The "Useless Information" Thread

[zstairlessone]

Not calling it common. I said 'commonly grown.' Let me guess . . . you are a broccoli supporter, right? A broccoli fan boy perhaps? I feel so very sorry for you.

We used to talk about the common garden variety asparagus - that is until the riots. Asparagus stalking you everywhere you went, running amok through the corn fields, dumping silos and tipping cows. Just because they are a fast growing spring vegetable... Not so special in my book. I still have nightmares, we lost Uncle Phil to a small bunch down by the railroad tracks, Janet has never been the same.

You never know when produce might snap. I'm just saying...

 

[Roy Rob]

The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

 

[Roy Rob]

Fifteen people are known to have been crushed to death tilting vending machines towards them in the hope of a free can of soda.

 

[scifan57]

It's currently 3:47am, New Year's Day at the South Pole. Being at the pole, though, would mean that they could be on any time they choose, as all time zones converge at the poles.

 

[Roy Rob]

It's currently 3:47am, New Year's Day at the South Pole. Being at the pole, though, would mean that they could be on any time they choose, as all time zones converge at the poles.

I guess that you could place your feet 24 hours apart then?

 

[Roy Rob]

I guess that you could place your feet 24 hours apart then?

Although that would put them together again except the wrong way round. Lol !

 

[scifan57]

It's currently 3:47am, New Year's Day at the South Pole. Being at the pole, though, would mean that they could be on any time they choose, as all time zones converge at the poles.

I guess that you could place your feet 24 hours apart then?

Although that would put them together again except the wrong way round. Lol !

Your broken watch would always be correct.

 

[scifan57]

Love and Climax are located 688km apart, in Saskatchewan.

 

[Roy Rob]

Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes, but if ingested one raw castor bean would be fatal and four would kill a horse.

 

[scifan57]

Percentage of bird species that are monogamous, 90%.


Percentage of mammal species that are monogamous, 3%.

 

[scifan57]

The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War, which was fought on August 27th, 1896. It lasted 38 minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AngloZanzibarWar.jpg

 

[KevinJS]

King James II of Scotland, in 1457, issued a ban on the playing of golf.

James III in 1471 and James IV in 1491 both re-issued the ban on golf.

 

[scifan57]

King James II of Scotland, in 1457, issued a ban on the playing of golf.

James III in 1471 and James IV in 1491 both re-issued the ban on golf.

Those bans certainly weren't effective.

 

[esco]

Sheep have an extremely low prevalence of cancer so scientists are trying to find a way to inject fetal sheep cells into humans to combat tumors.

 

[Roy Rob]

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).