useless facts

[Platapus]

The first implantable pacemaker was used in 1958. Arne Larsson, who received the pacemaker, lived longer than the surgeon who implanted it.

[Jimbuna]

The world's deepest postbox is in Japan.

It can be found in Susami Bay which is located in Wakayama, Japan. The post is 10 meters underwater and most people require a diving suit just to get to it.

[Platapus]

The youngest person to receive heart surgery was only one minute old.


Wow!

[Jimbuna]

DUI offenders in Ohio are required to use yellow license plates.

[Platapus]

The Fairy Fly, which is actually a type of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature

[Jimbuna]

The oldest condom ever found dates back to the 1640s.

[Platapus]

Here is a twofer


The American Pygmy Shrew is the smallest living mammal. Its has the highest heart beat rate of an average of 1,200 beats per minute

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The oldest condom ever found dates back to the 1640s.

That is a damnable lie! https://www.ancient-origins.net/weir...condom-0017004

When Tutankhamun’s tomb was first discovered in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter was stunned by the astonishing array of grave goods – more than 5,000 artifacts were left for the boy king to use in his afterlife. But amongst all the gold, silver, ebony, ivory , precious jewelry, weapons, furniture, fine linen and rare perfumes, a small piece of cloth caught the eyes of the experts; it was King Tut’s condom and, apparently, it was deemed essential for him to take into eternity. Tutankhamun’s condom, which contained traces of his DNA, consisted of a sheath made of fine linen, soaked in olive oil, and attached to a string that would have tied around his waist. Dated to 1350 BC, it is the oldest known condom in existence. If the condom was used for contraceptive, rather than ritual purposes or the prevention of disease, it is unlikely to have been very effective. Indeed, the remains of two fetuses were also found in his tomb, and genetic testing revealed King Tut was the father.

[Jimbuna]

La Paz, Bolivia is constantly at a temperature of below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

[Platapus]

Most heart attacks happen on Mondays


To be safe, just don't do Mondays.

[Jimbuna]

Majority of the Muppets are left-handed.

This is mainly because most of their puppeteers are right-handed. This implies that they operate the head with their dominant hand.

[Ostfriese]

The 1979 Boomtown Rats song is not titled "Tell me why I don't like mondays.", like many people think.


It's actually "Tell me why?" - "I don't like mondays" and is a reference to Brenda Ann Spencer, who at the age of 16 killed two people and injured nine others in the Cleveland Elementary Shooting in San Diego, CA, on January 29, 1979. When asked why she shot (and killed) the people she answered "I don't like mondays. This livens up the day."
Spencer was sentenced to 25 to life in 1980. She became eligible for parole in 1993, but has been denied parole six times. Her next opportunity for a parole hearing will be in 2025, and by then she will be 63 years old, 45 of which she will have spent imprisoned.

[Jimbuna]

Bacon was once a Middle English term used to refer to all pork.

[mapuc]

Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalyev is considered to be the last citizen of the Soviet Union.
He was in space when the Soviet Union disintegrated in December 1991, which meant that the country that sent him up no longer existed, and he was therefore stranded in space.
His launch point and also his landing point were in the new country of Kazakhstan, so his journey home was a bit more complicated than planned.
He therefore ended up staying in space twice as long as planned and landed in a completely new world situation, where his hometown Leningrad had also changed its name to Saint Petersburg.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Bulls are color blind.