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Useless Trivia VIII.

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The Fool on the Hill
player, 1015 posts
Mon 11 Sep 2023
at 19:44
  • msg #465

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

In reply to Heath (msg # 464):

Actually, this can be found also on Conan's books...
FourLegged
GM, 42414 posts
Quadruped Phascolarctos
Cinereus Unsquisheus
Tue 12 Sep 2023
at 04:17
  • msg #466

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

An Australian urban legend speaks of the Drop Bear. It is a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala that 'drops' on its prey.

I call it cousin Bruce.
Heath
GM, 19075 posts
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Thu 21 Sep 2023
at 09:27
  • msg #467

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Bruce was the name of the mechanical shark in Jaws, named after Spielberg's lawyer.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1058 posts
Wed 11 Oct 2023
at 20:57
  • msg #468

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

The Chines name of Bruce Lee is Li Jun Fan.
Heath
GM, 19084 posts
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Thu 9 Nov 2023
at 06:03
  • msg #469

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Shakespeare is credited with dropping the "r" from arse in wordplay in a "Midsommer Night's Dream" to create a pun between donkey "ass" (from the root asinus) and a person's bottom ass (arse from the Greek orros), when Nick Bottom (of course) says: "I must to the barber's, monsieur; for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face; and I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me I must scratch." It was not used to mean a person's bottom in common usage until the 19th Century. This is most commonly thought to be because people dropped the "r" from arse to make it sound more polite.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1105 posts
Sun 19 Nov 2023
at 15:57
  • msg #470

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

William Shakespeare's dad for some time he was employed as beer taster.
Froggychum
editor, 1947 posts
Sat 25 Nov 2023
at 13:09
  • msg #471

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Gravity technically has an infinite range

So, for example, a ballpoint pen technically exerts some force over Proxima Centauri - the amount is so miniscule that it virtually doesn't exist
Heath
GM, 19098 posts
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Wed 29 Nov 2023
at 14:58
  • msg #472

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Roller coasters were invented (at Coney Island) to distract men from brothels.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1122 posts
Wed 29 Nov 2023
at 19:50
  • msg #473

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Froggychum:
Gravity technically has an infinite range

So, for example, a ballpoint pen technically exerts some force over Proxima Centauri - the amount is so miniscule that it virtually doesn't exist

...that the amount is so minuscule that it can't be measured with currently available tools. :)
Heath
GM, 19100 posts
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Thu 30 Nov 2023
at 11:26
  • msg #474

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Actually, I think that may be true in a vacuum, but it would be counteracted by so much other gravity that it wouldn't pull out of the gravity well--so a pen's gravity is subsumed by the earth's gravity well and doesn't escape it. That's my understanding anyway.
Heath
GM, 19101 posts
Enigma Codebreaker &
Conundrum Decipherer
Thu 30 Nov 2023
at 14:07
  • msg #475

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

You may get a slight stinging feeling on your tongue when eating pineapple; that is because pineapples have evolved to contain a chemical that digests meat. So when you are eating pineapple, it is simultaneously eating you.
Froggychum
editor, 1960 posts
Sat 2 Dec 2023
at 16:14
  • msg #476

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

My cat is cute but annoying

If your cat drinks a lot of water, it means they are probably healthy. Kidney and urinary issues that arise from not drinking water (mainly due to whisker strain from being forced to stick their face in small bowls to get any) are the main cause of death for senior cats.

Frogs have no such weakness.
Heath
GM, 19102 posts
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Tue 5 Dec 2023
at 10:47
  • msg #477

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

The word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnazein, which means "to exercise naked."
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1145 posts
Sat 9 Dec 2023
at 00:54
  • msg #478

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
Heath
GM, 19107 posts
Enigma Codebreaker &
Conundrum Decipherer
Sun 17 Dec 2023
at 02:34
  • msg #479

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

The Eiffel Tower is six inches taller in the summers due to thermal expansion when the iron heats up.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1154 posts
Mon 25 Dec 2023
at 01:06
  • msg #480

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

I just came to know that a sloth's fart doesn't stink!
The sloth’s gut produce methane but instead of being released out of the bum in the usual humorous, stinky way, the methane is absorbed into the blood. So there's absolutely no point in blaming a bad smell on these slow-moving mammals. They could let off all they want and you'd be none the wiser!
Heath
GM, 19112 posts
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Thu 11 Jan 2024
at 03:21
  • msg #481

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Herring fish communicate by farting.

https://inshorts.com/en/news/h...0protective%20shoals.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1166 posts
Thu 11 Jan 2024
at 09:32
  • msg #482

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Average humans emit through farts about 1,500 milliliters of gas per day.
Heath
GM, 19113 posts
Enigma Codebreaker &
Conundrum Decipherer
Wed 17 Jan 2024
at 00:50
  • msg #483

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

The chainsaw was originally invented to help women with childbirth in a procedure called a symphysiotomy to cut through cartilage and bone and help the baby come out.

BONUS FUN FACT: In Ireland, due to strong Catholic beliefs and the concern that a Caesarean section may require future pregnancies to be prevented or aborted, these symphysiotomies continued until the 1980s.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1169 posts
Wed 17 Jan 2024
at 20:35
  • msg #484

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.
Heath
GM, 19118 posts
Enigma Codebreaker &
Conundrum Decipherer
Thu 18 Jan 2024
at 06:40
  • msg #485

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

And to get their head knocked off when you drive them under the overpass.

(Like in The Hangover III. If you don't know the reference, watch the last 20 seconds of this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVZ1GJEsz0&t=4s )

Also, bar code readers do not read the black lines in the bar codes; they read the white spaces between the black lines.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1171 posts
Thu 18 Jan 2024
at 20:40
  • msg #486

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Heath:
And to get their head knocked off when you drive them under the overpass.

(Like in The Hangover III. If you don't know the reference, watch the last 20 seconds of this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BVZ1GJEsz0&t=4s )

I didn't know the reference... :)
Heath
GM, 19122 posts
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Conundrum Decipherer
Mon 22 Jan 2024
at 13:02
  • msg #487

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

There are more Lego mini-figures than there are people on Earth.
The Fool on the Hill
player, 1175 posts
Mon 22 Jan 2024
at 20:51
  • msg #488

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

There is only one walled city in North America.

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The old part of Quebec City (Vieux-Quebec)

Heath
GM, 19125 posts
Enigma Codebreaker &
Conundrum Decipherer
Tue 23 Jan 2024
at 04:26
  • msg #489

Re: Useless Trivia VIII

Surgeons who play video games at least 3 hours a week perform 27% faster and make 37% fewer errors performing laparoscopic surgery.
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