The Thread of Useless Facts

[Katman]

(I'll get the ball rolling)


Did you know that...................

MAD comics, which made an appearance in the late 50's during the height of the Cold War, is an acronym of 'mutually assured destruction' which was a phrase coined at the time to describe the relentless stockpiling of nuclear weapons.


Did you know that...................

The Vikings navigated by a method called 'deliberate error' whereby instead of steering straight towards where they wanted to end up, they deliberately steered a course to one side so that when they made land they knew exactly which way to turn to reach their destination.


Did you know that....................

Men have nipples because they are a part of the body that starts to form even before the embryo has decided whether it wants to be a boy or a girl.

[The Lone Rider]

Useless fact:

Red is a nice color.

More useless fact:

Colors don't actually exist.

Extremely useless fact:

Nobody pays attention to the lighting at a rock concert, regardless of the colors being used.

[Delerium]

A pregnant gold fish is called a twit

[xwhatsit]

The Vikings navigated by a method called 'deliberate error' whereby instead of steering straight towards where they wanted to end up, they deliberately steered a course to one side so that when they made land they knew exactly which way to turn to reach their destination.

^{[citation needed]}

[ManDownUnder]

A pregnant gold fish is called a twit

*cough* bullshit *cough*

...fish don't get pregnant... they lay eggs

[Katman]

^{[citation needed]}

Nah, you'll just have to take my word for it.

[Taz]

Chocolate fish can't swim....

[vifferman]

It's impossible (unless there's something wrong with you) to put your own elbow in your mouth (or to kiss your own elbow).

[Oakie]

Its a bit USA orientated but interesting none the less

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have
'the rule of thumb'
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Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus, the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:
Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$ 16,400
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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:
61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

[Steam]

It's still legal to camp in the Octagon in Dunedin, but only if you are on your way to the goldfields. (from an 1850's law.)

[Gixxer peter]

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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:

http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/myths_and_rumours/

sorry coke was never green!!

[Swoop]

The Vikings navigated by a method called 'deliberate error' whereby instead of steering straight towards where they wanted to end up, they deliberately steered a course to one side so that when they made land they knew exactly which way to turn to reach their destination.

This is called off-course navigation. Used in aviation by not allowing for windstrength. When you need to find where the destination is, at the end of the flight time, you look upwind.

[Oakie]

http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/myths_and_rumours/

sorry coke was never green!!

I did wonder. I just happened to receive that whole post as an e-mail at work today so just did the quick cut and paste without checking any of it.

[FlangMasterJ]

It's impossible (unless there's something wrong with you) to put your own elbow in your mouth (or to kiss your own elbow).

It's even harder to eat your own head.

[007XX]

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

It is also one of the most poorly fed area of the body in nerve endings...hence the fact that even if you pinch the skin of your elbow really, and I mean really hard, you won't feel much...

Hit the funny bone however, and of course you won't be laughing!