The Thread of Useless Facts

[PrincessBandit]

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Aha, yes i did know that one. My daughter actually told me who they all represent and for the life of me i can't remember. Gee, I wonder why?

[vifferman]

I was told that it was because the soul was believed to leave the body momentarily when sneezing.

I thought it was because in the Olde Days, there was a high mortality rate associated with quite minor ailments that included sneezing as one of the symptoms.

[PrincessBandit]

That's because on of The Basic Rules of Food is "never eat anything bigger than your head".

It's obvious, innit? If you're feeding your head, and try and squeeze too much in, it will come out your ears and nose.

Or your head might explode.

I prefer Miss Piggy's "Never eat more than you can lift"

[Maha]

'Tis in the big Oxford, marked archaic. It actually refers to a gravid fish, as you note goldfish do not get pregnant. 'twit' is actually a contraction the correct term is an entwitith

But a Whales cock is called a Dork right????

the little plastic piece on the end of your shoe lace is called an aglet

see if you can slip that into conversation tomorow.

I did it!
Laying some Vinyl this morning and the Customer says...
''Wow thats neat cutting in Mark, how do you get so perfect''?
''I have an aglet on my knife that helps keep the vinyl tight while cutting''
'' Amazing'' was the respons!...
lucky he did not want to see it....

[Maha]

There are many explanations for the origin of the expression " OK " in the English language.
One of the more believable is that one of Henry Ford's Chief Engineers was a guy by the name of Otto Kruger who used to inspect every engine that came off the engine assembly-line and chalk his initials on the block if satisfied with it.

Should have multied you too Neil....
That explaination is good enough for me....ole' Otto aye?....

[Tank]

• Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
• If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
• Judy Scheindlin (”Judge Judy”) has a $25,000,000 salary.
• In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.

[Fatjim]

My dads got a wheelbarrow.

[avgas]

Nintendo started in the 1800's selling card games, they had a boutique store in Kyoto.
Sapporo will cost you 400 yen for a can, from a machine.
The different stomachs of a cow taste different.
Until you turn 15, they tell you electrical current flows one way - after 15 they tell you it runs the other way.
If you mispronounce "mum" in mandarin you actually say "horse".

[Tank]

If you mispronounce "mum" in mandarin you actually say "horse".

Pffft ...Thats nothing.

When I pronounce mum-in-law in English it comes out FUCK OFF YOU ANNOYING FUCKEN BITCH!!!


there. I feel better now.

[koba]

Its a bit USA orientated but interesting none the less

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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Oriented.

I have Licked my elbow.

[Disco Dan]

Useless Fact #4832329120

Disco Dan is really God.

[Bass]

Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.

I recall reading somewhere that bees kill more people than sharks - by a huge margin

[vifferman]

Next to man, the hippo is the most dangerous animal in Africa. More than 400 people are killed every year by hippos.

[vifferman]

The warthog has a corkscrew-shaped penis.

I spoze it'd be handy at a party (for entertainment and for opening wine bottles....)

[Maha]

Oriented.

I have Licked my elbow.

Are you sure it was your Elbow?
Some cant tell the difference between their Arse and their Elbow....