Cool, Useless Facts!

[chatolandia]

actually Spain is named after Hyraxes, the Phoenicians saw the rabbits and thought they were Hyraxes





I know way more useless facts than you!

and actually some of those are wrong

 

[gmoney]

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

 

[chatolandia]

prove it

 

[LatinoSTAR]

That One About swallowing insects while you sleep will keep me up all nite, that kinda freaks me out.


Oh yeah, i actually have licked my elbow before...

 

[chatolandia]

you don't say Proof it, you say Prove it


and BTW I did, with the Hyrax thing

 

[jaydizzo]

nice emailing to self to share at work tomorrow hahaha good find piggy ...l

 

[Pushover]

I read somewhere that german cockroaches pass gas every half an hour, or something like that.

 

[Kulindahr]

This one's false:

- People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second.

The saying arose because long ago in Rome during the Black Plague years people thought that a sneeze was a symptom of the early stage of the plague. "God Bless You!" was a blessing given by those nearby in hopes of stopping the plague in you (and of course not getting it themselves).

Or at least that's the most ancient origin; there are others. The notion that it has to do with the heart stopping is only a recent claimant: medical science hasn't been around long enough for such a thing to be known.

 

[MrBarbrey]

alot fo reading

 

[Jeimuzu]

Should I post some photos of the sky for you, Piggy? It's pretty and blue.

Shame you've never seen it before.

 

[doctorsun]

They tested the one about a duck's quack not echoing on Mythbusters. I believe they proved it was false.

 

[Croynan]

On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

i think someone has taken my share.​

eM.

 

[cbtfan]

- A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

Goldfish can't get pregnant as they lay eggs.

Thus the myth that pregnant goldfish are called twits is completely fallacious as goldfish can not get pregnant. In principle, there could be a word for a female fish with egg development such as 'twit'. But none is listed in any proper dictionary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish

 

[cbtfan]

- People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_you

 

[chatolandia]

Piggy, I told you!

 

[LarsVenice]

- By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

This should be "lying on your back" instead of "laying". I mention this because you are a teacher, and I wanted to make sure that you are not teaching your children incorrect grammar.

I found the tongue twister especially interesting. The most difficult one I had encountered up to now was "Eleven benevolent elephants," which is easy to say once, but very difficult to say two or three times quickly in succession. However, the one you posted I cannot say even once!

 

[cbtfan]

- By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

Quicksand is denser than water; the greater the density of the liquid, the greater the buoyancy of objects within. Any victims found in quicksand likely died for some other reason (e.g. exposure to the elements).

From MythBusters (season 2)

 

[cbtfan]

- The screwdriver was invented before the screw.

Wrong again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw#History


http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/screwdriver.htm

 

[Kulindahr]

On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.

i think someone has taken my share.​

eM.

I'm not even up to 1%.....

 

[cbtfan]

- Rats and horses can't vomit.

Yep. All the facts are not true.

Also not true as horses can not vomit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse#Digestion

I'm not too sure about rats though.