useless facts

[Jimbuna]

Christian nurses were not allowed to nurse Jewish babies.

This was declared by King Henry III in 1235. If these wet nurses were to do so, it was believed that it could weaken the faith of the infants as they grow up.

[Platapus]

The largest cuckoo clock bird weighs 149 kilograms (330 pounds) and measured 4 meters (14 feet) long. Those who wish to scare themselves with the world’s biggest cuckoo can visit the clock in Triberg, in Germany.

[Jimbuna]

The tooth of an elephant weighs around 9 pounds.

[Ostfriese]

American actor Norman Lloyd (born 8 Nov 1914, died 11 May 2021) played roles in movies in nine different decades.


He also attended a game in both the 1926 World Series and the 2017 World Series, 91 years apart.

[Jimbuna]

The Swiss are known to eat the most chocolate in the world.

[Platapus]

Balloon fetishists experience a build-up of arousal as they anticipate a balloon getting popped. They refer to themselves “looners.”




Which may be a typo.

[Jimbuna]

Sumo wrestlers often make babies cry for good luck.

This is based on the Japanese belief that if a sumo wrestler can make a baby cry, then that person will lead a healthy life.

[Platapus]

It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.


Perhaps they should consider hiring people to make the peanut butter

[Ostfriese]

A few days ago I told you about the unit "Barn", used for a very VERY small area.

To have more fun with odd units someone multiplied a Barn with a Megaparsec to create a Barn-megaparsec. A Megaparsec is equal to about 3.26 million light years, the Andromeda Galaxy (the galaxy closest to the Milky Way) is about 0.78 megaparsec away.

A Barn-megaparsec thus is a unit of volume, and one Barn-megaparsec equals about 3 milliliters (about two thirds of your average tea spoon).

[Platapus]

Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA – Virginia's Thomas Jefferson and Georgia's Jimmy Carter.

[Jimbuna]

The Diana monkey takes its name from a Roman goddess.

The stripe on its head closely resembles the bow that the Roman goddess held.

[mapuc]

Theagenes of Thassos was a famous Greek athlete at the Olympic Games, said to have won 1,300 victories, and when he died, a bronze statue was raised on the island of Thassos in his honour.
However, one of his former opponents was not a fan of this, so he tried to destroy the statue. Instead, the statue broke free, fell on the man and killed him.
Since no one was above the law in ancient Greece, the statue was therefore convicted of murder and thrown into the sea as punishment. Unfortunately, the island was hit by drought soon after, and when the oracle of Delphi was sought out for advice against the drought, she told them to return Theagenes.
So the islanders pulled the statue out of the water again, and it has since been believed to have healing powers.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Only 3 mammals experience menopause.

[Platapus]

Legumes In Space!!!!!


Astronaut Alan Shepard brought a peanut with him to the moon.

[Jimbuna]

The human bone is stronger than steel.