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The pointless fact thread!

Any sheet of paper can ONLY be folded 9 times. Ever.

Nobody believes this and always tries it! I know I did :D
 
Lahondas,
I don't know. I guess I read it somewhere.

Wabbit,
That's one of my all time favorite useless facts.

Here's another one; some of the most common materials (like cotton) phosphoresce when exposed to extreme cold.
 
In a similar vein, Emilio Estevez is the brother of Charlie Sheen, and both are the son of Martin Sheen (who's real name is Ramon Estevez). :D

Phil
 
The reason that male calico cats are rare is due to the fact that the Orange gene lies on the X-chromosome, but not on the Y chromosome. A dominant OO phenotype in a female results in an all orange female, while an oo results in a brown or black colored female. An Oo results in the calico coloring. For males, they only have one O gene....so an O gene results in an all orange cat and an o gene results in a brown/black cat. Heterozygotes are rare and only occur in male cats with the XXY genes, not the normal XY pair.
 
All this talk of grandmothers and goats...

My grandmother was bitten by a horse once. I once heard it said that once a horse clamps down, it won't let go. Now whether or not this is true, who knows?

And as far as cats are concerned, apparently white cats with blue eyes are commonly deaf. My brother had a white cat with blue eyes, and people kept saying "Nice cat, too bad he's deaf." or "How does he cope? You know, being deaf and all." But the cat could hear just fine.
 
about the horses. my neighbor owned a hors stable, he told me once that this one particular horse bites alot for play, but dont let him caus ehe wont let go. either its tru for all horses or just that that bites and never lets go. dunno
 
Mort said:
My grandmother was bitten by a horse once. I once heard it said that once a horse clamps down, it won't let go. Now whether or not this is true, who knows?
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Dunno. Try getting a horse to bit you and then tickle its tongue. Works for dogs. So you might lose you're hand, isn't is worth it to find out the truth?
 
The Avars survived by drinking horse milk as opposed to that of cow or goat.

Cheers, Mile-O! :D

~
In a haze, a stormy haze
I'll be round, I'll be loving you, always
~

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Litany said:
Dunno. Try getting a horse to bit you and then tickle its tongue. Works for dogs. So you might lose you're hand, isn't is worth it to find out the truth?
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A moose once bit my sister...

Moving on to something different! Yes, another pointless fact!

CD's are the size they are because the creator of the CD format insisted that the entire 9th symphony by beethoven could fit on it!
 
The Sambatyon is a river from Jewish beliefs beyond which the Ten Lost Tribes make their domicile; it stops flowing on the Sabbath (Saturday) but, due to Jewish devoutness neither side is able to cross it on this day, and they never shall meet.

Cheers, Mile-O! :D

~
In a haze, a stormy haze
I'll be round, I'll be loving you, always
~

dogrun.gif
 
The saying "saved by the bell" comes from the old days when they used to dig up graves and find scratch marks on the inside of coffins. People used to attach a piece of string to the inside of the coffin and this used to run up through the earth and was attached to a bell. If the person was still alive they could pull the string hence "saved by the bell" Also the saying "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift" come from the same thing!
 
If an equestrian statue has two legs the air, the person on the horses back died in battle, if the horse has only one leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle, if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes
 
headpodd said:
The saying "saved by the bell" comes from the old days when they used to dig up graves and find scratch marks on the inside of coffins. People used to attach a piece of string to the inside of the coffin and this used to run up through the earth and was attached to a bell. If the person was still alive they could pull the string hence "saved by the bell" Also the saying "dead ringer" and "graveyard shift" come from the same thing!
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Ummmm, sorry :eek: Those things are not actually true :)

They come from an email that has been going around with so called historical facts!!! There is a web site you can go to that lists all kinds of urban legends and stuff... can't remember its name :D

Anyway, if you really think about them they don't actully make much sense :)
 
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