Re: Useless Facts Thread.

by **Eve** Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:47 pm

Helmut wrote:They can, however, extend their clitoris so that it creates a fake penis

They also give birth through this.

by **Fyffe** Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:47 pm

If we're talking about that sort of thing...

Bowhead Whales are accustomed to surviving in the cold waters of the arctic, yet are so well-insulated that overheating can be a problem. It has recently been discovered that inside their mouths they have a large erectile appendage of spongy tissue (corpus cavernosum maxillaris) that swells up with warm blood which is cooled by the below-freezing waters that seeps into the whale's partially opened mouth as it swims.

by **Littlepip** Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:27 am

Death is the only thing that has a 100% chance to happen once in your life.

by Guest Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:34 am

What about birth?

by **siegmund** Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:57 am

You can die before you get born i supose. So that would make sense.

by **Thelos** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:31 am

Martha Duskbringer wrote:Death is the only thing that has a 100% chance to happen once in your life.

That is far from a useless fact, that's actually one of the most useful facts, at least, if we define use in terms of how we can utilize a body of knowledge to better understand ourselves and our relationship to the world.

Really the knowledge of our imminent death is one of the defining traits that determine what it means to be Human. I can't even begin to adress how significant this fact is!

Vangrel Lansire wrote:What about birth?

I guess that depends on where you decide to start a life. If it's the moment you pop out of your mummy's tummy, then being born isn't something that happens in your life, it's something that happens before it: much like your conception. We don't say "Your mummy and daddy having sex is a thing that has a 100% chance to happen once in your life", now do we? I mean, we could - it'd be factually true - but not in any significant sense, since it didn't exactly happen while you were around in any significant sense...or did it? Are we there before we are born? Are we all just phantoms queued up to pop into a fetus?

Who knows! I sure as hell don't Very Happy

by **Sabien** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:38 am

it is impossible to lick your elbow.

by **Thelos** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:39 am

Sabien wrote:it is impossible to lick your elbow.

Not if you detach it first!

But then again, is it still your elbow if you chop it off, in a significant sense? Sure, in a legal sense, it's probably your property, but it's not exactly part of your body i.e -you- !

by **Thelos** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:39 am

...Okay I'll leave this thread now. Or not. I think I'll enjoy trolling here Very Happy

by **Sabien** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:49 am

just for you Thelos.

A whale's penis is called a dork

by **Fyffe** Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:55 am

Sabien wrote:it is impossible to lick your elbow.

Challenge Accepted!

by **Sohan** Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:26 am

Sabien wrote:it is impossible to lick your elbow.

That is not entirely true, there are a ton of people out there that can, infact, lick their elbow. Sure, it could be a rarity (as the girl states in the video) but it's definately not impossible.

video:

by **Sohan** Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:50 pm

Approximately 75% of human poop is made water.

In Ancient Rome, if people wanted to commit suicide, they applied to the Senate and, if their petitions were approved, were given free hemlock.

Heineken once manufactured a bottle shaped like a brick that could be re-used to build homes in Curacao.

In the ancient Persian Empire men used to debate twice, once sober and once drunk; the idea had to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea.

The amount of blood a female mosquito drinks per serving is five millionths of a litre.

by Guest Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:59 am

In the ancient Persian Empire men used to debate twice, once sober and once drunk; the idea had to sound good in both states in order to be considered a good idea.

Going to petition the Senate to do this.

Senate must be held once a week in drunk state and once a week in sober state.

Hmmm, yes.

by **Arabella Greene** Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:02 pm

Sabien wrote:it is impossible to lick your elbow.

My friend can lick her elbow, I've seen her do it many times.
They also say it's impossible to see your epiglottis but she is able to show people hers.
She is just a woman of impossibilities.

by **Cid** Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:00 pm

Had to google that word. Didn't enjoy it. >.<

by **Elssa** Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:26 am

Tarantulas can survive for up to two years without eating.

^ goddangit, the war between them and me continues B[

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

^ Excellent..now i know what to do next time i encounter them in Texas :< they are really scary,my bf got stung by them,was sick for days because of it :<

Cracking your knuckles doesn't cause arthritis (that's at least a common myth in the UK dunno about elsewhere). It's gas bubbles being burst, not your bones making the noise.

^ cool, bubblewrap inside my body :]

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

^ lucky bastard

by **Eve** Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:50 am

Elssa wrote:lucky bastard

I second this.

by **Coppersocket** Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:49 am

You can check how many of a specific race is online by just doing /who gnome (or other race names)

by **Vaell** Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:15 am

Elssa wrote:Tarantulas can survive for up to two years without eating.

^ goddangit, the war between them and me continues B[

Well, they'll die if they don't have water so dehydrate them!

by **Buren** Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:24 am

Elssa wrote:A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

I dont know how you found that out.. And I'm not sure if I want to know.

by **Eve** Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:48 pm

Beetles taste like apples.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Elephants can't jump.

Horses can't vomit.

Hitler had one testicle.

by **Littlepip** Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:04 am

Undeads don't need to breath, in-fact they shouldn't even be able to talk.

Google is the most used page in history.

This topic is Meh.

Bacon is GOOD!

by **Grufftoof** Fri Apr 05, 2013 8:33 am

Soulyna wrote:Beetles taste like apples.

It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland.

Elephants can't jump.

Horses can't vomit.

Hitler had one testicle.

Not always true. Whilst some are described as apple-like many others (it's not uncommon to eat insects in more or less anywhere but Europe/America) are "nutty" (something like peanuts or pine nuts).

Not technically true. Dogs are banned in the capital, and it's almost impossible to import them. But anyone without a criminal record (though it might just be without a record for abuse of animals, I'm not sure) can apply for a special dispensation. They then register a dog to them and a permanent address. Which isn't a bad system to be honest.

True, as far as anyone has observed (that much mass must be rather difficult to shift upwards). But they do like to swim.

True, they've a one way valve/muscle band in their oesophagus (like most mammals). But the physiology of the horse means the oesphagus meets the stomach at such an angle as to force this completely shut when the stomach is full.

Not true. The story (and song) come from a report from The Great War and the Somme from a doctor who apparently saved his life (he was shot and bleeding profusely). The story is the only "source" of the (widely regarded) myth and no other doctor (his physicians in life, or the army) or any other contemporary source says he was monorchic (had one bollock). Goebbels apparently had no balls at all according to the song. Which again, isn't true. Nor was Hitler a vegetarian. Etc etc. Things to ridicule and vilify him to help Johnny fight the devilish Hun.

Sorry. I was feeling pedantic.

by **Raene** Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:26 am

Hitler, has only got, one, baaaall~

Damnit, now I've got that damn tune in my head.

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