Useless Facts about anything

[andydclements]

Google no evil?

[USAndretti42]

I think Shizaru is playing with himself.

[slewthy]

Probably why we dont see him much!

[Bibs]

 

Hair on his palms no doubt!

[ramjet]

An incunable is a book or pamphlet that was printed before 1501.

 

We had this in a newspaper quiz at work. I was more amazed that someone bothered with making a word to describe it

[semi42]

Ralph Macchio who played the karate kid, is now the same age as Pat Morita (Mr Myagi) was when they made the Karate Kid movie

[Bibs]

^ That makes me sad!

 

[slewthy]

Bumblebees don't die when they sting you, only honey bees do that. Here's why:

Bumblebee sting

Honeybee sting

Edited July 4, 2013 by slewthy

[ramjet]

Coconuts kill more people than sharks

[basalte]

When a coconut smells blood, you`ve had it !

[ramjet]

That's at least safer than trying to drink the milk out of a shark.

[Roger 912]

From "That Was the Week That Was"

 

If all the students in the World were placed end to end around the equator..........I would not be at all surprised.

 

Did you know that 7 out of 10 doctors leaves 3.

 

The World used to stop for T W T W T W. They were even taken off the air before one general election as it was said that they could sway the electorate in how they voted.

[USAndretti42]

I think it's, "If all the students were laid end to end..."

[slewthy]

Anyone seen the news re a coconut in trouble in the Maldives? Taken into custody apparently!!

[mayevora]

Voyager 1 has this year left our Solar system - the first man made object to do so. Today it is 12 Billion miles from home. It is travelling at 100000mph and will reach another star in 40000 years time.

[Bibs]

86% of holy water contains poo.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/10318084/Holy-water-unsafe-to-drink.html

[slewthy]

Man will reap what he sows......

 

Galatians 6: 7-9

Oh, and by the way,

 

Certain exploding shells were invented by Maj Gen Shrapnel

[USAndretti42]

86% of holy water contains poo.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/10318084/Holy-water-unsafe-to-drink.html

 

Holy crap!

[USAndretti42]

60 facts courtesy of the BBC.

 

http://youtu.be/7C6nRuiCDso

[ramjet]

22 people die annually in the US from cows.

 

Sharks apparently, less than 1 per year.

[Iconic Ride]

  

[slewthy]

A horse femur (thigh bone) is the same length as a human femur!

[Iconic Ride]

Seems about right...

[Kimbers]

The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."

 

When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing."  They actually pass out from sheer terror.

 

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

[Iconic Ride]

No wider than one's thumb, eh?

Well, that eliminates a fair percentage of misconceived tallywackers I suppose.