Useless facts

[no1tovote4]

A "googol" is an actual thing....

it is a number represented by a 1 followed by 100 zeroes

The Brits and the Americans have different numbering systems when referring to numbers larger than 1,000,000...


The american system:

million 6 10^6
billion 9 10^9
trillion 12 10^12
quadrillion 15 10^15
quintillion 18 10^18
sextillion 21 10^21
septillion 24 10^24
octillion 27 10^27
nonillion 30 10^30
decillion 33 10^33
undecillion 36 10^36
duodecillion 39 10^39
tredecillion 42 10^42
quattuordecillion 45 10^45
quindecillion 48 10^48
sexdecillion 51 10^51
septendecillion 54 10^54
octodecillion 57 10^57
novemdecillion 60 10^60
vigintillion 63 10^63
googol 100 10^100
quintoquadagintillion 138 10^138
centillion 303 10^303
googolplex googol 10^googol

The brit system:

million 6 10^6
1,000 millions (or milliard) 9 10^9
billion 12 10^12
1,000 billions 15 10^15
trillion 18 10^18
1,000 trillions 21 10^21
quadrillion 24 10^24
quintillion 30 10^30
sextillion 36 10^36
septillion 42 10^42
octillion 48 10^48
nonillion 54 10^54
decillion 60 10^60
undecillion 66 10^66
duodecillion 72 10^72
tredecillion 78 10^78
quattuordecillion 84 10^84
quindecillion 90 10^90
sexdecillion 96 10^96
septendecillion 102 10^102
octodecillion 108 10^108
novemdecillion 114 10^114
vigintillion 120 10^120
centillion 600 10^600

 

[KarlMarx]

The ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats

A white cat with blue eyes is almost always deaf

A calico (i.e. three color) cat is almost always female. Male calico cats are rare and are always sterile.

An orange tabby cat is almost always male

 

[fuzzykitten99]

I can wiggle my ears-without touching them.

 

[Hobbit]

No character in any episode of the original Star Trek series or any of the subsequent movies ever said, "Beam me up, Scotty."

 

[Joz]

The an average day a typist's fingers travels 12.6 miles.

 

[jillian]

No character in any episode of the original Star Trek series or any of the subsequent movies ever said, "Beam me up, Scotty."

The first inter-racial kiss on television was between Kirk and Uhuru.

 

[KarlMarx]

The first inter-racial kiss on television was between Kirk and Uhuru.

The gadget that Dr. McCoy waved over his patients to make a diagnosis was, in reality, a salt shaker painted silver

Uhuru and Mr. Sulu were the only two characters on the TV series that did not have a first name. Later, however, Mr. Sulu acquired a first name in one of the Star Trek movies.

On at least two occasions ("Miri" & "City on the Edge of Forever") the exterior Mayberry set from "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) was used. In "City," as Kirk walks Edith home, they pass by the easily recognizable courthouse, Floyd's barbershop, Emmett's repair shop, and the grocery

 

[Joz]

A human being breathes almost 10 million times a year.

 

[KarlMarx]

A human being breathes almost 10 million times a year.

A healthy adult human produces between 1/2 to 1.5 liters of flatus (fart gas) daily

 

[Joz]

A healthy adult human produces between 1/2 to 1.5 liters of flatus (fart gas) daily

Thank you Karl, for pointing that out to us. :happy2:

Popeye was 5'6" tall.

 

[KarlMarx]

Thank you Karl, for pointing that out to us. :happy2:

Popeye was 5'6" tall.

Olive Oyl's boyfriend originally was a character named "Ham Gravy"

Robin Williams movie debut was in "Popeye (1980)"

Spinach farmers in Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of Popeye in the town and credited him for saving the then-dying spinach industry.

 

[Joz]

Three of the 6 men who played "The Three Stooges" were brothers.
Curly, Moe & Shemp.

 

[dilloduck]

Three of the 6 men who played "The Three Stooges" were brothers.
Curly, Moe & Shemp.

I didn't know you had brothers.:teeth:

 

[KarlMarx]

Bonobos (Pygmy Chimpanzee) and armadillos are the only mammals other than humans that engage in intercourse in the missionary position (face-to-face).

Armadilos are one of a small number of animals other than humans that can get leprosy.

In Maine, it is illegal to own an armadillo.

 

[Joz]

I didn't know you had brothers.:teeth:

You just crack yourself up, don't ya?

 

[Joz]

The Ten Commandments contain 297 words.
The Bill of Rights, 463.

 

[jillian]

Bonobos (Pygmy Chimpanzee) and armadillos are the only mammals other than humans that engage in intercourse in the missionary position (face-to-face).

My expert on these matters (my former large mammal keeper) tells me that he saw gorillas having sex in the missionary position, too.

 

[KarlMarx]

The largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale. Mature blue whales can measure anywhere from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30.5 m) from head to tail, and can weigh as much as 150 tons (136 metric tons).

 

[Joz]

Apotemnophilia is the desire to become an amputee.

 

[Shattered]

Howdy Doody had 48 freckles.