Useless Fact of the Day

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    300 years ago, if you had something that was made in China and lived in Europe, everyone would have been really impressed.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    When you scroll down, nothing actually moves up your screen. Certain pixels are just changing color.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    Kangaroos do not fart or burp.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    A black cat crossing your path is actually good luck on account of you get to see a cat.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Virtually all of the “tough guys” you see on TV and movies were theater majors in college.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    In a pool, you hold your breath. On a pool floatie, your breath holds you.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    Squid babies recognize their mothers immediately upon birth.
  • Pipersmomma1
    Pipersmomma1 Posts: 235 Member
    A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
  • ChaelAZ
    ChaelAZ Posts: 2,240 Member
    Pipersmomma1 wrote: »
    A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes

    And they say men are pigs.
    We wish.
  • striderb
    striderb Posts: 5,843 Member
    The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away (pretty good trick).
  • striderb
    striderb Posts: 5,843 Member
    Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters: A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W
  • Millicent3015
    Millicent3015 Posts: 374 Member
    Raisins and currants are the same fruit. Raisins were originally known as "Raisins of Corinth", but local dialects and time turned "Corinth" into "currant".
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  • Millicent3015
    Millicent3015 Posts: 374 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse

    Now I'm picturing a horsey-beary hybrid that whinnies as it kills you
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Millicent3015 wrote: »
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    A full grown bear can run as fast as a horse

    Now I'm picturing a horsey-beary hybrid that whinnies as it kills you

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Camping is recreational homelessness.

    @caco_ethes
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  • Millicent3015
    Millicent3015 Posts: 374 Member
    Crows can recognise every individual human they see for up to five years, even if they've only seen them once.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Spoons are just mini bowls that you move to your mouth.
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  • Millicent3015
    Millicent3015 Posts: 374 Member
    The first commercial deodorants took 15 minutes to dry after application. Before chemical deodorants became available, people would sew small pouches of activated charcoal into the underarm seams of clothing to draw away sweat and odour.
  • fatty233
    fatty233 Posts: 200 Member
    A person eats 8 spiders a year while they sleep.
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    On Star Trek, when they "boldly go where no one has gone before" they always end up meeting someone.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    SnackherBarrell wrote: »
    fatty233 wrote: »
    A person eats 8 spiders a year while they sleep.

    I heard it was 13

    Neither is true. However, don't let numbers stop you. You can eat as many spiders as you want in a year.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    A penny saved is actually more valuable than a penny earned because you don't pay taxes on it.
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  • striderb
    striderb Posts: 5,843 Member
    A rat can last longer without water than a camel
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    striderb wrote: »
    A rat can last longer without water than a camel

    I call rats sewage mice.

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