Useless Fact of the Day (part 2)

Discussion in 'General' started by jacktown, Mar 27, 2012.

  1. Carl Sagan hated being labeled an atheist, and once said "By some definitions atheism is very stupid."
     
  2. Today is Lady Gaga's birthday. :wave:
     

  3. NOOO! But how?? :(
     
  4. Humans are the only mammals that can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
     
  5. Carl Weathers was a professional football player before his acting career

    Here he is in the cfl (BC Lions), but he played for the raiders as well

    [​IMG]
     
  6. Completely useless but also completely true

    12 oz mouse, the tv show. Is fuckin the greatest show ever, and its made entirely using ms paint
     
  7. A black bear can smell a berry bush from over a mile away.
    A black person can smell a KFC from over a mile away.
    Coincidence?
     
  8. The guy who voices Bloo, on Fosters home for imaginary friends

    Also voices han solo, and many others on Robot chicken. True story
     
  9. The man who voices Spongebob is married to the women who voices Planktons computer wife.
     
  10. Charley on its always sunny is married to the waitress, and Dee is married to Mac
     
  11. In 1950, the interior of the Whitehouse was dismantled, leaving the house as a shell. It was then rebuilt using concrete and steel beams in place of its original wooden joists.
     
  12. Thread seems dead soooooo

    The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

    The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

    Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.
     
  13. #73 DanceBass, Apr 1, 2012
    Last edited: Apr 1, 2012
    Canada facts!

    - Canadians consume more mac n' cheese than any other country in the world

    - 70 percent of the worlds maple syrup is made in Quebec

    - Quebec city is surrounded by walls that are 4-metres tall. It is the only walled city in North America

    - Day light saving time does not occur in Saskatchewan

    - Forests cover over half of Alberta

    - Canada's oldest tree, a 1,300 year old Douglas Fir, is in British Columbia

    - Ontario contains over 250,000 lakes, and Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

    - The highest tides in the world are found in the Bay of Fundy, located in New Brunswick

    - The baseball glove was invented in Canada in 1883.

    - Despite being the second largest country in the world, Canada has only one-tenth the population of the United States

    - The longest street in the world is Yonge Street, found in Ontario, and is 1,178 miles (1,896 km) in length (which is roughly the distance from San Diego to Seattle)

    And I'll end this off with 5 Canadian inventions: The Zipper, The Snowmobile, The Paint roller, IMAX, and Superman

    Oh Canada! :smoke:
     
  14. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
     
  15. The Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is immortal.
     

  16. I did not know most of these...we also invented basketball and the telephone :smoke:
     
  17. [quote name='"Beton_Soldat"']Canada facts!

    - Canadians consume more mac n' cheese than any other country in the world

    - 70 percent of the worlds maple syrup is made in Quebec

    - Quebec city is surrounded by walls that are 4-metres tall. It is the only walled city in North America

    - Day light saving time does not occur in Saskatchewan

    - Forests cover over half of Alberta

    - Canada's oldest tree, a 1,300 year old Douglas Fir, is in British Columbia

    - Ontario contains over 250,000 lakes, and Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

    - The highest tides in the world are found in the Bay of Fundy, located in New Brunswick

    - The baseball glove was invented in Canada in 1883.

    - Despite being the second largest country in the world, Canada has only one-tenth the population of the United States

    - The longest street in the world is Yonge Street, found in Ontario, and is 1,178 miles (1,896 km) in length (which is roughly the distance from San Diego to Seattle)

    And I'll end this off with 5 Canadian inventions: The Zipper, The Snowmobile, The Paint roller, IMAX, and Superman

    Oh Canada! :smoke:[/quote]

    i heard that 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border
     
  18. I don't know the exact percentage, but it is a fairly high number. It gets cold fast when you start driving north so it's very understandable aha :D
     

  19. gotta love them Ontario winters!!!!

    the largest star known star in our galaxy is so large, that it would take over 1,500 of our suns to reach from one end to the other
     
  20. The clouds are caused by god when he smokes weed.
     

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