useless facts - Page 53

Jimbuna · 05-10-21, 07:27 AM

Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

mapuc · 05-10-21, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean C

This is a somewhat misleading statement, IMHO. We use 100%, but only 10% at a time (on average).

In a way you are both correct.

Imagine our brain as it was a Harddisc. The harddisc has a capacity of 1 TB, but you have only 10 GB on it...But these 10 GB is saved all over the harddisc and not at one place on the Harddisc.

Watch the movie Lucy.

Markus

Jimbuna · 05-10-21, 01:16 PM

For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side."

Platapus · 05-10-21, 03:53 PM

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth.

Jimbuna · 05-11-21, 06:05 AM

70% of all boats sold are used for fishing.

Platapus · 05-11-21, 04:01 PM

Lord Byron allegedly kept a pet bear in his dorm room while studying at Cambridge University.

Jimbuna · 05-12-21, 12:06 PM

You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.

Platapus · 05-12-21, 04:22 PM

The first dog to have a leading role in a movie was Jean, a female Collie. She was also known as the Vitagraph Dog. Her first movie was in 1909.

Jimbuna · 05-13-21, 07:30 AM

If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth.

Mr Quatro · 05-14-21, 10:35 AM

I've said this word for most of my life without really understanding why I said it, except I thought it meant that everything had gone bad, was here no more, gone period.

Now I have a new perceptive of the word kapoop, kapoopy, kapoopie

kapoop
To take a explosive crap.

Translations for kapoop
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
· كابوبArabic
· kapoopCzech
· kapoopDanish
· KapaunGerman
· καπόπGreek
· kapoopEsperanto
· kapoopSpanish
· کاپوپPersian
· kapoopFinnish
· kapoopFrench
· kapoopIrish
· कपूपHindi
· kapoopHungarian
· կապոոպArmenian
· kapoopIndonesian
· kapoopItalian
· kapoopHebrew
· kapoopJapanese
· ಕಪೂಪ್Kannada
· KapoopKorean
· kapoopLatin
· kapoopDutch
· kapoopNorwegian
· kapoopPolish
· kapoopPortuguese
· kapoopRomanian
· kapoopRussian
· kapoopSwedish
· கபூப்Tamil
· కపూప్Telugu
· kapoopThai
· kapoopTurkish
· капупUkrainian
· kapoopUrdu
· kapoopVietnamese
· kapoopYiddish
· 木瓜Chinese

Aktungbby · 05-14-21, 11:20 AM

/\ my proctologist says this is not useless information!

...and,...in the end, we all speak a common language.

mapuc · 05-14-21, 12:00 PM

In the future the astronaut may be eating their own faeces, who should taste like Marmite after have gone through a microbiological process.

Markus

Aktungbby · 05-14-21, 12:34 PM

Soylent Brown??!!

Jimbuna · 05-14-21, 01:25 PM

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Jeff-Groves · 05-14-21, 04:35 PM

The first person ever to ride over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel was a 43-year-old female schoolteacher.

Although it's not been proven?
She may hold the record for the most times saying
"Oh ****!" in the limited time falling.

05-10-21, 07:27 AM	#781
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency. __________________ 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)

05-10-21, 01:16 PM	#783
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side." __________________ 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)

05-10-21, 03:53 PM	#784
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-11-21, 06:05 AM	#785
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	70% of all boats sold are used for fishing. __________________ 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)

05-11-21, 04:01 PM	#786
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Lord Byron allegedly kept a pet bear in his dorm room while studying at Cambridge University. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-12-21, 12:06 PM	#787
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206. __________________ 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)

05-12-21, 04:22 PM	#788
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The first dog to have a leading role in a movie was Jean, a female Collie. She was also known as the Vitagraph Dog. Her first movie was in 1909. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-13-21, 07:30 AM	#789
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If you go blind in one eye you only lose about one fifth of your vision but all your sense of depth. __________________ 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)

05-14-21, 10:35 AM	#790
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've said this word for most of my life without really understanding why I said it, except I thought it meant that everything had gone bad, was here no more, gone period. Now I have a new perceptive of the word kapoop, kapoopy, kapoopie kapoop To take a explosive crap. Translations for kapoop From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary · كابوبArabic · kapoopCzech · kapoopDanish · KapaunGerman · καπόπGreek · kapoopEsperanto · kapoopSpanish · کاپوپPersian · kapoopFinnish · kapoopFrench · kapoopIrish · कपूपHindi · kapoopHungarian · կապոոպArmenian · kapoopIndonesian · kapoopItalian · kapoopHebrew · kapoopJapanese · ಕಪೂಪ್Kannada · KapoopKorean · kapoopLatin · kapoopDutch · kapoopNorwegian · kapoopPolish · kapoopPortuguese · kapoopRomanian · kapoopRussian · kapoopSwedish · கபூப்Tamil · కపూప్Telugu · kapoopThai · kapoopTurkish · капупUkrainian · kapoopUrdu · kapoopVietnamese · kapoopYiddish · 木瓜Chinese __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

05-14-21, 11:20 AM	#791
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,862 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	/\ my proctologist says this is not useless information!...and,...in the end, we all speak a common language. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-14-21, 12:00 PM	#792
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,888 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	In the future the astronaut may be eating their own faeces, who should taste like Marmite after have gone through a microbiological process. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

05-14-21, 12:34 PM	#793
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,862 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Soylent Brown??!! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-14-21, 01:25 PM	#794
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Women blink nearly twice as much as men. __________________ 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)

05-14-21, 04:35 PM	#795
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	The first person ever to ride over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel was a 43-year-old female schoolteacher. Although it's not been proven? She may hold the record for the most times saying "Oh ****!" in the limited time falling. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.