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arcstone

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I actually have a book called "how much did elvis weight when he died: the ultimate guide to useless information"

I'll pick a few facts from it at random.

*Ostriches have bigger eyes than brains.

*The bowling ball was invented in 1862.

*Eskimos have as much as twenty different words for snow.

*It have been estimated that about 200 million M&M's are sold every day in america.

*When titanic sunk, there were about 3,4 tons of ham on board the ship.

*Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.

*The kolibri is the only bird that can fly backwards.
 

blatantly

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For a normal pendulum there are two points of equilibrium, a stable one when it is hanging straight down and an unstable one when it is pointing straight up. If you start with the pendulum straight up you can make it a stable equilibrium if the frequency of the vibrations is high enough. My lecturer claimed it is physically possible (not just mathematically) but couldn't find a video of it on youtube so I haven't seen it myself.
As per newton's second law of motion - "A body remains at rest or moves at a constant velocity unless a resultant force acts on it". If in theory all of the weight force acted exactly through the pivot it would not move.

Sitting my physics exam tomorrow :)
 

Molten Water

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Anghrist said:
Oman is the only country in the world that begins with the letter 'O'

I love useless trivia, so I know a veritable shitload of worthless facts.
I didn't know that...AND I STAY IN OMAN!!weird.nice
 

rasmusernst

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Most random thing I know?

This:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTI0NjI4NzM3N2kzdzNiOENDS09fMV8xX2wuanBn

or this:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTI0NjI4OTYwNVVoR0xzdVI1YTdfMV8xX2wuanBn

You decide.
 

GrinningManiac

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arcstone said:
I actually have a book called "how much did elvis weight when he died: the ultimate guide to useless information"


*Eskimos have as much as twenty different words for snow.
Not true. A common misconception. They have about as many words for snow as we do. When you think about it, why would they need so many? That's like fish having 100 words for water.

What Eskimos (Which isn't an actual indigenous population, but a general reference) DO have loads of words for is quite dull. The words they have loads of are like this: When we say "This, That, Them or Those", they have DOZENS more. When we say "That one, way up there", they have one word for it. They also have on which means "One we cannot see", as in a smell or sound
 

Saylek

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There were 22,000 oranges on the titanic before it sunk
1,400 jars or jam

Read the book called stuff it has lots of random junk in it.
 

Dantes Alaska

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Mackinator said:
All of the below are "The Stig" useless things from Top Gear:
Some say he never blinks and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves.
Some say he's wanted by the CIA and that he sleeps upside down, like a bat.
Some say that he appears on high value stamps in Sweden and that he can catch fish with his tongue.
Some say he is illegal in 17 US states and he blinks vertically.
Some say that his breath smells of magnesium and that his scared of bells.
Some say he naturally faces magnetic north and that all his legs are hydraulic.
Some say that he lives in a tree and that his sweat can be used to clean precious
metals.
Some say that his heart ticks like a watch and that his confused by stairs.
Some say that his voice can only be heard by cats and that he has two sets of knees.
Some say that his terrified of ducks and that there?s an airport in Russia named after him.
Some say that his brain is a Satellite navigation system.
Some say that his skin has the texture of a dolphin?s, and where ever you are in the world if you tune your radios to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts.
Some say that he has no understanding of clouds - and that his ear wax tastes like Turkish delight.
Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground.
Some say that his tears are adhesive - and that if he caught fire, he'd burn for a thousand days.
Some say that he can swim seven lengths under water - and he has webbed buttocks.
Some say that his heart is in upside down - and that his teeth glow in the dark.
Some say that his ears aren?t exactly where you'd expect them to be - and that once, preposterously, he had an affair with John Prescott.
Some say he has a digital face - and if he felt like it, he could fire Alan Sugar.
Some say that his genitals are on upside down. And that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds.
Some say his ears have a Paisley lining - and he's been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show.
Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburg ring - and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet.
Some say he invented Branston Pickle, and that if you insult his mother, he will head-butt you in the chest.
Some say that on really warm days he sheds his skin, like a snake, and for some reason he's allergic to the Dutch.
Some say that his first name really is 'The'; and that if he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant including the cameramen.
Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp, and that long before anyone else he realised that Jade Goody was a racist pig-faced waste of blood and organs.
Some say that he once had a vicious knife fight with Anthea Turner, and that he is in no way implicated in the cash for honours scandal.
Some say that he's a C.I.A. experiment that went wrong, and that he only eats cheese.
Some say that if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli. And that at this week's Brit awards he was arrested for goosing Russell Brand.
Some say that he sucks the moisture from ducks. And that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spear's head.
Some say that he isn't machine-washable and all his potted plants are called Steve.
Some Say His testicles are made from Titanium and that his under-pants are carbon-fibre
Some say, he's actually dead... But the Grim reaper, is too scared to tell him.
Some say that all his pot plants are called Steve.. and that he has a life size tattoo of his face.. on his face.
some say that he can hypnotise sheep, and that if he could be bothered he could swim the Atlantic ocean - underwater.
Some say, that he once co-presented a Brazilian show about blimp disasters, and that once, he actually punched God.
Some say that he once killed a giraffe with just his feet and that he has a black belt in paper maché.
Some say he is 5 foot tall with lead in his feet,others say 6feet with tall with air in his head....but he doesn't care what you say.
Some say He's contracted every STD known to man, and that he has inflatable breasts to get him out of speeding tickets. All we know.. is he's called the Stig.
Some say, that he is one of the protons in the Large Hadron Collider, AND that he creates miniature black holes every time he sneezes.
Some say he was the one who actually pulled Excalibur from the stone and that he is the rightful king of England.
Some say he sucks the moisture from ducks, and if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli.
Some say he gave birth to Chuck Norris,and that the mother was superman!!!
Some say he has no understanding of queuing.
Some say, he once modelled for page 3... and his feet are made from dog leather
Some say his upper torso is made of carbon fibre... and that his blood is 1 part petrol and 2 part diesel.
Some say he got turned down for I'm a celebrity, because people have heard of him!
Some say that he only uses q-tips made of plutonium, and that his favourite comedy film is Hostel.
Some say that he has the mating call of a killer whale, and that he once counted to infinite..twice.
Some say he lives in a alleyway and his best friend is a cardbord box.

All we know is - he's called the Stig.
you messed something up in there.....

Some say that if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli. And that at this week's Brit awards he was arrested for goosing Russell Brand.

Some say that he sucks the moisture from ducks. And that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spear's head.

Some say he sucks the moisture from ducks, and if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli.


but anyway, IMO you win, and i hate you, i dont have bbc anymore, so now the only thing i have to look forward to on monday is unskipable
 

Skeleon

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Puppe's rule states that a secondary bone fracture's break lines are stopped by a primary fracture's lines, thus enabling the determination of time flow related to the injuries.

That's not useless.
But pretty random for a gaming forum, I'd say.
 

rdesjardin

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You as a person are OVER 99% of nothing.
If your One in a Million, your just like approx. 6000 other people.
Pi is technically non-infinite, it is just extreamly long.
To make a cheap, toxic, highly flammable KO gas from easy to access goods, mix, Propane(or larger Hydrocarbon) and pool chlorine in sunlight. The larger the Hydrocarbon the less toxic and flammable.
 

lagmanyoda

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Ants when stuck in a microwave can survive due to the microwaves Arcing. They can sense the heat and avoid the hot areas.

Dust from things like flour and sawdust in the right concentrations as airborn particles can be highly explosive (DAI)

Australias coastline is Roughly 47 070 km long this is an arbitrary figure as the smaller the measuring scale the larger the coastline will become (for that matter any countries coastline)
 

achilleas.k

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hortez the champion of the frozen wastes said:
There are more molecules in a grain of sand then there are grains of sand in the entire world.
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen01/gen01985.htm
 

Evil mr dave

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at the end of the left 4 dead campaign dead air the c-130 (the plane) that rescues you has the camo pattern of a south korean c-130 not a u.s. air force c-130

in the poster for no mercy zoey has three hands

the license plate of the vehical that rescues you at the end of blood harvest has the same number as the storm trooper armour worn by luke skywalker in starwars episode IV
 

Molten Water

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Dantes Alaska said:
Mackinator said:
All of the below are "The Stig" useless things from Top Gear:
Some say he never blinks and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves.
Some say he's wanted by the CIA and that he sleeps upside down, like a bat.
Some say that he appears on high value stamps in Sweden and that he can catch fish with his tongue.
Some say he is illegal in 17 US states and he blinks vertically.
Some say that his breath smells of magnesium and that his scared of bells.
Some say he naturally faces magnetic north and that all his legs are hydraulic.
Some say that he lives in a tree and that his sweat can be used to clean precious
metals.
Some say that his heart ticks like a watch and that his confused by stairs.
Some say that his voice can only be heard by cats and that he has two sets of knees.
Some say that his terrified of ducks and that there?s an airport in Russia named after him.
Some say that his brain is a Satellite navigation system.
Some say that his skin has the texture of a dolphin?s, and where ever you are in the world if you tune your radios to 88.4, you can actually hear his thoughts.
Some say that he has no understanding of clouds - and that his ear wax tastes like Turkish delight.
Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground.
Some say that his tears are adhesive - and that if he caught fire, he'd burn for a thousand days.
Some say that he can swim seven lengths under water - and he has webbed buttocks.
Some say that his heart is in upside down - and that his teeth glow in the dark.
Some say that his ears aren?t exactly where you'd expect them to be - and that once, preposterously, he had an affair with John Prescott.
Some say he has a digital face - and if he felt like it, he could fire Alan Sugar.
Some say that his genitals are on upside down. And that if he could be bothered, he could crack the Da Vinci Code in 43 seconds.
Some say his ears have a Paisley lining - and he's been banned from the Chelsea Flower Show.
Some say that the outline of his left nipple is exactly the same shape as the Nürburg ring - and that if you give him a really important job to do, he'll skive off and play croquet.
Some say he invented Branston Pickle, and that if you insult his mother, he will head-butt you in the chest.
Some say that on really warm days he sheds his skin, like a snake, and for some reason he's allergic to the Dutch.
Some say that his first name really is 'The'; and that if he went on Celebrity Love Island, they'd all be pregnant including the cameramen.
Some say he once threw a microwave oven at a tramp, and that long before anyone else he realised that Jade Goody was a racist pig-faced waste of blood and organs.
Some say that he once had a vicious knife fight with Anthea Turner, and that he is in no way implicated in the cash for honours scandal.
Some say that he's a C.I.A. experiment that went wrong, and that he only eats cheese.
Some say that if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli. And that at this week's Brit awards he was arrested for goosing Russell Brand.
Some say that he sucks the moisture from ducks. And that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spear's head.
Some say that he isn't machine-washable and all his potted plants are called Steve.
Some Say His testicles are made from Titanium and that his under-pants are carbon-fibre
Some say, he's actually dead... But the Grim reaper, is too scared to tell him.
Some say that all his pot plants are called Steve.. and that he has a life size tattoo of his face.. on his face.
some say that he can hypnotise sheep, and that if he could be bothered he could swim the Atlantic ocean - underwater.
Some say, that he once co-presented a Brazilian show about blimp disasters, and that once, he actually punched God.
Some say that he once killed a giraffe with just his feet and that he has a black belt in paper maché.
Some say he is 5 foot tall with lead in his feet,others say 6feet with tall with air in his head....but he doesn't care what you say.
Some say He's contracted every STD known to man, and that he has inflatable breasts to get him out of speeding tickets. All we know.. is he's called the Stig.
Some say, that he is one of the protons in the Large Hadron Collider, AND that he creates miniature black holes every time he sneezes.
Some say he was the one who actually pulled Excalibur from the stone and that he is the rightful king of England.
Some say he sucks the moisture from ducks, and if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli.
Some say he gave birth to Chuck Norris,and that the mother was superman!!!
Some say he has no understanding of queuing.
Some say, he once modelled for page 3... and his feet are made from dog leather
Some say his upper torso is made of carbon fibre... and that his blood is 1 part petrol and 2 part diesel.
Some say he got turned down for I'm a celebrity, because people have heard of him!
Some say that he only uses q-tips made of plutonium, and that his favourite comedy film is Hostel.
Some say that he has the mating call of a killer whale, and that he once counted to infinite..twice.
Some say he lives in a alleyway and his best friend is a cardbord box.

All we know is - he's called the Stig.
you messed something up in there.....

Some say that if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli. And that at this week's Brit awards he was arrested for goosing Russell Brand.

Some say that he sucks the moisture from ducks. And that his crash helmet is modelled on Britney Spear's head.

Some say he sucks the moisture from ducks, and if you lick his chest it tastes exactly the same as piccalilli.


but anyway, IMO you win, and i hate you, i dont have bbc anymore, so now the only thing i have to look forward to on monday is unskipable
U can download them off torrents...just saying...my cousin does that. i have BBC