Useless Trivia

[dreamer]

I saw this on another site and thought itmight be fun. Just post a useless piece of information! I'll start:





hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words!

[crimgoddess]

The billionth digit of pi is 9


*amber*

[suze]

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself. Gross eh?

[stephiewephie05]

rats spelled backwards is star ... lol

[daffodil]

More people are killed each year by donkeys than by plane crashes.

[jay_rough]

Meh the billionth digit of pi = 9, but from memory, this is about 50 or so decimal places (note: I have actually memorized this, I kid you not, it's a mixture of Aspbergers syndrome + extreme boredom)

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 1058209744 94592307


Methylchloroisothiazolinone is used in bubble bath.

USELESS TRIVIA OF THE DAY:
Did you know that if you put the taj mahal inside theGreat Pyramid of Egyptand subtract the amount of bricks in the Great Wall of chine from the amount of time it takes to scale the Empire state building and then by taking that figure and multiplying it by the root length of Nelsons Coloumn, you get Michael Jacksons after hours phone number.
Heh, I found that in some old newspaper.

[x hannah x]

OOOH AAAH. Jay, I gaze at you in awe...

[stephiewephie05]

i found this one on a useless facts page lol.


Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.

[spilled_milk]

Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character.</A>
According to Scandinavian traditions, if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they are bound to fall in love.</A>



(Lol i'm Swedish, my dad told me about this one and I burst out laughing, apparently i am in love with MANY people at the moment!)


&lt;3 Anya--

[stephiewephie05]

from the same site, it's http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfacts/.


Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo.

[qpaulina42]

Originally Posted by jay_rough

Meh the billionth digit of pi = 9, but from
memory, this is about 50 or so decimal places (note: I have actually
memorized this, I kid you not, it's a mixture of Aspbergers syndrome +
extreme boredom)

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 1058209744 94592307

Jay, do you mean you've memorized the entire pi? Or just the first 50 digits?



Useless trivia:

on the topic of gross insect by products - honey is made by bees that
eat nectar/pollen etc and then regurgitate it back in the hive. So
honey's bee v*

[crimgoddess]

The vibrator was invented before the iron. At least we know priorities were in place


*amber*

[qpaulina42]

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

[qpaulina42]

The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

[dreamer]

.....and the groove between your nose and mouth is the philtrum.

[dreamer]

If you get the urge to sneeze, and for whatever reason don't want to, just think about the back of your neck. The urge will go away.

[curly wurly]

Your nose continues to grow throughout your lifetime.

[qpaulina42]

no way, really? my nose is big enough!

[shiva]

If you physically hurt someone who is in the military you can be arrested for destruction of government property.

A person suffering from polythelia has three nipples.

[swiftette]

Oh my GOD this is a riot!!! But I got nuthin.

[gumdropper1]

Lettuce is only eaten fresh. Never cooked, never frozen, never canned.

[stephiewephie05]

10 Percent of men are left-handed while only 8 percent of women are left-handed. Male or female, all left-handed people are "in their right mind."

[sherbear]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.


The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.


Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.


The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract it's claws.Edited by: sherbear

[sherbear]

It is almost impossible for a horse to v*.


My husband joked with me today that if I'm reincarnated, I'd probably want to be a horse!!![img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[gumdropper1]

Ah, but not impossible for a horse to vomit. So it is possible for a horse to be emet too. Some animals that can't vomit are rats and mice, which is why they are killed so easily with poison.

[swiftette]

Originally Posted by dreamer

If you get the urge to sneeze, and for whatever reason don't want to, just think about the back of your neck. The urge will go away.

I tried that and it worked!!!

[sherbear]

True gumdropper, and since you don't actually have to have v*ed to be able to be an emet, maybe some rats and mice are as well.

[samara's on tv]

42% of statistics are made up


Mama Cass died of a heart attack brought on by heroin, not choking on a ham sandwich.


According to The Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy, the answer to the meaning of life is 42.


No where in the Humpty Dumpty poem does it mention that he's an egg (Even though most illustrated versions make him one)


Sharks have no bones, just cartilidge (Sp?)


Sharks can also turn their stomach inside out (outside of their bodies) To clean it out.


~Monica

[gumdropper1]

You will learn about life when you play the game of Life.

[samara's on tv]

In grown toenails are hereditary


Boys cry just as much as girl until about the age of twelve


A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less then three minutes


There are 20 kinds of kisses described in the Kama Sutra


1 in 3 people believe they have been abducted by Aliens (Where these other two people are I don't know because I don't know anyone who believes that and I don't think it's happened to me so whatever)


~Monica