Useless Knowledge Thread

Purpletigy · Nov 5, 2003

Chelack (sp?) used to be made from melting a bunch of a certain kind of beetle, and spreading the melted mixture over wood, etc. to make a hard shiny surface.

moerunamida · Nov 5, 2003

Elephants aren't really afraid of mice

~Mandie

Buskanaka · Nov 6, 2003

polar bears have black skin and clear fur

kukumot · Nov 6, 2003

Audrey Hepburn did not really sing in "My Fair Lady" - her voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon, the same one who sang for Deborah Carr in "The King & I", and who also played one of the nuns in "The Sound of Music".

n2wolves · Nov 6, 2003

Did you know that your eye balls are the same size they were when you were born...they don't grow

dsdumpling · Nov 6, 2003

Did you know people act strangely around a full moon?

Note to n2wolves, what you said above I agree with, there is this little kid in my church who looks like Larry the cucumber of VeggieTales. His eyes are huge. He's such a cutie!

RED that's ME · Nov 9, 2003

The average Major League baseball lasts 7 pitches.

moerunamida · Nov 9, 2003

Did you know that I can lick my elbows?

~Mandie

RED that's ME · Nov 9, 2003

The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

singinsweetie321 · Nov 9, 2003

the scientific name for stinky feet is bromhydrosis... off an m&m's bag...lol

Kaylynn · Nov 9, 2003

Did you know that ice....is really really really cold... go fig huh?

Buskanaka · Nov 10, 2003

Did you know they spraypaint m&m's?

RED that's ME · Nov 10, 2003

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag

mesue · Nov 13, 2003

Queen Elizabeth II wore three different crowns on her coronation day in 1953.

RED that's ME · Nov 13, 2003

A day on Jupiter lasts 9 hours and 50 minutes.

n2wolves · Nov 14, 2003

Did you know women when they're born have "x" amount of eggs but when guys are born they continue to make sperm throughout they're entire lives?

Buskanaka · Nov 14, 2003

Did you know that only one of your nostrils breathes at a time, they swap over every few minutes

katylees · Nov 14, 2003

i have a pile of about 15 cd's infront of me

Crazy Liz · Nov 14, 2003

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

(source: Cliff Claven Trivia, http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/1915/cliff_triv.html) Cliff Claven has to be the king of useless knowledge.

mesue · Nov 14, 2003

Buskanaka said:
Did you know that only one of your nostrils breathes at a time, they swap over every few minutes

umm ....
I could never get away with telling my patients that

Mussels can thrive in polluted water because of an inborn ability to purify bacteria, fungi and viruses.

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