Useless facts you actually know....

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:16 pm

Total Recall is, in fact, a fly-on-the-wall documentary.

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:29 pm

Due to where the International Date Line falls, the island of Nuku'alofa is GMT +13hrs

misk · Post by **misk** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:39 pm

Misk wrote:if you peeled a human being's skin off in a small thread, it would reach from california, around the world to taiwan.

i made this up. you all probably deserved it tho...

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:55 pm

if everyone in the world joined hands to make a long line on the equator it would be a very long line of people holding hands.....also some people would probably drown

boomphat · Post by **boomphat** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:36 pm

There is no proper name for the back of the knee

slim · Post by **slim** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:44 pm

boomphat wrote:There is no proper name for the back of the knee

Popliteal fossa

Which reminds me i should get back to my fucking revision and stop dicking about here.

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:46 pm

Future Producer wrote:Without having to Google for them.

Brian Eno got paid around $30-35k for bringing us that annoying Windows 95 jingle.

And he wrote it on his Mac.

slim · Post by **slim** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:50 pm

Okay, while i'm at it, the rat (and sometimes people) poison Strychnine can cause muscle convulsions so powerful that they will dislocate limbs.

boomphat · Post by **boomphat** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:59 pm

Slim wrote:
boomphat wrote:There is no proper name for the back of the knee
Popliteal fossa

well I never knew that before !

If you boil an egg in a kettle, you can't pour it out of the spout.

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:02 pm

dolphins 'sleep' by switchin off half there brain at a time ... and i assume swim round in circles for a bit.

soldjaaa_chik · Post by **soldjaaa_chik** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:17 pm

LIPSTICK had fish blood in it.

a man called dave · Post by **a man called dave** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:28 pm

Bin Laden has 50ish siblings.

blizzardmusic · Post by **blizzardmusic** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:44 pm

Dubluke molests kittens

hashmoney · Post by **hashmoney** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:46 am

-Rats actually have 3 stomachs, because of all the gutter food they eat, 1 stomach is not enough to digest it all.

-Eagles actually have fingernails on the ends of thier claws.

-Dogs actually hear everything with a portuguese accent.

- one of these facts is actually true.

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:49 am

the eagle one then

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:40 am

i'm feeling fairly useless today - does that count?!

kidlogic · Post by **kidlogic** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:25 am

Hiccups are a left over involuntary action from when mammals had gills.

shook1 · Post by **shook1** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:07 pm

kidlogic wrote:Hiccups are a left over involuntary action from when mammals had gills.

Bastards, theres nothing worse than hiccups.

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:13 pm

kidlogic wrote:Hiccups are a left over involuntary action from when mammals had gills.

i want gills - i think they could be quite fun....

A mate of mine flew out to Thailand last night for 6 weeks, the git, on account of his mates getting married out there... they're having an underwater wedding - how nuts is that?!

I wonder if they have scuba equipment or if it's tux's and snorkels?

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:27 pm

dr ddd wrote: i want gills - i think they could be quite fun....

Ooh, the possibilities of not having to breathe through the mouth

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