Useless Trivia

[Nono]

Damn!

[brien]

Quote by: CoffeeSaint After noticing that my post count has now hit 904 (though of course this thread puts it over that) I was reminded of something I learned in junior high: something that is so trivial, so pointless, that it's almost Zen-like in its idiocy. And that, of course, means that I gain great satisfaction from the fact that I know this thing. And here it is: It takes 904 licks to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop. Yes, I counted. Straight licks, never putting the pop in my mouth and sucking -- and no biting. A friend of mine did the same thing, and he got 907, so I'm within a reasonable margin of error. Anybody else know any useless facts they have learned through direct experience? Here's another one: You can open the trunk of a 1979 Toyota Corolla from the inside. Also from personal experience. What do you know?

Immediately after birth, the Praying Mantis(Stagomantis carolina) first meal is usaually a sibling .

The adult female usually eats the male after or during mating.:eek:


Other interesting facts of the insect:Praying Mantid Information

[Atlas]

Sometime during the cold war NASA invested a million dollars in developing a pen that would write in outer space.

As for the Russians they just used a pencil...

[Compugasm]

Yeah, but the Russians don't have pencils that you can flip upside down, and watch the grass skirt slide off the picture of the girl inside.

[Nono]

But they don't work in zero-gravity. Anyway, I suspect that Atlas's example is another urban myth.

OK, let's get back to some class trivia. Who won the FA Cup Final in 1953? "Mao Tse Tung?" Sorry.

[bishop]

in an average day, your hands will have come into indirect contact with 15 penises (touching door handles, etc.).

every day you breathe in 1 liter of other peoples' ass gas.

annually, you will shake hands with 6 men who've recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.

in a year, you will have swallowed 14 insects while asleep.

annually, you will shake hands with 11 women who've recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.

an average person's yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.

at an average wedding reception, you have a 1/100 chance of getting a cold sore from one of the guests.

during an hour's swimming at a municipal pool, you will ingest 1/12 liter of urine.

[Scribbler1]

Quote by: Nono But they don't work in zero-gravity. Anyway, I suspect that Atlas's example is another urban myth.

The "space pen" DOES work in zero-g. It has a nitrogen pressurized ink supply, if memory serves. It was big in the late 60's.

OK, let's get back to some class trivia. Who won the FA Cup Final in 1953? "Mao Tse Tung?" Sorry.

Shoulda asked him what year Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr won the Eurovision Song Contest. Mao don't know jack about sport.

[Warning Label]

Actual Law: In Florida, it's illegal to have sex with porcupines.

Makes you wonder what genius caused that law to be put into effect....

[Nono]

Jeez, bishop, who compiled all those statistics for you? Someone with an Enterprise Institute grant no doubt.

My favourite is the first one since I wasn't aware that so many guys open doors with their penises. But live and learn...

Quote by: Scribs The "space pen" DOES work in zero-g.

No, I meant that Compugasm's slide-off-grass-skirt pen doesn't work in zero gravity. And let's face it, which is the more important implement up there?

[Jack]

As a proud owner of Fisher pens, I have to say that this,

Sometime during the cold war NASA invested a million dollars in developing a pen that would write in outer space.

is incorrect. The Fisher pen company had already developed the pen. All it had to do was add the nitrogen cylinder to push the ink out in zero-g. NASA bought the pens from them.
Fisher Space Pen Co. - Engineered for Better Writing

[bishop]

Quote by: nono Jeez, bishop, who compiled all those statistics for you? Someone with an Enterprise Institute grant no doubt. My favourite is the first one since I wasn't aware that so many guys open doors with their penises. But live and learn...

heh.. it's all because people take a piss and don't bother to wash their hands..

i actually heard these factoids for the first time about a year ago on the local news. dunno who did the study, but i know that sharing a bag of crisps with a firend gives you a 10% chance of ingesting a small amount of their faeces.

[Nono]

Here's some trivia (though for all I know it may be a state secret):

Donald Rumsfeld has never suffered from hemorrhoids or piles.

[bishop]

damn.. that's too bad.

any word if cheney ever had some hemorrhoids?

[Scribbler1]

Cheney IS a hemorrhoid. The worst part of an asshole.

[bishop]

better than a santorum, which is a mixture of cum and shit dripping out of a gay man's arse...

[Compugasm]

Quote by: Isherwood As a proud owner of Fisher pens, I have to say that this, is incorrect. The Fisher pen company had already developed the pen.

Also, the research into these projects, does spur some good inventions. Not specifically my "hula-girl" pen, but the counter argument is that Russia might have lost some future opportunity by using a simple pencil.

[Scribbler1]

Quote by: bishop better than a santorum, which is a mixture of cum and shit dripping out of a gay man's arse...

Outside of that nauseating imagery, Santorum is a vile creature indeed. You are lucky you live too far North to get his campaign ads.
Just tonight I saw the most despicable campaign ad for that scumbag I have ever seen IN MY LIFE!!

Smoke filled room with the usual assortment of nasty looking stereotypical political hacks. The voice over says something about each nasty looking character (in B&W to boot) while words like "unethical contractor" or "indicted campaign contributor" (I don't recall the actual titles) and monetary amounts supposed to represent huge contributions show under the faces of these sleazy gentlemen. All of these creeps are supposed to be his opponent, Bob Casey's contributors.
Very realistic and very dramatic. The problem is, right at the beginning of the spot, in tiny letters at the lower left of the screen similar to "professional driver, do not attempt" and for only a second or less, it says "actor portrayals".

This right wing darling is a slimy little weasel, isn't he? He currently trails Casey and I hope this ad kills his chances.

[bishop]

santorum really stepped up his bigotry campaign over the past couple years. i'm not sure if it was that, or his lockstep apologism for bush that's drowning him in the polls, but he's definitely in rough shape.

definitely a weak commercial ad too.. i am glad i don't have to see that. instead, i have a bunch of whiney democrats fighting it out to see who can be the most liberal of the bunch. caught a glimpse of the latest democratic primary debate and color me completely unimpressed.

btw, that imagery is a product of the boston dig.. the free version of the onion.

[Scribbler1]

Quote by: bishop santorum really stepped up his bigotry campaign over the past couple years. i'm not sure if it was that, or his lockstep apologism for bush that's drowning him in the polls, but he's definitely in rough shape.

With campaign ads like that one, it won't say much for mainstream Republicans if this clown wins.

[abub]

the chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning