Useless trivia

[userwhoquitthesite]

The singer Lady Gaga was born with both types of genetalia.

true or not, i find this totally believable

 

[feversk]

A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds

False.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions#Biology
http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/goldfish-three-second-memory-myth-busted/story-e6frflri-1111115578849
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1645894.htm

 

[KillerH]

a dime has 118 ridges

 

[Dgxphyrefightx]

The first individually wrapped candy was the tootsie roll
and Antarctica has a flag

 

[feversk]

I thought the the mythbusters busted that one when the 'trained' goldfish to go through mazes or something. Goldfish are still fucking stupid.

That doesn't change the fact that the 3-second memory is just a silly misinformation. Every time someone posts it, a kitten dies.

 

[ninjaman 420]

I'm fairly certain the lady gaga thing is incorrect, you might want to cite some sources if you're going to say something like that.

Certain slugs have biolumescent penises. Others eat eachothers penises during or after mating.

A seaslug that can photosynthesize was recently discovered.

Parrotfish eat coral and crap sand.

i just read that article about the half plant half slug to the other day. interesting stuff.

alligators and crocodiles cant walk backwards

 

[mitchellkenn]

the longest word with no repeating letters is uncopyrightable.
the word with the most double letters is bookkeeper
the largest fish in the world is the mantaray

 

[ninjaman 420]

Mila Knuiks [can't spell her name] lied about her age to get on that 70's show.

You mean Mila Kunis I think, almost had a heart attack when I read your thread 'cos I thought you were gonna say SHE was a hermaphrodite! thank god I read on....

me and you both

 

[Aurora219]

a mol of any gas (6.02 x 10(to the 23) particles)

is 22.4 liters in volume

Uh, yeah. That's basically what a mole is when you get right down to it. That's kind of like saying 1000ml of any liquid is exactly 1l of that liquid.

Anyway.

Human beings cannot survive if their temperature increases or drops by over 2.5 degrees for any length of time. They tend to die of organ failure.

The human brain is by far the most complicated ..anything.. that is known to mankind. We aren't even beginning to understand the intricacies of it. We only use 10% of our total brain mass.

The myth that Hitler only had one ball is indeed a myth - but the dictator Mao Zedong DID only have one ball.

 

[Molten Discharge]

a mol of any gas (6.02 x 10(to the 23) particles)

is 22.4 liters in volume

Uh, yeah. That's basically what a mole is when you get right down to it. That's kind of like saying 1000ml of any liquid is exactly 1l of that liquid.

Anyway.

Human beings cannot survive if their temperature increases or drops by over 2.5 degrees for any length of time. They tend to die of organ failure.

The human brain is by far the most complicated ..anything.. that is known to mankind. We aren't even beginning to understand the intricacies of it. We only use 10% of our total brain mass.

The myth that Hitler only had one ball is indeed a myth - but the dictator Mao Zedong DID only have one ball.

Hitler was nicknamed "screamer" by his army pals in WWI because when a bullet riccoched into his testicle he lay on the floor screaming. To be honest I'd like to think my friends would go get help.

 

[mitchellkenn]

sunflower seed shells do no digest.(learned that one the hard way)
George W Bush's ansistors are from Maine.
the average lifespane of a pittbull is 12 years.
Douglas Adam's nickname is DNA due to the way he signed his books.
The Great Wall of China was not intended to keep the Monglians out but to make their raids unprofitable.
The Ion Engein (sp) has aready been made.
Wikipedia sites itself as being inaccurate.

 

[Aurora219]

Most cats have a non-fatal terminal velocity.

This made me laugh out loud. I can just imagine scientists hunched down in the back of a jet bunging cats out the loading ramp in search of scientific data.

 

[SD-Fiend]

your stomach is lined with mucas to prevent your stomach acid from eating away at it

 

[mitchellkenn]

Paintball was orgenaly made for marking cattle.

 

[Pingieking]

The volume of a one-dimensional sphere of radius R is 2.
Tesla was featured on the Yugoslavian 10,000,000,000 bank note.
The Grand Canal of China is the longest canal in the world, at roughly 1776 km. The oldest parts date back about 2500 years, and the entire canal was completed during the Sui Dynasty (around 610 AD). The canal stretches from Beijing to Hangzhou.