An interesting (but useless) fact......

An interesting (but useless) fact......

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F355gtb2009

1,725 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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400 quarter-pounders can be made out of 1 cow

F355gtb2009

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Thursday 30th July 2009
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Our eyes never grow, our nose and ears never stop growing

F93

575 posts

183 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Don't call me racist, but...

'' does not come from the Spanish word for black, 'Negro'...

It comes from the fact that many early African slaves came from the area today known as 'Niger' (pronounced Ni-jer) and the name simply changed over time to Ni-ger and eventually.


Ayahuasca

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279 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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If you rub soap onto a mirror, then rub it off, the mirror will not steam up.

zollburgers

1,278 posts

183 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Windows Live Messenger was invented by a 9th Century Spanish monk completely by accident after he was experimenting in alchemy.

F355gtb2009

1,725 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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A human has 60,000 miles of blood vessels in their body

F355gtb2009

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Thursday 30th July 2009
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There are no words in the English language that rhyme with 'purple

Digger

14,642 posts

191 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Half a byte is called a nibble?! . . .I think

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

203 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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A snail can sleep for 3 years.

F355gtb2009

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Thursday 30th July 2009
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A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee

rupert the dog

1,433 posts

217 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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A certain very well known male tv presenter/comedian has three nipples. I myself have two.

Working class

8,849 posts

187 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Crab Sticks do not actually contain any crab, and since 1993 makers have been legally obliged to call them crab ''flavoured'' sticks....

gamefreaks

1,960 posts

187 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Digger said:
Half a byte is called a nibble?! . . .I think
Yes a nybble is 4 bits.

Wacky Racer

38,142 posts

247 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Dan_1981 said:
I only found out today that Puma (the clothing brand) was founded by the brother of the founder of Adidas.

Thats my interesting but useless fact.

Your turn.
Yes, they couldn't stand the sight of each other....

Adi (Dassler) and Horst.........

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

279 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Contrary to popular belief, there are an infinite number of places on earth where you can walk South one mile, then West one mile, then North one mile, and end up exactly where you started.

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

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Thursday 30th July 2009
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The biggest manufacturer of tyres is Lego

svm

293 posts

187 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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zollburgers said:
Windows Live Messenger was invented by a 9th Century Spanish monk completely by accident after he was experimenting in alchemy.
66 posts in 6 months.... And you talk of turning metal into gold. Who the devil are you?

Edited by svm on Thursday 30th July 23:14

ShadownINja

76,341 posts

282 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Ayahuasca said:
You can work out how high something is in metres by squaring the number of seconds a pebble takes to fall the distance and multiplying this by 5.



Not entirely accurate, but for most people it will do. So, to prove this is true, can you measure the height of a lion? Thanks. biggrin

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

203 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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Oenophobia is the fear of wines.

Wacky Racer

38,142 posts

247 months

Thursday 30th July 2009
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The first FA cup final where players wore numbers on the back of their shirts was in 1933


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