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Xtreme
Sat Sep 23, 2006, 02:19 AM
I love useless information! I have a good friend who seems to collect vast amounts of random useless info, and informs me of it daily, and I was thinking it might be funny to share some of it with you, and in return if anyone knows some thay can post it here.

Did you know that a cricket has ears on its legs! :?

Xtreme
Sat Sep 23, 2006, 02:37 AM
And did you know that......

Lake Malawi has the largest number of fish species in the world.

The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows.

In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year.

The Barbie doll has more than 80 careers.

It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy.

Some silkworms can spin cocoons that contain more than two miles of silk.

A whale's penis is called a dork.

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Starfish haven't got brains.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

So there you go!!

DIY
Sat Sep 23, 2006, 03:27 AM
some of my favourites courtesy of www.strangefacts.com & www.strange-facts.com :lol:

Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation

The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad

Slugs have 4 noses

More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world

A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue

Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States

Saunas outnumber cars in Finland

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card

marg
Sun Sep 24, 2006, 12:57 AM
From now on I am going to totally squash Cockroaches and I promise never to say anyone is a dork again :lol: :lol: .

Very good Rebecca, nothing like a bit of laughter to brighten a dull day - go girl!!!

marg.

aquaholic
Sun Sep 24, 2006, 01:07 AM
I think i will sleep alot better tonite:)

DR.V
Sun Sep 24, 2006, 07:53 AM
Useless info but I still read it LOL

chrissyoscar
Mon Sep 25, 2006, 12:20 AM
I haven't got any useless info - well not yet - but I have a question.
If you were traveling at the speed of light and nothing we know goes faster than light what happens when you turn a light on?
:?

Xtreme
Thu Sep 28, 2006, 05:00 AM
I haven't got any useless info - well not yet - but I have a question.
If you were traveling at the speed of light and nothing we know goes faster than light what happens when you turn a light on?
:?

Hmmmm :?

DiscusMad
Thu Sep 28, 2006, 12:19 PM
a rat can suvive longer without water than a camel

Nathan
Thu Sep 28, 2006, 12:32 PM
I haven't got any useless info - well not yet - but I have a question.
If you were traveling at the speed of light and nothing we know goes faster than light what happens when you turn a light on?
:?

the room gets brighter :D

Robdog
Thu Sep 28, 2006, 05:25 PM
They know the particular acid in chilli that makes it burn.
They know the stuff in milk that soothes that chilli burn.

They can make tissues with added aloe vera, why not toilet paper with that stuff from milk added?????

Xtreme
Fri Sep 29, 2006, 06:14 AM
They know the particular acid in chilli that makes it burn.
They know the stuff in milk that soothes that chilli burn.

They can make tissues with added aloe vera, why not toilet paper with that stuff from milk added?????


You are up far to late and thinking way to much!! :D :D

Robdog
Fri Sep 29, 2006, 11:56 AM
Well I wouldn't have been up so late if they had invented the milk flavoured toilet paper :shock: :lol:

shawn barker
Fri Sep 29, 2006, 08:56 PM
Well I wouldn't have been up so late if they had invented the milk flavoured toilet paper :shock: :lol:

You are not meant to eat the stuff...its used better at the other end :lol:

Robdog
Sat Sep 30, 2006, 04:47 AM
its used better at the other end :lol:

That's kind of what I was implying :wink: