useless facts (not prius debate)

[blackbob]

and the tread is useless facts like

my daughters rover is crap and broke down in bulgaria still broke

[Disco Matt]

Coal fired internal combustion engines have been built

The coal was heated to produce gas, which was then used as fuel. Charcoal or even wood could also be used. They were fitted to a number of French railcars pre-WW2 and proved invaluable when more conventional fuels became scarce in wartime.

[BigSi]

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out (Please don’t it!!).

All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

In Disney’s Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid (Disney spelled backward).

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said “Elementary, my dear Watson”, Humphrey Bogart NEVER said “Play it again, Sam” in Casablanca, and they NEVER said “Beam me up, Scotty” on Star Trek.

If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human’s neck.

In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honour of his brother.

[Disco Matt]

Apparently the "ostrich head" myth came from seeing them tending to eggs in gullies - camera crews didn't see the eggs, just an ostrich that appeared to have buried its head in the sand

[muddyweb]

Bananas don't grow on trees

Peanuts are not nuts (nor are coconuts)

[iomlr]

Elephants can not jump.   :-\

[Disco Matt]

Despite many posters and stickers, there has never been an authenticated case of a mobile phone causing an explosion at a petrol station

http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp

(I suspect the warning is really because they don't want people filling their cars up while distracted by a phone conversation. Fair enough, but why not just be honest about the reason?)

[Silvery Thing]

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

A snail can sleep for three years.

No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (hmmmmmmm)

[Sheddy]

I am not having sex tonight.

Tomorrow does not look good either.

[Boggert]

I am not having sex tonight.

Tomorrow does not look goo either.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Disco Matt]

I am not having sex tonight.

Tomorrow does not look good either.

Erm, Too Much Information! :o ;D

[discowoman]

The wright Brothers 1st flight was shorter than the wingspan of a 747
The entire population of the world could fit onto the Isle of wight

[datalas]

The wright Brothers 1st flight was shorter than the wingspan of a 747
The entire population of the world could fit onto the Isle of wight

It wouldn't make it any nicer a place to be though :)

[blackbob]

The wright Brothers 1st flight was shorter than the wingspan of a 747
The entire population of the world could fit onto the Isle of wight

It wouldn't make it any nicer a place to be though :)

think that they are trying to looking at the imigretion rate in the uk