Useless facts

[Jimmyeatworld]

Dan Aykroyd was born with syndactylism. He has webbed toes.

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

or "orange"

or purple.

 

[Abbey Normal]

I'm sorry, but that was not a useless fact at all. I've been wondering what that song was about forever.

Oh, you can't tie an alligator to a fire hydrant in New Orleans.

I had always heard that "White Wedding" was a euphemism for doing both heroin and cocaine. :huh:

 

[The ClayTaurus]

The Smashing Pumpkins' cheerful-sounding song "Today" (with the sing-songy lyric: "Today is the greatest day I've ever known") is actually about Corgan contemplating suicide.

 

[KarlMarx]

President Theodore Roosevelt was the first to announce to the world that Maxwell House coffee is "Good to the last drop."

The Teddy Bear got its name from Theodore Roosevelt. Legend has it that, while hunting, he was brought a bear cub and refused to shoot it.

 

[KarlMarx]

Greenwich Mean Time is sometimes referred to as "Zulu Time".

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

 

[KarlMarx]

Lauren Bacall and former Israeli Prime Minister,Shimon Peres, are cousins

Singer Carly Simon is the daughter of Richard Simon, who co-founded Simon and Schuster Publishing Company.

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Duct tape's original use was to keep ammunition dry during WWII.

 

[jillian]

Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve were roommates at Juliard.

Sigourney Weaver's birth name was Susan Weaver and is the daughter of former NBC President Sylvester "Pat" Weaver.

Ripley's cat in Alien is named Jones.

 

[KarlMarx]

Duct tape's original use was to keep ammunition dry during WWII.

"Radar" is actually an acronym for "Radio Detection and Ranging"

 

[KarlMarx]

The real names of the Marx Brothers were

Groucho - Julius

Harpo - Adolph

Chico - Leonard

Zeppo - Herbert

 

[Abbey Normal]

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

 

[Abbey Normal]

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

 

[GotZoom]

Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.

 

[5stringJeff]

One cannot see the Great Wall of China from space. It's roughly the same width as a four-lane highway. You'd have better luck seeing Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Seattle.

 

[Semper Fi]

One cannot see the Great Wall of China from space. It's roughly the same width as a four-lane highway. You'd have better luck seeing Interstate 5 between Tacoma and Seattle.

Very good.

You can, however, see the light from the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, because of it's blue light atop the pyramid that shines straight up.

 

[fuzzykitten99]

Director Garry Marshall owns and has lived in the same house that Julie Andrews stayed in while filming Mary Poppins, for over 30 years.

Incidentally, the first Princess Diaries, directed by Garry Marshall, in which Julie Andrews starred in, was filmed on the same sound stage that Mary Poppins was filmed.

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. (this must be where the dumb blonde theory comes in! :tng: )

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds recieved in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don't die during the movie.

The soft raised underside of a horse's hoof is called the 'frog'.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.