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Here is a great one;

Michael Jackson is black.

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I haven't seen a single interesting "fact" in this thread yet. A more appropriate title would be "Boring and apocryphal tidbits."

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Originally posted by rwingett
I haven't seen a single interesting "fact" in this thread yet. A more appropriate title would be "Boring and apocryphal tidbits."
How about this;

The fennec fox is the smallest wild dog alive today. At birth the fennec weighs two pounds (0.8 kilograms) and will weigh three pounds (1.5 kilograms) in adulthood.

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Originally posted by Peachy
How about this;

The fennec fox is the smallest wild dog alive today. At birth the fennec weighs two pounds (0.8 kilograms) and will weigh three pounds (1.5 kilograms) in adulthood.
So you're saying that a fennec fox is 2/3 the weight of an adult at birth? Wow, that's really, really interesting. 😴

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Originally posted by rwingett
I haven't seen a single interesting "fact" in this thread yet. A more appropriate title would be "Boring and apocryphal tidbits."
Interesting fact no 41

There will always be at least one plonker who comes along and says that nothing previously stated interests them, yet they keep coming back for more, rather than just staying hidden under the troll bridge.

🙄

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Originally posted by adramforall
Interesting fact no 41

There will always be at least one plonker who comes along and says that nothing previously stated interests them, yet they keep coming back for more, rather than just staying hidden under the troll bridge.

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Now thats truly interesting! rec'd.

One last fact before bed time:

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.

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Originally posted by Peachy
Now thats truly interesting! rec'd.

One last fact before bed time:

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
ohhh... and one needs really big ears to read it.

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Originally posted by rwingett
How many complete falsehoods can someone spot on this list without looking them up? I know that [b]6. Holland has the densest population per square mile of any nation in the world is wrong. Singapore has a much higher population density.[/b]
Some of those seem like they need to be tested by someone like Mythbusters or something. Like the dumping a scorpian in alcohol.... it just doesn't seem 100% plausable. ^^;;

~The MCP

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Originally posted by rwingett
So you're saying that a fennec fox is 2/3 the weight of an adult at birth? Wow, that's really, really interesting. 😴
What sort of facts do you find interesting?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
What sort of facts do you find interesting?
Facts about porcupines. Foxes are bo-o-o-ring.

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Originally posted by Peachy
Now thats truly interesting! rec'd.

One last fact before bed time:

The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Perfect. A fictional language for a fictional book. What could be better?

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Porcupines enjoy "golden showers" as foreplay.

Porcupines sometimes stab themselves with their own quills. Probably because of this, the quills act as antibiotics.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Porcupines enjoy "golden showers" as foreplay.

Porcupines sometimes stab themselves with their own quills. Probably because of this, the quills act as antibiotics.
Ummmm...maybe foxes weren't so bad afterall.

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Originally posted by rwingett
Facts about porcupines. Foxes are bo-o-o-ring.
Online Porcupines: People who seem unable to write a sentence that lacks a barb. There’s a rude, condescending, dismissive, or insulting edge to nearly everything they say. Often these barbs are thinly disguised as humor, or as hyper-rationality.

Believe it or not, most porcupines are not aware of how irritating or hurtful they can be. They believe it’s “just their personality,” or they transfer the problem to you. ("Can’t you take a joke?"😉 They believe they are concealing their vulnerabilities, when in fact barbs only make underlying insecurities more obvious.

( http://blog.contentious.com/archives/2005/01/28/online-porcupines-pricky-business-online-vermin-part-1 )

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Online Porcupines: People who seem unable to write a sentence that lacks a barb. There’s a rude, condescending, dismissive, or insulting edge to nearly everything they say. Often these barbs are thinly disguised as humor, or as hyper-rationality.

Believe it or not, most porcupines are not aware of how irritating or hurtful they can be. They believe it ...[text shortened]... g.contentious.com/archives/2005/01/28/online-porcupines-pricky-business-online-vermin-part-1 )
Get a grip.