Did you know? (Wealth of Useless Info)

leslisa

I am often referred to as a wealth of useless information . Please feel free to add your own useless facts to this thread!!

Kopi Luwak are coffee beans from animal poop.

(verified on http://listverse.com/2007/12/17/top-10-incredible-food-facts/)
It comes from Civet (a cat sized mammal) poo. The animals gorge on only the finest ripe berries, and excrete the partially-digested beans, which are then harvested for sale. Kopi Luwak is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling for between $120 and $600 USD per pound, and is sold mainly in Japan and the United States, but it is increasingly becoming available elsewhere.

leslisa

Did you know Hannibal Barca started training as a warrior at the age of 9, led Rome for 40 years even though he hated it, crossed the Alps on elephants, and would fight the best fighters in the armies he led in order to get other recruits to join!

leslisa

Love bugs live only three days (such a nuisance here in Florida). During that time one female might attract more than six males. When the male um "gets" with his lady love, they will can attached for hours or until she gets tired of him and pushes him away.

leslisa

Approximately 3 billion pizzas are sold in the United States each year.

leslisa

In the U.S. in 2000, there were 85 billion tortillas consumed, not including tortilla chips.

leslisa

Superbowl Sunday facts:

8 million: Total pounds of popcorn consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

28 million: Pounds of potato chips consumed.

53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed.

222,792: Number of football fields worth of farmland to grow all that
corn, potatoes, and avocados.

11.8: Depth, in feet, of guacamole consumed if it were spread across the football field.

293,000: Number of miles of potato chips, laid end to end, consumed during the game.

1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

325.5 million: Gallons of beer drank by Americans that day.

493: Number of Olympic-sized swimming pools that could be filled with all that beer.

leslisa

There is something called maggot cheese made with maggots.

Verified: http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php#ixzz1xEVhnn33

Sometimes referred to as ‘maggot cheese’, casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese made from goat’s milk. But what makes this food so disgusting is the way it’s prepared. Early in the fermenting process, the larvae of cheese flies are introduced. Over a period of weeks, the larvae hatch and begin feeding. As the cheese’s fats are broken down, a special flavor is produced which many consider to be delicious. When the time comes for human consumption, many people meticulously remove the maggots. However, some leave them in, believing that they add an extra flavorful punch.

Anyone adding this to their daily consumption? LOL

leslisa

Potted meat is just nasty. Read the ingredients: mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

leslisa

There is something called Jellied moose nose and it really is made from moose nose and it really is jellied!

leslisa

Oreo cookies are kosher. I know they are the first thing that comes to mind for me when I think Hannakuh!

p0pr0cksnc0ke

Trying to get your post count up? :huh:

Scott613

Nope, but I have a smarta$$ answer for everything!

leslisa

Trying to get your post count up? :huh:

Not really. If I were doing that, I would likely respond to all the venomous posts of inconsequential worth instead of doing what I usually do, which is to look for posts with 10 responses or less who's poster seems to truly be looking for an answer, support, or someone to bounce ideas off.

The reason for this thread was just to provide some interesting (or gross!) info. If it's offensive, please feel free to have it removed. No reason to stomp about on other folk's toes over silly info .

Cheers!

GasMasterFlash

Trying to get your post count up? :huh:

Not really. If I were doing that, I would likely respond to all the venomous posts of inconsequential worth instead of doing what I usually do, which is to look for posts with 10 responses or less who's poster seems to truly be looking for an answer, support, or someone to bounce ideas off.

:haloforyou:

Kishsa27

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

_HeathBar_

Trying to get your post count up? :huh:

Not really. If I were doing that, I would likely respond to all the venomous posts of inconsequential worth instead of doing what I usually do, which is to look for posts with 10 responses or less who's poster seems to truly be looking for an answer, support, or someone to bounce ideas off.

The reason for this thread was just to provide some interesting (or gross!) info. If it's offensive, please feel free to have it removed. No reason to stomp about on other folk's toes over silly info .

Cheers!

leslisa

Nah, just old and b*tchy :bigsmile:

Valqis

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

I would like some documented proof of this one please! and no, that is not my way of volunteering.