BongoBob Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. 3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why 7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2". 8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch). 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries....) 10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. 13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. 14. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before. 15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. 16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) 17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. 18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." 19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. 20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so the called themselves Motorola. 22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet. 23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand. 24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. 25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. 26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." 28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing! 29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. 30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. 31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. 32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 >.> <.< i MUST GO FIND a SCORPION! lol, nice finds Bongo... may I ask where... psst: On a foggy day, a fine selection of cheeses will do a happy dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase_Morden Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by BongoBob 25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. What the...!? Lol, nice info you got there Bongo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prism Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 lol..some nice info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PerfectAgent_ Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by BongoBob 6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why I heard that a duck's quack is an echo itself. 16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??) Hehe... Uh... I mean, who did such a terrible thing?? 19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. Tongue tied perhaps? 20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. That one and the duck ones were the only ones I knew 30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. Well, it is the book of records! Very interesting things actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 The sport of choice for the Urban poor is basketball! No seriously it is... every one in my hood likes basketball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I love it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Slayne Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Ah! Useless trivia! How I thrive....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbers Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 i knew about the charlie chaplin one but tell me did you know that Howdy Doody has 75 freckles on his face? or that a blue whales nut is the size of a 60's voltswagon beetle? or that the number one cause for divorce is that the guy cant make 'the meercat come out of the hole'? or how about the canadian channel by where i live is showing harry potter and the Philosophers stone when its the Sorcerers stone?(wonder why they changed it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 It was originally Called the Philosophers stone in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbers Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 ahhh i see said the blind man to the deaf guy. heres another one.... Coca-Cola was once made from actual cocaine...(bet druggies loved that!) and the man that invented it was a morphine addict Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerd_Annhilator Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I -hate- basketball. Anyway, some very interesting info there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troopr-Undr-Fir Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by jebbers a blue whales nut is the size of a 60's voltswagon beetle? Ok i know that the thread says "and stuff you may not want to know", but still... 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents Holy shiza that's a scary thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 nice list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by BongoBob 10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. Those beastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHobGoblin Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Damn if only my Scorpion pets haven't killed eachother already... (I really used to have 2 scorpions, they went beserk.... I liked my small Lizard more..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 i knew most of that, because i am an useless information junkie. when i'm bored i'm always looking up fact & trivia. heres a good one... a Siderodromophilia is someone who's sexually aroused by trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I knew the ones about Motorola, Sherlock Holmes and Bruce Lee... Here's some similar crap : in the england of old(and maybe now too ) drinking was the most common male passtime. However the extent of the drinking as well as the lack of distillation made the drinks very potent. Often men would pass out for hours/days or enter a coma. It was often very difficult to tell if someone was dead or drunk..... this state was hence described as being 'dead drunk' This happened frequently enough that during plague times in particular men passed out on the road were mistaken for dead and oftem buried and/or cremated while actually alive..... as a safeguard the practise of having a "wake" was started, whereby the drunk/or deceased person was laid out and left to "come to" or wake up. This is the origins of 'the wake' in a funeral ceremony..... Secondary to this, sometimes it was felt that perhaps a person was still drunk and may eventually snap out of it. To this end, they drunk/or deceased was buried in a shallow grave with a bit of string attached to their finger. This bit iof string travelled up above ground amd was attached to a small bell. Hence if anyone ever did emerge from their comatose state, their thrashing about would cause the bell to ring. This is where the phrase "saved by the bell" was derived(I actually thought it was probably from boxing matches....but nope) *goes off to drink old english ale* MTFBWYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawBag™ Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 I think i've heard the Charli Chaplin one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Turned on by trains..... So that explains those people erm....sitting by the tracks.... And 12 newborns given to wrong parents??? My son doesn't look like either of us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 how about this one....the average american consumes 87 cockroaches in their lifetime, during their sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by Jared how about this one....the average american consumes 87 cockroaches in their lifetime, during their sleep. thats flies, not cockroaches ! ugh ! Imagine that ! MTFBWYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 Originally posted by Siv sexually aroused by trains *sits near the train tracks* It's coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted February 19, 2004 Author Share Posted February 19, 2004 Flies? Cockroaches? I've heard about spiders before, but...ugh... And jebbers, the nunt thing, that almost made me pee me pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Vogel Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 This is where the phrase "saved by the bell" Learn something new every day. You see the kind of history we have to be proud of when we couldn't tella drunk guy from a guy who's dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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