Useless!

[ThirdDayGirl]

I guess im the kinda peson who likes neat facts that are just...useless! I guess I'm kinda like this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLUi9vh1eRQ

so post your usless facts here and then everyone who reads will be smarter in a usless way!

I'll post more than one to begin. Mainly so you can get the feel for it.

~ThirdDayGirl

p.s. i wasn't sure where to put this thread, so sorry mods if you have to move it.

p.s.s. most of my facts came from The Bathroom Trivia Book

[ThirdDayGirl]

Ping Pong is the national sport of China.

In Washington DC, no other building can be constructed taller than the capitol.

It takes about 4 lbs to make 1 lbs of potatoes.

Rats can't vomit.

The average American gets 410 pieces of mail each year. (so how much of it is bills?)

If Superman is faster than a speeding bullet, he travels better than 4,000 feet per second--the speed of a .22 calibre rifle.

[ledzeppelingirl]

I love random facts!


Donald Duck's father was named Quackmore Duck

[pamcharlie]

I love random facts too

[NurseBettyLu]

Did you know that 43% of all statistics are made up on the spot?

[pamcharlie]

Here is a useless fact that i totally disagree with

Some nutrionistions are saying that we don't need to use sun screen because we don't get the vitamin d from the sun when we use sunscreen to that i say sun screen is important and there are other sources of vitamin d

[ThirdDayGirl]

The guy who first made toilet paper had his name printed on every sheet! LOL, i t would be easy to get revenge w/ him.

[ExtravagantlyLoved]

Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd."

[HPE89]

did he really? that's interesting!

[ExtravagantlyLoved]

He most certainly did. He's cool like that. :cool:

[HPE89]

wow...yeah! :D

[truefan]

# The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

# 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.

# Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

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

# Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

# Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

[pamcharlie]

Did know that according to the experts our thumbs are not actually fingers it is a really puzzling fact that one they say we have ten fingers and if the thumb is not a finger then what is it ?

[HPE89]

# Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.



Hahahaha!! :D He's a DUCK!

[HPE89]

The number of left-handed men is double that of left-handed women. (randomfunfacts.com)

I guess I'm pretty unique! :D

[HPE89]

Abraham Lincoln faces to the right on a penny while all the other presidents face to the left on US coins.

[R. Smith]

Canada - we do not live in igloo's, we don't all say 'Eh' or oot and aboot, our Coke-Cola is better than American Coke, the Canadian $ coin has the nick name the 'Loonie', oh...I don't think we have milk in bags anymore.

Oh yea, I don't know ever single person in Canada. The last time I was in the States, a Lady asked me...do you know so and so from Toronto??? That can't be too far from where you live...

[NurseBettyLu]

Women are rarely colorblind, as most colorblindedness is Y chromosome related.

[pamcharlie]

Did you know that women can out last men in marathons

[Cindy]

If you breed 2 natually hornless goats together- their offspring will be sterile!

[ThirdDayGirl]

It has been proven that most left handed people scratch with their righ hand and vise-versa.

[Genna14]

There are 180 ridges on the side of a dime.

The guy who played Bugs Bunny's voice was allergic to carrots.

The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.

Wanna read more?

http://www.joke-archives.com/toplists/50uselessfacts.html

[Cindy]

A beard on a goat does not indicate it's gender! (I have some very beautiful ladies sporting beards!!)

[pamcharlie]

Really that is most interesting did you know that the female praying matis eats the male after they have mated

[lori56]

Really that is most interesting did you know that the female praying matis eats the male after they have mated

Well, that seems most appropriate. Some spiders do the same thing. Very logical! :D

[Cindy]

Interesting concept above?!?!

Goats do NOT eat tin cans or garbage, they do like wood products, which is why they may eat the paper off of cans. They are naturally browsers & prefer branches over eating grass.

[lori56]

I have a friend who raises goats, and when they had a bunch of kids, I made the mistake of rounding up one of the mamas to get some goats milk, and she gave me a kick that made me VERY GLAD I wasn't a male. Goats can really kick!

[Cindy]

I have a friend who raises goats, and when they had a bunch of kids, I made the mistake of rounding up one of the mamas to get some goats milk, and she gave me a kick that made me VERY GLAD I wasn't a male. Goats can really kick!

This is true with any animal-always use caution around them- You never know what they are thinking! Glad you are OK!!

[Mr.Supervious]

If you breed 2 natually hornless goats together- their offspring will be sterile!

that has to be the randomest fact ever lol

[Cindy]

that has to be the randomest fact ever lol

Thank you!! :D :D

[Cindy]

Never push on a goat's forhead-it will encourage it to butt!!

It might seem "cute" when they are small, but you sure don't want them to do that when they are grown up!!

[ThirdDayGirl]

ouch

[pamcharlie]

This year is not a leap year so do people who were born on the 29th of feb have a birthday ?

[ThirdDayGirl]

wouldn't you just celibrate it on march 1st? I've also pondered that.

[pamcharlie]

They probably do on non leap years my birthday is actually in december but my born again christian birthday is today

[Cindy]

Happy Born Again Birthday Pamcharlie! :D

[pamcharlie]

Thanks Jesus is amazing i love him so much

Did you know that to some people the word pilates as in the exercise sounds like the word pilot

[Cindy]

That's what I always thought until someone set me straight!

Did you know that Goat's milk is the most consumed milk in the world?

[pamcharlie]

That's what I always thought until someone set me straight!

Did you know that Goat's milk is the most consumed milk in the world?

In maori legend new zealand was fished out of the sea (when we know that God created the heavens and earth)

[Cindy]

Goats have 4 stomach compartments

[pamcharlie]

That is the same number that cows have too.

Cats can see in the dark

[Cindy]

That is the same number that cows have too.

Cats can see in the dark

Yes it is!!

Goats have no upper teeth, except molars way in the back of their mouth.

[pamcharlie]

Yes it is!!

Goats have no upper teeth, except molars way in the back of their mouth.

Did you know that in human years a seven year cat is actually fifty