Amazing but useless facts

joanlawson
joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
edited 19. Nov 2010, 18:19 in Community Chit-chat archive
Hi

Can you post an amazing but useless fact :?: It can be funny or serious, about anything at all.eg.

No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss

A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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  • daylily
    daylily Member Posts: 619
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    an ostrich's brain is as big as it's eye
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Giraffes cannot cough or be sick.
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,087
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Approximately two-thirds of people tip their head to the right when they kiss



    Yes Joan

    That is why - usually it 'works' but sometimes you bang your faces!!
    Love

    toni xx
  • oneday
    oneday Member Posts: 1,434
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Giraffes cannot cough or be sick.


    dont think the sick could make the long journey!
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dolphins sleep with one eye open
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    No one seems to know why people blush. :oops: :oops:
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  • mirabella
    mirabella Member Posts: 272
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    suggest you apply for the 'get-me-out-of-here', all those beetles and bugs would be great meal out for you! Mirabella.
  • mirabella
    mirabella Member Posts: 272
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    cucumbers contain loads of vital vitamins,clean steamed up mirrors,can be used like ub40??? also good pick me up as in stayin awake :( So I read somewhere :roll: Mirabella
  • rondetto
    rondetto Member Posts: 2,540
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Did you know that there's only one fruit or vegetable that has never been sold as Canned, boiled, or frozen?

    It's a Lettuce.

    Did you know that there is only one fruit with it's seeds on the outside?

    It;s the strawberry.

    Well I never....you live and learn. :lol:
  • cebeem
    cebeem Bots Posts: 472
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Mens nipples are always 9 inches apart no matter what size chest the man is!............bet you all try this one! :)
  • angel1
    angel1 Bots Posts: 1,464
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Tomato ketchup is a great conditioner for the hair.......No, I haven`t tried it!........Ange.x.
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hey, thanks everyone :!: :D Some great useless facts here :!: Keep them coming please :!:

    Joan :D
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  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Elephants are the only animals with four knees which bend outwards.

    Annie
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ten books on a shelf can be arranged in 3,628,800 different ways.

    It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace".
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  • kevlar
    kevlar Member Posts: 41
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world’s telephones put together.

    Except my neighbours brain, which appears to have a flat battery!
  • gickygawky
    gickygawky Member Posts: 478
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Armadillos have four genetically identical offspring each time they reproduce.

    Arna x
  • gickygawky
    gickygawky Member Posts: 478
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The Platypus and Echidna have a special place in the animal kingdom due to their reptilian features and are the only animals classified as monotremes - mammals that lay eggs.

    Echidnas spines are made of a type of hair that can be moved by the animal individually.

    Male Platypus have venomous barbs behind their back feet that while not fatal to humans, can incapacitate its victim for months with severe pain.

    Arna x
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't. Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

    I like this one, Del. One of my last New Year resolutions was to laugh as often as possible, and I think I have succeeded to a great extent. Your posts often make me laugh, so keep up the good work :D

    You can't plough a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

    OK, I wasn't planning to try just at the moment, but would a camel do instead :?:

    Joan :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • rondetto
    rondetto Member Posts: 2,540
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.
  • rondetto
    rondetto Member Posts: 2,540
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    rondetto wrote:
    Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they've been removed.

    I can just imagine some bored surgeons putting this to the test after a tonsils operation is over :lol::lol:
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  • rondetto
    rondetto Member Posts: 2,540
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :lol::lol:
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I heard (no pun intended) that cows can go up steps but not down them..

    Tony :mrgreen:
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Statues of people on horseback denote how they died, if the horse has both front legs in the air then the person died in battle, if only one leg, they died from injuries sustained in battle, all four legs down means they died of natural causes..

    Tony :mrgreen:
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP

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