Tell me useless info you know!

[Fridge]

The reason why putting up two fingers is seen as an insult is because it originally was a symbol the british would use to the French. We were regarded as some of the best archers in the world and when caught by the French they would remove those two fingers. Sticking them up at the French is basically saying "I still have my fingers and could kill you still". Its just evolved to mean "F**k you".

actually that's not true, that "fact" was only made up in about the 1970s. it rly does just mean f**k you. sad rly coz i liked the fake explanation.

No the peace version was made in the 1970's, the original one is a slight to the French, or at least thats what my grandparents told me that theirs told them etc.

and now I just wiki'd it (not a wholely reliable source but what can you do) which confirms what I said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign

I think the fact that its refered to as the 'Longbowmans Salute' and was even refered by Henry V, and its earlist recorded use is in 1330 kinda adds weight to my fact.

 

[tthor]

Also that whole "Everyone thought the earth was flat thing"? Bullshit as well, navigation was based on the priniciple that the earth was round and had been since ancient Greece and Egypt.

huhh, i'd kinda like a source for that

First of all, any fool can climb a small mountain and see the curvature of the earth, second, Pythagoras(570BCE) was one of the first persons in record to have thought the earth was round, third Posidonius(135 BCE) calculated the circumference of the earth to be about 25,000 miles, we know now that's exactly 24,901.55 miles.

yes, several people did hypothesize/believe the earth really was round, but from my understanding, this theory was highly looked down upon by many. again, i would like a Source.

 

[Dapsen]

Once again I'm trapped in a world of emotions, deep thought, and contemplating philosophy, religion and life.

I have no idea which way I'll come out of it, but I do hope it will be with her.
-That's my useless information.

Yepp, it is. Whait, what? were you serious, I don't think so but it's still worth asking^^

Well, I was serious, but I've calmed down quite a bit now, so uhm...
Yeh, but don't bother dude, I've got this

 

[Communist partisan]

Once again I'm trapped in a world of emotions, deep thought, and contemplating philosophy, religion and life.

I have no idea which way I'll come out of it, but I do hope it will be with her.
-That's my useless information.

Yepp, it is. Whait, what? were you serious, I don't think so but it's still worth asking^^

Well, I was serious, but I've calmed down quite a bit now, so uhm...
Yeh, but don't bother dude, I've got this

Ok nice to hear, keep on fighting comrade and stand straight against the wind^^

 

[Dapsen]

Once again I'm trapped in a world of emotions, deep thought, and contemplating philosophy, religion and life.

I have no idea which way I'll come out of it, but I do hope it will be with her.
-That's my useless information.

Yepp, it is. Whait, what? were you serious, I don't think so but it's still worth asking^^

Well, I was serious, but I've calmed down quite a bit now, so uhm...
Yeh, but don't bother dude, I've got this

Ok nice to hear, keep on fighting comrade and stand straight against the wind^^

^_^

 

[interspark]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

 

[Communist partisan]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

Hahahahaha! what did they do whith the walrus after that?

 

[.Warheart]

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language.

Intriguing. How so?

Another useless fact: typing the word hoax after any conspiracy or upcoming prophecy will send you to a whole different set of websites as opposed to not typing it in.

Let Wikipedia solve this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

Yep, it's real.

 

[-Ezio-]

The reason why putting up two fingers is seen as an insult is because it originally was a symbol the british would use to the French. We were regarded as some of the best archers in the world and when caught by the French they would remove those two fingers. Sticking them up at the French is basically saying "I still have my fingers and could kill you still". Its just evolved to mean "F**k you".

actually that's not true, that "fact" was only made up in about the 1970s. it rly does just mean f**k you. sad rly coz i liked the fake explanation.

No the peace version was made in the 1970's, the original one is a slight to the French, or at least thats what my grandparents told me that theirs told them etc.

and now I just wiki'd it (not a wholely reliable source but what can you do) which confirms what I said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign

I think the fact that its refered to as the 'Longbowmans Salute' and was even refered by Henry V, and its earlist recorded use is in 1330 kinda adds weight to my fact.

"No-one knows what the V-sign means. The earliest known use of it was recorded in 1901. Some believe it was something to do with having sex with someone else's wife. The myth about English archers showing their fingers in battle so the enemy could see they could still fire their arrows was invented in the 1970s."

QI - Series E [http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/qi/episodes/5/10/]

 

[Mr Companion]

I know this subject is supposed to extend beyond video games but I cant help but spread the pointless trivia. So here goes...

The code to the cell in mgs3 is 144.75 (I know this off by heart because I am sad)

The correct order to attack the queens guards in the first dungeon of Legend of Zelda Ocarena of Time is 2,3,1.

In S.T.A.L.K.E.R shadow of Chernobyl you don't need the hacking device thingy to get through the locked door in the final level (the Chernobyl power plant), you just need to jam a Gauss gun into the hinges and it opens automatically, you can then retrieve the gun from the other side to close it.

In Half Life 2 you can take as many friendly turrets as you want with you in Nova Prospect. And in the final turret defence part of Nova Prospect the earlier turrets are not scripted to fall over when the building explodes, so they kill all the elites.

That is all I can think of from the top of my head, I have plenty of other pointless info too but never mind.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Can't lick your own elbow

 

[Fridge]

The reason why putting up two fingers is seen as an insult is because it originally was a symbol the british would use to the French. We were regarded as some of the best archers in the world and when caught by the French they would remove those two fingers. Sticking them up at the French is basically saying "I still have my fingers and could kill you still". Its just evolved to mean "F**k you".

actually that's not true, that "fact" was only made up in about the 1970s. it rly does just mean f**k you. sad rly coz i liked the fake explanation.

No the peace version was made in the 1970's, the original one is a slight to the French, or at least thats what my grandparents told me that theirs told them etc.

and now I just wiki'd it (not a wholely reliable source but what can you do) which confirms what I said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign

I think the fact that its refered to as the 'Longbowmans Salute' and was even refered by Henry V, and its earlist recorded use is in 1330 kinda adds weight to my fact.

"No-one knows what the V-sign means. The earliest known use of it was recorded in 1901. Some believe it was something to do with having sex with someone else's wife. The myth about English archers showing their fingers in battle so the enemy could see they could still fire their arrows was invented in the 1970s."

QI - Series E [http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/qi/episodes/5/10/]

Damn, I can't disagree with Stephen Fry. Thats like using the bfg of arguements.

 

[interspark]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

Hahahahaha! what did they do whith the walrus after that?

my sister told me the story, i think she said they just left it in the lobby of the museum, like how most museums have T.Rex skeletons

 

[Communist partisan]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

Hahahahaha! what did they do whith the walrus after that?

my sister told me the story, i think she said they just left it in the lobby of the museum, like how most museums have T.Rex skeletons

but still, BOOSH!

 

[Player 2]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

Hahahahaha! what did they do whith the walrus after that?

It's in the London Natural History Museum.

 

[Communist partisan]

a walrus skin was once sent to the manchester museum to be stuffed, the guy in charge of stuffing had never seen a walrus before, and didnt know that they had baggy skin, so he stuffed it absolutely full, resulting in the walrus being several times larger than it should be

Hahahahaha! what did they do whith the walrus after that?

It's in the London Natural History Museum.

awesome^^

 

[Wolfy1328]

Horses were brought over from spain when people first sailed to america.

Adolf Hitler only had, well, one ball.

The Kings in suits of cards all stand for famous kings in history.

 

[Cazza]

A small hole is made in chess pieces and a rod of lead is inserted to give the peices it's weight. In modern times lead is not used because of health reasons. The bottom is then covered in fabric to hide the hole.

 

[Do4600]

Also that whole "Everyone thought the earth was flat thing"? Bullshit as well, navigation was based on the priniciple that the earth was round and had been since ancient Greece and Egypt.

huhh, i'd kinda like a source for that

First of all, any fool can climb a small mountain and see the curvature of the earth, second, Pythagoras(570BCE) was one of the first persons in record to have thought the earth was round, third Posidonius(135 BCE) calculated the circumference of the earth to be about 25,000 miles, we know now that's exactly 24,901.55 miles.

yes, several people did hypothesize/believe the earth really was round, but from my understanding, this theory was highly looked down upon by many. again, i would like a Source.

Sorry, it was Eratosthenes(276BCE) not Posidonius, my memory from freshman 101 Geology is little vague. Anyway, since my textbook from that class is in a cardboard box about 300 miles away would accept the University of St Andrews, Scotland as a creditable source? If so:

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Eratosthenes.html

Or you just look it up yourself.

 

[LandoCristo]

Astrophysicist generally measure astronomical distance in parsecs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec], not light years. This also means Han solo was talking a load of gibbering ass when he said he did a speed run in a distance measurement. Many fans have tried to explain this away with black holes or meteor belts, but come on. They'll explain away anything.

Unless he was talking about the effects of relativity, with the Kessel Run being some distance OVER 12 parsecs, and with relativistic effects, it was shortened. Yes, I'm taking a class on relativistic physics.