useless facts - Page 80

Catfish · 09-01-21, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean C

Hey, I remember him from Bonanaza!

They always had this flaming and burning Bonanza intro, now it seems there are wildfires where the location was.

Jimbuna · 09-01-21, 01:35 PM

When possums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

Jimbuna · 09-02-21, 01:43 PM

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants!

mapuc · 09-02-21, 01:50 PM

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But that's fiction. It started back in the 1970s when a politician proposed a cash-strapped Finish city stop purchasing Donald Duck comics for a youth center.

https://www.10news.com/news/fact-or-...-wearing-pants

Markus

Jimbuna · 09-03-21, 12:12 PM

There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!

Jimbuna · 09-04-21, 01:22 PM

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

Jimbuna · 09-05-21, 11:14 AM

Dolphins sleep with one eye open!

Platapus · 09-06-21, 04:21 AM

Before the opening of DisneyLand, in 1955, the most popular tourist attraction in Southern California were the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Cemeteries.

Catfish · 09-06-21, 08:41 AM

The english word "trumpery", which derives from a french word meaning "to deceive", is defined in the dictionary as "showy but worthless".

Jimbuna · 09-06-21, 10:15 AM

A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

Jimbuna · 09-07-21, 01:20 PM

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!

Jimbuna · 09-08-21, 12:43 PM

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Sean C · 09-08-21, 04:20 PM

That's not so useless. I know I'll be standing on the other side if I'm ever near a cave from now on, anyway.

Might be fun to tell a "friend" to stand on the exit side at dusk.

Jimbuna · 09-09-21, 05:40 AM

The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.

Catfish · 09-09-21, 09:18 AM

^ What about flies? Bees? Wasps? Dragonflies ... a.s.o.

09-01-21, 01:35 PM	#1187
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	When possums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. __________________ 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)

09-02-21, 01:43 PM	#1188
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants! __________________ 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)

09-03-21, 12:12 PM	#1190
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building! __________________ 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)

09-04-21, 01:22 PM	#1191
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand! __________________ 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)

09-05-21, 11:14 AM	#1192
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Dolphins sleep with one eye open! __________________ 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)

09-06-21, 04:21 AM	#1193
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Before the opening of DisneyLand, in 1955, the most popular tourist attraction in Southern California were the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Cemeteries. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-06-21, 08:41 AM	#1194
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,892 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The english word "trumpery", which derives from a french word meaning "to deceive", is defined in the dictionary as "showy but worthless". __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

09-06-21, 10:15 AM	#1195
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A jellyfish is 95 percent water! __________________ 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)

09-07-21, 01:20 PM	#1196
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States! __________________ 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)

09-08-21, 12:43 PM	#1197
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. __________________ 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)

09-08-21, 04:20 PM	#1198
Sean C Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 904 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 2	That's not so useless. I know I'll be standing on the other side if I'm ever near a cave from now on, anyway. Might be fun to tell a "friend" to stand on the exit side at dusk. __________________ If you have a question about celestial navigation ... ask me! Celestial Navigation Spreadsheet

09-09-21, 05:40 AM	#1199
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head. __________________ 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)

09-09-21, 09:18 AM	#1200
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,892 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ What about flies? Bees? Wasps? Dragonflies ... a.s.o. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.