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Useless facts. Share yours. No googling allowed.

453 replies

SeasickSteveIsMyBoyfriend · 05/06/2011 12:57

Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

Its illegal for a woman to eat chocolate on a bus.

111,111 x 111,111 = 12345654321

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BrainThrustMastery · 05/06/2011 15:32

The Michelin Man is called Bibendum Grin

garlicbutter · 05/06/2011 15:32

I thought daffodils were narcissi?

bamboobutton · 05/06/2011 15:34

those giant boom boxes young men have in the backs of their cars can cause involuntary bowel movements to anyone in the vehicle at when played at full boom, or whatever.

mrsdonkeybucket · 05/06/2011 15:36

Useless fact ?

I am having Roast Lamb and all the trimmings for my dinner today. Smile

Your arm length from elbow to wrist is the same as your feet.

RockStockandTwoOpenBottles · 05/06/2011 15:46

MrsDB I just KNEW that you would be on here with an utterly useless fact Grin

mrsdonkeybucket · 05/06/2011 15:47

Shhhh ! Rock

Watching the tennis. Grin

EggyAllenPoe · 05/06/2011 15:57

one of the five horses all english thoroughbreds are bred from is called turkish Delphinium.

soah · 05/06/2011 16:04

The only place you can tickle yourself is the roof of your mouth. ...Try it!

paulapantsdown · 05/06/2011 16:04

a killer whales willy is 2 metres long when erect

ohboob · 05/06/2011 16:10

Someone mentioned the Ampersand. & This was originally an E and a little t on it's side. As in the Latin 'et.' It was an abbreviation in medieval manuscripts. You can see this if you peer at it closely.

The 'ye' of Old English as in 'Ye olde coffee shoppe' is actually still pronounced 'the'. The 'y' just represents an archaic letter.

mrsdonkeybucket · 05/06/2011 16:16

Loving this thread, it's factastic Smile

deemented · 05/06/2011 16:18

It is legal for a pregnant woman to urinate inside a policemans helmet.

All polar bears are left handed.

A lion can orgasm p to 50 times a day, whilst a pigs orgas can last up to 30 minutes.

mrsdonkeybucket · 05/06/2011 16:19

Cor, men got a bum deal then !

ScatterChasse · 05/06/2011 16:20

Dolly the sheep was named after Dolly Parton.

The length of your lower arm is approximately one cubit.

ScatterChasse · 05/06/2011 16:21

Flies fornicate for around forty minutes

PinotGrigiosKittens · 05/06/2011 16:47

"Flies fornicate for around forty minutes"

As does Ryan Giggs, by all accounts.

Portsmouth is an island.

Lizard Point is the most southerly part of Britain.

The same woman created Bliss Spa, Soap and Glory and Fitflop.

More words brerak the rule of "i before e except after c" than conform to it.

The word "gullible" is actually pronounced with a silent "le"

garlicbutter · 05/06/2011 16:57

Huh? As in "gullib"?

deemented · 05/06/2011 17:02

Grin read the sentance again, garlicbutter

PinotGrigiosKittens · 05/06/2011 17:03

Grin mwahaha!

whydobirdssuddenlyappear · 05/06/2011 17:04

There's no j anywhere in the periodic table.

GetOrf · 05/06/2011 17:05

bucharest Lithuanian is a strange language in that it is not related to those languages which border it iyswim (it is nothing like Polish or Estonian). It is actually closer to Sanskrit (ancient Indian language) than any other language.

I have been to Lithuania and it does sound strange to the ear - I would have thought it would sound similar to Russian or something but it doesn't.

mrsdonkeybucket · 05/06/2011 17:06

Pinot you devil, you Grin

PinotGrigiosKittens · 05/06/2011 17:07
GetOrf · 05/06/2011 17:08

All white cats with blue eyes are deaf. Breeders artifically bred white cats to have orange eyes or one blue/one orange so that the deafness trait could be overcome.

Feel sorry for those poor bastards on the side of Catsan packs Grin

Plastic composite is lighter and stronger than aluminium. That is why planes will all soon be made mainly of plastic.

GetOrf · 05/06/2011 17:09

hahahah at Pinot.