The thread of Useless Facts

[Crumpet]

Bwaha! 2 down.....

My eyes are hurting now

 

[noisiaturismo]

Being hungry can be useful for people who like being hungry.

 

[TankAss95]

Being hungry can be useful for people who like being hungry.

Did you know that many people chronically dehydrated and mistake thirst with hunger.

 

[noisiaturismo]

Did you know that many people chronically dehydrated and mistake thirst with hunger.

Yes

 

[sems4arsenal]

I think it was Nat Geo's factoid, so I dunno. I'd be careful.

Edit: Airplanes would be a prime place to find a spider I would think. Maybe even an exotic one without a known anti venom. Check your luggage before bringing it home.

Is this related to America or all parts of the world ?

 

[dhandeh]

Cheese is a kind of meat.

 

[Crumpet]

Cheese is a kind of meat.

Isn't it just cubed milk? Cheese isn't something that is usually said to be meat, but when you think about it you can see why.

 

[Rit]

Owls cannot move their eyes...

 

[Spacegoat]

You are never farther than 20 feet from a spider at any point in your life.

Unless you live in country Australia like myself than it's probably more like 10 feet.

 

[Wyvern_64]

You are never farther than 20 feet from a spider at any point in your life.

False. Scuba diving 100 feet underwater -> no spiders within 20 feet.

 

[Vitzio]

A house once contained over 2000 brown recluse spiders and the inhabitants were never bitten once.

I can believe that. In Texas they're very common here, I bet there's probably around five recluses in my garage.

 

[Cowboys965]

Japan has more English speaking people than America.

 

[Akira GT]

Japan has more English speaking people than America.

But Japan's population is smaller than the US... isn't it??

Edit:
2010 Census Japan: 128,056,026
2010 Census USA: 308,745,538

 

[Watt2159]

"Dammit I'm mad" is "Dammit I'm mad" spelled backwards.

 

[SafaditM3]

"Dammit I'm mad" is "Dammit I'm mad" spelled backwards.

Interesting..

 

[dhandeh]

Isn't it just cubed milk? Cheese isn't something that is usually said to be meat, but when you think about it you can see why.

 

[Famine]

Some people need to learn to differentiate between "Useless" and "Useless fact".

A useless fact is a piece of information that would form a question in a trivia quiz - non-essential data. Useless is something that isn't even information and liable to attraction an Infraction for useless posts, what with it being in a post and useless.

No-one gains anything from knowing that someone who cannot trouble his shift key or expend a whole three keystrokes required to spell "you" likes pie. No-one will win Jeopardy by knowing this. It's not a useless fact, it's just useless.

Back to the trivia.

 

[Crumpet]

What?

 

[bonobo4]

Some people need to learn to differentiate between "Useless" and "Useless fact".

A useless fact is a piece of information that would form a question in a trivia quiz - non-essential data. Useless is something that isn't even information and liable to attraction an Infraction for useless posts, what with it being in a post and useless.

No-one gains anything from knowing that someone who cannot trouble his shift key or expend a whole three keystrokes required to spell "you" likes pie. No-one will win Jeopardy by knowing this. It's not a useless fact, it's just useless.

Back to the trivia.

You ever seen the TV show Pointless? Good for pointless trivia.

 

[Cowboys965]

But Japan's population is smaller than the US... isn't it??

Edit:
2010 Census Japan: 128,056,026
2010 Census USA: 308,745,538

I think it was more of soon to overtake the U.S. In English speakers, plus that big number of U.S. Population doesn't all speak English!

^ And this thread is invalid?

 

[dhandeh]

In the movie "Toy Story", the carpet designs in Sid's hallway is the same as the carpet designs in "The Shining."

 

[OwensRacing]

Apples float in water. While pears do not.

 

[ChaosStar79]

In the movie "Toy Story", the carpet designs in Sid's hallway is the same as the carpet designs in "The Shining."

: "Put the bat down, Woody. Woody? Give me the bat..."

But Japan's population is smaller than the US... isn't it??

Edit:
2010 Census Japan: 128,056,026
2010 Census USA: 308,745,538

This is believable in Florida. Or even Lexington for that matter. Makes me wish I'd paid more attn in espanol class.

 

[sumbrownkid]

: "Put the bat down, Woody. Woody? Give me the bat..."



This is believable in Florida. Or even Lexington for that matter. Makes me wish I'd paid more attn in espanol class.

We speak American!

Anyway, It's kind of annoying to visit Miami, and visit a shop in which the cashier doesn't speak English.

I mean if I moved to Mexico, I'd learn Spanish to speak with the locals.

The cashier may have not been confident in their English, but I would have the patience to help them out.

 

[marluxiaXI11]

The Japanese people only know enough English to pass a college entrance exam.

 

[DG_Silva]

The Japanese people only know enough English to pass a college entrance exam.

That's still more English than the Americans know....

 

[CrashBandicoot]

In Russia, if the weather man gives wrong weather infomation, he gets fined.

 

[ChaosStar79]

We speak American!

Anyway, It's kind of annoying to visit Miami, and visit a shop in which the cashier doesn't speak English.

I mean if I moved to Mexico, I'd learn Spanish to speak with the locals.

The cashier may have not been confident in their English, but I would have the patience to help them out.

Yeah that exact cashier situation has happened a few times for me. Luckily, I understand just enough Spanish to complete your average convenient store purchase but not much more.

 

[Spagetti69]

In Russia, if the weather man gives wrong weather infomation, he gets fined.

Uh. If it doesn't snow that day?

 

[DG_Silva]

Well, that's easy. It snows every day in Russia anyway. They could show repeats from 1976 and it would still be accurate...