Useless Facts thread

**felix** · 01-26-2012, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Terry D

The average length of a gorilla penis is 3/4 of an inch.

No wonder they seldom smile.

Oh yeah, but the girth! Boy, do those guys have fun.

**Olly Buckle** · 01-26-2012, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by felix

Oh yeah, but the girth! Boy, do those guys have fun.

Or maybe average refers to a temporal measurement, for most of the time it is only a quarter inch, but for about half an hour once a month ...

**Ol' Fartsy** · 01-27-2012, 05:26 AM

(Since we're now talking about a certin organ

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A whale's penis is called a dork.

**Ol' Fartsy** · 02-03-2012, 03:02 AM

Most Egyptians died by the time they were 30 about 300 years ago,

**Ol' Fartsy** · 02-03-2012, 03:03 AM

Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri* grew chin whiskers attaining a length of twelve feet six inches from 1860 until his death 1910, protesting Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency.

**Ol' Fartsy** · 02-03-2012, 03:03 AM

THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss 'Rita Thunderbird' remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamé bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.

**Stealth** · 02-03-2012, 05:54 AM

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

**Ol' Fartsy** · 02-03-2012, 06:31 AM

101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don't die throughout the movie.

**Stealth** · 02-03-2012, 06:39 AM

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both frontlegs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one frontleg 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 naturalcauses.

**MistressM** · 02-05-2012, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by Rustgold

Did you know that half of the population has below average intelligence?

For the fact on page 3: that's only natural. If all the population was above "average intelligence", then the average intelligence would be higher, then half the population would still be below. The point of "average" is so that approx. half is above and half is below.
Sorry to be a party pooper.
Anyhow:
A small indentation on a horse's skin, usually neck or shoulder, is considered to be good luck.

**Olly Buckle** · 02-05-2012, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Stealth

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

Also "My jackdaw loves a big sphynx of quartz."

**The Backward OX** · 02-05-2012, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Stealth

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both frontlegs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one frontleg 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 naturalcauses.

If the horse has all four legs in the air, the person died of smothering.