The Useless Facts Thread!

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.07.01 (01:25)

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

http://nmaps.net/user/enespanol4268 · Postby **enespanol4268** » 2010.07.01 (12:56)

spoilers do this:

click

no, they don't. :|

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.07.01 (14:10)

enespanol4268 wrote:spoilers do this:
Click
example

What's the point of that? Most people here know how to use a spoiler.

http://nmaps.net/user/enespanol4268 · Postby **enespanol4268** » 2010.07.01 (15:39)

987654321 wrote:
enespanol4268 wrote:spoilers do this:
Click
example
What's the point of that? Most people here know how to use a spoiler.

lol this is the useless facts thread

OWNED.

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2010.07.01 (22:14)

Useless facts doesn't equate to unnecessary spam. Owned.

www.nmaps.net/user/Sunset · Postby **Sunset** » 2010.07.02 (04:13)

Horseman lives in Scotland.

http://nmaps.net/user/arrange · Postby Ar » 2010.07.02 (21:27)

I'm using IE not Mozilla or Chrome.
Interesting.

www.nmaps.net/user/Sunset · Postby **Sunset** » 2010.07.02 (23:53)

highly interesting.

http://nmaps.net/user/BluePretzel · Postby **BluePretzel** » 2010.07.03 (01:07)

The longest word in the English language that isn't spelled with a repeated letter is 'uncopyrightable'.

The sentence 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter in the English alphabet.

http://nmaps.net/user/29403 · Postby **29403** » 2010.07.03 (01:40)

I think everyone knows that ;)

The chances of winning a EuroMillions draw is 1 in 76,275,360, and merely 1 in 24 if you just want to win a prize.

Website · Postby **trance** » 2011.04.03 (03:26)

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

http://nmaps.net/user/ · Postby **Vyacheslav** » 2011.04.03 (04:04)

The testicles of right whales each weigh 1,100lbs

http://nmaps.net/user/ENT474 · Postby **ENT474** » 2011.04.03 (04:08)

wayofn wrote:wumbo is a word

Spongebob much?

Google can kick you into gear.

http://nmaps.net/user/apakenua · Postby **Apakenua** » 2011.04.06 (02:02)

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
(An Australian kiss is down under)

Website · Postby **trance** » 2011.04.23 (02:10)

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

http://www.nmaps.net/user/999_Springs · Postby **999_Springs** » 2012.07.21 (16:23)

This is the first post in this thread for more than a year and the first time in 8 posts and 5 weeks that I've posted on a day of the week that is not Thursday.

http://nmaps.net/user/UniverseZero · Postby **Universezero** » 2012.07.21 (23:25)

The sound you hear when you put a large shell to your ear isn't actually the ocean. Beach shells are in tune to the resonant frequency of the dead. What you're hearing is the endless wails of the deceased.

http://www.nmaps.net/user/999_Springs · Postby **999_Springs** » 2012.07.22 (19:20)

The British newspaper Daily Mail believes that age, air, alcohol, aspirin, calcium, ham, honey, eggs, dogs, dieting, soup, being a woman, being a man, bubble bath, food from cans, being black, wearing bras, left-handedness, speedy cars, oestrogen, climate change, baby food, the menopause, beef, beer, pizza, pork, cereal, Worcester sauce, childlessness, children, vitamins, bacon, chocolate, retirement, deodorant and Facebook are things that could cause cancer. Source

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