Thought we could have some fun with useless trivia!! I'll get it started -- from an email that I just received:

A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in its head.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The Giraffes tongue is the same length in inches as its whole body is in feet.

(Example: an 18 foot tall Giraffe would have a tongue that is 18 inches long.)


An elephant has more muscles in its trunk than you do in your entire body.

Did you know that you cannot lick your elbows? :P

Mesocyclone is the term for a rotating Thunderstorm that can produce tornadoes. It is also called a "Super Cell".

One of the most destructive Tornadoes in the history of the US was the F5 Tornado that went through Moore, Oklahoma and with winds estimated at around 300 MPH.

If conditions aloft in the atmosphere are favorable for Torandoes and or Severe Thunderstorms, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Tornado Watch will be issued.

Paramaters for a Severe Thunderstorm Warning to be issued include: 58 MPH wind or great, 3/4" sized hail, and frequent cloud to ground lightning with heavy rain.

Paramaters for Tornado Warning to be issued include: Doppler Radar indiciated Tornado or rotation within a given Thunderstorm. OR Trainers have actually spotted a Funnel Cloud, Wall cloud, Rotation, and or a Tornado in progress.

I figured since severe weather season is now and I enjoy Meteorology, that I would post this randomly. lol

I just realized the above isn't useless.....oops lol!

Elephants can't jump.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Um, I hope I'm not the only person who just tried to do so...:crazy:

Another useless fact:

A tomato is really a fruit, not a vegetable.

And yet another:

The word "fag" means a bundle of sticks.

I need to go to bed...

I live in tornado alley, SoulMusic, so I appreciate those facts!!


(I didn't try to lick my eyebrows, though! :lol:

I got one:

The reason why soda fizzes after you open it is because, you're relasing pressure which inturn dereases the amount of CO2 that can dissovled in the liquid.

Interesting stuff! Good thing a shrimp's heart is in its head, so I can't eat it's heart out. :lol:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: I think you are! The though didn't even cross my mind! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cats' urine glows under a blacklight.

The cow's tongue occupies most of its head.

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off. Nasty!

Uh....*runs away and hides* :hide:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Yeah, sorry, I'm a little on the eccentric, goofy side!

Another useless factoid:

Only female mosquitoes bite/suck blood.

Actually, you can lick your elbows. My friend's older sister can. She's double jointed. :yes:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Well, I found out I'm NOT!!! :lol:

That sound just a tad.....painful?

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

Q. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
A. Honey

Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year.
A. Father's Day

Here another one:

THE LIFESPAN OF A TASTEBUD IS TEN DAYS

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year. ( :blink: )

Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

An apple does too I think.

I want me some celery now. Lol

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear.

On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.

A group of owls is called a parliament.

THERE IS ENOUGH IRON IN A HUMAN BEING TO MAKE ONE SMALL NAIL.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

600!!

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW I'm so taping my mouth shut before I go to bed from now on!



There are only 2 days out of the year when there are no professional sporting events conducted in the United States:

The day before and the day after the MLB All-Star Game.

It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)

Though you never really saw him on the segment on teevee, this is the guy who drove the convertible in Elliott's homecoming parade. Local folks will know him as "The Sheehy Ford Markdown Guy." :D (I thought he looked familiar for more than that, though...)

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.

In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.

One acre of hemp produces as much paper as four acres of trees and can be replaced in one season.

Camel milk does not curdle.

Women blink twice as much as men.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting licence.

Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds.

Cows poop 16 times a day.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English
language.

A snail takes 33 hours to crawl one mile.

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