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DID you know that.... The Useless information thread....
federica
Seeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
....Was started by Fede because she thought it might be a moment of transitory entertainment in a world of permanent Impermanence....?
Let's start with something deep and meaningful....
In the Old Testament, before David could marry Saul's daughter, Michal, he had to collect the foreskins of 100 Philistines.
Let's start with something deep and meaningful....
In the Old Testament, before David could marry Saul's daughter, Michal, he had to collect the foreskins of 100 Philistines.
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Did you know...
You can make knitting yarn out of bamboo?
My useless fact:
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.
How annoying!
Sas :buck:
Chronic hiccupping can be a sign of cancer?
I heard David made a wallet out of those foreskins. But, rub it a little bit and it turns into a suitcase.
-bf
Experts say the average American sees 3,000 media messages in a day. In 1985, it was about 650.
The female rules the hyena pack. So much so, that the hyena accepted as the matriarch in the pack grows a mock penis which she uses to mark her territory.
-bf
Topical (Da Vinci Code):
In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast.
uh huh
Elephants are the only mammals that can not jump.
I've got loads of uselss information about animals!
I disagree.........
...........neither can I after a good meal
As we get older, as men and women, our bodies slow down on the production of testosterone and estrogen.
As a male starts producing less testosterone, he gains weight... in the gut.
As a female starts producing less estrogen, she gains weight... in her butt.
Damned if we do and damned if we don't.
-bf
also,
In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be lifted by the law if the driver is deemed either 'poorly dressed' or 'unbathed'.
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'Ben' is a formal Japanese name for a number 2!
LOL I like that one - the Greek fashion police
And........
The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie "Psycho."
That's a need to know one, huh?
Sas :buck:
I never did look good in feathers....!! :wow:
I love the term, 'EnglishMAN'....!:wow:
knda makes me proud to be British.... gets ya right there, don't it....?:eek2:
Elephants are also the only mammals whose both front and back legs bend forward.
Did you know that if an elephant were to lie directly on its belly, it would die?
The area of an average adult human's skin is about the same as a king size bed sheet.
And you thought I only knew important information!
Palzang
So is that where the name BENihana comes from?
The slang word for "toilet" in Japanese is BEN-jo!
Palzang
I've been informed that ben-jo is actually the most formal name for a toilet/bathroom.
トイレ (to-i (ee)-re (ray) being the most common.
:orange:
Not in the bars I hung out in! But I never studied the language formally, just picked it up as I went. I figured since they called the open sewers in the streets "Benjo ditches" that benjo wasn't exactly a polite word!
Ton-de-monai!
Palzang