A useless fact you know

[Hateren47]

Both bolognese sauce, lasagna and tagliatelle comes from Italy so I'd say it has everything to do with Italy. We're nitpicking here but what you should have said is "The dish we call Spaghetti bolognese is not what was originally served in bologna, although the sauce is correct is was never served with spaghetti". Saying it has nothing to do with Italy is simply not true.

So it's not the same sauce, it's not the served with the same pasta, it doesn't originate from Bologna or even Italy, yet you insist that spaghetti bolognese is an Italian dish?

 

[Zarmi]

"Strap on" spelled backwards is "no parts"

 

[Captain2990]

Relative to the sun that's how we get seasons.

 

[Vrex360]

The Megalosaurus has a special distinction among dinosaurs as it was the first ever species of dinosaur to be scientifically named and identified. Megalosaurus meant simply 'great lizard' and it was the mould from which all dinosaur related theories and ideas arrived. It was also the first dinosaur to be featured in popular fictional media, in the Charles Dickens novel Bleak House there is an opening scene that begins with a description of Megalosaurus. The first reconstruction of the Megalosaurus was inacurrate, making it resemble a large predatory lizard that moved on four legs even though now we know it was a bipedal active predator, not a sluggish scavanger (in fact the discovery of this fact was one of the things that would later give rise to the idea of dinosaurs being much more energetic). The incorrect construction of the Megalosaurus however made it into many scientific text books and even made into large display models in the Crystal Palace Gardens. The Crystal Palace itself however burned down but the garden and models remained and to this day exist as a testament to how far Evolutionary Biology has come and indeed our understanding of the world today.

... There, that's my fact.

 

[dex-dex]

(I like Seuss okay) The Butter Battle Book was banned because it's about the Cold War and it points out how stupid the whole endeavor was.


Chocolate chip cookies were also an accident. A woman was making chocolate dough cookies but didn't have any cocoa. She mixed in some candy bar pieces hoping that it would mix it when it melted. Instead she got something much better!

The best invention came by snarkery, though. A customer sent french fries back to the kitchen because he said they were too thick and not cooked enough. So the cook decided to be a smart-ass and sliced the potato really thin and cooked them until they were crispy. The complaining customer LOVED them. And so potato chips were born.

I freaking love the butter battle book. i have that book.

also was it not the chocolate was melted and then mixed in to the dough?

also who knew customer douche-baggery could invent something so fantastic!

 

[Fbuh]

In the 1700's there was a British horolgist named Thomas Mudge. He invented the lever detechment, the single greatest invention for pocket watches that reveloutionized said time keeping devices. Interestingly enough, he was also my ancestor.

 

[Jedamethis]

Often, when you see a picture depicting a jackal-headed man, it will be an Anubite, not Anubis.

You call info like that useless? What's wrong with you?!

I'm a mythology fanatic on a number of things, and I learned something today!

Well, none of these facts are useless, so I picked an interesting one! Do be careful if you're going to try to sound clever with this fact though.
A good rule of thumb is:
'If it's wielding a weapon, it's an Anubite.'
Although Anubis is sometimes shown holding a flail, which might be mistaken for a weapon.

 

[Smooth Operator]

You can hold your breath until you pass out (be sure to stand clear of any sharp objects if you try).
After passing out your subconscious will stabilize the breathing and you will wake in mere moments... unless you managed to kill yourself when you passed out.

 

[direkiller]

Operation overlord (the landings at Normandy) only succeeded because no one wanted to wake-up Hitler.

 

[Matt-the-twat]

The chemical 'bilirubin' is what makes your poo brown, it is also responsible for making bruises and urine yellow.

 

[senorcromas]

Mameshiba~

Snakes don't actually dislocate their jaws to swallow their prey. They just have really stretchy jaws.

 

[JohanGasMask]

There is no DNA in poo.

That is not entirely true, the fact that there is not DNA in the poo, does
not mean that there is no DNA on the poo.

So if poo was in fact found in a crime scene, it will indeed be useful for forensic
teams.

Holy Shit! Im history!

 

[John the Gamer]

The pope is a lie. He's just a bisshop who claimed to be more important than the other bisshops, just because peter(or something) died in Rome(this would be in the first millenium A.D.).

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Dog's can't look up,

And the winchester rifle above the bar is real. Bloke down the pub told me.



Most people have a fondness for cake.

 

[KILLERTHING]

Monopoly was originally on a round board

 

[superbatranger]

Eleutherophobia is the fear of freedom.

Men have around 3-4 million erythrocytes per millimeter cubed of blood, while women only have around 2-3 million.

The first car built was not Henry Ford's Model T.

But the Model T was the first mass produced car.

That is quite true. The Model T was the first car to be built on an assembly line, allowing it to be sold for much cheaper than other cars in the market, if I remember correctly.

 

[Ampersand]

Dog's can't look up,

Not true = P I have a dog, he looks up a lot

It is ture, Big Al says so!

I agree Big Al is connected, he knows things.

 

[Spydercake]

Human males are the only mammals that do not have a bone in their penis.
Thus the term boner is really out of place for our species.

 

[DoctorObviously]

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.