Useless facts

[Joz]

The lifespan of a tastebud is 10 days.

 

[jillian]

A three-toed sloth only defecates once a week.

Lions can have sex every few minutes for up to a full day.

Owls can't move their eyes, so have to move their heads to shift their line of vision.

An Asian Rhino's penis weighs up to 45 lbs. and can be up to 4 feet long.

Sharks have no bones, only cartilage and don't get either tooth decay or cancer.

A hummingbird is the only bird which can fly backwards.

 

[KarlMarx]

The platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs

The banjo is the only instrument that originated in this country

Beethoven was completely deaf when he wrote his last symphony

The movie studio, United Artists, was founded by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith

 

[Joz]

A lion's muzzle is like a human's fingerprints. No two patterns of whiskers are alike.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated after a surgery.

 

[KarlMarx]

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated after a surgery.

Alfred Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance in every one of this movies. Examples....
The Birds - seen leaving a pet store

Vertigo - walks past a gate

North By Northwest - misses a bus

Rear Window - winding a clock

To Catch a Thief - a passenger on a bus

Notorious - a party guest

Spellbound - coming out of an elevator

Rebbecca - waiting outside a phone booth

 

[Joz]

Alfred Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance in every one of this movies.....

And I look for him, too. Sometimes I have to go back and look at the movie specifically for that purpose.

The # sign is called an octothorpe.

(sorry, I had two ans in there)

 

[jillian]

And I look for him, too. Sometimes I have to go back and look at the movie specifically for that purpose.

The # sign is called an anoctothorpe.

Cool. And the & sign is called an ampersand

 

[Joz]

Cool. And the & sign is called an ampersand

Who names these things???

Ralph Kramden made $62 a week.

 

[no1tovote4]

The little plastic ends on your shoelace are called "aglets"...

 

[Jimmyeatworld]

Over 1,200 varieties of watermelon are grown worldwide in 96 countries.

 

[Joz]

A rat can tread water for 3 days.

 

[KarlMarx]

Ralph Kramden made $62 a week.

Alice Kramden's maiden name was Gibson

Trixie Norton was a dancer before she met Ed Norton

The Honeymooners live at 328 Chauncey Street in Brooklyn, New York

Trixie Norton's real name was Thelma.

 

[fuzzykitten99]

A three-toed sloth only defecates once a week.

he must have gotten a call that included the phrase: "Too many poo's, we all lose" :happy2:

 

[fuzzykitten99]

The common Betta fish (aka Japanese fighting fish) takes in it's oxygen from the surface of water, not from water itself like regular fish.

 

[fuzzykitten99]

A can of Spam is opened every 4 seconds.

SPAM stands for Stuff Posing As Meat








no, not really, but it's funny anyway.

 

[jillian]

he must have gotten a call that included the phrase: "Too many poo's, we all lose" :happy2:

Bruce Springsteen's middle name is Frederick, he was born September 23, 1949, and his parents are Douglas and Adele Springsteen.

 

[Joz]

A whale's penis is called a dork.

 

[jillian]

A lion's muzzle is like a human's fingerprints. No two patterns of whiskers are alike.

Cool. That's true of a tiger's facial patterns and a gorilla's nose, as well.

Koala Bears have fingerprints almost exactly like humans.

Elephants are not born with the enzymes and acids needed to break down food at eat their mothers' droppings until they are a few weeks old and start to manufacture the chemicals themselves.

 

[Semper Fi]

Cool. That's true of a tiger's facial patterns and a gorilla's nose, as well.

Koala Bears have fingerprints almost exactly like humans.

Elephants are not born with the enzymes and acids needed to break down food at eat their mothers' droppings until they are a few weeks old and start to manufacture the chemicals themselves.

Koalas are not bears!

 

[Joz]

There are 255 squares on a Scrabble game board.