Useless Knowledge!

[Adeku]

Did you know:

Kikkoman soy sauce was originated in Japan in 1630.
Pollen can travel up to 500 miles in a day.
Chinese Crested dogs can get acne.

 

[Flame Mistress]

Only 10% of the worlds population is left-handed - and I'm one of them! Woohoo! ~^^*

High-five, left-handed buddy. =)

 

[Darkmagiciangirl]

^^ Here's more:
-A statue in a park of a person on a who's horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

-"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

-Walt Disney was afraid of mice - Ironic much? Same as Mel Blanc who voices bugs bunny who were allergic to carrots

 

[Flame Mistress]

^ The second fact is false (therefore not a fact, lol): "Go" is the shortest English sentence.

 

[fuyu-seetaa]

Smelling (smelling, not eating) apples or bananas can help you lose weight.

That's definately not useless! *runs into the kitchen to sniff apples and bananas*

 

[Aegon]

That's because there is this toad that gives you dangerous hallusinations if you lick it. (can't spell, sorry.) They use it in religous ceremonies if you're a shaman person in south America. Anyway, I don't think that that law is ridiculous because of what I read that toad can do. It's perfectly logical.

Thank you The Simpsons. *Remembers Homer licking toads while acting as missionary*

Smelling (smelling, not eating) apples or bananas can help you lose weight.

O_O I looked this up, and apparently the smell of the apples or bananas trick your brain into thinking you've eaten more than you have. Presumably, your brain thinks you've eaten the fruit.

 

[EifieChan]

In Indiana No one may throw an old computer across the street at their neighbor.

 

[poix_the_yak]

-in brazil, instead of stitches they use ants! They bite over the wound, then they twist the ant's body so that the jaws stay attached.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww

-"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

What about one word commands?

 

[Ausgirl]

4. In Italian and Greek weddings it's traditional for guests to pin money on the bride's wedding dress.

 

[Jagged Little Pill]

In Alabama, it is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.

And in Minneapolis, it is illegal for red cars to drive down one of the streets there.

 

[Drdj11]

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

 

[jesusfreak94]

Teddy Roosevelt was once shot by an assassin at close range shortly before he was scheduled to give a speech. He gave the speech anyways with the bullet still lodged in his body.

"Screeched" is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.

 

[Zangoose1129]

hmmm. interesting

the male vervet monkey can attract a female by uttering the word for "food"

 

[TabiPianist]

In the state of Indianna its illegal to bathe during the winter.

 

[Mister_SGG]

Robert McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense for the USA.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

You sayin' I'm not average, bitch?

 

[Adeku]

I have more useless knowledge!!

Did you know:

Singapore has only one train station.
Cats cannot taste sweet things.
The Austrailian box jellyfish has eight eyes.

 

[menonabhi123]

Singapore has only one train station.

i don't think that's true: on the contrary singapore has a whole network of railways.....

 

[PikaPika677]

There are no street names in Japan

Imagine:
Guy: What's the address?
Girl: That one street
Guy: What street?
Girl: You know, that one next to that other street....
Guy: I hate Japan

 

[Jacobthepokemonfreak]

In Iceland you have to get a prescription from a doctor to smoke cigarettes.
WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR ACTUALLY PRESCRIBE SOMEONE LUNG CANCER???!!!

Supposedly, if you sit at a desk aand lift your right foot off the ground, start making clockwise circles with it, and you draw a 6 in the air with your right hand your foot will start going the other way (anti-clockwise).

These famous people have entered contests to impersonate themselves... and lost!!!::::
Charlie Chaplin, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Graham Greene, David Bellamy. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!!!!!!?????

Neil Armstrong said when going onto the moon:
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
instead of, One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

People have won the Darwin awards (an award doing something pretty stupid and dying because of it) for these things:
juggling active hand grenades
Attempting to play russian roullete with a semi-automatic pistol(ato-reloads bullet into next chamber)
Crashing through a window and falling to your death in an attempt to demonstrate a window is unbreakable
jumping out of a plane to film skydivers... w/o a parachute
using A CIGARETTE LIGHTER to ILLUMINATE A PETROL TANK TO MAKE SURE IT CONTAINS NOTHING FLAMMABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


A guy was accused of robbery said he couldn't have done it because he was breaking into a school at the time... he was arrested for breaking into the school instead.
A pair of robbers entered a US music store nervously waving guns. One of them said "nobody move", his partner moved and and so he shot him.
A robber who tried shooting someone during a hold-up. The gun failed to go off and so the robber peered down the barrel and tried again. This time it worked.



message me if you want more

 

[Ceromax]

Humans can survive underwater...but not for very long....-Portal 2, Fact Core

an athletic adult man can survive underwater for about 2 minutes(thats about the estimate) without any sort of air tank till you get really lightheaded/passout