paddy Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Title explains it really, what random information do you know that is totally useless, you don't really know why you know it, its not even interesting really, but you know it and have kept it in there for some reason.I love random bits of information like this and seem to retain them far better than anything useful, such as stuff I've revised for exams.I'll start you off with 2, but there's plenty more where this came from1) Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise2) Even before he joined Newcastle, Michael Owen had scored more goals at St. James' Park than Keiron Dyer (though it wouldn't surprise me if Dyer had caught him now...)So go on, I want useless facts, only rule is you have to know them, you can't look them up.
Didiersix Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Apparently the reason that we put milk in our tea is that before we got china from china, our clay cups would just crack if you put boiling water in them.
Xann Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Falling coconuts kill more people than sharks do.
stevenjos Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 from your wrist to your elbow joint is exactly the same size as your foot. *how many people will be testing that out in an office!!!*
bromsgrove_avfc Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 The term "honeymoon" is derived from the Babylonians who declared mead, a honey-flavored wine, the official wedding drink, they also stated that the bride's parents were required to keep the groom supplied with the drink for the month following the wedding. How times have changed!
OldFart Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Haydn's Toy Symphony was really written by Mozart's father. The guy who really played bass guitar on Procul Harem's 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is a trainer of English teachers based in Barcelona, who is probably very distantly related to a one-time Moor Green goalkepper (who made one first-team appearance for Walsall). Elton John's cousin scored a goal AND broke his leg in the first half of the 1959 FA Cup Final. Ant-eaters infinitely prefer eating termites to ants.
The_Rev Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Ill go with a niche one: In the film "The Big Lebowski" (which is a bowling film following the adventures of a bowling team set largely in a bowling alley for the stupid people who have allowed themselves to have not seen it) the main character, The Dude, doesnt bowl a ball once.
The_Rev Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 I do like how you used the same fact in both threads though Pat!
paddy Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 So I did, just seems to spring to mind, its about as useless as you can get as well.
johnsonp Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 from your wrist to your elbow joint is exactly the same size as your foot. *how many people will be testing that out in an office!!!* Ha read the first bit then did measured it, before then reading the last bit :bonk:
paddy Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Here's one I found out today by reading the Guardian... ...Thomas Sorenson and Stuart Taylor are both only 2cm smaller than Peter Crouch, who isn't the tallest player in the prem, Isaksson is.
rjw63 Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Here's one I found out today by reading the Guardian... ...Thomas Sorenson and Stuart Taylor are both only 2cm smaller than Peter Crouch, who isn't the tallest player in the prem, Isaksson is. That's got to be wrong, neither of our keepers look anywhere near Crouch's height
paddy Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Here's one I found out today by reading the Guardian... ...Thomas Sorenson and Stuart Taylor are both only 2cm smaller than Peter Crouch, who isn't the tallest player in the prem, Isaksson is. That's got to be wrong, neither of our keepers look anywhere near Crouch's height That's what I thought, its just because Crouch is so thin I think.
x_villain Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Here's one I found out today by reading the Guardian... ...Thomas Sorenson and Stuart Taylor are both only 2cm smaller than Peter Crouch, who isn't the tallest player in the prem, Isaksson is. According to official websites of their clubs: Crouch is 6'7", Isaksson 6'6½", both Sorensen and Taylor 6'5"
The_Rev Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Joe "The Brown Bomber" Louis (of being one of the greatest boxers of all time fame) is on the books of Liverpool FC as having been a player. If anyone trys to start a "who was the hardest player ever?" conversation, throw this one at them.
drat01 Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 People do NOT die in alphabetical order despite how it looks in the obituary columns 1
Anthony Posted February 24, 2007 VT Supporter Posted February 24, 2007 Wounds don't heal quicker if you let them dry out. Keep 'em moist...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2007 Moderator Posted February 24, 2007 People do NOT die in alphabetical order despite how it looks in the obituary columns As a child, Stephen King would read the obituaries in the papers and cross the names out of his local phone directory.
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