The thread of Useless Facts

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TankAss95
Unlike most carbonated drinks, Fanta contains no caffeine.
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Besides Caffeine Free Diet Coke, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Mt. Dew, Caffeine Free Diet Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sierra Mist...? ;)
 
Vodka and ice will ruin your kidneys.

Rum and ice will ruin your liver.

Whiskey and ice will ruin your heart.

Gin and ice will ruin your brain.

Coke and ice will ruin your teeth.

Apparently ice is lethal!!! ~ Warn all your friends: Lay off the ice
 
TB
Besides Caffeine Free Diet Coke, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Mt. Dew, Caffeine Free Diet Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sierra Mist...? ;)
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Some of these drinks are not available in the UK. I tried Sierra Mist when I was on holiday to the US and A. Amazing stuff. :drool:

Did you know that drinking half a glass of fruit juice every morning will improve your health dramatically.
 
FishforRent
Vodka and ice will ruin your kidneys.

Rum and ice will ruin your liver.

Whiskey and ice will ruin your heart.

Gin and ice will ruin your brain.

Coke and ice will ruin your teeth.

Apparently ice is lethal!!! ~ Warn all your friends: Lay off the ice
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:lol:

I've emptied two trays of the cold stuff so my kid doesn't become a fiend!
 
You can't name a folder "con" on any computer with Windows installed.

Bees don't have ears.

The Beatles used the word "love" in their songs exactly 613 times.

Most dreams are completely forgotten just 10 minutes after you wake up.

Until 2007, all Russian cosmonauts had to bring guns with them to space.

The Romans invented the lollipop.

Hitler and Napoleon both had only one testicle.
 
If you sneeze and fart at the same time you spin round like a Catherine wheel...

...possibly. :odd:
 
Excellent! Good luck with that. Don't forget to have a friend nail you to the fence first!
 
axletramp
Excellent! Good luck with that. Don't forget to have a friend nail you to the fence first!
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I heard that's how pilots used to train themselves on how to cope with G-Forces in the past, somewhere...
 
The can be no such thing as a 'new and improved product'.

For something to be improved then it must have already been in existence and therefore cannot be 'new'.
 
shem
The can be no such thing as a 'new and improved product'.

For something to be improved then it must have already been in existence and therefore cannot be 'new'.
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True. Describing a product as being "revised" would be a more fitting title.
Sometimes companies as a whole can be so stupid, yet so smart. We as the consumers, though are partially to blame.

Britain had lost an estimated 15-20% of it's total wealth after World War 1.
 
In 2006, people consumed $30.5 trillion worth of goods and services, up 28 percent from just 10 years earlier. This rise in consumption has resulted in a dramatic increase in resource extraction; the world digs up the equivalent of 112 Empire State Buildings worth of materials each day, with the typical American consuming an average of 88 kilograms (194 pounds) of stuff daily-more than most Americans weigh. If the whole world lived like this, Earth could sustain only 1.4 billion people, or just a fifth of the current population, the report notes.

Where it is clear that it useful to know there is over-consumption in the US, that we need to aspire an other model to live, etc...

What is the use of the "the world digs up the equivalent of 112 Empire State Buildings worth of materials each day"?
 
Firstly, who's burying all these buildings and secondly, that statement does not take into account the increased amount of recycled materials being used in many of the world's goods.
 
^^ I don't actually think that's a useless fact. It seems more up for debate than anything.
 
shem
^^ I don't actually think that's a useless fact. It seems more up for debate than anything.
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What I stated:
1) Over-consumption is not a useless fact, that is a discussion.
2) "The world digs up the equivalent of 112 Empire State Buildings worth of materials each day" is.
 
Contrary to popular belief, Ducks quack's do echo.
 
'Twelve plus one' is and anagram of 'Eleven plus two' (= 13)
 
PeterJB
Why would people doubt that? If it's a sound wave, it will echo in the correct environment. :)
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People will believe anything if it's stupid enough to sound true.
 
shem
The can be no such thing as a 'new and improved product'.

For something to be improved then it must have already been in existence and therefore cannot be 'new'.
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Whenever I heard of "new and improved" I always understood it as a new version of an existing product. It does make sense if you think about it this way.
 
Dravonic
Whenever I heard of "new and improved" I always understood it as a new version of an existing product. It does make sense if you think about it this way.
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👍 Exactly.

FishforRent
Vodka and ice will ruin your kidneys.

Rum and ice will ruin your liver.

Whiskey and ice will ruin your heart.

Gin and ice will ruin your brain.

Coke and ice will ruin your teeth.

Apparently ice is lethal!!! ~ Warn all your friends: Lay off the ice
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I told my father that and he thought that was hilarious.
 
TankAss95
Britain had lost an estimated 15-20% of it's total wealth after World War 1.
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That was mostly because of our debts to America, Lloyd Georges "land fit for hero's" reforms and the coal mines losing trade which Churchill made worse by putting britain back on the gold standard and helped lead to the general strike in 1926.
I have now made everyone bored of the useless facts thread A Levels FTW.
 
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