The thread of Useless Facts

[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.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Evian spelled backwards is naive.

 

[mayorbill11]

Ketchup bombs don't exist... yet.

 

[Der Alta]

Always predict the path of a hammer when you pull a nail.

Always predict the path of other peoples golf club.

Remember that a trash bag contains static electricity which can prematurely combine with Acetylene.

Brunette's aren't always better drivers than blonds.

AO

 

[Klostrophobic]

If you want to make it count go down the road, not across the street.

Miller Light has half the calories of Bud Light.

There was a molasses flood in Boston on January 15, 1919 that killed 21 people and injured 150 people.

Doug DeMuro was the first person to admit to liking Chris Bangle.

 

[milefile]

Never enclose a cat in a carpeted room, even for a little while.
Never hike the Grand Canyon in flip flops.
Never wear or say "flip flops".
Never read threads with "useless" in the title.

 

[Talentless]

Fact is, some of these are suggestions, not facts. Not tangible ones.

 

[Jpec07]

"A Man a plan a canal panama" spelled backwards is the same thing
Bicycle helmets are only good for one accident
Cat-pee glows in the dark
Calories aren't what make you fat, laziness is...

 

[milefile]

• In 1956 the phrase, "In God We Trust", was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
• Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
• Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
• Time magazine's "Man of the Year" for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.
• Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
• Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

 

[Talentless]

Fact

This is very bad grammar: ""A Man a plan a canal panama"

 

[Talentless]

Facts

I'm right handed

Fact

The ancient Greeks were aware that the earth was round.

The golden ratio is 1:1.618

Twinkies have a 30 day shelf life.

Diet Dr. Pepper does not taste like regular Dr. Pepper.

The middle person in my avatar played neelix on star trek voyager

 

[Jugend]

"Matrix Reloaded" is not based on a true story.

 

[Talentless]

Matrix, as with many popular sci fi movies are overrated. Not exactly fact, but I'm right.

 

[wana b drifter]

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.

you can spray WD40 on a lite cigarette and it wouldn't start a fire. there must be a spark for the WD40 to start a fire.

 

[Talentless]

Garey Coleman has more specific plans than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon
the fastest fish is the sailfish

 

[Talentless]

Bird Facts

There are over 9,200 species of birds throughout the world. Of this large number of bird species, 46 species do not fly.

A bird is a warm blooded animal.

Every bird has two legs.

The characteristic feature of every bird is the feather.

The bones of a bird are hollow.

The largest bird is the ostrich.

The smallest bird is the hummingbird.

The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards and sideways.

The fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift, which can fly as fast as 100MPH! (If you exclude the diving approach speed of the peregrine falcon.)

The popular bird known as the Flamingo, has the longest tongue.

The longest wing span of a bird is 8-13 feet, which is the marabou stork.

The longest lifespan of a bird is held by various species of the parrot, which can exceed 100 years!
http://www.laughinglizards.com/bird-t-shirts.htm (Bottom of page.)

 

[Tazio]

you can spray WD40 on a lite cigarette and it wouldn't start a fire. there must be a spark for the WD40 to start a fire.

In MistaX's defense, he never said it would start a fire. He just said don't do it.

Never throw a full sodacan at a person's head

It kinda depends on who's head it is.

I'm right handed

Okay, that was a useless fact. Everyone take note.

- The average american flushes the equivelant of an entire tree down the toilet every year.

 

[Talentless]

My right eye is my stronger eye.

 

[Tazio]

- I can pop my big toe whenever I want.
- My sister's dog is named Rufus.
- This is my 60th post.
- Now we're getting so useless, that this thread is in danger of being closed.

 

[MistaX]

A quickie:
Avoid getting into personal uselessness

 

[Tazio]

Oh, see now I'm drawing a blank. I can think of nothing more useless than myself.

- It's impossible for water to heat above 212 degrees Farenheit(100 degrees Celcius). It will only boil & evaporate faster.

 

[wana b drifter]

GM is really starting ta suck. its like they just copy Mopar.

 

[miata13B]

Fact
A Volkswagen Jetta is FWD.
Opinion - Why not RWD, it would be better

Fact
Moses Malone became the first player to go from high school straight into pro basketball in 1974.

Fact
On this day in History. . .
August 21, 1911
Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia. It was recovered in 1913.

Fact
It is Wilt Chamberlain's Birthday

Fact
U.S. Postal Service processes 38 million address changes each year.

Fact
A U.S. company came out with a toilet night-light that sends out a green warning beacon when the seat is up.

Fact
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

Fact
Bill Bowerman, founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter.

Fact (Nice nickname btw)
Honda's trademark acronym VTEC stands for Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control

Fact
If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.

Fact
In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin.

 

[Klostrophobic]

Originally posted by Tazio
Oh, see now I'm drawing a blank. I can think of nothing more useless than myself.

- It's impossible for water to heat above 212 degrees Farenheit(100 degrees Celcius). It will only boil & evaporate faster.

UNTRUE! If you were below sea level the water would boil at a higher temperature. On Jupiter it would probably boil at over 800 degrees celsius.

--My third finger from the left on my right hand is pointed directly at the monitor.

--The nineteenth letter of my name is 'y.'

--I suck.

 

[miata13B]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
--I suck.

I think you put that in the wrong thread Klos, that should be in the thread of Useful facts

Fact
I just ordered a pizza with breadsticks and they said it was going to be here in 40 minutes. . .

Fact
it got here in 15 minutes, the driver knows me

 

[Race Idiot]

Originally posted by MistaX
Never overclock.

I can't belive you of all people said that.

My Useless fact

The Biostar TZA0203D motherboard does not recognise 120gb HDD's.

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
[B--The color blue is different from the color green. [/B]

How true.

Whoa, I quoted you before you said it.

 

[Klostrophobic]

--If you don't tip someone for getting there 25 minutes early, you are the cheapest mother****er alive.

--The color blue is different from the color green.

 

[Tazio]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
UNTRUE! If you were below sea level the water would boil at a higher temperature. On Jupiter it would probably boil at over 800 degrees celsius.

Cheater! Change the rules & of course I'll be wrong. Actually, I didn't know if I was right about this in the first place. It was years ago, but I thought that I remembered this from high school.

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
--I suck.

Yes you do.

 

[Klostrophobic]

If you increase the pressure, the water will boil at a higher temperature.

Useless, useful... you be the judge.

 

[miata13B]

Originally posted by Klostrophobic
--If you don't tip someone for getting there 25 minutes early, you are the cheapest mother****er alive.

--The color blue is different from the color green.

Fact
I am an extremely well tipper, at least 25%. I use to work the service industry and I know how they get by in life.

Fact
The Colour Blue is different then the colour green