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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet! Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    edited April 2004
    that's badass.

    the hanging-of-the-dog-shooter one, i mean.
  • Boy_who_lost_his_wingsBoy_who_lost_his_wings Join Date: 2003-12-03 Member: 23924Banned
    now only to get someone to shoot your dog on your property.....
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet! Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Hybridclaw+Apr 27 2004, 03:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hybridclaw @ Apr 27 2004, 03:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Boy who lost his wings+Apr 27 2004, 05:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boy who lost his wings @ Apr 27 2004, 05:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Black Mage+Apr 27 2004, 04:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Black Mage @ Apr 27 2004, 04:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Boy who lost his wings+Apr 27 2004, 04:31 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boy who lost his wings @ Apr 27 2004, 04:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Black Mage+Apr 27 2004, 04:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Black Mage @ Apr 27 2004, 04:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Boy who lost his wings+Apr 27 2004, 04:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Boy who lost his wings @ Apr 27 2004, 04:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yes, because you would have a gun <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    my gun + his gun + that guys gun + my friend's gun + guns next door > your gun(s) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    never underestiamte the element of suprise, odds are when you break in your victems will be asleep <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    if you fire a shot you just <a href='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=define%3A+defenestrate&btnG=Search' target='_blank'>defenestrated</a> your surprise

    yay for random facts! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    scilenecer<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    how a <a href='http://people.howstuffworks.com/question112.htm' target='_blank'>silencer</a> works <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    1. it's not silencer, it's suppressor
    2. not all suppressors work like that.
  • Boy_who_lost_his_wingsBoy_who_lost_his_wings Join Date: 2003-12-03 Member: 23924Banned
    does that mean i w1n? <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    edited April 2004
    You havent seen dumb laws until you've been to Pennsylvania, ah, home sweet home...:

    O Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

    O You may not sing in the bathtub.

    O Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish. (Darn.)

    O It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

    O It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.

    O It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.

    Of course though, you could just go to the <a href='http://www.dumblaws.com' target='_blank'>Dumb Laws</a> website, too.
  • frostymoosefrostymoose Join Date: 2003-09-12 Member: 20799Members
    maybe someone posted it already - i didn't read the whole topic but... Heroine used to be a brand-name product by Bayer
  • B33FB33F Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9362Members
    <a href='http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm</a>

    Many inaccuracies, urban legends, etc.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mullet+Apr 27 2004, 10:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Apr 27 2004, 10:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->sonic[-,Apr 27 2004, 11:01 AM] <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Found that one out yesterday by watching the boondock saints , awesome film ^^ <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I love when the butchy girl kicks the brother in the balls, then the other brother just decks her. Funniest scene in a movie ever...lol. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Boondock Saints > All!
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    Man that snopes website is really useful for disproving all that garbage we tend to pass along.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Ohhh! This is true:

    Entering a phone number into the Google search engine will return a home address and a map with directions to that address.

    Just tried, it's true.
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-frostymoose+Apr 28 2004, 12:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (frostymoose @ Apr 28 2004, 12:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> maybe someone posted it already - i didn't read the whole topic but... Heroine used to be a brand-name product by Bayer <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Er... I think you're thinking of "heron" paracetamol, which is still being produced.

    ...

    I'm fairly certain that the business about Coca Cola having cocaine in it at some point is an urban legend.

    ...

    I'm not sure if this is accurate or not, but in Australia there's a law which permits a male to urinate against his car in public. It's only on a specific tyre - I think it's the rear left tyre. I think the idea is that you're pulled off the road (we drive on the <i>left</i> side here, like any sane people <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->) and have a car between, um, you and the motorists on the road.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Apr 28 2004, 12:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Apr 28 2004, 12:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-frostymoose+Apr 28 2004, 12:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (frostymoose @ Apr 28 2004, 12:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> maybe someone posted it already - i didn't read the whole topic but... Heroine used to be a brand-name product by Bayer <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Er... I think you're thinking of "heron" paracetamol, which is still being produced.

    ...

    I'm fairly certain that the business about Coca Cola having cocaine in it at some point is an urban legend.

    ...

    I'm not sure if this is accurate or not, but in Australia there's a law which permits a male to urinate against his car in public. It's only on a specific tyre - I think it's the rear left tyre. I think the idea is that you're pulled off the road (we drive on the <i>left</i> side here, like any sane people <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->) and have a car between, um, you and the motorists on the road. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Heroin belongs with a large group of products that were marketed at the turn of the century in America (early 1900's...for those of you unable to use logic) - possibly in other countries too. It includes tape worms marketed as diet supplements (well, they do take a lot of your nutrients <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->), a multitude of drugs (including Heroin and other opiates) that weren't outlawed for long time and X-rays, which were used in shoe stores to properly measure your shoe size (look, Mommy, I can see my bones, it must be good for me!) - along with radioactive drinks and other nonsense that peopled died or got sick from.

    As for the cocaine in the Coca-cola, it was used for a little bit there, but hasn't been an ingredient for an exceptionally long time. Keep in mind that it was legal when it was an ingredient (when it was made illegal is when the drink began being marketed as a cool refreshment instead of a healing potion).
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    The longest official name of a city:

    Go search for the Thai official name of Bangkok.
  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-XeroSlayer+Apr 28 2004, 03:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (XeroSlayer @ Apr 28 2004, 03:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> O Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ROFL! The daft motoring laws are the best. Do you think anyone has actually taken their car apart to hide it from horses?
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    In my own home state of NH i believe it is illegal to dye margarine pink. Apparently they have something against pretty colors up here.
  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Retales+Apr 27 2004, 09:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Retales @ Apr 27 2004, 09:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-WoT|Lanfear+Apr 27 2004, 12:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (WoT|Lanfear @ Apr 27 2004, 12:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Cleveland spelled backwards is "DNA level C." <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Nomen est omen! (whatever)
    I knew it all along that Flayra has to be a superhumanbeing!


    Here are some nice Finnish words. We use them all the time:

    - Epäjärjestelmällistyttämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhän
    - Uudenvuodenvastaanottajaiskarnevaalitanssiaisvieras
    - Vanhurskauttamattomuudellaansakaankohan
    - Kaksitariffikolmivaihevaihtovirtakilowattituntimittari






    [For the serious people: It was a joke. An average person never needs such words] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ferrariautobandventieldopjeverpakkingsfabrieksecretarresetypmachine.

    I win.
  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    7% of all sparrows stutter <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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