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(Message started by: Tiannia on Dec 28th, 2007, 11:44am)
Title: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enough
Post by Tiannia on Dec 28th, 2007, 11:44am
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand


And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)



No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.



'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. (Are
you doubting this?)





Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.



The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every
letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out
for accuracy, right?)





The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do' this one.)





There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.




There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels
in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.' (Yes, admit it, you are going
to say, a e i o u)




TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters
only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test
this out)



A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.





A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's
about what my memory span is.)



A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.





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




A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could
do this too.!)


Almonds are a member of the peach family.




An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.






Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.




February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.




In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.





If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would
never end because of the rate of reproduction.






Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors .






Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!





Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.




The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
(this does not count for the hunt and peck people.)



The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of
diesel that it burns.



The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar
tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did
that.)




The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.



There are more chickens than people in the world.



Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.



Women blink nearly twice as much as men.





Now you know more than you did before!
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Langa on Dec 28th, 2007, 12:05pm

Quote:
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.


Really?  Weird.  I do notice a lot of old men with really big ears though.  I don't know about the eye thing.   :P

Langa
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by nani on Dec 28th, 2007, 12:15pm
OK...it's official...
the useless random knowledge has now taken over any useful knowledge I may have had.  ;) My brain is full.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Kirk on Dec 28th, 2007, 1:40pm
Left handed people see better under water then right handed people. [smiley=smokin.gif]
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Ghost on Dec 28th, 2007, 2:22pm
men fart in the tub more than women
;;D :o

Mike
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Gator on Dec 28th, 2007, 2:28pm

on 12/28/07 at 14:22:23, Ghost wrote:
men fart in the tub more than women
;;D :o

Mike



No they don't.  They're just quicker to admit it.  ;;D

http://bestsmileys.com/scared/8.gif
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by PollyPocket on Dec 28th, 2007, 4:56pm

on 12/28/07 at 14:22:23, Ghost wrote:
men fart in the tub more than women


I've never known a man who would admit he GOT in the tub.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Kevin_M on Dec 28th, 2007, 7:09pm
More than three of those are wrong.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Ree on Dec 28th, 2007, 7:53pm

on 12/28/07 at 14:22:23, Ghost wrote:
men fart in the tub more than women
;;D :o

Mike


WOMEN DON'T FART THEY POOOOOP... AND THEY SMELL LIKE DAISIES...

The only thing that makes me wonder is the thing about the gold fish... how would someone measure how long a goldfishes memory is... duh???????????   that is the only thing that I doubted... well that and the one about the snail sleeping for 3 years ... who watched to be sure he didnt get up to pee...?

ree
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by brewcrew on Dec 28th, 2007, 10:26pm

on 12/28/07 at 19:09:08, Kevin_M wrote:
More than three of those are wrong.

Okay, I'll bite...which ones?
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Kevin_M on Dec 28th, 2007, 10:46pm
Chuck posted these a few months ago and I gave the few I've come across that were different than said here back then.



Quote:
'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand


This is only fractionally right.  Also, desegregated and reverberated.  




Quote:
And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)


This is altogether wrong, that word has eight letters, homophony, polyphony, and pollinium have nine.




Quote:
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous':
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.


Actually there are a great many, relating to science.  

arthropodous:

adjective:   of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda


apodous:

adjective:   (of snakes and eels) naturally footless



brachiopodous:

adjective:   of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda





Quote:
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test  this out)


Rupturewort, a plant.  11 letters, not 10


Additionally, the longest for the middle row of keys is alfalfa, and capitalized, Hadassah.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by brewcrew on Dec 28th, 2007, 11:13pm
That's impressive, Kev.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Jimi on Dec 28th, 2007, 11:27pm
Kevin NEVER ceases to impress me. :)
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Sean_C on Dec 29th, 2007, 12:06am
The Qe 2 is also wrong. Snopes claims the fuel capacity for the QE 2 is one million gallons with a range of 7500 miles. If it used 2 gallons per foot, it would need to refuel every 95 miles.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Annette on Dec 29th, 2007, 1:36am

on 12/28/07 at 22:46:04, Kevin_M wrote:
arthropodous:

adjective:   of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda


apodous:

adjective:   (of snakes and eels) naturally footless



brachiopodous:

adjective:   of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda



Arent those Latin, therefore not considered to be English ?  [smiley=huh.gif]

Anyway, the ears and nose certainly dont continue to grow in size all our lives or else all centenarians would look more like Dumbo than humans  :P
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by artonio7 on Dec 29th, 2007, 1:40am

on 12/29/07 at 01:36:17, Annette wrote:
Arent those Latin, therefore not considered to be English ?  [smiley=huh.gif]

Anyway, the ears and nose certainly dont continue to grow in size all our lives or else all centenarians would look more like Dumbo than humans  :P



ROFLMAO... Have you seen a pic of me lately?

with warm regards,
Tony
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Annette on Dec 29th, 2007, 1:43am

My dearest brother, thats not your ears and nose keep growing, its your head shrinking ....  ;;D
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Charlie on Dec 29th, 2007, 2:16am

Quote:
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.


It has frozen over many times in my lifetime. Pretty too.

There was a guy in the old Antique Trader that collected air sickness bags. (my contribution)  :o

Fun stuff kids.

Charlie
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by BarbaraD on Dec 29th, 2007, 7:28am
I've got to ask Charlie -- used or new??? ;;D

Hugs BD
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Kevin_M on Dec 29th, 2007, 7:28am

on 12/29/07 at 01:36:17, Annette wrote:
Arent those Latin, therefore not considered to be English ?  [smiley=huh.gif]





horrendous

 -- adjective extremely unpleasant or horrifying.

 -- DERIVATIVES horrendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN Latin horrendus, from horrere (see HORROR).



stupendous
/styoopendss/

 -- adjective extremely impressive.

 -- DERIVATIVES stupendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN from Latin stupendus 'to be wondered at'.



tremendous

 -- adjective 1 very great in amount, scale, or intensity. 2 informal extremely good or impressive.

 -- DERIVATIVES tremendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN Latin tremendus, from tremere 'tremble'.



Oxford's has the zoological word annelidous as English language, also.
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by zwibbs/Scott on Dec 29th, 2007, 7:55am
There are more chickens than people in the world.
 
 
 
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
 
I'm using these little tidbits at a cocktail party !
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Charlie on Dec 29th, 2007, 9:07pm

on 12/29/07 at 07:28:25, BarbaraD wrote:
I've got to ask Charlie -- used or new??? ;;D

Hugs BD


I never wanted to know. I never wanted to know this loon in any event.
I suppose there are 100s different kinds. I'm waiting for the air sickness bag guidebook to come out.  http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/read glance.gif

Charlie
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Annette on Dec 29th, 2007, 9:43pm

on 12/29/07 at 07:28:52, Kevin_M wrote:
horrendous

 -- adjective extremely unpleasant or horrifying.

 -- DERIVATIVES horrendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN Latin horrendus, from horrere (see HORROR).



stupendous
/styoopendss/

 -- adjective extremely impressive.

 -- DERIVATIVES stupendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN from Latin stupendus 'to be wondered at'.



tremendous

 -- adjective 1 very great in amount, scale, or intensity. 2 informal extremely good or impressive.

 -- DERIVATIVES tremendously adverb.

 -- ORIGIN Latin tremendus, from tremere 'tremble'.



Oxford's has the zoological word annelidous as English language, also.



Kevin, must you have the answer to EVERYTHING ?  ;) ;;D :P
Title: Re: Useless random knowledge. Can never have enoug
Post by Azrael on Dec 29th, 2007, 11:08pm
Mythbusters disproved the goldfish one.

PFDAN................................... Azrael


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