Tell me useless info you know!

[Do4600]

Here's some that kinda made my skin crawl a little:

*when inside, you are always within 6 feet of a spider
*The average person consumes 15+ spiders a year while sleeping

That second one is actually wrong... at least I think it was proven wrong!

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

Skittles are the M&M's of the fruit world.

 

[Do4600]

Also that whole "Everyone thought the earth was flat thing"? Bullshit as well, navigation was based on the priniciple that the earth was round and had been since ancient Greece and Egypt.

huhh, i'd kinda like a source for that

First of all, any fool can climb a small mountain and see the curvature of the earth, second, Pythagoras(570BCE) was one of the first persons in record to have thought the earth was round, third Posidonius(135 BCE) calculated the circumference of the earth to be about 25,000 miles, we know now that's exactly 24,901.55 miles.

 

[Space Spoons]

Ryu was born in 1964. Yes, the man's pushing fifty, but he's still throwing orbs of fire from his palms and uppercutting dudes through the roof like it's no big deal.

 

[Pegghead]

One of the first film shots ever recorded in Australia was passengers disembarking from a ferry down at my local Manly wharf.

 

[Dr.Poisonfreak]

a female pigs orgasm lasts HALF.....AN.....HOUR!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Don't look under the mattress. You will find things on the mattress that you will not like.

 

[AngelSword]

Nachos were named for one Ignacio Anaya, believed to be the dish's inventor.

 

[havass]

Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren?t added to it.
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
And..
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions! Over 400!

 

[silver wolf009]

*The average person consumes 15+ spiders a year while sleeping

Thats has been debunked.


OT: Putting an egg in vinegar will cause its shell to fall off and the yolk to harden.

 

[Arachon]

The full title of the AK-47 is the 'Automatic Karishnakov model 1947

Hate to nitpick, but it's actually Avtomat Kalashnikova 47

 

[Chamzaboogie]

My tailor is rich.

 

[shaneriding]

In Nottingham, England, it is legal for you to kill an Scottish man if he has a bow and arrow.

Thats nonsense. Unless he attacks you with it murder isn't legal.

Its not Nottingham it's actually within the old city walls in York.

 

[Cherry Cola]

I have a ponytail.

It's very purdy

 

[GaijinAndrew]

R.A.T.B. is simply making a profit out of the common romanian's suffering. Don't they?

 

[MrFluffy-X]

your more likely to be killed by a coconut falling on your head than being killed by a shark..

 

[Folio]

No foreigner knows the meaning of the word: gezelligheid. The most well known Dutch word is: Apartheid.

I guess you'e talking about Geselligkeit, aren't you?

The famous empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hunagary had an anchor tattooed on her arm.

Oh ho? Is there by any chance you live close to the Netherlands?

well i guess its less than 1 hour from here, yeah.

That explains it. A Dutchman only needs to talk in dialect and a German would be baffled at how well he can speak German. There is this grey area of language between the borders of Germany and The Netherlands.

 

[Folio]

A²+B²=C²

What if it's not a right angle triangle? What if A or B is the Hypotenuse?
Qualifying statements man!

Your questions... I-I... I really don't know what you mean! I'm bad at math and now I get that ridiculous jargon in English, too!

WAAAAAARGH!

 

[Folio]

Did you know there's only one legal sex position in Pennsylvania?

You're saying that they CHECK these positions?! That's absurd! Although considering some positions might give some physical problems afterward. But only one? It has to be pretty exciting there in Pennsylvania. (pencilvainia?)

 

[andrew84555]

The size of a FIA regulated turbo restriction plate in the WRC is 34mm.