Useless Facts

Write down any usless facts here!!

Licking a stamp is 1/10 of a calorie.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

I am told a minute either way (earlier or later) in spotting that iceberg would have saved the Titanic.

Of the 206 bones in the average human adult's body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet)

snails run really slow.

PIMP wrote:snails run really slow.

... and they practically dissolve along the way.

they're just weeping with frustration cause they're so slow.

actually, the slowest mammal on earth is the sloth. Apparently moving through the trees so slowly because one of the major predators in the area, a large hawk, spots prey that moves swiftly, catching its eye, so the slow movement is a survival mechanism.
I'm tied with the sloth, whenever I'm supposed to take the garbage out, or mow the lawn.

I'm tied with the cheetah as fastest land animal, when I'm on my way to the liquor store to pick up beer.

Television horse Mr. Ed was foaled in 1949 in El Monte, California. Mr. Ed's original name was Bamboo Harvester. Raised as a parade and show horse he was once owned by the president of the California Palomino Society. He died in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on February 28, 1979, at 30 years old. Tahlequah was also the "home office" for "Late Night with David Letterman's Top Ten List" for several years.

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

PIMP wrote:actually, the slowest mammal on earth is the sloth. Apparently moving through the trees so slowly because one of the major predators in the area, a large hawk, spots prey that moves swiftly, catching its eye, so the slow movement is a survival mechanism.
I'm tied with the sloth, whenever I'm supposed to take the garbage out, or mow the lawn.

I'm tied with the cheetah as fastest land animal, when I'm on my way to the liquor store to pick up beer.

nice Pimp

Zeddie wrote:Television horse Mr. Ed was foaled in 1949 in El Monte, California. Mr. Ed's original name was Bamboo Harvester. Raised as a parade and show horse he was once owned by the president of the California Palomino Society. He died in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on February 28, 1979, at 30 years old. Tahlequah was also the "home office" for "Late Night with David Letterman's Top Ten List" for several years.

Zeddie, that defines Useless! Interesting tho!!

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. (US)

The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

i_heart_bones wrote:The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.

... by whom?