Useless info thread....

[HoppysMag]

hey guys please post any useless info in here... or links to use less info... ok i will start.

oh and cat urin glows under a black light.(or so i am told)

there are 336 dimples in a golf ball and like 110 ridges on a dime.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

and Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur,

and 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.

and of course a goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

http://www.chrisonline.host.sk/useless.php

[Spray Painter]

[HoppysMag]

A man walked in to a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop, and asked for all the Money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.

that is great. lol keep em comin guys.

[Spray Painter]

here some more:
Elyria, OH - Martyn Eskins, attempting to clean out cobwebs in his basement, declined to use a broom in favor of a propane torch and caused a fire that burned the first and second floors of his house.
And another:
More than 600 people in Italy wanted to ride in a spaceship badly enough to pay $10,000 a piece for the first tourist flight to Mars. According to the Italian police, the would-be space travelers were told to spend their "next vacation on Mars, amid the splendors of ruined temples and painted deserts. Ride a Martian camel from oasis to oasis and enjoy the incredible Martian sunsets. Explore mysterious canals and marvel at the views. Trips to the moon also available." Authorities believe that the con men running this scam made off with over six million dollars...
And another:
Another from Detroit: A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him.

[Gotenks]

Soichiro Honda (creator of honda motorcycles, honda automobile co.) raced using a FORD before he had any thoughts of making motor vehicles.

[Spray Painter]

if you can't tell, i'm really board:
There were 43,687 toilet related accidents in the United States in 1996.

A coat hanger is forty-four inches long if straightened.

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.

1,314 phone calls will be misplaced by telecom services every minute.

22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next hour

The ashes of the metal magnesium are heavier than magnesium itself.

The Boeing 737 jet is nicknamed Fat Albert.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

In 1897, Bayer, who is the makers of Aspirin, once marketed the drug heroin.

[tranman]

Originally posted by Spray Painter
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The ashes of the metal magnesium are heavier than magnesium itself.

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Thats obvious because Mg is an element and if you're burning pure Magnesium it is just reacting with oxygen, but all the magnesium is there, so adding oxygen to the mix would make it weigh more because oxygen has bonded with the Magnesium...anyone thats taken grade 11 chemistry would know that!

[manike]

smiles is the longest word in the English dictionary...

There is a mile between the first and last letters...



manike

[Spray Painter]

i even know that and i'm in 10th grade... i just randomly copied facts off of a website and that was just one of them

[yeahthatsme]

if the whole chinese population walked past you in a single file line it would never end due to the reproduction rate.

commentfrom one of the pb mags) if all the spyder clones went past you the line would never end due to the massive amount out there.