useless facts!

[ALEN]

post your fav. useless facts here ;D

this is by far my most favorite lol

At Disneyland they have hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park. They never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason they're there is to catch the mice.

[The Peoples of Yavanna]

Several years back, I saw in the newapaper a published government scientific study: Apparently, Coca-Cola has no nutritional value...

Hmmm, really.....you're kidding! I could've had a V-8!!!

USA tax dollars at work?!

[Parthini]

Isn't wild domesticated an oxymoron?

GPP

[Lebmania]

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific.When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."

[Lebmania]

talking about mice..this is weird !!
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

[The UND]

in Texas it is illegal to take more than 3 sips of beer at a time while standing up.
in Florida it is illegal to have a sexual relationship with a porcipine.
in New York the punishment for jumping off a building is death.

[Crackenback]

LOL Penalty for jumping off a building

What about this one?

Evidentally, all Polar Bears are left-handed, so if you ever come into contact with one, you know which way to duck

FoC

[The UND]

all those laws are true too!

ill be sure to remember the polar bears next time i go to the zoo

[Sheynat]

Here's one: The Earth and our Moon classify as a double-planet system. Same thing with Pluto and Charon.
Another one: If you want to be all technical, Earth is called Terra, and the moon, Luna. Those are Latin for, well, Earth and Moon.
Legally and sociologically, a fight that involves three people is classed as a minor riot. So if you attempt to break up a fight but are drawn in, you are technically a participant in a riot.
The reason suicide is illegal is to enable the police or passersby to prevent a suicide. If suicide were legal, and a passerby or policeman stopped a suicide by force, the guy could actually get sued.
In times of extreme trouble, one can actually be made a special police officer. During the L.A. riots, it was not rare to have a police officer walk up to you and ask you if you had ever committed a felony or were mentally unstable. If you said no to both, he would run a background check. If you came through clean, he would ask you to help restore order, and hand you a badge and a gun.
/reads way too much.
//this is where you put self-deprecating comments and references to movies and books on Fark.com

[Tierra de Madre]

Kangaroos can only move their back feet separately when they are swimming. That's a pretty useless fact lol!

[Alfonia]

In France, it is illegal to name a pig "Napoleon"

[Tierra de Madre]

ummm... why??!!
Clown fish can switch sex if they need to. eg if the dominant female dies, the dominant male of the group becomes the female, and a lesser male takes over the postition of dominant male.

[Alfonia]

More stupid laws, all from America:

In Arizona you can get 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
In Connecticut, a pickle isn't officially considered a pickle unless it can bounce.
In Florida, whales are the only animals that can be legally shot from a moving vehicle.
In Missouri, minors are allowed to buy tobacco and rolling paper, but not lighters.
In Utah it is illegal not to drink milk...

[Mandrill]

Alfonia said:

More stupid laws, all from America:

LOL! Uh, that was probably pretty predictable.........(to all offended Americans or offended non-Americans: jk)

[The UKS]

The Connecticut thing is true. I was going to say that.

In Norway the maximum jail time is 21 years.

[Sheynat]

Every so often, chimneysweeps will recover dead bodies in chimneys. They're there because some burglars, inspired by Santa Claus, attempt to slide down the chimney, but get caught and die of exposure. These are referred to in the chimneysweep trade as Santa Clauses.

[stinkyhippies]

Plate tectonics are moving North America and Europe away from each other at the same rate your fingernails are growing. (and we talk about a trade gap...)

In the original "Halloween", the mask worn by psycho-killer Mike Myers (as opposed to psycho comedian Mike Myers) was actually a rubber Capt. James T. Kirk mask turned inside out and painted white. Now we know why the acting was so bad...

In England, the Holy Days and Fasting Days law of 1551, which has yet to be repealed, states that every citizen must attend a Christian service on Christmas Day, and refuse all vehicular transport to get there. So... you must make a Christian pilgrimage on foot within the boders of the UK. And they say the AMERICAN laws can be dumb...

[Ambivila]

If Pluto had been discovered today, it would NOT be considered a planet (too small, wierd orbit).

If aspirin had been invented as recently as 25 years ago, it would still be available only by prescription (due to all the side effects).

[Tierra de Madre]

Hey, got a seriouslyly useless fact here:

The space between your eyebrows is called the glabella.

Knowing that might just save your life one day you know!! ;D

[Boolari]

Sheynat said:

Every so often, chimneysweeps will recover dead bodies in chimneys. They're there because some burglars, inspired by Santa Claus, attempt to slide down the chimney, but get caught and die of exposure. These are referred to in the chimneysweep trade as Santa Clauses.

That is truly interesting. As well as slightly humorous and odd.

Fact of the hour:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini's 'David' made in 1623 is the only David depicted to be in action. It is said that Bernini had someone else hold up a mirror so that the David's expression would reflect his own (focus while carving the expression on the marble).

-Boo

[ResurectedPrussia]

There are 4 forms of matter, Solid, liquid, gas,... and PLASMA (the matter is usually formed on the surface of the sun... how do they know? Go fig... cause I don't know) ;D

[Boolari]

The Earth is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle in relation to the sun!

(You might actually use that for school! Geography...)


Oh, the analemma is shaped like a number 8. And when we're farther from the sun, it's actually summer and when we're closer to it, it's actually winter. Weird, huh.

[Rock McLargeHuge]

The average human eats 8 spiders in their sleep, in their lifetime.

[Down under there]

ResurectedPrussia said:

There are 4 forms of matter, Solid, liquid, gas,... and PLASMA (the matter is usually formed on the surface of the sun... how do they know? Go fig... cause I don't know) ;D

They've actually made some. It has to be suspended in a magentic feild, because anything it touches it instantly burns through. It's used in fusion reactors. Cool, huh?

[Serconea]

Stinky said:

In England, the Holy Days and Fasting Days law of 1551, which has yet to be repealed, states that every citizen must attend a Christian service on Christmas Day, and refuse all vehicular transport to get there. So... you must make a Christian pilgrimage on foot within the boders of the UK. And they say the AMERICAN laws can be dumb...

There's another one in England requiring you to practise archery three times a week. Not repealed, never enforced...

[BealtleManium]

The Middle finger originally became an insult due to a treaty between France and England, in it there was an order that all British archer cut off their trigger finger (their middle finger)... theis was never endorsed and so when a englishman went over to France they shot off the bird to show their disrespect

[Down under there]

In lotteries, when people have a choice of making one 200 million dollar jackpot, 200 one million dollar jackpots, or 400 half million dollar jackpots they always choose the big one. Weird, because not only would they have less of a chance of winning, they would not reasonably be able to spend even half of their winnings in their lifetime.

[Boolari]

Interesting... about the not being able to spend it in their lifetime, but true!

Trying to think of a fact.

In Oceania art, there are a lot of tongues shown as a sign to scare the enemies (or people) off.

[ALEN]

BealtleManium said:

The Middle finger originally became an insult due to a treaty between France and England, in it there was an order that all British archer cut off their trigger finger (their middle finger)... theis was never endorsed and so when a englishman went over to France they shot off the bird to show their disrespect

It was actually the index and middle finger and when ever a english archer was captured, those two fingers would be cut off, which in turn would ruin the career of an archer.

lol i saw it on the history channel

[Rock McLargeHuge]

yup, that's right... hence why over here, the two finger salute is quite the insult : D