Know-it-alls unite here!
 

So, we all have one little piece of information floating around in or head that we just hold onto until one day we can just bust out and sound like we really know what we're talking about. I invite you now to share and be that expert that you've always wanted to be... Bring me your statistics, info, and huddled facts.

Did you know that if you lock your car doors, that you improve the structural integrity of your vehicle by 30%.

Yeah, I shoulda been involved in vehicle safety testing but I chose to be unemployed instead.

did you know that those fabric softener sheets that you throw in the dryer with your clothes can be used to clean out the lint trap & they are also nice for quick spot dusting furniture!

don't throw your used dryer sheets away - stuff them in a basket for other uses later.

<small>man... i hate sounding like "hints from helouise"</small>

Did you know that the first song played on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

Ok, that is a pretty useless piece of information.

No offense, but yeah, that was useless. but welcomed. I'm sure that one will stick with me for future regurgitation.

Hey galaxygirl- I don't think that info is useless! I was a rep for MTV on the West Coast when we debuted- it was a major step in music that day! And I know there is at least one other TFP/MTVer here!
So when bparker805 wins $20,000.00 on "Jeopardy" because of your post, remember to ask for half of it!

Did you know that ERCOT (the controlling agency for electric deregulation in Texas) is instituting a new flat load rate schedule for the oil industry? :)

And yes, I know it is boring, and it isn't supposed to be announced until next week sometime.

Did you know that the origin of the phrase, "rull of thumb" comes from Victorian era laws. Men were allowed to beat their wives as long as they used anything smaller than the width of their thumb.

That is why I prefer the phrase, "general rule."

Leggs Active Support are my personal favorites

Before wearing hose for the first time wash by hand using a gentle detergent. After washing and squeezing out, roll hose into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Place in freezer until frozen. Take out of freezer, allow to thaw, and then hang to dry as usual. Works wonders for preventing runs, thus saving money!

Extending Pantyhose Life
When you get a small run in your pantyhose above the ankle, mark an x on the inside tag with a marker. That lets you know to wear that pair with slacks.


Alternative to Dryer Sheets
Instead of spending money on dryer sheets you can make your own. In a spray bottle mix one part fabric softener and one part water, then shake to mix. Spray a clean, old washcloth about five or six times and use in your dryer to prevent static cling. You may use the same cloth over and over again.

Give Those Shipping Charges the Boot
When ordering shoes online I have them shipped to a store near my home. This saves me several dollars in shipping charges on each order.

Recycling Your Shoes
invest" in a pair of Nikes but always keep the original box in which they were purchased. Nikes has a lifetime guarantee on their shoes so whenever they rip, tear, fall apart, I just pack them up and send them into Nikes. Nikes sends me back a new pair of shoes that is the closest available style that I had originally purchased. The only cost to you is shipping.

a dime has 118 ridges around the edge...

I'm picturing a really high college student counting the ridges...

The flight data recorder from a commercial airliner must be able to withstand an impact of 3400 g's for 6.5 ms, temperatures of 1100 degrees celsius for 30 minutes, and transmit its location for 30 days at a water depth of up to 20,000 feet.

"did you know that im peeing in my pants right now"

that should unify us...

But, did you know that Pat Benatar's "You Better Run" was the second one?

Now THAT'S useless :lol:

well, we didn't "know" but I think we all assumed it.:hmm:

I knew the one about MTV and the Buggles. I didnt see it on the first day, but about a week after it debuted.


did you know that the term "venison" does not mean just deer meat but rather any meat taken from a wild animal, be it a bear, a deer, a rabbit or a squirrel.

Thanks! I'll make sure I stake my claim!

LOL< you never know, it might come up in a future version of Trivial Pursuit.

leonardo davinci invented the scissors...

a woman's vagina is cleaner than her mouth... :p

Did he mention that he likes the support they give your legs during a ten hour shift on your feet?

:)

Did you know that snails have teeth?

Fear them!

Did you know that the place where they eat the most jello (per capita) is DesMoines,Iowa?

13 People A Year Are Killed By Vending Machines Falling Over On Them.

http://darwinawards.de/i/art/zeebarf/coke.jpg

a crocodile cannot stick out its tongue...

did ya´ll know that an elephant can bend all of its knees the same way, but can´t jump.

You cannot lick the base of your elbow.

Ok,...I got a bunch more. Most of these you probably DIDN'T want to know however.

Strange & Bizarre Facts

Every year, parks in London alone are doused in one million gallons of dog urine.

The germs present in human faeces can pass through up to ten layers of toilet paper.

Several well documented instances have been reported of extremely obese people flushing aircraft toilets whilst still sitting on them. The vacuum action of these toilets sucked the rectum inside out.

If your body's natural defenses failed, the bacteria in your gut would consume you within 48 hours, literally eating you from the inside out.

Henry II was murdered by by his homosexual lover, who pushed a red hot poker 0.5 metres up his rectum.

The longest recorded tapeworm found in the human body was 33 *metres* in length.

During an hours swimming at a municipal pool you will ingest 1/2 litre of urine.

In an average day your hands will have come into indirect contact with 15 penises (touching door handles etc.)

An average personâEUR(tm)s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.

In a year you will have swallowed 14 insects -while you slept!

Annually you will shake hands with 11 women who have recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.

Annually you will shake hands with 6 men who have recently masturbated and failed to wash their hands.

In a lifetime 22 workmen will have examined the contents of your dirty linen basket.

At an average wedding reception you have a 1/100 chance of getting a cold sore from one of the guests.

Daily you will breath in 1 litre of other peoples' anal gases.

Sharing a bag of crisps with a friend gives you a 10% chance of ingesting a small amount of their faeces.

On Average Women fart three times more than Men! (Smelly Bastards)

an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain...

I was going to post something. but I realized that of coarse you’d already know it.

Did you know that if you took two bullets loaded one in a gun held the other in your hand at the same distance from the ground, and dropped the one and fired the other at the same time, they would hit the ground exactly at the same time?

Did you know that avocado's are consumed more on Superbowl Sunday than any other day of the year?

Or that apple seeds contain cyanide?

Tomatoes were once thought to be poisonous.

If a new born baby's was to drown that they can last up to 30 minutes underwater? Their body reverts to the prenatal (sp?) state so their heart and breathing become minimal

Lifting 3 times your weight is physically impossible no matter how strong you are

American paper money isn't made out of paper but a type of cloth, (that's why they don't get ruined in the wash)

A daddy long legs spider's venom is twice as deadly as a black widow's or a brown recluse, however it's fangs are too small to penetrate human skin.

Cattle can be lead upstairs but not down? They must be blinded first.

There has never been one documented case of wolves killing humans . . . ever.

Only a female mosquito bites. Lil blood suckers.

Your skin is the largest organ in your body

Those facts were just too special to combine eh krazixs? :D

I have a list on my comp at home I will try and find and post tomorow.

Some cool info on here!

I guess I could have but I kept switching back and forth between this and my real "work" , i'll try to put all of them in one long list

That can't be possible Kazix.. The baby thing sorry.

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almonds are a member of the peach family...

You were actually an adopted child. Sorry.

Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci made detailed sketches of parachutes in 1485?

Dolphins are the only other species on the planet to have sex for pleasure.

"dreamt" is the only english word that ends in the letters "mt."

Did you know that bernadette is the result of a secret experiment to clone Martha Stewart?

See the evidence below.....

Define, "lift".

maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable...

I believe that several species of ape (besides man) do so as well.

a dragonfly has a life-span of 24 hours...

don't you mean the mayfly? (Which doesn't actually live for 24 hours...it is a mature adult for 24 hours, but it lives for a number of moths in a premature state)

i could be wrong...

did you know that fabric softener sheets helps with static electricity in your hair?

butterflies taste with their feet...

A calculator has more computer processing power in it than the first Apollo rocket did.

Getting attacked by a crocodile? wait until it lets go and then clamp its mouth shut with your hands--it's a strong beast but the muscles in your hands are stronger than the muscles it uses to OPEN its mouth.

Then run.

A young rattlesnake is more deadly than an adult rattlesnake. The young have not yet learned how to sontrol their venom and release more than an adult would in a bite.

The largest city not served by an Interstate highway is Fresno, CA.

You can cure yourself of mental illness by drinking pure grain alcohol and smoking pot.

The fifth largest city in California is Oxnard. That might not mean much to you unless you've been to Oxnard...

The Bonobo... http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html

Sex, it turned out, is the key to the social life of the bonobo. The first suggestion that the sexual behavior of bonobos is different had come from observations at European zoos. Wrapping their findings in Latin, primatologists Eduard Tratz and Heinz Heck reported in 1954 that the chimpanzees at Hellabrun mated more canum (like dogs) and bonobos more hominum (like people). In those days, face-to- face copulation was considered uniquely human, a cultural innovation that needed to be taught to preliterate people (hence the term "missionary position"). These early studies, written in German, were ignored by the international scientific establishment. The bonobo's humanlike sexuality needed to be rediscovered in the 1970s before it became accepted as characteristic of the species.

Bonobos become sexually aroused remarkably easily, and they express this excitement in a variety of mounting positions and genital contacts. Although chimpanzees virtually never adopt face-to-face positions, bonobos do so in one out of three copulations in the wild. Furthermore, the frontal orientation of the bonobo vulva and clitoris strongly suggest that the female genitalia are adapted for this position.

Another similarity with humans is increased female sexual receptivity. The tumescent phase of the female's genitals, resulting in a pink swelling that signals willingness to mate, covers a much longer part of estrus in bonobos than in chimpanzees. Instead of a few days out of her cycle, the female bonobo is almost continuously sexually attractive and active.

when refering to the execution method, "hanged" is the correct past tense, not "hung"

When refering to Crackprogram, the opposite is in fact true; "Hung", not "Hanged" is correct.
:lol:

In the video for "Come on Eileen" (Dexy's Midnight Runners) no one is wearing underwear.

Did you know...

The largest city in America, in terns of area covered, is Juneau, ALaska. (in the 48 "lower states", it Jacksonville, Florida)

The largest city is ALSO the state capital in only 17 states of the USA.

yes wry1, it's true. now that the secret is out, please buy my book. also look for my line of linens available at Wal-Marts everywhere.

yoshi, i did not know that. i will certainly include that nifty tidbit in the next release of my book. thanks!

There is a small island of the coast of Equatorial Guinea named Fernando Poo. (Billy Crystal sez that it looks marvellous.)

can you confirm this? i really need an excuse to eat more pussy.

BTW, Did you know that i am a master of knowledge but don't want to create a 'ask me, anything' thread, because there are already to many?

Seriously, how many people tried this when they heard it??

-SF

i tried it & confirmed at least for myself.
my tongue ain't got any shot at licking my elbow.

Is this really true ? I've searched on Google and couldn't find any info, nor did I find any on Nike site...
And, if it is true, is it a worldwide warranty ? I mean, I live in France ;)

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts.

it is impossible to keep your eyes open when you sneeze.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

frogs jump and toads crawl..thats right!

To get most the wrinkles out of a shirt without ironing it (you lazy bastard) hang it on the end of the shower curtain (away from the water so it doesn't get wet) and take a long hot/steamy shower.. the steam should help get most the wrinkles out!

Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time.

Elephants masturbate with their trunks

The gain on a powerpole is 12 feet from the butt.

The longest name of a city in the world is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-Llantsysiliogogogoch, Wales

On average, ever glass of London tap water has passed through the bladders of 9 other people.

Before turning to a lifestyle of tyrannical war-mongering, Genghis Khan was a goatherd. He would later kill his brother in an argument over a fish.

The man considered the worst ever english-speaking published poet was William McGonagall. Ironically, his calling card proclaimed "W.M McGONAGALL: Lyrics Inditer and Reciter, Poetry Promptly Executed."

the artist Piero Manzoni was the sole exponent of the art movement arte povera, where he exhibited cans of his own excrement.

Arthur Conan Doyle used Cocaine. So did his creation, Sherlock Holmes.

Plato believed pop music led to low morals.

Mary, Queen of Scots, was bald.

King Edward II was executed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his rectum. This was considered a very clever execution, considering his crime: He pissed off the noblety by being flagrantly gay.

King Richard I (The Lionhearted) couldn't speak English, and spent less than 2 years in England during his whole reign.

During the First Crusade, a band of desperate religious hysterics marched behind a goose which they believed was filled with the Holy Spirit.

In striking irony, On July 4, 1776, King George III wrote "Nothing of importance happened today." in his diary.

There are about 1 million parasects living in our body.

Parasects make up more than half of earth's living animals.

And there is a small town in Newfoundland Canada called Dildo

Useless at its best:

The billionth digit of pi is 9.

Urine is sterile.

The clit has twice as many nerve fibers as the penis.

and the gain is usually 5 to 6 feet above ground. :D

Dog food doesn't taste as good as it smells.

Did you know: The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true? :)

I've tried the thing with returning Nike shoes. They just sent them back to me and said there was nothing they could do.

Maybe mine weren't in that bad of condition though :confused:

If you are caught in a riptide it is best to swim parallel to the shore...

The magic word 'Abracadabra' was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.

Smelly old oxnard? I never would've guessed.

Hmm, my contribution...
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Here's one for ya:

Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap enough for the average German working man to afford.

I dont know if this is acurate or not, but I'll throw it out there anyway. I heard that Hitler 1) had syphilus. 2) only had one nut. 3) was possibly gay, and 4) had a flatulence issue.

The human body generates enough heat in one day to melt 24 gallons of ice. (thanks, pop-up video...)