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The pointless fact thread!

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Wabbit

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OK, we all know pointless facts! Let's get posting them! :D

I'll start the pointless fact ball rolling!

Pointless fact: Did you know that Basque is the words most difficult language? It's nothing like any other language on the face of the planet so that makes it very difficult!

OK, give em to me! :)
 
SillyWabbit said:
Did you know that Basque is the words most difficult language? It's nothing like any other language on the face of the planet so that makes it very difficult!
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Yes, as I read Metro too. :)

Before we called them giraffes, they were referred to as cameleopards.
 
If you were to open a White Pages (resident listing) phone book from any city in the U.S., and find the exact center of the book, you would be in the letter K, not between M & N as you would expect. There are more surnames in the first half of the alphabet than the last.
 
Mile-O-Phile said:
Yes, as I read Metro too. :)

Before we called them giraffes, they were referred to as cameleopards.
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Yeah, that was pretty interesting little bit of information :) I always thought it was Japanese before I read that!!!
 
Smothering yourself in custard and hopping in a circle in a widdershins direction under a full moon in summer will make your shed impervious to all forms of goat attack.
 
SillyWabbit said:
You made that up!!!! ( I think ) :p
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Then I invite you to come round on Sunday and inspect my shed for goat damage.

The crab is the only animal on the planet that is able to eat a whole packet of cream crackers in less than a minute.
 
A useless fact (I specialise in them) :rolleyes: :

In mediaeval times, piglets used to be sold by the bag load. To save money unscrupulous dealers used to put a kitten in the bag to make up the required weight. This is where we get the phrase "let the cat out of the bag", meaning you've been found out.
 
headpodd said:
A useless fact (I specialise in them) :rolleyes: :

In mediaeval times, piglets used to be sold by the bag load. To save money unscrupulous dealers used to put a kitten in the bag to make up the required weight. This is where we get the phrase "let the cat out of the bag", meaning you've been found out.
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Oooo! Thanks! I love finding out where our idioms come from.
 
The rise of the Portuguese Empire was due to the search for a route (around Africa) for trading spice between India and Europe.
 
warm_enema said:
You wanna talk about goats...well, I've got one for ya right here.
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:D My aunt was butted in the arse by a goat. Oh how we all laughed. Not her of course. She was in a terrible amount of pain.
 
Tig,
If I'm not mistaken, it is also the origin of the phrase "buying a pig in a poke".

Now then, did you know that the "WD" in WD-40 (stuff you spray on rusty bolts and such) stands for "warhead de-icer"? It was originally developed by the army to de-ice missiles in silos out West.
How about this? Zebco, a well known maker of fishing tackle, started out life as the "Zero-Hour Bomb Company".
 
funes, I did not know that! Thanks. :)


1 x 37037 x 3 = 111111
2 x 37037 x 3 = 222222
3 x 37037 x 3 = 333333
4 x 37037 x 3 = 444444
5 x 37037 x 3 = 555555
6 x 37037 x 3 = 666666
7 x 37037 x 3 = 777777
8 x 37037 x 3 = 888888
9 x 37037 x 3 = 999999
 
Litany said:
:D My aunt was butted in the arse by a goat. Oh how we all laughed. Not her of course. She was in a terrible amount of pain.
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yes! so was my grandma, i used to live on a farm. and we had lots of goats. mainly for the milk. and boy this one brown one was evil. i think his name was felix. hed hit you for the fun of it! youd be feeding him, and all of a sudden hed butt ya in the leg, or hip. then hed yell like "well you gonna feed me more or what"?
 
funes said:
Tig,
If I'm not mistaken, it is also the origin of the phrase "buying a pig in a poke".

Now then, did you know that the "WD" in WD-40 (stuff you spray on rusty bolts and such) stands for "warhead de-icer"? It was originally developed by the army to de-ice missiles in silos out West.
How about this? Zebco, a well known maker of fishing tackle, started out life as the "Zero-Hour Bomb Company".
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very cool funes? howd ya find out about htat?
 
The only word in the English language with all five vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental." :cool:
 
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