AS A MATTER OF FACT - share your random but interesting facts!

i like lamp

I dont think this has been done before but anyway....

So as the title suggests! Share any facts that are completely random and useless but 'interesting'

Mine are

1. Kilkenny is the only county in Ireland that does not have a tesco

2. Bats always turn left when they leave a cave (a myth it seems!)

3. A piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times (another myth apparently, i did doubt this, but never could fold paper more than 7 times myself)

4. John Lennon says 'shoot me' at the start of the song come together

5. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red too



thats all i can think of for now! :pac: :pac: :pac:

someone has informed me that 2 and 3 are only myths....

MagicMarker

Fact: This thread has been done before, more than once.

Indubitable

I have the biggest penis in the world.

(waits for the ladies)

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If Mary Harney continues to grow at her present rate, the earth will be knocked off it's axis and we will all spiral into the sun. Probably.

Superbus

i like lamp wrote: »

I dont think this has been done before but anyway....

So as the title suggests! Share any facts that are completely random and useless but 'interesting'

Mine are

1. Kilkenny is the only county in Ireland that does not have a tesco

2. Bats always turn left when they leave a cave

3. A piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times

4. John Lennon says 'shoot me' at the start of the song come together

5. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red too



thats all i can think of for now! :pac: :pac: :pac:

You like lamp.

Sykk

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple, silver month, or orange.

When you sneeze, all your body functions stop, even your heart.

Chickens can’t swallow while they are upside-down.

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Sykk wrote: »

Chickens can’t swallow while they are upside-down.

But chicks can;)

KittyeeTrix

Men who say they have a huge penis are usually liars or blissfully unaware:D

kiddums

All porcupines float.

Sykk

kiddums wrote: »

All porcupines float.

You read that from the same poxy website as me didn't you?

Smcgie

Its impossible to lick your elbow

i like lamp

Sykk wrote: »

You read that from the same poxy website as me didn't you?

you mean you cheated and are not actually full of useless info............. :eek:

orourkeda

A whales shaft is called a dork.

Cookie_Monster

Sykk wrote: »

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple, silver month, or orange.

nurple and sporange come to mind

alwaysadub

You can lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs

Women blink nearly twice as much as men

butterflies taste with their feet

sKepTics_George

Sykk wrote: »

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple, silver month, or orange.

Orange = Door hinge, xD

Truley

Back to the Future was origionally supposed to be about a time travelling fridge, but they changed it to a car at the last minute out of fear that kids would start locking themselves in fridges. True Story.

kiddums

Sykk wrote: »

You read that from the same poxy website as me didn't you?

I read it in one of the winter annuals I got back at national school.

KittyeeTrix

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy fox" uses every letter of the alphabet.......

TheSegal

Paper can be folded more then seven times!! Just ask Stephen Fry, the man knows everything!

Banned Account

A hebrew is a male teabag.

Donkey Oaty

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy fox" uses every letter of the alphabet.......

Except 'D' and 'G'.

ctrl-alt-delete

Donkey Oaty wrote: »

Except 'D' and 'G'.

It's supposed to be lazy dog

Micky Dolenz

Sykk wrote: »

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple,

Curple : the hind-quarters or rump of a horse

thirtythirty

i like lamp wrote: »

I dont think this has been done before but anyway....

So as the title suggests! Share any facts that are completely random and useless but 'interesting'

Mine are

1. Kilkenny is the only county in Ireland that does not have a tesco

2. Bats always turn left when they leave a cave

3. A piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times

4. John Lennon says 'shoot me' at the start of the song come together

5. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red too



thats all i can think of for now! :pac: :pac: :pac:

I'm afraid you're 2 and 3 are actually just popular myth and aren't true!

Anyway:

- if you shoot a gun and drop a bullet at the same height and time, the two bullets will hit the ground at the same time (or to be pedantic, within milliseconds of one another!)

Micky Dolenz

i like lamp wrote: »

A piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times

Busted

Tar.Aldarion

i like lamp wrote: »

I dont think this has been done before but anyway....

So as the title suggests! Share any facts that are completely random and useless but 'interesting'

Mine are

1. Kilkenny is the only county in Ireland that does not have a tesco

2. Bats always turn left when they leave a cave

3. A piece of paper cannot be folded more than 7 times

4. John Lennon says 'shoot me' at the start of the song come together

5. When you blush, the lining of your stomach turns red too



thats all i can think of for now! :pac: :pac: :pac:

kilkenny, tut tut, missing out.

paper can be..the limiting formula for folding paper(single direction) issss:
((pi.t)/6)(2^n+4)(2^n -1)

^_^

Smcgie wrote: »

Its impossible to lick your elbow

sure some people can..however, nobody can touch their elbows behind their back

/watches ladies try.

r3nu4l

People in England get confused when you ask them to fetch a mug from 'the press'.

i like lamp

spottyelephant wrote: »

I'm afraid you're 2 and 3 are actually just popular myth and aren't true!

i thought bats flew left because of the moon or something...

oh the lies!! the lies i have been filled with over the years!

Banned Account

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

/watches ladies try - after spraying their sheer tops with cold, misted water and settling into a recliner with a beer holder.

You missed a bit;)

Cookie_Monster

spottyelephant wrote: »

- if you shoot a gun and drop a bullet at the same height and time, the two bullets will hit the ground at the same time (or to be pedantic, within milliseconds of one another!)

not if you shot upwards

pickarooney

Conth, as well.

KittyeeTrix

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

It's supposed to be lazy dog

D'oh.......:o

humanji

Truley wrote: »

Back to the Future was origionally supposed to be about a time travelling fridge, but they changed it to a car at the last minute out of fear that kids would start locking themselves in fridges. True Story.

At the start of Back To The Future, Marty and Doc are in the carpark of Twin Pines Mall. In the past, Marty falls over a pine tree and when he returns to 1985, he's at the Lone Pine Mall carpark

Due to budget constraints, it was too expensive to get a full size plane for the end of Casablanca, so they made a small replica and hired midgets to walk around it to give a sense of perspective.

Chocolate is poisonous.

Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany.

Mackman

When the british were colonising the world, the used to bring fertiliser (horse poo) with them in crates on the ships. But due to the damp conditions of being stored below decks, the fertiliser always went "off". so they had to store it higher up in the ship away from the dampness.
They used to stamp on the crates "Store High In Transit"

i like lamp

that just reminded me of where the word posh came from!!

Wealthy people travelling on ships were Portside Out, Starboard Home and the word POSH would have been stamped on their luggage.

derfderf

Mr T is rather fond of chuck norris' jibba jabbing.

Standard Toaster

It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).
The average man's p€nis is three times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women blink twice as often as men.
The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.
Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Women reading this will be finished now.
Men who read this are probably still busy checking their thumbs.

thebigbiffo

Truley wrote: »

Back to the Future was origionally supposed to be about a time travelling fridge, but they changed it to a car at the last minute out of fear that kids would start locking themselves in fridges. True Story.

obviously then a car doing 88mph was deemed safer

random fact: england have a **** football team

DazMarz

The longest word that can be typed on a keyboard using only the right hand is 'lollipop'.

The profession in which people have to walk the most is a police officer. The profession which is second to that is postmen.

The last time man walked on the moon was 1972.

kiddums

'typewriter' is the longest word that can be typed using only the keys on the top line of the keyboard.







And how many people looked to check?

Terri26

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

It's supposed to be lazy dog

and "H" got bored looking for more letters

Gaunty

Mackman wrote: »

When the british were colonising the world, the used to bring fertiliser (horse poo) with them in crates on the ships. But due to the damp conditions of being stored below decks, the fertiliser always went "off". so they had to store it higher up in the ship away from the dampness.
They used to stamp on the crates "Store High In Transit"

Fairly sure that one is fake.

sensibleken

The abalone snail has five assholes. Making it the boy band of phylum molusca

pickarooney

kiddums wrote: »

'typewriter' is the longest word that can be typed using only the keys on the top line of the keyboard.







And how many people looked to check?

PERPETRATOR (but my keyboard is French )
PROPRIETOR on an English keyboard I think
or PERPETUITY

Banned Account

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

not if you shot upwards

Said the actress to the bishop ... :eek:

thebigbiffo

Gaunty wrote: »

Fairly sure that one is fake.

sure is

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=****

biko

The word quiz was invented in the 1830’s by a Dublin theatre owner named Richard Daly, who made a bet that he could make a nonsense word known throughout the city in just 48 hours.

overexcitedaj

kiddums wrote: »

'typewriter' is the longest word that can be typed using only the keys on the top line of the keyboard.







And how many people looked to check?

only to be dissapointed by it coming up tzpewriter
Foiled by qwertz!!!

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biko wrote: »

The word quiz was invented in the 1830’s by a Dublin theatre owner named Richard Daly, who made a bet that he could make a nonsense word known throughout the city in just 48 hours.

If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

Sitec

Sykk wrote: »

No word in the english language ryhmes with purple.

Burple