Useless facts - I love 'em

for instance did you know that the favourite sport in nudist camps is volleyball.

or that ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as a mouthwash.....

and bees must collect nectar from over two million individual flowers to make half a kilo of honey..

bet you feel better now

Or that some people spend around 70 hrs a week on here

did you know, Your own Urine is also good to cure Chillblanes -True

you need a good aim though

Stephen Stills, Glen Campbell and Charles Manson all failed their auditions for The Monkees.

Cue the liquid paper fact.

A crocodile cannot stick it's tongue out.

And they have very little muscle ability to open their mouths, unlike the power they have to close them.

Or is that aligators?

Don't know, and I wouldn't like to find out first hand

Me neither.

Typing odf which, what was Captain Hook (Peter Pan not the mad mullah) called when had two hands?

He was called "Sir".....just in case you encountered him after he lost one.

The jaws are opened, however, by a very weak set of muscles. Crocodiles can thus be subdued for study or transport by taping their jaws or holding their jaws shut with large rubber bands cut from automobile inner tubes. They have limited lateral (side-to-side) neck movement.

WIKI

Talking of urine, did you know it's a good antiseptic,

now your just taking the pi55

TCP....tom cat p155?

Thats why its a good remedy for Chillblanes, love i-spy's reply to mine earlier

You cannot make a triangle out of measurement 4-7-11 inches/centemetres /metres or what other measure you want

The average person laughs around 15 times a day.
STEP AWAY FROM THE LEMON!

There are the same number of people on facebook now as there were people on the planet in 1804.

Edit.why has this post come out with all this space below.

Go back to it and give your backspace a good rattle, Hindleyite.

is that a useless fact or a helpful hint dostaf

Yes.

The name Google is a misspelling of googol. A googol is 10100, or one followed by a hundred zeros in decimal representation. Its official number name is 10 duotrigintillion.
The term “googol” was suggested in 1938 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta, who was out walking with his uncle, the mathematician Edward Kasner (1878-1955).

QI

you are a clever girl jo anne, did you googol this to find out or


i found this on QI

The first thing Johannes Gutenberg sought to publish, after the Bible, was a laxative timetable he called a 'Purgation-Calendar'.
errrrrrrrrrrrrr ponders why ?????

Dates are always good for getting a good road through.

After publishing the Bible, I can understand Johannes wanting to get on with a more regular job.

There is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a poison. AUREOLUS PARACELSUS (1493 - 1541.}

Very well know - old quote


'Mr Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea!'
'And if you were my wife, I would drink it!'

WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965)

The QI Elves:

Splenda was supposed to be an insecticide; it became a sweetener when an assistant was instructed to 'test' it, but misheard it as 'taste'

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but, 'That's funny

ISAAC ASIMOV (1902-1992]

A Women of the Future perhaps


Dr Elena Bodnar won an Ig Nobel Prize for designing a bra that, in an emergency, can be converted into two gas masks.

..hope it's never needed

From cups laced with poison to laced cups for whiffed poison.

you have a great way with words jo anne

Did you know on the top line of a qwerty keyboard you can spell typewriter.

This was to make it easier for the salesman to demonstrate the product in shops.

I think i best not get started on this thread.

What a Lemon!

Mac i clicked onto your link, but, i would need Xray eyes to read the writing, so didn't understand it

In 1995 a man robbed a bank with lemon juice on his face. Since lemon juice makes for invisible ink, he thought it would render his face invisible on camera.

How the juice did he think that would work? Becoming invisible isn't easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Too easy to see through that trick and de-juice who he was.

Piccy, just click the square between the minus and the red X on the top right of the page the link opens.

Click on image and use magnifier.

You still can't see through her clothing though.

got it Mac
and dostaf why would i want to see through her clothes

I couldn't figure that out either, Piccyme123.

Dostaf - rather than a quizzing glass, why not try out these for size.

great specs jo anne, and only a $1 = approx 60p ish, would be a nice xmas stocking filler for dostaf

From QI

Quote of day
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.

MARIE BEYNON RAY
..
Fact of day
There are seven classifications of snowflakes: plates, stellar crystals, columns, needles, spatical dendrites, capped columns and irregular forms.
..

'A publishing company in Argentina has begun printing books with ink that begins to fade away after just two months.

Publishers hope readers will be inspired to finish off their books quickly, rather than leaving them languishing on shelves forever.'

BBC Technology Sept 2012

dont much like that idea jo anne, so when you go to buy a book or the library, all the pages are empty



..
Did you know ???

Cows with names give more milk than nameless cows; a discovery that won the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Vetinary Medicine.

i wonder if it depends on the name

Agreed, Piccyme123 - the book idea should've been given short shrift. It's shelf life is too short.

The fact that naming cows yields more milk production is ... udderly fascinating. Lactation is the highest formed with flattery.

QI Fact of the Day:
The third version of the Oxford English Dictionary was written beginning with the letter M.

the favourite sport in nudist camps is volleyball


It used to be relay racing until the accident

ttfn, did-did calls yummmmmy

wow Mac, thats sooooooooooooooooooooooooo
sad

The 1st Toothbrush was invented in China
in 1498.
..
Thomas Jefferson was the 1st person in the
U.S.A. to grown tomatoes. He wanted to prove they were Not poisonious, which lots of folk thought they were.
..
The 1st Electric Christmas lights were put together by a Telephone Switchboard Installer
- Candles were deemed to dangerous near a telephone switch board, so he took some lights
from an old switchboard and connected them together
..
Sunglasses 1st became popular in the 1920's
when film stars started to wear them to counteract the bright lights when having their photos taken.
..

so now go out and teach the world

Every Heinz baked bean passes through a laser beam to check that it is the right colour.
The QI Elves

There was once a joke about bean flickers at Heinz.

Please, please don't google that one as there is an alternative meaning these days.

The joke was that somebody or other was alleged to have had the job of flicking the bad beans off the conveyor belt as they went by.

Similarly and old one about the job of putting the wind in beans at the factory.

The joke was that somebody or other was alleged to have had the job of flicking the bad beans off the conveyor belt as they went by.

Tis true i tell you.

I know.

Hugely interesting.
Ants graveyard

Living dead

The combined weight of all the ants in the world is approximately the same or greater than the combined weight of all human beings.

'That's what I'd call a real scrubber.'



Some things are lost in translation. But I think I've met one or two with the 'I'm dead aroma'.

I see.

That letter to the Editor was a fake!!!!!

That letter to the Editor was a fake!!!!!

1 Like all insects, ants have six legs. Each leg has three joints. The legs of the ant are very strong so they can run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
2 The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. Ants use their antenae not only for touch, but also for their sense of smell. The head of the ant has a pair of large, strong jaws. The jaws open and shut sideways like a pair of scissors. Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. Instead they swallow the juice which they squeeze from pieces of food. They throw away the dry part that is left over. The ant has two eyes, each eye is made of many smaller eyes.
3 They are called compound eyes. The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants. Like all insects, the outside of their body is covered with a hard armour this is called the exoskeleton. Ants have four distinct growing stages, the egg, larva, pupa and the adult. Biologists classify ants as a special group of wasps. (Hymenoptera Formicidae) There are over 10000 known species of ants. Each ant colony has at least one or more queens.
4 The job of the queen is to lay eggs which the worker ants look after. Worker ants are sterile, they look for food, look after the young, and defend the nest from unwanted visitors. Ants are clean and tidy insects. Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish from the nest and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump! Each colony of ants has its own smell. In this way, intruders can be recognized immediately. Many ants such as the common Red species have a sting which they use to defend their nest.
5 The common Black Ants and Wood Ants have no sting, but they can squirt a spray of formic acid. Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites. The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves within the colony. The worker ants keep the eggs and larvae in different groups according to ages.
6 At night the worker ants move the eggs and larvae deep into the nest to protect them from the cold. During the daytime, the worker ants move the eggs and larvae of the colony to the top of the nest so that they can be warmer. If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food. Army Ants are nomadic and they are always moving. They carry their larvae and their eggs with them in a long column.
7 The Army Ant (Ecitron Burchelli) of South America, can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony. The Leaf Cutter Ants are farmers. They cut out pieces of leaves which they take back to their nests. They chew them into a pulp and a special fungus grows it. Ants cannot digest leaves because they cannot digest cellulose. Many people think ants are a pest but I like them. To stop them coming into my kitchen I put some sugar outside. They they have so much to eat that they are not interested in coming into my kitchen.

Mac, i found your Ant link so interesting, -- quote from it ---" It seems that about two days after an ant dies, it gives off a unique odor that informs the other ants of its demise. Until then, the other ants simply ignore the corpse. But once that "I'm dead" odor is released and telegraphed, the dead ant is picked up and carried to the ant graveyard." end quote
This must show that Ants really do have feeling
i love to watch them busy in the garden. ta Mac for the link

Mac you really know your Ants

loved the Bean joke to

a few more interesting facts to educate you


France opened the 1st Supermarket.
..
Ties were 1st worn in Croatia - which is why they were called Cravats from - a la croate -.
..
The 1st Police Force was Established
in Paris, France in 1667.
..
The 1st British Christmas card showed people drinking, so the Temperance Societies tried to get them Banned - obviously they Failed.
..

"read learn and inwardly digest" -- quote from one of my teachers, back in the day

Mac - see this Ant, wow how strong is it

I'm reading a book set in Greenland and this eskimo [can i say that?] woman says the rainbows there are round and all natives know never to eat polar bear liver or you OD on vitamin A...

I follow a great blog - The Gravel Farm - but won't link to it directly as it's quite adult sometimes. The fellow writes quite entertainingly about an escapade he once had whilst working in pest control:

The Gravel Farm - 'Ant another thing ... '

i'll have to search that jo anne, sound interesting

let you know when ive got time if i find it

my fact for today is

The 1st city in the world with a Population of
Over 1 Million was London.
.
this surprises me, but, supposed to be true

Muscle Atrophy: Disuse atrophy occurs from a lack of physical exercise. In most people, muscle atrophy is caused by not using the muscles enough.

Can you get that in the head as well?

Seemingly

Muscle Atrophy: Disuse atrophy occurs from a lack of physical exercise. In most people, muscle atrophy is caused by not using the muscles enough.

sicko

sicko

almost as sick as this

Posted by: Mac (11818)
Quick question. would you rather be bald, and suffer no side effects,
or have a debilitating disease, say, Atrophy?


Replied: 7th Aug 2012 at 16:01


i do hope joseph1, the pup, doesnt get to upset when he sees this

Did you know --- Meaning of the word Trivia -- " The word trivia was also used to describe a place where three roads met in Ancient Rome. " and is said that when travelers met there they would exchanged stories


FunTrivia was the first trivia website added to the Yahoo directory and has been the largest trivia site on the web for over a decade, both in terms of traffic and content.

add an 'L' and you have rain main

There is gold on them thar fingers, so they can't be rainman's, He only wears copies of tat.

mummycuddle rings

Woof woof, nice to see, I only have the guts to post when others are one, puppy posting

Nothing to say macweaper, the sicko lying hypocrite

Can't deny that can you

Big lad my 4r5e

Rainman posting same old, same old I suspect.
"No walsh in gere, love'
No females work in the Norley
Never been in the books,,,,
I wonder if brokeback muntin can prove otherwise.
And C's Daughter works in the Norley
Mrs Linda B works in Coral Bookies.
'No walsh in here love'
Rainman the liar!









.

I hope Joseph1 doesn't get to upset that I humiliated, the person he follows around everywhere, again

Raymond the Rainman

Palpable.

I'm thinking of reporting Mac to somebody or other for neglect.

Dear Editor......

Keep telling lies to keep up your image in front of your gang macweaper the lying sicko hypocrite


Can't deny the above comments, can you

It's getting to easy, I hope he doesn't come looking for again, humiliating this Mon

HAHAHA

The divilish laugh at the end cracked me up.

Rainman seems to have forgotten the time....Usually pretends to be out showing people his phone by now....
Cue more lying....

If it looks like sh**e, and it smells like Sh**e, then you must be in rainmans house.

Look at your thread, hypocrite, on politics

Maybe you could come looking for me .....again

HAHAHA

Reet I'm off

I hope I don't spill my ale because I'm shaking and worrying that someones going to come looking for me

HAHAHA

"i do hope joseph1, the pup, doesnt get to upset when he sees this"

Not at all, Walshy. It would take a beefsteak and not a mistake to upset me.

His mam wanted a lad you know!

He has a chest complaint too, he wants one.

He used to be on the telly as well.... interference!

Not sure if those facts are useless though.

Oh finally replied, I know you've waited until the people you follow around posted, but it's a start

It's a good job none of the above comments are funny, as my sides adjust getting back to normal after laughing at sir Bob's comments about your leader

hope his medication is working and he is using those muscles now.

awwwwwww that the best you can do

nice to see you posting whilst on your way to norwich

must av lost connection

ah well never mind, at least he cant say hes come looking for me, AGAIN, if hes heading towards norwich

or post on here later, unless he has one of them private jets what other "supporters" on here have which enables them to get back from far away games shortly after the game as finished

i wonder if his "friend" or any of the other puppys will post if there masters not on

It's Puppies, you fool!

"or post on here later, unless he has one of them private jets what other "supporters" on here have which enables them to get back from far away games shortly after the game as finished"

Or just an everyday mobile gadget with access to the net, phone, tablet, notebook/laptop.


There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Bet you don't know who said that!

I don't know how you find the time to reply to all these posts, Walshy. Get out and see life a bit, it's no good being bitter and worked up all the time on here.

Have a break mon, get some fresh air!

I bet Mac let a Tamagotchi doings fade away too.

Or just an everyday mobile gadget with access to the net, phone, tablet, notebook/laptop

no 5h1t3, you dont say



looks like most of the puppies have posted , even though there masters not on

bearing how much time you spend on here joseph1 following peope around you cant talk about getting a life

Some facts:

Grief counselling is to be offered to children traumatised by the death of their electronic 'virtual pets'.


Counsellors fear young children do not know how to deal with the death of their Tamagotchi.


They also believe that some children are deliberately killing them.



Tamagotchi

Don't Feed It. This is a crucial step to getting rid of your tamagotchi. Hungry Tamagotchis aren't happy tamagotchis, and you know what happens to unhappy tamagotchi's... Basically, not feeding it will get things to fall apart. Sounds horrible, but if you're desperate...Starve it.



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Do they like mummycuddles ?

Undoubtedly.

I've been to a party. But I'm back now.

I didn't even follow anyone around either.

Was there any ham?

No. Jelly and cakes were the order of the day with lots of pop and juice. It was a first birthday party for my granddaughter, and an even better opportunity to get my Still Game DVD set back off her dad.

Not before time, mester.

I shall relish every episode again and again.

Is there any commentary on it, mester?

I'd like to know the origin of the 'Windae boxees' ditty.

Didn't I look last time it was mentiond? Anyroad up I shall look again and report on it when I start watching it again.

"Hurdy gurdy gurdy in the window boxes"

'Didn't I look last time it was mentiond?'

They've been gone some time, Mester.

I tried googling before, nowt doing.

"mentiond"

I'm sure it was before he borrowed them we/you did the Windae boxes thing though.

Four times I have typed this then lost connection each time.

In which case, you've had long enough to sort it out.

Song, not connection.

I am withholding my payments for the internet until they sort it. Phoned them to say so, after going through all the checks they insist you do over the phone. I also told them I wanted some sort of compensation for my loss of connection and the distress it's causing me.

I await their next move.

And your public?

They've suffered too.

Don't forget to tell them that, mester.

I did, mester. Told them WW was up in arms again at me being absent and that radical politicians were trying to use the boards to cause international unease.

Shalom.

Careful mester, they'll be getting ideas and blaming t'corporation.

Ok Boys, shall we get back to the Thread, that i-spy began

This is a Prediction from way back --

Brain work will cause her, {a woman } to become Bald,
while increasing masculinity and contempt
for beauty will induce the growth of hair on her
face. In future therefore, women will be Bald, and wear Long Mustaches and patriarchal Beards.
.
.
this is a True Quote from a Professor of the Berlin
University on The Evolution of Women after their being granted Higher Education and Voting Rights

wow !!!! my beard or tash hasn't grown yet,
has yours ???


All True !!!!

here is another Bad Prediction



Here is another Quote from
Science Digest 1967
By the year 2,000 Discarded Paper Table Linen and Rayon Underwear will be bought by Chemical Factories and Converted into
Candy
True Prediction,
I'm still waiting for my Candy / Sweets !!!

Methane gas.You cannot see it taste it smell it,How did they find it in the 1st place?

BANG!

good question PeterP oh yeh, dostaf is so clever

I wouldnt recommend trying it. But if you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.

i-spy,I would imagine it depends on how far you fell down said well or chimney?

oh yeh, dostaf is so clever

int google great

expect complaints

Muscle Atrophy: Disuse atrophy occurs from a lack of physical exercise. In most people, muscle atrophy is caused by not using the muscles enough.
Oh, done that one....cured now.

awwwwww

sticking up for your "friend"

thats nice

what time did you get back from turkey

oh and i'll not ask you to prove it, i get sick of humiliating you and showing you up

Now all I need is a job since I was made redundant by remploy.

i thought you was a lazy copper that spends all his life on here

as well as an hypocrite, liar, sicko and nasty person(your words not mine)

nice picture

what no threatening, or sick, comments

thats probably because the above comments are true

bump..........again

Speech
He or she may:
• speak in a monotone voice and/or with unusual or stilted pronunciation; if
he/she appears to have normal language; this may be masking his/her actual
level of understanding
• repeatedly ask the same question or copy/repeat the last phrase they heard
(this is known as ‘echolalia’)
• not respond to questions or instructions
• communicate non-verbally; many people with autism cannot speak
• become noisy or agitated if required to deviate from regular routine
• speak obsessively about a topic that is of particular interest to them, but
which may have no apparent relevance to the situation.

From here

Echolalia

Gosh, thank goodness, I thought you'd gone to the swan looking for me