Useless Information!!!

[hondachicc]

I surprised to see that there is a song with our town in it!!

It's a Bluegrass "fiddle" song called "Roanoke"....by Bill Monroe

Interesting......hehehe...to me anyway!!

 

[NewAdmin]

ok... this one is gross and TOTALLY freaks me out because i have a HUGE phobia when it comes to these things... but...

a cockroach can live for 2 weeks without its head!!! eeeeeeeeek.

that is just WRONG! **shudder** those things are so... eeeeeew!

 

[faerywings]

ewww Amanda!

Going back to the home town stuff- the name of my hometown- Parsippany is an English version of the Indian tribe that lived in that area - the Parsippanong


and a bit more on that from wikipedia
The name Parsippany comes from the Lenape Native American word parsipanong, which means "the place where the river winds through the valley".--

OK_ that isn't exactly what I learned as a kid- we were told that it was a branch of the Lenape Tribe... but either way it is kinda cool!

 

[hondachicc]

ok... this one is gross and TOTALLY freaks me out because i have a HUGE phobia when it comes to these things... but...

a cockroach can live for 2 weeks without its head!!! eeeeeeeeek.

that is just WRONG! **shudder** those things are so... eeeeeew!

Okay now this is NOT USELESS...because...YUCK AND GROSS AND EEEW!!!
I need to know because I would never just cut one of those suckers heads off now now...I will stomp its guts out!!!!!

But I hope I don't see one........EEEEW!!!

 

[NewAdmin]

Okay now this is NOT USELESS...because...YUCK AND GROSS AND EEEW!!!
I need to know because I would never just cut one of those suckers heads off now now...I will stomp its guts out!!!!!

But I hope I don't see one........EEEEW!!!

hahahaha... i know, RIGHT??!! lol. **shudder**

ok, so yeah... i like the useless city facts better. so here's another memphis one...

Volney, the lion who roared at the beginning of all the old MGM movies, lived at the Memphis Zoo until his death in 1944.

 

[danenan]

EEEEEEEW Amanda!!! That IS gross!!


ok useless fact about my town:
every year on August 28th we celebrate Bommen Berend (Bombing Berend). He was a bisshop back in 1672 that tried to conquer my town but he failed....
He was called Bombing Berend because he loved to use canons that were recently invented and he destroyed almost the entire city. In fact, there is one ancient building in my town that still has a canon ball in its facade.

 

[danenan]

he that is strange, yesterday there was a photo in my post.....

 

[NewAdmin]

here's one. (is it against the rules if it's *kinda* useful? lol)

You can use pine cones to forecast the weather: The scales will close when rain is on the way.

 

[petey111]

Oh...That's funny Amanda. You can do the same things with Maple leaves. Rain coming...they flip silver side out.

 

[NewAdmin]

Oh...That's funny Amanda. You can do the same things with Maple leaves. Rain coming...they flip silver side out.

had no idea! that's awesome! lol.

ok, here's another one...

**if you keep a goldfish in a darkened room for long enough it will turn white.

 

[danenan]

poor thing...
I know for a fact that goldfish grow depending on the size of their bowl, small bowl --> small fish, huge bowl -->huge fish

 

[hondachicc]

OH Amanda...I have heard that before about the goldfish!!

and Wia.....this is definately true....my next door neighbor has a HUGE HUGE goldfish....the grown children think it's funny and keep buying bigger tanks for it....she calls it the "Whale"...LOL!!!

 

[hondachicc]

Okay.....here is one:

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight


PLEASE!! can someone tell who was walking around in the middle of the night with a blacklight following some cat waiting for it to Pee!!!!!?????

 

[NewAdmin]

Okay.....here is one:

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight


PLEASE!! can someone tell who was walking around in the middle of the night with a blacklight following some cat waiting for it to Pee!!!!!?????

and can someone also tell me why you would even need to SEE cat pee to know it's there? you can smell it from across the globe!!!! ewww.

 

[hondachicc]

Okay ladies...you may see a lot of these from me this weekend...

Now first let me ask: WHERE IS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH??!!

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.


DON'T YOU KNOW...... I JUST WENT AND PUT MINE IN THE LINEN CLOSET!!!!!!!!! AND COVERED IT IN THE TRAVEL HOLDER!!! YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[VickiStegall]

Okay ladies...you may see a lot of these from me this weekend...

Now first let me ask: WHERE IS YOUR TOOTHBRUSH??!!

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.


DON'T YOU KNOW...... I JUST WENT AND PUT MINE IN THE LINEN CLOSET!!!!!!!!! AND COVERED IT IN THE TRAVEL HOLDER!!! YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mythbusters did a show on this!
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode12

 

[petey111]

My DH saw a demo once from a health expert about how much spray flies up from the toilet when you flush. Our toilet lid is always down except when necessary....and definitely closed before we flush! I know it's disgusting, but they put food coloring in the bowl and then held a paper towel over it when they flushed.....BLECH BLECH BLECH BLECH!!!!

 

[NewAdmin]

mythbusters did a show on this!
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode12

i saw that one! that's a great show.

 

[hondachicc]

OOOOOOOH thought I would drag this thread back out!!

DID YOU KNOW:

A snail can sleep for 3 years (they all must be men :mrgreen

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard

Women blink nearly twice as much as men (Bwahahahaha...so we really are not "batting" our eyes)

Only female mosquitoes bite (Sounds about right)

Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus (hhhmmmm..wonder if Big Bird knows this??)



WHAT USELESS CRAP DO YOU KNOW ABOUT??????

 

[Dutch_Diva]

Hey Linda, did you know that eating that same celery is supposed to stop a bloody nose? I've never tried it but a nurse told it to me.

I'm sure if you stick it UP your nose it will stop it!! :biggrin:

 

[hondachicc]

Oh Goodness. I did a search for Christmas over at the Mental_Floss site. Some really interesting articles!! Here's the search results:
http://bit.ly/6psgWG

This one on "real-life" 12 Days of Christmas is really funny... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10387

So from that, here's my fact: There's a drink called a "Turtle Dove" and it has vodka, creme de cacoa, half and half, and coconut cream. NUMMY!!!!

THIS explains why Sara is hot on the 12 days of Christmas again!!

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[faerywings]

hee hee, loved this thread- it was such a sgood one.

This is something that i just found out recently, thanks to DS, Scott.

Praying Mantises are *not* endangered or protected in any way. That info is based on an urban legend that dates back to the 1950's.
While it is "ok" to kill mantises (ie, you won't get in trouble) they are still very good predators for other common garden pests.

Female PM's also lay an egg sac whether or not they have mated. If they have mated, they will occasionally eat the head off of the male. A fertilized egg sac can birth 150-200 babies at once, many of whom will eat each other.

 

[faerywings]

I want that drink Sara!!! Yummy is right!

 

[petey111]

THIS explains why Sara is hot on the 12 days of Christmas again!!

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:cosmo:cosmo:cosmo:cosmo

*hic* I have no idea what you are talking about! *hic*

 

[petey111]

The seven dwarves: 2 D's, 2 S's and 3 emotions.

Doc, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Happy

(When I worked at the Disney store I once entered a Disney Trivia contest!)

 

[helenh]

Wow.....this is just fascinating! Really!

 

[hondachicc]

hee hee, loved this thread- it was such a sgood one.

This is something that i just found out recently, thanks to DS, Scott.

Praying Mantises are *not* endangered or protected in any way. That info is based on an urban legend that dates back to the 1950's.
While it is "ok" to kill mantises (ie, you won't get in trouble) they are still very good predators for other common garden pests.

Female PM's also lay an egg sac whether or not they have mated. If they have mated, they will occasionally eat the head off of the male. A fertilized egg sac can birth 150-200 babies at once, many of whom will eat each other.

I have ALWAYS been fascinated by Paying Mantices!!!! I don't know that I have ever heard that they were protected....but my Mom has told me my whole life how they would eat all the other insects and would never hurt you.....as a kid, she had them in her house plants in the house....they would just stay right there in those plants!!!

 

[hondachicc]

the seven dwarves: 2 d's, 2 s's and 3 emotions.

Doc, dopey, sleepy, sneezy, bashful, grumpy, happy

(when i worked at the disney store i once entered a disney trivia contest!)

what a fab way to remember!!!! Did you win?????

 

[hondachicc]

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! we thought we had been doing something COOL and "FRENCH"

 

[hondachicc]

What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! we thought we had been doing something COOL and "FRENCH"

So I want to know then..........

Who stuck their tongue down someone's throat first?????:rofl: