVixen]

Dolplins are the only other mamals besides humans that have sex for fun.

 

[Golden_Silence]

Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. They can survive temperatures close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151°C (303°F), 1000 times more radiation than any other animal, nearly a decade without water, and can also survive in a near-vacuum like that found in space.

Water bears?? Actually this is not useless info, I never knew they existed.... gonna do some googling later

 

[lovemonster]

MY LEVIS???? - you keep telling people about my levis and you gonna get me in trouble you know that?

So YKK is your nemesis in a way then??

*ducks flying heavy sharp object*

I'm sure charmed will understand it's purely for research purposes...

I prefer guys who wear wranglers meself

 

[MidnightVixen]

Dogs can't decifer size. Thats why little dogs are mean.

Ok, lol Im done.

 

[lovemonster]

Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that looked like a record and actually would play the Bhutanese national anthem if placed on a record player.

 

[lovemonster]

Ketchup was once used as a medicine in the United States. In the 1830's it was sold as Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato.