irrelevant facts thread

DerekD Goldfish

O'Connell Bridge is the only bridge in Ireland that is wider than it is long

As far as I know its the world or at least europe

bandit

A childs got more bones then a grown ups got

Smiler

Ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand.

Duh. Don't know why I ever thought they did

Saint-dotsie

there is no need for a lower b string on a bass guitar,

Tyrrial

The 100 Years war lasted 226 years!!

Saint-dotsie

dereck has a 6 second memory

butterfly

more fabulous facts..
-the whole bullfighting thing with the bull goin for the colour red is all waffle cos bulls're colourblind.
-in the US i'd have spelt that colorblind.
-risps can give you cancer because they're cooked at a temperature that's unnatural. apparently. so says the newspaper. &its the media. they wouldnt lie.
-the media never lies

mydarkstar

In College Green there used to be a statue of King Billy on a horse. It was blown up six times until it was completely destroyed in 1946- they melted down the giant horses testicles and used them to fix a pipe....:p

mydarkstar

O'Connel Bridge was originally made of rope.
It was only strong enough to hold one man & a donkey at the same time

(hmmmm, that really is useless fact:D )

Tyrrial

In The U.S. the state that has the most people who walk to work is Alaska!... kinda weird!

bombidol

Originally posted by irokie
Today a young man on acid realised that all matter is energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, the universe is the imagination of itself and there is no such thing as death....

.............And heres Tom With The Weather

Mewzel

diet coke is actually worse for your teeth than regular coke, despite having less sugar.

in some state in america (dont remember which one) you can be arrested for slurping your soup.

Saint-dotsie

dear god the mre i hear about americans......................

Saint-dotsie

the heaviviest part of the human anatomy is the head

butterfly

your skull is one of the strongest bones in your body, for obvious reasons, but if you hit someone hard enough in the head with your elbow, you can break it.
when a man's testicle is burst, he will automatically fall to the floor and vomit.


we learn this stuff in school, why do they want us to turn into violent little vigilantes, why???

Cherry

People who have a tough time handling the stress of money woes are twice as likely to develop severe gum disease, a new study finds.

Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light.

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)

In 1815 French chemist Michael Eugene Chevreul realized the first link between diabetes and sugar metabolism when he discovered that the urine of a diabetic was identical to grape sugar.

Approximately 16 Canadians have their appendices removed, when not required, every day.

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

Jim Morrison found the name "The Doors" for his rock band in the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception", which extolls the use of hallucinogenic drugs.