Useless trivia

[JohnDoey]

henry ford hired a nazi boxer to beat up union organizers

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

the actor michael j fox was not born michael j fox, he was born michael a. fox, but another actor already had that as there name, so he used a j instead

the j doesn't stand for anything

Actually, from what I heard, it was the name Michael Fox was taken, and he didn't want to put up with constant "Michael's a fox" jokes.

OT: The band with the longest-lasting lineup to date is ZZ Top, formed in 1970 with their current lineup. The second place band is Rush, with their current line-up forming in 1972 after John Rutsey was removed from the band and replaced with Neil Peart.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

All of the marines in Aliens apart from Hicks use the actors' real first names.

 

[JohnDoey]

the four horseman are death war famine and conquest who is interchangeable with Pestilence

 

[Plurralbles]

The name of the series "The Legend of Zelda" is named that because the guy who created it's wife was named Zelda.

Actually it was named after the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Shigeru Miyamoto liked the name.

Thank you for correcting him.

Miyamoto was inspired for the style of the game itself by his childhood neighborhood escapades as well.

 

[ffxfriek]

It's not actually chunks of carrot in your sick but chunks of stomach lining. Tasty.

so thats what that stuff was when i tried to cough up a piece of glass i swallowed by accident.....gross.

 

[nicholaxxx]

I live 20 miles from where the exorcist was filmed, and ten miles from where silence of the lambs was filmed

that is both badass and kinda creepy...

 

[FURY_007]

Han shot first, that is all, lol

Boba Fett is based on old concepts that they didn't use for Darth Vader

Jeremy Bulloch (the actor who played Boba in the originals) was cast because he fit the costume, he never had to read from a script or do a screening test becuase Fett's voice was Jason Wingreen.

The British SMLE bolt-action rifle (Their main rifle during WWI and WWII) was one of the first rifles (especially in the case of WWI) to have a removable magazine, but unlike modern rifles which utilize this feature for faster reloading, the SMLE used it for cleaning purposes.

On a related note, the Indian Police stil use Old SMLEs, and new ones that are modified for NATO bullets.

hmmmm cant think of anything else atm

 

[nicholaxxx]

Leonardo Da Vinci was gay.

No, seriously, he was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci%27s_personal_life

you're gonna have to do better than that, chum. I mean, it's wikipedia, which also said this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_war

look under 'losses'

don't get me wrong, this more than likely happened (I'm not a history efficienado) but the main point is there

[HEADING=1] don't fuck with finland [/HEADING]

 

[Virtual_Dom]

That 70's show was originally called Teenage Wasteland

If you look at the elbow of the person you are trying to high five, you will never miss

The word trivia comes from ancient greece, where news can be gathered at street intersections {tri- means three, via, means streets)

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

The singer Lady Gaga was born with both types of genetalia.

true or not, i find this totally believable

 

[feversk]

A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds

False.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#Biology
http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/goldfish-three-second-memory-myth-busted/story-e6frflri-1111115578849
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1645894.htm

 

[KillerH]

a dime has 118 ridges

 

[Dgxphyrefightx]

The first individually wrapped candy was the tootsie roll
and Antarctica has a flag

 

[feversk]

I thought the the mythbusters busted that one when the 'trained' goldfish to go through mazes or something. Goldfish are still fucking stupid.

That doesn't change the fact that the 3-second memory is just a silly misinformation. Every time someone posts it, a kitten dies.

 

[ninjaman 420]

I'm fairly certain the lady gaga thing is incorrect, you might want to cite some sources if you're going to say something like that.

Certain slugs have biolumescent penises. Others eat eachothers penises during or after mating.

A seaslug that can photosynthesize was recently discovered.

Parrotfish eat coral and crap sand.

i just read that article about the half plant half slug to the other day. interesting stuff.

alligators and crocodiles cant walk backwards

 

[mitchellkenn]

the longest word with no repeating letters is uncopyrightable.
the word with the most double letters is bookkeeper
the largest fish in the world is the mantaray

 

[ninjaman 420]

Mila Knuiks [can't spell her name] lied about her age to get on that 70's show.

You mean Mila Kunis I think, almost had a heart attack when I read your thread 'cos I thought you were gonna say SHE was a hermaphrodite! thank god I read on....

me and you both

 

[Aurora219]

a mol of any gas (6.02 x 10(to the 23) particles)

is 22.4 liters in volume

Uh, yeah. That's basically what a mole is when you get right down to it. That's kind of like saying 1000ml of any liquid is exactly 1l of that liquid.

Anyway.

Human beings cannot survive if their temperature increases or drops by over 2.5 degrees for any length of time. They tend to die of organ failure.

The human brain is by far the most complicated ..anything.. that is known to mankind. We aren't even beginning to understand the intricacies of it. We only use 10% of our total brain mass.

The myth that Hitler only had one ball is indeed a myth - but the dictator Mao Zedong DID only have one ball.

 

[Molten Discharge]

a mol of any gas (6.02 x 10(to the 23) particles)

is 22.4 liters in volume

Uh, yeah. That's basically what a mole is when you get right down to it. That's kind of like saying 1000ml of any liquid is exactly 1l of that liquid.

Anyway.

Human beings cannot survive if their temperature increases or drops by over 2.5 degrees for any length of time. They tend to die of organ failure.

The human brain is by far the most complicated ..anything.. that is known to mankind. We aren't even beginning to understand the intricacies of it. We only use 10% of our total brain mass.

The myth that Hitler only had one ball is indeed a myth - but the dictator Mao Zedong DID only have one ball.

Hitler was nicknamed "screamer" by his army pals in WWI because when a bullet riccoched into his testicle he lay on the floor screaming. To be honest I'd like to think my friends would go get help.