useless facts - Page 181

Jimbuna · 07-15-23, 05:35 AM

Yo-YOS - The yo-yo of today is based on a hunting aid created by Filipino tribespeople to stun and disorientate animals. An American businessman turned the weapon into a toy in the 1920s.

Jimbuna · 07-16-23, 08:55 AM

Zip - Whitcomb L. Judson, a mechanical engineer from Chicago, invented a number of labour-efficient items... including the zipper.

Platapus · 07-16-23, 02:28 PM

In WWII the U.S. Navy operated two coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers

Jimbuna · 07-17-23, 03:33 AM

Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an earthquake.

Jimbuna · 07-17-23, 01:34 PM

Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.

Jimbuna · 07-18-23, 12:42 PM

There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named “Kleopatra.”

Jimbuna · 07-19-23, 05:26 AM

Close to 70 percent of the world's freshwater is held in glaciers and ice sheets.

Jimbuna · 07-20-23, 05:09 AM

Australia is "technically" wider than the moon.

Platapus · 07-20-23, 04:24 PM

Dalmatian puppies are born without spots.

Jimbuna · 07-21-23, 04:46 AM

20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.

Platapus · 07-22-23, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.

And I apologized!

Note to self: No more Taco Bell

Platapus · 07-22-23, 05:35 AM

The first U.S. Air-to-Air combat victory in the Korean Conflict was with a F-82... and the second... and third.

Jimbuna · 07-22-23, 05:43 AM

Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back up to 9,000 years ago!

Jimbuna · 07-22-23, 06:44 AM

The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.

Jimbuna · 07-23-23, 07:46 AM

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.

07-15-23, 05:35 AM	#2701
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yo-YOS - The yo-yo of today is based on a hunting aid created by Filipino tribespeople to stun and disorientate animals. An American businessman turned the weapon into a toy in the 1920s. __________________ 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)

07-16-23, 08:55 AM	#2702
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Zip - Whitcomb L. Judson, a mechanical engineer from Chicago, invented a number of labour-efficient items... including the zipper. __________________ 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)

07-16-23, 02:28 PM	#2703
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,979 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In WWII the U.S. Navy operated two coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-17-23, 03:33 AM	#2704
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an earthquake. __________________ 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)

07-17-23, 01:34 PM	#2705
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. __________________ 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)

07-18-23, 12:42 PM	#2706
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named “Kleopatra.” __________________ 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)

07-19-23, 05:26 AM	#2707
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Close to 70 percent of the world's freshwater is held in glaciers and ice sheets. __________________ 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)

07-20-23, 05:09 AM	#2708
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Australia is "technically" wider than the moon. __________________ 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)

07-20-23, 04:24 PM	#2709
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,979 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Dalmatian puppies are born without spots. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-21-23, 04:46 AM	#2710
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour. __________________ 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)

07-22-23, 05:35 AM	#2712
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,979 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The first U.S. Air-to-Air combat victory in the Korean Conflict was with a F-82... and the second... and third. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-22-23, 05:43 AM	#2713
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back up to 9,000 years ago! __________________ 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)

07-22-23, 06:44 AM	#2714
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii. __________________ 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)

07-23-23, 07:46 AM	#2715
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. __________________ 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)