useless facts - Page 121

Platapus · 07-09-22, 09:12 AM

When a spider is done with its web, it eats it.

This helps them produce more webs.

Jimbuna · 07-10-22, 01:39 PM

The heads on Easter Island have bodies.

Jimbuna · 07-11-22, 07:35 AM

The moon has moonquakes.

Jimbuna · 07-12-22, 12:03 PM

Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators.

Jimbuna · 07-13-22, 12:00 PM

There's no such thing as "pear cider."

mapuc · 07-13-22, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

There's no such thing as "pear cider."

?? So what is it that I drank a lot of when I lived in Sweden-Päron Cider.

Markus

Jimbuna · 07-13-22, 12:26 PM

"Cider" is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples, and only apples. Alcoholic beverages can be made from pears, but that drink is known as "perry." The drink was popular in England for centuries but fell out of favor during the second half of the twentieth century. That turned around in the 1990s when the drink was rebranded as pear cider.

mapuc · 07-13-22, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

"Cider" is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples, and only apples. Alcoholic beverages can be made from pears, but that drink is known as "perry." The drink was popular in England for centuries but fell out of favor during the second half of the twentieth century. That turned around in the 1990s when the drink was rebranded as pear cider.

Thank you for explaining it for me. So you were right.

Well the Pear cider I bought was without alcohol, but in in the Swedish Systembolaget-System company you can buy pear cider with a high percentage alcohol.

Markus

Jimbuna · 07-14-22, 05:39 AM

Humans are the only animals that blush.

Platapus · 07-14-22, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Humans are the only animals that blush.

Man is the only animal that blushes--or needs to. -Mark Twain.

Platapus · 07-15-22, 05:02 PM

The first recorded marriage on roller skates was in 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin between a Miss Hattie Baldwin and Mr. W. McGrath

Jimbuna · 07-16-22, 01:47 PM

The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.

Jimbuna · 07-17-22, 01:26 PM

The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months.

Jimbuna · 07-18-22, 07:29 AM

You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.

Platapus · 07-18-22, 04:08 PM

In 1924, major light bulb manufacturers banned together to voluntarily down grade the lifespan of incandescent light bulbs in the US and other countries. They also agreed to fix the price.

This was one of the first multinational planned obsolescence schemes.

It did not end until the start of WWII.

Here is a nice documentary on it

07-09-22, 09:12 AM	#1801
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When a spider is done with its web, it eats it. This helps them produce more webs. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-10-22, 01:39 PM	#1802
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The heads on Easter Island have bodies. __________________ 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)

07-11-22, 07:35 AM	#1803
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The moon has moonquakes. __________________ 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)

07-12-22, 12:03 PM	#1804
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators. __________________ 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)

07-13-22, 12:00 PM	#1805
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There's no such thing as "pear cider." __________________ 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)

07-13-22, 12:26 PM	#1807
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Cider" is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples, and only apples. Alcoholic beverages can be made from pears, but that drink is known as "perry." The drink was popular in England for centuries but fell out of favor during the second half of the twentieth century. That turned around in the 1990s when the drink was rebranded as pear cider. __________________ 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)

07-14-22, 05:39 AM	#1809
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Humans are the only animals that blush. __________________ 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)

07-15-22, 05:02 PM	#1811
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The first recorded marriage on roller skates was in 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin between a Miss Hattie Baldwin and Mr. W. McGrath __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-16-22, 01:47 PM	#1812
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer. __________________ 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)

07-17-22, 01:26 PM	#1813
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months. __________________ 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)

07-18-22, 07:29 AM	#1814
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight. __________________ 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)

07-18-22, 04:08 PM	#1815
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 1924, major light bulb manufacturers banned together to voluntarily down grade the lifespan of incandescent light bulbs in the US and other countries. They also agreed to fix the price. This was one of the first multinational planned obsolescence schemes. It did not end until the start of WWII. Here is a nice documentary on it __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.