useless facts - Page 129

Jimbuna · 09-05-22, 05:46 AM

Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do.

Platapus · 09-05-22, 05:57 AM

A regular BIC ballpoint pen can draw a line that’s about 2 kilometers long.

Aktungbby · 09-05-22, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do.

Well, I wish the stock market was more 'bullish'...my meager investments can't bear much more of the current ongoings on Wallstrasse!

Platapus · 09-05-22, 02:14 PM

The SR-71 Aircraft burned 5,000 pounds of fuel in order to just start up and taxi to the end of the runway.

Not including fuel used for the actual take-off.

Thirsty bird!

Jimbuna · 09-06-22, 06:53 AM

Newborns don't have kneecaps.

Platapus · 09-06-22, 02:26 PM

On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there is only one star that is mounted on a vertical surface instead of being embedded in the sidewalk.

That is Muhammad Ali's star, which was approved in a rather controversial decision that boxing was considered a form of "life performance".

Jimbuna · 09-07-22, 09:25 AM

In Germany, people help toads cross the road.

Aktungbby · 09-07-22, 11:40 AM

...not on the autobahn they don't!

Platapus · 09-07-22, 03:08 PM

Graveyards are associated, and normally colocated, with a church
Cemeteries are not associated with a church

Jimbuna · 09-08-22, 06:36 AM

Cheetahs don't roar.

Platapus · 09-08-22, 03:33 PM

In many movies, the tails of dogs/wolves have to be "CGIed". The reason is that the dog actors are usually happy and excited about performing that they can't control their wagger.

mapuc · 09-08-22, 03:40 PM

When the then-future English Queen Elizabeth II was to be married in 1947, clothing was still rationed, so she was therefore given special permission by the British government to get 200 extra clothing rationing marks in order to get the fabric for the wedding dress.
She also had to return hundreds of ration stamps that women across the country had sent her as gifts, as it was illegal to give them away.

Markus

Platapus · 09-09-22, 02:58 PM

The Word “Telephone” Was Used Before The Telephone Existed

The term actually predated the device as we know it. The word “telephone” was first used in 1828 by a man named Francois Sudre to describe his invention, which was a musical signaling device.

Jimbuna · 09-10-22, 08:07 AM

France has a dozen time zones.

Platapus · 09-10-22, 10:07 AM

Foldable backgammon boards became popular in the 16th century. The Catholic Church banned the playing backgammon and the foldable boards were made to resemble books.... hopefully not resembling the books that the Catholic church were burning.

09-05-22, 05:46 AM	#1921
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do. __________________ 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)

09-05-22, 05:57 AM	#1922
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	A regular BIC ballpoint pen can draw a line that’s about 2 kilometers long. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-05-22, 02:14 PM	#1924
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The SR-71 Aircraft burned 5,000 pounds of fuel in order to just start up and taxi to the end of the runway. Not including fuel used for the actual take-off. Thirsty bird! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-06-22, 06:53 AM	#1925
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Newborns don't have kneecaps. __________________ 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)

09-06-22, 02:26 PM	#1926
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there is only one star that is mounted on a vertical surface instead of being embedded in the sidewalk. That is Muhammad Ali's star, which was approved in a rather controversial decision that boxing was considered a form of "life performance". __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-07-22, 09:25 AM	#1927
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In Germany, people help toads cross the road. __________________ 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)

09-07-22, 11:40 AM	#1928
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,894 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	...not on the autobahn they don't! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 09-07-22 at 11:53 AM.

09-07-22, 03:08 PM	#1929
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Graveyards are associated, and normally colocated, with a church Cemeteries are not associated with a church __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-08-22, 06:36 AM	#1930
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Cheetahs don't roar. __________________ 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)

09-08-22, 03:33 PM	#1931
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In many movies, the tails of dogs/wolves have to be "CGIed". The reason is that the dog actors are usually happy and excited about performing that they can't control their wagger. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-08-22, 03:40 PM	#1932
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,943 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	When the then-future English Queen Elizabeth II was to be married in 1947, clothing was still rationed, so she was therefore given special permission by the British government to get 200 extra clothing rationing marks in order to get the fabric for the wedding dress. She also had to return hundreds of ration stamps that women across the country had sent her as gifts, as it was illegal to give them away. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

09-09-22, 02:58 PM	#1933
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Word “Telephone” Was Used Before The Telephone Existed The term actually predated the device as we know it. The word “telephone” was first used in 1828 by a man named Francois Sudre to describe his invention, which was a musical signaling device. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-10-22, 08:07 AM	#1934
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	France has a dozen time zones. __________________ 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)

09-10-22, 10:07 AM	#1935
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Foldable backgammon boards became popular in the 16th century. The Catholic Church banned the playing backgammon and the foldable boards were made to resemble books.... hopefully not resembling the books that the Catholic church were burning. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.