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Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:07 am
by Backglass
Did you know...

That the Earth is approximately 4.5 Billion years old?

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:21 am
by KoolBak
A racoon is the only animal with a bone in his penis (or so I've been told)

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:25 am
by heavycola
KoolBak wrote:A racoon is the only animal with a bone in his penis (or so I've been told)


badgers have bones in their penises. I say that from practical experience.

Speaking of badgers, the only station on the London Underground network that contains none of the letters from the word 'Badger' in it is Pimlico.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:28 am
by pimpdave
Gregrios wrote:Did you know...

during a certain period in history a year was defined by roughly 30 days? 8-)



Is that how Methuselah lasted so long?

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:32 am
by mpjh
Yes, that was during the sixties, but who can remember?

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:35 pm
by spaceghst44
did you know...


The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.


but then again so does

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:23 pm
by Backglass
heavycola wrote:
KoolBak wrote:A racoon is the only animal with a bone in his penis (or so I've been told)


badgers have bones in their penises. I say that from practical experience.


And...

Rabbits, Hares, Moles, Shrews, Hedgehogs, Bears (Including Polar Bears), Dogs, Cats, Walruses, Seals, Sea Lions & Bats among many others. It's very common.

It also has a name.

Baculum

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:24 pm
by mpjh
From the man who studies boners.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:42 pm
by CrazyAnglican
Did you know that George Washington was said to have offered bottles of rum to anyone who voted him into the Virginia House of Burgesses the first time.


Hitting someone sharply on the back of the head stimulates a nerve center that can wake him up if he has been knocked unconscious (there is also one at the base of the spine that works much the same way).


Humans are the only mammals without a penal bone.

There is no "J" sound in the Cyrillic alphabet, In order to transliterate the the word John you must start with two letter "Д" and "ш". (my second letter is probably incorrect)

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:24 pm
by spaceghst44
did you know...


A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:27 pm
by mpjh
duh -- why do you think they call it bubbly?

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:29 pm
by pimpdave
It's too bad that dreams just sink to the bottom, though.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:42 pm
by mpjh
Melancholic tonight? Have a drink.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:25 am
by jonesthecurl
The most common surname in Wales is "Jones"

There is no "J" in the Welsh alphabet.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:33 am
by pimpdave
Who stole it?

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:33 am
by jonesthecurl
Probably the bloody English

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:37 am
by mpjh
The Spanish stole it, but they try to hide it by pronouncing it as an "h."

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:32 am
by porkenbeans
mpjh wrote:The Spanish stole it, but they try to hide it by pronouncing it as an "h."
HAHAHA. The wittiest thing I have ever herd from you. I'm impressed "Nuclear Shitter". You made me laugh out loud. =D> =D> =D>

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:43 am
by mpjh
bows, blushes

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:32 am
by spaceghst44
did you know...


There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:51 pm
by spaceghst44
did you know....


On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:01 pm
by cena-rules
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:12 pm
by spaceghst44
did you know....


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

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 8:56 pm
by solace19k
Did you know....

Cats do not make the traditional "Meow" to each other?
This sound is reserved for humans only.

Re: useless knowledge

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:30 pm
by Snorri1234
spaceghst44 wrote:did you know....


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


Wrong because of facts.