Useless Information Thread

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:35 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:In 1950, Zenith created the first TV remote control, called "Lazy Bones."

Early TV remotes operated with ultrasound. They quickly fell out of use since they irritated pets.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 2:27 pm

In 1726, Mary Toft convinced British doctors that she was giving birth to rabbits.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:20 pm

There's a breed of dog called the Xoloitzcuintle, also known as the Mexican hairless dog.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 3:43 pm

In February of 2012, a 28-year-old man in Winder, Georgia, called 911 to report that he was invisible. According to police, he was not.

ShrimpGumbo · Post by **ShrimpGumbo** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:13 pm

The worlds largest collection of used staples weighs 16 pounds. My question is: who cares?

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:18 pm

The animated adaptation of The King and I was such a failure (both critically and commercially) that the Rodgers and Hammerstein Association have had an outright ban on any animated adaptions of their properties.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:50 pm

Mustard’s name is a contraction of the Latin mustum ardens, meaning “burning wine.”

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:42 am

The movies Can't Stop the Music and Xanadu were the inspirations for the Golden Raspberry awards.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:13 pm

The melting temperature of bubble gum is 125 degrees Fahrenheit or 52 degrees Celsius (rounded)

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:39 am

Sergal actually means 'jackal' in the Sanskrit language, so the furry-exclusive sergal species is kinda misleading in its name.

Serigala is a derivative of this word, and it means 'wolf' in Malay and Bahasa Indonesia. Which is, again, kinda misleading.

Ancient Chinese people initially never saw lions alive, only their pelts brought along by fur traders. They looked so strange and majestic to them, that they were given mythical status, evolving into the guardian dog statues seen guarding the entrances of Buddhist temples.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:01 pm

In Ireland, Jack O'Lanterns were once carved from turnips

DigitalBrave3 · Post by **DigitalBrave3** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:18 pm

I... uuuuhhhh... I got nothing.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:27 pm

DigitalBrave3 wrote:I... uuuuhhhh... I got nothing.

The only fact more useless than a useless fact is the fact you know no useless facts.

If you have nothing to add to a topic, that's fine. But please don't make posts only saying how you have nothing to add. They don't contribute in any way.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:48 pm

7-Up was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda."

DigitalBrave3 · Post by **DigitalBrave3** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 12:02 am

JeffCvt wrote:
DigitalBrave3 wrote:I... uuuuhhhh... I got nothing.
The only fact more useless than a useless fact is the fact you know no useless facts.

If you have nothing to add to a topic, that's fine. But please don't make posts only saying how you have nothing to add. They don't contribute in any way.

You're right. I'm not really adding anything. I feel like an idiot. I will never do this kind of thing again! I'm just used to leaving useless facts to the Animaniacs. Hey, that rymed!

VEB152 · Post by **VEB152** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:03 am

In late 1950s USSR, a modern local-made TV set was capable of receiving up to 12 different channels.
That was despite the fact, that total amount of channels available in any region of the country was 2. And it took 10 years to double that number...

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:14 am

There is a speed of dark and it is indeed the same speed as light.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:02 pm

There are 293 ways to make change for a U.S. dollar.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:34 pm

Canada Day was once called Dominion Day.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:52 pm

The Caesar Salad was not invented by the Italians, but by a restaurant owner in Tijuana, Mexico.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:56 pm

Axolotls are able to regenerate lost body parts, even part of their heads.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:51 pm

During WWII, La-Z-Boy manufactured seats for tanks, torpedo boats, gun turrets, and armored cars.

Not sure if I posted that already. X________X

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:06 pm

Liam wrote:Canada Day was once called Dominion Day.

Dominion also happens to be a now defunct Canadian supermarket chain.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:33 am

Females in media are more prone to fall victim to slapstick then males.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:19 am

The Japanese title of the final boss theme in Splatoon sung by the Squid Sisters is Shiokara Bushi. Shiokara is a Japanese pub food, made up of seafood (generally cuttlefish) cut up and mixed with the internal organs of said animal that is then fermented with salt and malted rice. It's a very acquired taste. In English, it would be "salted fermented squid and entrails".

However, if you take the Kanji of Shiokara, it could literally means "salty, briny". Bushi here most probably means "melody".

So I guess the full meaning of Shiokara Bushi would be "Salty Squid Melody".

Post by **Obbl** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:51 pm

Would Bushi not be 「武士」 (warrior, samurai)?

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:37 pm

There are roughly 70 ingredients in the McRib.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 5:53 pm

Obbl wrote:Would Bushi not be 「武士」 (warrior, samurai)?

That's what I thought too, but the Kanji character used for it is 節. It has several meanings, and melody is one of them. Maybe they were going for a word play on it

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 9:08 pm

There's a song called 'I'm a Kangaroo'.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:04 am

The delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention spent much of their time getting drunk. One surviving document is a bill for a party on September 15th, 1787, two days before the signing of the Constitution. Items on the bill were: 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 8 bottles of cider, 12 bottles of beer, and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch. All of this for only 55 people.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:13 am

On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:01 pm

Some cultures (especially those in sub-Saharan Africa) give their children names with meanings such as “ugly,” “disagreeable,” or “crippled,” to make them undesirable to demons.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:58 am

Given the maximum width of the Tasman Sea is 2200km and the maximum jump for an average kangaroo is 8m horizontally, it would take the average kangaroo going at full speed 275000 hops to cross the sea at its widest point. This would take them approximately 39.3 hours at maximum speed of 56km/h.

That is, of course, assuming they can hop on water.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:00 pm

Two-digit Interstate numbers are designed to let drivers know the general direction of the highway. If the Interstate has an odd number, it runs north-south. Interstates with even numbers run east-west.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:51 pm

Idaho and India are said to be the only two places where you can find the "Star Garnet" (a type of garnet) in large quantities.
Also Idaho is known for being the "Gem State".

Idaho also is the location of Shoshone Falls, a waterfall that is apparently has a height of 212 feet/ 65 meters, where Niagara falls is 167ft/51m high. You can drive to Shoshone Falls from the states capital in three hours (give or take)
(also years ago at the state fair, there used to be an ice cream that was made to look like a baked potato, it however seems to not be made anymore. that and people claim one of the people who contributed to the invention of the television was born and lived in Idaho. Though some people think this is just poor education being taught and its not true..)

Therolyn · Post by **Therolyn** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:43 am

If you followed the Australia highway 1 in the late 2000's, you would travel through every Australian state and ieach capital city of those states but the ACT and could detour via a ferry to drive on it in Tasmania as well. You would be relatively close to the coastline almost 100% percent of the way. It falls a relatively small distance (based on its total distance) short from connecting up to itself, starting at Darwin in the Northern Territory and ending in the Far North of Queensland, about 250km roughly from the Northern Territory border. You'd likely of traveled in a excess of 10000km to complete such a journey.

I also once worked out in boredom that it would take me about three weeks to walk at a leisurely pace from my hometown to Sydney along highway 1 if I walked 12 hours a day.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:55 pm

Bill Clinton reportedly only ever sent two emails as president, one of which was a test message to see if he was doing it correctly.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:44 pm

In Sweden, a man gets invalidity pension because dependent by Heavy Metal music.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:38 pm

Koalas do not drink. They get all the moisture they need from the leaves that they ingest.

Post by **Render** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:39 am

Petrichor is the scent that's created by the rain after a longer period of dry weather.

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Koalas do not drink. They get all the moisture they need from the leaves that they ingest.

And they hug trees to cool down. The trees are about 7C cooler than the air and the koalas use that difference to get rid of extra heat without wasting too much water by panting.