Useless Fact of the Day
Options
Replies
-
The Donkey Kong high score submitted on VHS by Billy Mitchell in "The King of Kong" ended up leading to him being stripped of all his world records for cheating. Investigators were able to use footage in the the DVD extras to discover the fraudulent record.0
-
Lightning storms can make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter.1
-
The plural of man is men. The plural of woman is women, but the plural of human isn't humen.1
-
Every able-bodied resident of the Russian village of Tsovkra can tightrope walk. The tradition goes back more than 100 years and nobody is sure how it started.2
-
New Line Cinema gambled their entire company on the success of the Lord of The Rings franchise, by committing to all three films for > $270M up front.1
-
If a band put out only one album, it is also their "greatest hits" album.3
-
this might have been done, but:
there are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky3 -
For every part of human history, one of your relatives was there.1
-
Law in England states that it is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances2
-
In the Star Trek universe, Enterprise is called Enterprise because of a line of space ships with that name starting with one of the first manned spaceships from Earth. In real life, the first space shuttle was called Enterprise because of Star Trek.1
-
When NBC decided to air 'The Office' after the Super Bowl, execs encouraged the show's producers to cast celebrity guest stars. They booked Jack Black, Jessica Alba, and Cloris Leachman but instead of writing them in with the regular cast, they stared in a fake movie the cast watched.0
-
You eat 4to10 bugs a year in your sleep. Spiders mostly.1
-
HeatherMRV93 wrote: »You eat 4to10 bugs a year in your sleep. Spiders mostly.
Good news! This is a myth.
I have seen more than 3 spiders in my life is a fact. And 100% useless.2 -
Everything can be a boomerang if you throw it straight up.3
-
Mandrake is a real plant. It's even mentioned in the Bible. They do not however cry and kill you.2
-
"Eruct" is synonymous to "burp".1
-
The snow used in the Wizard of Oz was 100% pure asbestos.1
-
I hear a lot of people advocate for unapproved "natural" remedies/supplements. Some of the logic they give is that the drugs were made from something so why not just take the "natural" ingredient the drugs were made from.
The first ACE Inhibitor, a class of frequently used antihypertinsives with their generic names ending in "pril", was derived from the venom of the Brazilian Viper, Bothrops Jararaca. So by the "natural" logic, people who take this type of med would be better off going to Brazil and getting themselves bitten/killed by that snake than taking a pill every day. I suppose it would be effective for the goal of reducing blood pressure, but is it worth it?2 -
You never actually bite down, you always bite up.1
-
In every movie or video of Santa it shows him flying over and missing hundreds of houses at a time.1
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.5K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.7K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.6K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 391 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.7K Motivation and Support
- 7.8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.2K MyFitnessPal Information
- 22 News and Announcements
- 924 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.3K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions