useless facts - Page 118

Platapus · 06-14-22, 03:16 PM

The United Kingdom is the world's largest distributor of Independence Days.

Jimbuna · 06-15-22, 12:14 PM

“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.”

Platapus · 06-15-22, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.”

That's the fourth time you liked this one.

Platapus · 06-15-22, 03:21 PM

Ducks have the ability to sleep with one eye closed and half of their brain asleep. They then switch out. This allows them to have constant awareness to avoid predators while still sleeping.

Ostfriese · 06-16-22, 06:25 AM

Anyone who claims to have an IQ beyond 160 usually hasn't understood something very important about IQs and thus is likely to have a (much) lower IQ.

Jimbuna · 06-16-22, 10:13 AM

Ravens know when someone is spying on them

Platapus · 06-16-22, 03:44 PM

Think you are hung like a duck?

The average length of a duck's penis is 8 inches.

One species of duck, the Argentine Lack Duck (Oxyura vittata), has a 17″ long penis.

Does not seem to be "lacking" much

Uff da

Otto Harkaman · 06-17-22, 12:00 AM

Research shows that most violent ethnic cleansing occurred when members of the majority community gained combat experience as soldiers.

Platapus · 06-17-22, 02:21 PM

The aardvark has an entire scientific order to itself. It is the only species in the genus Orycteropus, which is the only genus in the family Orycteropidae. Which, in turn, is the only family in the order Tubulidentata.

Jimbuna · 06-18-22, 09:55 AM

You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.

Jeff-Groves · 06-18-22, 11:36 AM

Ugly Bags of mostly water.
While the average percentage of water in a person’s body is around 60%, the percentage can vary from roughly 45–75%.

Otto Harkaman · 06-18-22, 05:45 PM

Many Thoroughbred breeders will use lights to fool a mare’s body into thinking it is spring so that she will go into heat early.

Jimbuna · 06-19-22, 09:07 AM

Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.

Aktungbby · 06-19-22, 10:26 AM

: /\ wait a bit; the Chinese are in the Solomons; were thwarted in Greenland, ...and are expanding into the south Atlantic....

to misquote the late Duke of Edinburgh: I'm getting slitty in anticipation:

....

Jimbuna · 06-20-22, 01:18 PM

There are 10 times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand in the world’s deserts and beaches.

06-14-22, 03:16 PM	#1756
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,985 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The United Kingdom is the world's largest distributor of Independence Days. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-15-22, 12:14 PM	#1757
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	“Dreamt” is the only word in the English language that ends with “mt.” __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-15-22, 03:21 PM	#1759
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,985 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ducks have the ability to sleep with one eye closed and half of their brain asleep. They then switch out. This allows them to have constant awareness to avoid predators while still sleeping. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-16-22, 10:13 AM	#1761
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ravens know when someone is spying on them __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-16-22, 03:44 PM	#1762
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,985 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Think you are hung like a duck? The average length of a duck's penis is 8 inches. One species of duck, the Argentine Lack Duck (Oxyura vittata), has a 17″ long penis. Does not seem to be "lacking" much Uff da __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-16-22, 06:25 AM	#1760
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,178 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Anyone who claims to have an IQ beyond 160 usually hasn't understood something very important about IQs and thus is likely to have a (much) lower IQ.

06-17-22, 12:00 AM	#1763
Otto Harkaman Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Posts: 924 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Research shows that most violent ethnic cleansing occurred when members of the majority community gained combat experience as soldiers. __________________ "If you want to know the age of the Earth, look upon the sea in a storm." -Joseph Conrad USS Pompano (SS-181) https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-pompano-181.htm

06-17-22, 02:21 PM	#1764
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,985 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The aardvark has an entire scientific order to itself. It is the only species in the genus Orycteropus, which is the only genus in the family Orycteropidae. Which, in turn, is the only family in the order Tubulidentata. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-18-22, 09:55 AM	#1765
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-18-22, 11:36 AM	#1766
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,383 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Ugly Bags of mostly water. While the average percentage of water in a person’s body is around 60%, the percentage can vary from roughly 45–75%.

06-18-22, 05:45 PM	#1767
Otto Harkaman Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Posts: 924 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Many Thoroughbred breeders will use lights to fool a mare’s body into thinking it is spring so that she will go into heat early. __________________ "If you want to know the age of the Earth, look upon the sea in a storm." -Joseph Conrad USS Pompano (SS-181) https://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-pompano-181.htm

06-19-22, 09:07 AM	#1768
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Antarctica is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-19-22, 10:26 AM	#1769
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,970 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	: /\ wait a bit; the Chinese are in the Solomons; were thwarted in Greenland, ...and are expanding into the south Atlantic.... to misquote the late Duke of Edinburgh: I'm getting slitty in anticipation:.... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

06-20-22, 01:18 PM	#1770
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are 10 times more stars in the night sky than grains of sand in the world’s deserts and beaches. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)