useless facts - Page 88

Jimbuna · 11-07-21, 01:24 PM

The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.

Jimbuna · 11-10-21, 12:51 PM

Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.

Platapus · 11-10-21, 03:09 PM

In 1917, 911 recipients of the Medal of Honor had their award rescinded. Only six of them had them reinstated.

Aktungbby · 11-10-21, 03:37 PM

Billy Dixon,

Buffalo Bill Cody, and Mary Walker

...wouldn't send hers back anyway were among the six!!??

Poor Tom Custer, who died alongside George at the
Battle of Greasy Grass,(winners get to name the battlefield

) had gotten two for capturing the enemy's colors in the Civil War...at least he died with his boots on! But looked good doing it!

Reportedly George was always a little jealous of his sibling!

Platapus · 11-10-21, 04:56 PM

Mary Walker was one of the six that got the award reinstated. Still making her the only woman to receive the MOH.

Aktungbby · 11-10-21, 11:14 PM

That's hardly a useless fact in the age of MeToo Movement!

Platapus · 11-11-21, 06:59 AM

Mary Walker had an "interesting" relationship with the US government.

She volunteered to be a spy for the United States during the Civil way. Her request was refused. Aka NOT a Spy

She was a certified physician, but when she volunteered to be a doctor, the government would only accept her as a nurse.

She was captured by the Confederates under suspicion of being a spy and imprisoned for four months.

Through correspondence between the two governments, it was realized that she was not a spy and was released as part of a prisoner exchange. Aka NOT a spy

After the way, she applied for a medical pension for injuries she suffered as part of her imprisonment. Her request was denied because now the US government thought she had deliberately gotten her self captured to act as a spy for the US government. Aka IS a spy.

Jimbuna · 11-11-21, 09:25 AM

There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.

Jimbuna · 11-13-21, 11:23 AM

The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.

Jimbuna · 11-14-21, 11:17 AM

At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.

Aktungbby · 11-14-21, 01:24 PM

Surely your not including serf-like helots with outright captive slaves!! That would be an insult to any peasant!

Although every Autumn, the Spartan army's Crypteia units would freely murder any helot they wished to w/o reprisal...generally in neighboring conquered Messinia. Helots, at 7 to 1 ratio to the elite Spartans, did most of the farming(hence the takeover of fertile Messinia??!) and as every hoplite knows: "an army travels on its stomach!"

Jimbuna · 11-15-21, 02:34 PM

In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

Aktungbby · 11-15-21, 02:50 PM

Quote:

never blinks

Yes he does; twice: For example, in the video below you can see him blink quickly during the 1:37 and 1:44 mark.

Catfish · 11-16-21, 02:59 AM

One horse has about fifteen horsepower.

Jimbuna · 11-16-21, 07:35 AM

A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

11-07-21, 01:24 PM	#1306
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet. __________________ 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)

11-10-21, 12:51 PM	#1307
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Elephants only sleep for two hours each day. __________________ 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)

11-10-21, 03:09 PM	#1308
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 1917, 911 recipients of the Medal of Honor had their award rescinded. Only six of them had them reinstated. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-10-21, 03:37 PM	#1309
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,850 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Billy Dixon, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Mary Walker...wouldn't send hers back anyway were among the six!!?? Poor Tom Custer, who died alongside George at the Battle of Greasy Grass,(winners get to name the battlefield) had gotten two for capturing the enemy's colors in the Civil War...at least he died with his boots on! But looked good doing it! Reportedly George was always a little jealous of his sibling! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

11-10-21, 04:56 PM	#1310
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Mary Walker was one of the six that got the award reinstated. Still making her the only woman to receive the MOH. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-10-21, 11:14 PM	#1311
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,850 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	That's hardly a *useless* fact in the age of MeToo Movement! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

11-11-21, 06:59 AM	#1312
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Mary Walker had an "interesting" relationship with the US government. She volunteered to be a spy for the United States during the Civil way. Her request was refused. Aka NOT a Spy She was a certified physician, but when she volunteered to be a doctor, the government would only accept her as a nurse. She was captured by the Confederates under suspicion of being a spy and imprisoned for four months. Through correspondence between the two governments, it was realized that she was not a spy and was released as part of a prisoner exchange. Aka NOT a spy After the way, she applied for a medical pension for injuries she suffered as part of her imprisonment. Her request was denied because now the US government thought she had deliberately gotten her self captured to act as a spy for the US government. Aka IS a spy. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-11-21, 09:25 AM	#1313
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330. __________________ 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)

11-13-21, 11:23 AM	#1314
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters. __________________ 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)

11-14-21, 11:17 AM	#1315
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves. __________________ 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)

11-14-21, 01:24 PM	#1316
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,850 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Surely your not including serf-like helots with outright captive slaves!! That would be an insult to any peasant! Although every Autumn, the Spartan army's Crypteia units would freely murder any helot they wished to w/o reprisal...generally in neighboring conquered Messinia. Helots, at 7 to 1 ratio to the elite Spartans, did most of the farming(hence the takeover of fertile Messinia??!) and as every hoplite knows: "an army travels on its stomach!" __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 11-14-21 at 01:37 PM.

11-15-21, 02:34 PM	#1317
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks. __________________ 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)

11-16-21, 02:59 AM	#1319
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	One horse has about fifteen horsepower. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

11-16-21, 07:35 AM	#1320
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A shrimp’s heart is in 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)