The thread of Useless Facts

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Originally posted by Klostrophobic
If you increase the pressure, the water will boil at a higher temperature.

Useless, useful... you be the judge.

Okay, how about the boiling temperature then? I'm still not sure I'm right.

I'm not positive about my toilet paper post either.
 
The boiling temperature increases as pressure increases.

Water ONLY boils at 100 degrees celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.

Like, duh! :D
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
The boiling temperature increases as pressure increases.

Water ONLY boils at 100 degrees celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.

Like, duh! :D
What would be the boiling pressure at 180,000 feet?

Would freezing temperature increase with the loss of atmospheric pressure?
 
What I meant was that it can't heat over the boiling temperature. And like I said, I'm still not even sure that this is right. I just wasn't expecting a science enthusiast to come along & make me look like an idiot. :lol:
 
Like I said earlier, I'm an ass. Maybe that was a useful fact.

Well, I guess you can't heat over the boiling temperature. Unless you add salt ot the water or something else like that. But then again, I don't know what I'm talking about.

--I smell like good.
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic
Well, I guess you can't heat over the boiling temperature. Unless you add salt ot the water or something else like that.

I GIVE!!! Please stop making me look stupid! :banghead:
 
he is not trying to make you look stupid Tazio, just arguing with you.
 
Don't worry about it. I probably made myself look like a gigantic jackass. Several times over.

I mean, did you read some of my posts? If you haven't don't do it. If you have, I'm sorry.
 
It takes a mouse exactly 4 hours to die in an "Easy-Bake" oven.
 
Originally posted by milefile

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
Metal-tipped lawn darts have been illegal in the United States since 1988.

I'm the champion of completely useless, stupid information.
 
1 never mix sleeping pills and laxatives.
2 The Person in the middle of Talentless' avatar did NOT play Neelix on ST:Voyager (Ethan Phillips did, not Wallace Shawn)
3 Never touch your tongue to a power adapter, even if it isn't plugged in.
4 Socks and sandals are a no-no
5 By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
6 The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
7 The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'
 
I think he's got you there.

I bet Bangle could turn the Sunfire into an even bigger piece of crap without even trying!
 
Originally posted by Klostrophobic

I bet Bangle could turn the Sunfire into an even bigger piece of crap without even trying!
There is simply no way it can get worse.
 
Here's some:
Most Mazdas have a gear ratio of 1 to 1 in 3rd or 4th gear.
All Mazda 4 lug wheels, excepting the Miata, are interchangable to other 4 lug, same with 5 lug, depending on offsets.
2 of the 4 new Mazdas(the Atenza/6, the RX-8, the Mazda 2, and the Mazda Axela/3) use the name form A-E-A.
The rotors in a rotary engine are placed 120 degrees opposite eachother.
The original Mazda concept car had '87 626 GT wheels, which were 4 lug, yet the production car's 4 lugs are a different pattern.
The 3 flags in the AutoZam emblem are supposed to represent the 3 companies of Mazda, Suzuki, and Ford.
The Eunos Cosmo was the first car to have a GPS navagational system.
The MX-3 GS had the world's smallest production V6, just 1.8L, while the MX-6 LS's 2.5 was the same size externally.
In South Africa, they make new 323s(the Stinger) that basically are the same as the '88 323.
The first Mazda North American headquarters was located in Vancuver Canada.
There are signs at Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca that advertise the RX-8 with the slogan "hmmmmmm" refering back to the mid '70s commercials.
Mazda made my style 323 in Japan as a convertable called the Familia Cabriolet.
The Mazda 6 brochure shows a Protege 5 in one of the pictures of the 6.
The '88 626 brochure shows a switch location on the dash taped off with red tape.
In Gran Turismo 2, when you go to the East City, the cursor starts on Mazda.
Mazda is currently using the song "1 way or another" in thier Zero Time Event, the same song they used in the '90s for sales events.
Mazda has the world record for most roadsters produced.
In '89, the 10th anniversary RX-7 was originally going to have the 3 rotor 20B from the Eunos Cosmo Type E, but due to retooling costs, it wasn't used, though 1 such fully drivable RX-7 was made by Mazda and a RX-7 designer owns it.
A devision of Mazda was proposed in the early '90s called Amati. The project called for several luxury models powered by V12s. Amati never happened.

That's enough for now.
 
Originally posted by MazKid
Here's some:
Most Mazdas have a gear ratio of 1 to 1 in 3rd or 4th gear.
All Mazda 4 lug wheels, excepting the Miata, are interchangable to other 4 lug, same with 5 lug, depending on offsets.
2 of the 4 new Mazdas(the Atenza/6, the RX-8, the Mazda 2, and the Mazda Axela/3) use the name form A-E-A.
The rotors in a rotary engine are placed 120 degrees opposite eachother.

etc....

That's enough for now.

You're an enormous nerd.



:p
 
Inside IBM servers, components encased in orange plastic can be replaced while the server is running. Not so with the blue-plastic components. To replace these, the server must be switched off.

This is a useful fact to me. I would, however, hypothesis that it's less than useful to those who are not IT Professionals.
 
The fuel injected version of the Alfa Romeo 33, launched in Australia in 1988, actually had less horsepower than the carburettor version it replaced - let's not discuss smoothness, torque, emissions or economy.
 
TCP/IP stands for:

Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol.

TCP/IP is on the 4th layer right Giles?
 
Putting a few drops of Visine in someone's drink will give them a bad case of diarrhea.

The boiling point of water at 104,986 foot elevation is 157°F.

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Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1982 was not a man, but The Computer.
 
2 The Person in the middle of Talentless' avatar did NOT play Neelix on ST:Voyager (Ethan Phillips did, not Wallace Shawn)

I was wrong. I was only guessing. It was a good guess though, based on voice. I'll tell you though, they're both annoying, though, I'd rather see The Princess Bride than any episode of Voyager.
 
Originally posted by boombexus
TCP/IP stands for:

Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol.

TCP/IP is on the 4th layer right Giles?

Well, you left out the slash. It's Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, but I'll let you off.

I'm not sure about the layering - I guess it could depend upon your frame of reference.

A TCP/IP packet consists of the following elements:

Source Address
Destination Address
Datagram Size
Datagram
Cyclic Redundancy Check information
Terminator.
 
Originally posted by MistaX
Post your useless facts here, I'll start it off (most of these from experiance)

Never spray WD40 when you have a lit cigarette around.
Never fill a glass jar full of water and put it on the stove
Never throw a full sodacan at a person's head
Avoid saying the word Cute infront of your male friends.
If its not broken, do not attempt to fix it.
Never overclock.
Don't trust anyone. Ever. No exeptions.
Never try and carry a refridgerator down stairs alone.
Avoid saying someone sucks at doing something, because that can come back and bite you in the ass. Hard.

Thats all for now, I'll be back with more later.

These arent actually facts!, there recommendations..

here's a useless fact..

The audio CD has a standard length of 74 minutes..

why?

well the Japanese dude that invented it in 1981 had to pick a length and since his favourite piece of music was Beethoven's 5th, (which is exactly 74 mins long) he chose that...

there was no scientific reason..

i heard that one TV the other day...
 
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