20 useless facts...

[elaine]

1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

6. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries....)

7. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

8. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

9. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

10. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

11. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.

12. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

13. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

14. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

15. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

16. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

17. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."

18. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

19. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!

20. 99.99% of all the living things that ever existed are now extinct.

Does anyone else have any more useless facts?

[paris]

My hubby is useless and thats a fact ! lol

[krieve]

The porpoise is second to man as the most intelligent animal on the planet.

Young beavers stay with their parents for the first two years of their lives before going out on their own.

Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.

Deer can't eat hay.

Rabbits don't sweat.

[Fluff]

a fighter/jet pilot can only eject from thier seat three times as the spine cannot take the pressure of any more.

the length between your elbow and your wrist is the length of the sole of your foot!

nobody has the same set of fingerprints, even identical twins

horses are the only animals on earth that can run faster than their heartbeat (it will kill them)

[melted_wellie]

95% of all American Motorcycles ever made are still on the road! the rest made it home.

[DrSzin]

5. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

I know!

[Sporran]

OK, tell us the answer then, doc! Does it have something to do with the frequency of the sound waves, or something like that? Or am I quacking up the wrong tree?

[Tristan]

I know!

I believe scientists have found a duck's quack does echo it is just very very faint.

[lasher]

Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that's been hit by lightning.

[porshiepoo]

zebra's stripes are white not black!

[connieb19]

An apple, onion and potato all have the same taste!!
To prove this pinch your nose and take a bite from each of them....
they will all taste the same..

Thin skinned lemons are the juciest!!

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave...

Beer foam will go down by licking your finger and putting it in the foam!!

If you put a lightbulb into a cup of water and place it in the microwave
the bulb will light up when you turn the microwave on!!

These facts have all been tried and tested by myself so I know they are true...

[krieve]

connie why where you putting a grape in the microwave?

[connieb19]

connie why where you putting a grape in the microwave?

Why not, I tried a whole bunch one time..lol

[krieve]

sorry just curious bet your microwave was a right state after

[connieb19]

SPAM stands for shoulder pork and ham!!

[DrSzin]

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave...

If you put a lightbulb into a cup of water and place it in the microwave
the bulb will light up when you turn the microwave on!!

These facts have all been tried and tested by myself so I know they are true...

I wasn't impressed by the exploding grapes -- mine just went ppfsssssssssssssssssssssssssttttttttttttt.

But the light-blub trick is brill! As far as I can make out the water is simply to cool the bulb. I tried it without water and the filament melted in a few secs. Don't use too much water -- it aborbs too much microwave energy and the bulb doesn't light at all.

Cool stuff.

One day I'm gonna measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave. I don't have a bar of chocolate handy right now.

[angela5]

One day I'm gonna measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave. I don't have a bar of chocolate handy right now.

Tried it drszin it was the fastest chocolate krispies i ever made

[grantyg]

87% of all facts are made up!

[Dusty]

SPAM stands for shoulder pork and ham!!

My understanding was that SPAM stood for Spiced Pork and Ham connie.

[connieb19]

I wasn't impressed by the exploding grapes -- mine just went ppfsssssssssssssssssssssssssttttttttttttt.

But the light-blub trick is brill! As far as I can make out the water is simply to cool the bulb. I tried it without water and the filament melted in a few secs. Don't use too much water -- it aborbs too much microwave energy and the bulb doesn't light at all.

Cool stuff.

One day I'm gonna measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave. I don't have a bar of chocolate handy right now.

Try this then, hopefylly you will get a better effect!!

Carefuly slice the grape, almost in half, leaving the grape attached by the skin. Next, place the grape halves face down in the middle of the microwave
Cook at full power for 60 seconds. The sparks should start to fly after about 5 seconds. If it dosn't work great first time, don't give up, some work better than others. I find the green ones work best!!