state a random obscure fact thread

[shart_attack]

No tire can roll forever.

 

[Peach]

No tire can roll forever.

Vitamin D absorption is dependant upon light exposure.

 

[shart_attack]

Rusty nails do not make good material from which to make doormats.

 

[Peach]

Rusty nails do not make good material from which to make doormats.

Nail polish can prevent rust on mettalic objects such as nails.

 

[BlueGin]

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

 

[Peach]

The Florida panhandle was twice its current size 12,000 years ago.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Rusty nails do not make good material from which to make doormats.

the word "doormat" stems from between 1655-65:


Doormat | Define Doormat at Dictionary.com

 

[Statistikhengst]

And, a revolving doormat was invented in 1935:

Today in TIME Tech History: Revolving Doormat (1935), Stratospheric Balloon Ride (1946), ?Videodisc? Players (1980) and More | TIME.com

Another inventor observed that people wiping their feet on doormats all wipe with a rearward motion, which gradually flattens the bristles and decreases the efficacy of the mat. Some callers are too lazy to wipe their feet at all. Both problems are taken care of by his revolving doormat which gives the feet a circular scouring while the visitor stands still.

 

[Billo_Really]

Fact: Men have periods too!

 

[Peach]

Fact: Men have periods too!

The Ponderosa Pine is the state tree of Montana.

 

[eagle1462010]

We park in a Driveway and drive on a Parkway........................

 

[shart_attack]

Frogs and toads are not the same thing.

 

[Peach]

An otter's home is termed a HOLT.

 

[shart_attack]

Styrofoam is not good material from which to make a nuclear fallout shelter.

 

[Peach]

Styrofoam is not good material from which to make a nuclear fallout shelter.

Jacksonville Florida was once named Cowford.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

1 attosecond is to 1 second as 1 second is 32 billion billion years.

 

[Moonglow]

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

It has been a while since I did a dolphin...

 

[Moonglow]

No man is too old for a pimple...

 

[Statistikhengst]

1 attosecond is to 1 second as 1 second is 32 billion billion years.

You know, that's not very much time....

 

[Moonglow]

1 attosecond is to 1 second as 1 second is 32 billion billion years.

You know, that's not very much time....

But that can be proven...