Useless Information Thread

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:05 pm

Deske wrote:40℉ = 40℃

RIGHT AS I WAS COMING TO POST THAT! I EVEN GOT A PICTURE!

I just found that out, thought it would be great to post here, and came to post it. Then I see it is the newest post. Guess I was beat to it by 20 minutes...

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:31 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:The first private detective agency was established in 1833 by Eugene Francois Vidocq, a former fugitive. He used his extensive knowledge of the Parisian underworld to become a master criminologist. Vidocq was a pioneer in the use of surveillance and disguise, ballistics, card-index record keeping, and was the first to use plaster-of-paris to take impressions of shoe prints.

And he served as Arthur Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes!

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:34 pm

dtlux1 wrote:
Deske wrote:40℉ = 40℃
RIGHT AS I WAS COMING TO POST THAT! I EVEN GOT A PICTURE!

I just found that out, thought it would be great to post here, and came to post it. Then I see it is the newest post. Guess I was beat to it by 20 minutes...

I regret nothing! But I am sorry I stole your spotlight.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:25 am

Prior to 1938, engagement rings were often comprised of a combination of the bride and her mother’s birthstones, which meant that sapphires, rubies, and emeralds were the order of the day.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:04 am

In a deck of cards, the king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:02 pm

Recycling, in many cases, is actually bad for the environment.

Recycling paper created a sludge from the ink and other stuff on the paper. This sludge is really bad for the environment, and by adding something (like sand) to the sludge, it becomes a product that can be dumped in a landfill. Many people also think that recycling paper saves trees because they are no longer cutting down forests, but that is not true either. Most of the trees cut down for paper are grown just for that reason, and recycling paper cuts the demand of these trees, which means less are planted.

I don't think this is useless, but it is interesting.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:13 pm

A lethal injection actually consists of three drugs (or it did) when used to execute criminals. They are:

Sodium Thiopental - Which puts the inmate into a deep sleep which progresses into a coma

Pancuronium Bromide - Which paralyzes the skeletal system and causes respiratory arrest

Potassium Chloride - Which paralyzes the heart and causes cardiac arrest

Bucky-Roo · Post by **Bucky-Roo** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:32 am

The creator of Johnny Bravo, the creator of Powerpuff Girls, and the creator of Dexter's Laboratory were all roommates in college.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:38 pm

Cashews are always sold without their shells because the shell contains an oil that can cause a rash similar to poison ivy.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:22 pm

That's because cashews are actually in the same family as poison ivy and so are mangos.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:16 am

Roger Ebert and Oprah Winfrey went on a couple dates in the mid-1980s. It was Roger who convinced her to syndicate her talk show.

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:52 am

The United States military operates 234 golf courses.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Jan 11, 2015 3:25 pm

Horseradish is a member of the mustard family and can count cauliflower, kale and brussels sprouts among its cousins.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:25 am

The bulk of the communication between mice, bats and other small rodents is so high-pitched that it's out of our hearing. Their alarm squeaks, however, are low enough that we can hear them. So while we scream in a high-pitched voice, small rodents scream in a low-pitched voice. Like slow motion but not. Go figure.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:31 pm

Superman's alter-ego, Clark Kent, originally worked as a reporter for the Daily Star. The Star changed its name to the more familiar Daily Planet in 1940.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:52 pm

Chiclets boxes, if you blow into one side with the other side closed, make the same noise as a party horn.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:51 pm

If the tracks on a typical compact disc ran in a straight line, they would travel for about three miles.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:25 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:If the tracks on a typical compact disc ran in a straight line, they would travel for about three miles.

On a similar note, the video data on a VHS tape would travel in excess of 50 miles if it ran in a straight line.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:15 am

Salvador Dali was friends with Harpo Marx.
Dali once wrote a screenplay for Harpo and his brothers to star in called "Giraffes on Horseback Salad".
The screenplay was never produced because MGM considered it too be to surreal. Groucho Marx also felt that it wasn't funny.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:39 pm

Most people probably already know this, but for those that don't:

Al Capone almost got away from being convicted by the FBI until IRS special agents finally found charges to stick: tax evasion.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:20 pm

The winner of 2014's World's Ugliest Dog Competition was named Peanut.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:01 pm

The popular dice game known as Yahtzee was created by a Canadian couple who played it aboard their yacht — hence the name.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:00 am

January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day.

#Dissension #Goforit #Sammy #Sheldon #AllOtherSquirrels

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:31 pm

In 1984 in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, the world's smallest dinosaur footprints were found.They were made by a creature no larger than a robin.

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:46 pm

This is the world if it was broken down into 100 people.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:04 pm

Scottish band The Bay City Rollers earned their name after sticking a pin in a map of America, which landed on the Michigan city.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:27 pm

There is a genus of Squirrels called Callosciurus which are also know as 'beautiful squirrels'.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:28 pm

Legendary poolshark Minnesota Fats was actually from New York. He lifted his moniker from a fictional character in the film The Hustler.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:24 pm

Dragonheart came out in 1996, and had an AWESOME voiced dragon.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:37 pm

A report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1995 indicated that between 1978 and 1995 no less than 37 deaths in the U.S. were credited to vending machines. (How much do you really want that Snickers?)

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:37 pm

2015 has a leap second in it.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:45 pm

When asked in 1993 why The Professor couldn't just fix the boat's hole, Bob Denver said, "He absolutely had no talent for boat building."

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:36 pm

Lala Hiyama (the bear in my avatar) is a member of the immortal council on the colony ship Sidonia in the manga Knights of Sidonia.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:05 pm

Harvard is older than Calculus
Harvard is the oldest higher education institution in the US, founded in 1636. Calculus wasn't derived until later in the 17th century, with the work of Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:44 pm

Here is a funny one:

On the 2011 Czech Republic census, over 15,000 people listed their religion as "Jedi."

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:29 pm

The lego movie and 22 jump street were made by the same pair of directors.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:09 pm

Orson Welles' last role was the voice of "Unicron" in the 1986 Transformers movie.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:44 pm

In Oumagadoki Doubutsuen, the cheetah is fat and the snake has a crush on the rabbit.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:42 pm

If the rumors are true and she is indeed pregnant, Miley Cyrus's baby will have a ton of famous relatives which include:

A grandfather in country singer Billy Ray Cyrus
A great-grandfather in democratic politician Ronald Ray Cyrus
An aunt in Noah Cyrus, who voiced Ponyo in the movie
An uncle in Trace Cyrus, who is a member of Metro Station
A grandfather in Arnold Schwarzenegger who is an actor and formerly the governor of California
A grandmother in Maria Shriver, who is the niece of the late president JFK
A great-grandmother in Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics
A great-grandfather in Robert Shriver, who was the US Ambassador to France
An aunt in author Katherine Schwarzenegger
A great-grandfather in Gustav Schwarzenegger, who was a postal inspector and senior non-commissioned military police officer in Austria
A granduncle in Bobby Shriver, who was the mayor in Santa Monica, California for a few months
A granduncle in Timothy Shriver, the chairman of the Special Olympics
A granduncle in Mark Shriver, a United States Democratic Party politician who served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates
A granduncle in Anthony Shriver, an American activist for people with intellectual disabilities

Basically a born musician and politician. IF she is pregnant.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:23 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:When asked in 1993 why The Professor couldn't just fix the boat's hole, Bob Denver said, "He absolutely had no talent for boat building."

The Professor did try to fix the hole in the boat in an early episode.
He attempted to patch it using nails he somehow made, but they were too soft.
Then he tried a glue made from tree sap, but after it dried the boat fell apart... somehow.

BTW, how come you never learn The Professor's real name?
And why did the Howell's have several large suit cases full of cash, jewels, Champagne, and changes of clothes for every occasion?