Useless Trivia

[Leon]

Have we had this b4?
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Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
> mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
>
> Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
> from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
>
> The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
> plasma.
>
> No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
>
> Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
>
>> You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
>
> Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or
> older.
>
> The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. Dell Book Co.
> wasn't far behind.
>
> The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
>
> A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
>
> American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each
> salad served in first-class.
>
> Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
>
> Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
> morning.
>
> The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
>
> Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
>
> The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
>
> Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
>
> Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> factory workers in Malaysia combined.
>
> Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
>
> All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
> wearing them in public.
>
> Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
>
> Pearls melt in vinegar.
>
> Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> already married.
>
> The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and
> Budweiser, in that order.
>
> It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
>
> A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
>
> The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the
> engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
> floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
> Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains
> all
> the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson
> Clinton.
>
> And, last and perhaps least ....
>
> Turtles can breathe through their butts.

[jibber]

hmmmmmmmmm, your mad!

[Leon]

Originally posted by jibber
hmmmmmmmmm, your mad!
and??? :D

[Jon]

Aglets :)

Searchy never fails :thumbs:

[Monkey]

> A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.


IT DOES

[The Artist]

Thanks, interesting... love stuff like that

[amnesia]

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

I wonder where the other four went ?


And yes, a duck's quack does echo... they proved it on Mythbusters :thumbs:

[Ryan]

Now find out how many of those 'facts' are actually true, and how many are urban myths... ;)

...like the duck's quack thing.

[Spooky]

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

There must have been loads of killer donkeys in 2001 then... :rolleyes: :wack:

[Matt Grr]

My Fave:

"Turtles can breathe through their butts"

I wonder.... If a turtle could talk, would it talk out of its butt??? :wack:

[Spooky]

My Fave:

"Turtles can breathe through their butts"

I wonder.... If a turtle could talk, would it talk out of its butt??? :wack:

And what would it's breath smell like?:hurl:

[Kiruji]

> Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
> from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
>

Mythbusters did this... IIRC, the brushes kept on the back of the toilet had less fecal matter on them than brushes kept on the opposite wall :wack:

> The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.


It is said that the first owner of the company which produced Marlboro cigarettes, Phillip Morris too, died of lung cancer. However, the validity of this statement is questionable because the cause of Phillip Morris’s death was not mentioned in biographies available online.

Two of the actors that played the Marlboro Man did die of lung cancer. See here. (http://ezinearticles.com/?Quit-Smoking!-Two-%E2%80%98Marlboro-Man%E2%80%99-Died-of-Lung-Cancer&id=329230)

> Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Internet crapola - how many people knows exactly how much money Jordan makes annually from Nike, and how many people know exactly how much money Nike pay all of their factory workers in Malaysia?

> A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

It does echo, see Mythbusters :p

> The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the
> engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground
> floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
>
> Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains
> all
> the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson
> Clinton.


They sound like typical internet made up myths to me...

> Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Some turtles can, not all:


Turtles have a single rear vent that is referred to as a cloaca. Feces, urine, and eggs all exit a turtle through this cloaca, so not surprisingly it is quite elastic and the opening can stretch considerably. In a small number of water turtles, the cloaca also possesses a pair of well-developed, vascularized sacs that lead off it called bursae. These cloacal bursae are surrounded by the same thin membrane as the rest of the cloaca. Gas exchange can occur across this membrane when a turtle is submerged and allow some oxygen to reach the blood. In most species this makes a minor contribution to respiration however one species of turtle from Australia has taken this to extremes. The Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops) can pump water in and out of its cloacal bursae such that it can obtain as much as two-thirds of its oxygen supply through this route. [Source: Aquatic respiration and diving in the freshwater turtle, Rheodytes leukops by Craig E. Franklin. Proc. Physiol. Soc.]

[The Artist]

I wonder where the other four went ?


And yes, a duck's quack does echo... they proved it on Mythbusters :thumbs:




Did they ??

I watched that but wasnt it not a bit incinclusive at the end

[Kiruji]

I watched that but wasnt it not a bit incinclusive at the end

As the guy on Mythbusters said - "It's sound, it will echo, it doesn't have any magical properties"

OK, I'm paraphrasing - but why would anyone think the soundwave that makes up a ducks quack wouldn't bounce off something like any other soundwave... :confused:

[Yakko]

OK, I'm paraphrasing - but why would anyone think the soundwave that makes up a ducks quack wouldn't bounce off something like any other soundwave... :confused:

I know, it's quackers....

[Monkey]

Did they ??

I watched that but wasnt it not a bit incinclusive at the end

watch brainiacs then, they proved it

[Monkey]

I know, it's quackers....

are you getting your coat after that comment:rolleyes:

[Ryanmt]

http://marilynmonroepages.com/6toes.html

[Yakko]

are you getting your coat after that comment:rolleyes:

Probably for the best....

:D

[Quail]

I love Mythbusters!

[Spooky]

I love Mythbusters!

:nod: :thumbs:

[PhilV]

great topic, even if some are false it amuses me ha ha