Completely useless facts (Just for Fun)

[Hardline]

The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is "Live Free or Die." Ironically, prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Concord make the state's license plates!

 

[Runwildboys]

Spiral staircases in medieval castles run clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs, they would not be able to use their right hand, which was holding the sword, because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no trouble, except left-handed people could never become knights because they were assumed to be descendants of the devil.

I guess I'm a descendant of the devil.

I just heard this a weeks ago on a show I was half watching. It was all about the evolution of castle building...Maybe it was a video here in CZ?

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Lightning strikes the same spot twice all the time, the idiom that it doesn’t is entirely untrue.



The Empire State Building gets hit by lightning as many as 100 times a year, despite the infrequency of electric storms in NYC.

 

[Runwildboys]

Lightning strikes the same spot twice all the time, the idiom that it doesn’t is entirely untrue.



The Empire State Building gets hit by lightning as many as 100 times a year, despite the infrequency of electric storms in NYC.

"I said NO RUNNING!!"

 

[dreghorn2]

If you put the entire population of the earth into the state of Texas, every person could have just under 1000 square feet of space.

 

[Ranched]

The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
(I had to read that twice to make sure it wasn't what I thought it was at first Lol)

 

[Runwildboys]

If you put the entire population of the earth into the state of Texas, every person could have just under 1000 square feet of space.

DONE!... except for me. I'm going to Hawaii.

 

[Cowpolk]

Rust never sleeps

 

[Runwildboys]

Rust never sleeps

FACT!!!

 

[kskboys]

I have another great stat about that!

Because a cheetah is so skinny and light weight relative to all ungulates (or large cats for that matter), they can corner at high speeds better than any of the prey they hunt!

The secret? They use their abnormally large tail as a rudder. Check this out:

And then with that little trick, he can outplay any maneuver the gazelle attempts, even at over 60 MPH:

Yeah, but why do they drink mountain dew?

 

[Cowpolk]

The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
(I had to read that twice to make sure it wasn't what I thought it was at first Lol)

Can pasties be used instead?

 

[Tabascocat]

When attacked by any wild animal, be faster than the guy next to you. Your survival rated increases ten-fold!

 

[Reality]

When attacked by any wild animal, be faster than the guy next to you. Your survival rated increases ten-fold!

Unless the faster person is carrying food with a strong odor ...

 

[MWH1967]

I always cross my left arm over my right, and no, I'm not a lefty.

I can tell you, without getting out my chair, that I usually start walking with my left foot. I also jump using my left foot to push off, but kick with my right.

I can wipe my butt with either hand...but not with my foot.

 

[MWH1967]

The Inventor of Pringles is buried in a pringles can!

 

[MWH1967]

The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
(I had to read that twice to make sure it wasn't what I thought it was at first Lol)

Funny you should say that. I'll be careful here. It's between "Tiny" and "Little". Which bring me to this one.

It does mean exactly that. No kidding.

 

[Ranched]

Dragonflies have six legs but can't walk.

Rust never sleeps

Nor does Father Time.

 

[Montanalo]

Which, along with the high rate of speed, is why they don't corner very well.

Hawkeye applauds you

 

[rags747]

I always cross my left arm over my right, and no, I'm not a lefty.

I can tell you, without getting out my chair, that I usually start walking with my left foot. I also jump using my left foot to push off, but kick with my right.

I can wipe my butt with either hand...but not with my foot.

That last special talent is one that I have never developed! Always the same boring right hand.

 

[Montanalo]

Did you know it is virtually impossible to fart while scuba diving below 10 m?

Follow me for more weird scuba diving factoids.