A useless fact you know
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Fortune cookies were invented in California and have never been used in Asia and the longest word in the English language is antidisestablishmentarialismnistically, an adverb.The longest in French is anticonstitutionellement (anticonstitutionally), also an adverb.
When Coke first went to China they picked a set of characters that sounded like "Coca-Cola." Turns out it meant "bite the wax tadpole." They now call it something which means "happiness in the mouth."
There's a liver fluke that hatches in cow dung, then is eaten by a snail. When it's a teenager it leaves the snail via slime trails, which ants will drink. The fluke then travels to a part of the ant's brain that allows it to actively control the ant. Every night it will take the ant to the top of a blade of grass and wait (if it did this during the day they'd both fry). Eventually the ant and fluke are eaten by a cow, and once in the cow's tract it'll lay eggs and start the process over.
The Spinx was carved out of a single solid block of sandstone using stone axes, copper chisels, and then rubbing sand on it for polish. Copper is VERY soft, so the chisels would need to be straightened and re-sharpened after about 20 blows. It would have taken 100 people 3 years to carve.
When you etch metal you submerge the metal in acid with some sort of stencil to block out what you want to remain raised (could be printed sheets of special paper, could be nail polish). If you have a thumbprint on the metal when you submerge it then that print WILL etch. The oils on your skin are a surprisingly effective block for the acid.
In ancient Egypt it was believed that the Pharaoh did not actually father any of his children. Amun-Ra would come down in the guise of the Pharaoh and impregnate the queen or concubine. Because of this royal lineage was traced through the mothers, since they were the only ones contributing DNA.
Despite popular belief, girls can be colorblind. The gene for it is recessive and is on the X chromosome, and nothing on the Y will cancel it out. So if a guy gets a gene on his X he has colorblindness. A girl has to have the gene on BOTH her X chromosomes so it doesn't happen as often, but it does happen.
The first clone, Dolly the sheep, was named that because the cells used were taken from the 'parent' sheep's mammary glands. The researchers called Dolly Parton, who has considerably mammaries, and asked if they could give the sheep her name. She though it was great and agreed.
Writing began because of the accountants. They needed some way to keep track of shipments.
Speaking of accountants, it took one to catch Al Capone. They didn't get him on the killing and the mob but they did get him for tax evasion.
There's a liver fluke that hatches in cow dung, then is eaten by a snail. When it's a teenager it leaves the snail via slime trails, which ants will drink. The fluke then travels to a part of the ant's brain that allows it to actively control the ant. Every night it will take the ant to the top of a blade of grass and wait (if it did this during the day they'd both fry). Eventually the ant and fluke are eaten by a cow, and once in the cow's tract it'll lay eggs and start the process over.
The Spinx was carved out of a single solid block of sandstone using stone axes, copper chisels, and then rubbing sand on it for polish. Copper is VERY soft, so the chisels would need to be straightened and re-sharpened after about 20 blows. It would have taken 100 people 3 years to carve.
When you etch metal you submerge the metal in acid with some sort of stencil to block out what you want to remain raised (could be printed sheets of special paper, could be nail polish). If you have a thumbprint on the metal when you submerge it then that print WILL etch. The oils on your skin are a surprisingly effective block for the acid.
In ancient Egypt it was believed that the Pharaoh did not actually father any of his children. Amun-Ra would come down in the guise of the Pharaoh and impregnate the queen or concubine. Because of this royal lineage was traced through the mothers, since they were the only ones contributing DNA.
Despite popular belief, girls can be colorblind. The gene for it is recessive and is on the X chromosome, and nothing on the Y will cancel it out. So if a guy gets a gene on his X he has colorblindness. A girl has to have the gene on BOTH her X chromosomes so it doesn't happen as often, but it does happen.
The first clone, Dolly the sheep, was named that because the cells used were taken from the 'parent' sheep's mammary glands. The researchers called Dolly Parton, who has considerably mammaries, and asked if they could give the sheep her name. She though it was great and agreed.
Writing began because of the accountants. They needed some way to keep track of shipments.
Speaking of accountants, it took one to catch Al Capone. They didn't get him on the killing and the mob but they did get him for tax evasion.
Objection! The longest word in the English language is the chemical name of titin. There are nearly 190000 letters in that word.Whoatemysupper said:
If that is how you pronounce it then it would come out squirl-ed, separate, not a natural break in syllables. When a word has a double consonant in the middle and a pronounced vowel on either side then the break in syllables comes between the consonants.Whoatemysupper said:
Uhh...
Outdoor fuckin' starts on the first of May.
it's 1:02 as I'm typing this
I'm about to go watch an episode of House, M.D., and try to study Greg, because I'm going as him for Halloween.
Haha! Try to find even more useless information then that!
Outdoor fuckin' starts on the first of May.
it's 1:02 as I'm typing this
I'm about to go watch an episode of House, M.D., and try to study Greg, because I'm going as him for Halloween.
Haha! Try to find even more useless information then that!
I'll go with...
"No fact is necessarily useless."
...and wait for the paradox to turn you inside-out.
"No fact is necessarily useless."
...and wait for the paradox to turn you inside-out.
I believe the correct thing is according to a Harvard Study 83.62476% of all statistics are made up on the spot.Ironic Pirate said:
Curious. Does that estamate include itself?Krion_Vark said:
*Going for a record on 'splodey heads here*
DAMN IT THEY'RE ON TO US GET THE ALUMINUM HATS!!!FalloutJack said:
Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
People used to use X-Rays to find out if they had the correct shoe size.
Before people stopped using radiation for everyday uses, a man OD'ed on pills containing radiation and his jaw fell off.
although please correct me if im wrong, as i dont have a very good memory, and could be pulling this out ma' ass
Before people stopped using radiation for everyday uses, a man OD'ed on pills containing radiation and his jaw fell off.
I call bull, im quite certain ive seen it doneBlind marskman said:
although please correct me if im wrong, as i dont have a very good memory, and could be pulling this out ma' ass
The original title of the FX series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" was
"It's Always Sunny on TV"
"It's Always Sunny on TV"
I know how to spell deoxyribonucleic acid... DNA.
One of the most common and least interesting facts one could know. Not to mention, most useless.
One of the most common and least interesting facts one could know. Not to mention, most useless.
Random Facts eh?
This is the thread I was born for!!!!! Okay, get ready...
1.The hamburger is actually named after Hamburg, Germany
2.Dueling is legal in Paraguay for registered blood donors
3.A moment is one and a half minutes and a jiffy is 1/10th of a second
4.A donkey can see all four of its feet at all times
5.Earth is slowing down; in a few million years there won't be a leap year
6.The sun shrinks 152cm every hour
7.Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing
8.Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn
9.The origins of saying cheese when taking a photo has nothing to do with making you smile, it's because cheese actually means "eternal smile" (I'm not sure what language)
10. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is often considered the longest word in the English language but the actual longest word contains 189,819 letters and is the chemical name for titin, the largest known protein (this is disputed as it's a technical definition rather than a word)
I have tons more but they're some of my best and I suppose they're not that useless because by collecting these useless facts they've helped prove I have no life...
Oh and one for the wannabe physicists: photons are considered weird because they act like a particle and a wave but it was actually proven that all particles share this property and their wavelength is given be some constant h divided by the particle's mass times its velocity.
This is the thread I was born for!!!!! Okay, get ready...
1.The hamburger is actually named after Hamburg, Germany
2.Dueling is legal in Paraguay for registered blood donors
3.A moment is one and a half minutes and a jiffy is 1/10th of a second
4.A donkey can see all four of its feet at all times
5.Earth is slowing down; in a few million years there won't be a leap year
6.The sun shrinks 152cm every hour
7.Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing
8.Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn
9.The origins of saying cheese when taking a photo has nothing to do with making you smile, it's because cheese actually means "eternal smile" (I'm not sure what language)
10. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is often considered the longest word in the English language but the actual longest word contains 189,819 letters and is the chemical name for titin, the largest known protein (this is disputed as it's a technical definition rather than a word)
I have tons more but they're some of my best and I suppose they're not that useless because by collecting these useless facts they've helped prove I have no life...
Oh and one for the wannabe physicists: photons are considered weird because they act like a particle and a wave but it was actually proven that all particles share this property and their wavelength is given be some constant h divided by the particle's mass times its velocity.
America.Spy Killer said:
ok on topic.
in WWII america almost used pigeon guided missiles, in testing the idea worked perfectly, but the project was quickly scrapped for being too weird.