Useless Fact of the Day

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Over 1/4th of global hazelnut production is bought by an Italian company to make Nutella.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    Over 1/4th of global hazelnut production is bought by an Italian company to make Nutella.

    And we love them for it.
  • tbright1965
    tbright1965 Posts: 852 Member
    zhenjagumenjuk1706 wrote: »
    If you buy too fast moto you will ride it whole your life utill the death

    In the event of the failure of your primary parachute, you have the rest of your life to deploy your reserve parachute.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    One of the "A"s in Aaron is silent, and we will never know which it is.
  • SirMxyzptlk
    SirMxyzptlk Posts: 841 Member
    The Porsche 911 has been built in Stuttgart Germany since it started in the early 60's. It actually was to be called the 901, but Peugeot owned the rights to all car names with three numbers and a zero at the center.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    SirMxyzptlk wrote: »
    The Porsche 911 has been built in Stuttgart Germany since it started in the early 60's. It actually was to be called the 901, but Peugeot owned the rights to all car names with three numbers and a zero at the center.

    I had a 1990 Peugeot when I lived in Houston in the mid 90's. I loved that car! I hated getting rid of it.
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    99 Bottles of beer on the wall, if you knock one down there will be 98 bottles of beer on the wall
  • lsulit
    lsulit Posts: 3 Member
    Lasmartchika wrote: »
    It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop. :yum:

    Unless it's a porn star, then it's 94 ;)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Not once in any of the seven fast and furious movies did they stop for gas.
  • StormToday
    StormToday Posts: 46 Member
    Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Artificial diamonds are literal carbon copies.
    (unless maybe they're made of silicon)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If humanity disappeared overnight, there’d be so many morning alarms going off with out anyone left to turn them off.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The person who invented the first invention also invented inventions.
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    In 1998, the City of Des Moines, Iowa rejected a pedestrian bridge design for being "too modern." The design was based on plans made by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1504.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vebjørn_Sand_Da_Vinci_Project#Global_Leonardo_Bridge_Project

  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    If nobody has rights technically everyone has equal rights.
  • wanderingarcher
    wanderingarcher Posts: 694 Member
    Though someone might find it useful.
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    After realizing his voice would be dubbed, David Prowse, the actor for Darth Vader, often improvised his lines which resulted in his co-stars having to respond to the correct lines anyway.
  • sniper300_Rum
    sniper300_Rum Posts: 1,073 Member
    Diet Dr Pepper really doesn’t taste like regular dr pepper and Gyko really dont save you 15% or less by switching
  • losingit711
    losingit711 Posts: 316 Member
    The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Arnold Schwarzenegger faked interest in the movie "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" to trick Stallone into starring in it. Sylvester Stallone later called the movie "maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen."
  • wanderingarcher
    wanderingarcher Posts: 694 Member
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  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    edited March 2019
    Mardi Gras was actually first observed in the "new world" by French pioneers in Mobile, Alabama in 1703.

    Edited because autocorrect changed Mardi to "Marci"
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    With great power comes great electricity bill.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    In morse code, “K” = “-.-“, maintaining the same passive aggression as it does in a text response.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    All the materials needed to create today’s technology has existed since the beginning of earth, they just weren’t properly put together yet.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Most people in real life die with 0 human kills.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    William Shatner directed 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' because of a clause in his contract dating back to the original series ensuring that whatever Leonard Nimoy got—he did too. So after Nimoy directed 'Star Trek IV', Shatner insisted that he get a turn at directing a movie.

    (IMO - it was a horrible movie and their worst one)
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.
  • corrarjo
    corrarjo Posts: 1,157 Member
    edited March 2019
    The following figures were born, raised by someone other than their parents, grew up to learn their true identities, and fulfilled their destinies.
    • Oedipus: King Polybus of Corinth; the (true) son of King Laius of Thebes; killed his (true) father as foretold by the Oracle.
    • Moses: Pharaoh; a Hebrew slave; led his people out of bondage.
    • Romulus: raised by a she-wolf; son of the Roman god of war, Mars; killed his brother Remus and founded Rome.
    • Jesus: Mary and Joseph; Son of God; died for the sins of mankind.
    • Arthur Pendragon: Merlin the Magician; son of Uther Pendragon; pulled the sword from the stone and united England.
    • Superman: Ma and Pa Kent; alien from Krypton; served Truth, Justice and the American Way.
    • Luke Skywalker: Uncle Owen; son of Darth Vader; saved the galaxy.
    It's a common theme. There are plenty more if you search the history books.

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