OT: Useless Fact for Most anyway - Page 3

Dentoid · 08-09-2007, 10:09 AM

In North Carolina it is illegal to plow a field using an elephant.

prow · 08-09-2007, 10:28 AM

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie "Psycho."

BigAl07 · 08-09-2007, 10:30 AM

Hey now.. no kicking us from NC! We ave a LOT of "different" laws...

prow · 08-09-2007, 10:33 AM

Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida.

BEELZEBOB · 08-09-2007, 12:35 PM

HUMANS SEE 3 BANDS ON THE COLOR SPECTRUM. MY MANTIS SHRIM CAN SEE 16.

Trent reznor was 29 in 1989 when Pretty Hate Machine Dropped.

Al Capone died of syfilus

you foot is the exact length of your arm, elbow to wrist.

polydactyle cats were origionally bred for ships.

in south dakota, if you are in a covered wagon, it is still legal to shoot up to 5 indians.

there are over 160 species of mantis shrimp found regularly in the hobby.

zoanthids can kill you dead.

hot water freezes faster than cold.

a praying mantis is the only animal in the world capable of rotating its head 360 degrees

there are individual species of octapus (blue ring), squid (pajama) and this cool lil cuttlefish that are highly toxic.

there is a specis of cat fish in south america that is the size of a toothpick that is a paracitic organism that feeds on the blood in fish gills. they target the ammonia released from the gills, which also happens to be in piss. they have been know two swin up peoples urethras and lodge themselves in the urinary track or bladder.
the local tribesmen are "cut" a little shorter than most.

elephants can recognize the bones of they're past relatives.

tigers love the color red.

prarie dogs have the most complex language system of any animal other than ours.

Snelly40 · 08-09-2007, 02:43 PM

it takes light 8 minutes to travel from the sun to earth

and yes i did hold my thumb up to my nose when i read that

sasquatch · 08-09-2007, 04:53 PM

you foot is the exact length of your arm, elbow to wrist. sorry Bob I call BS on this, or Im closer to the trees than I care to believe lol

BEELZEBOB · 08-09-2007, 04:57 PM

did you try?

i mean, i dont know if that applies for other primates?

sharks dont get cancer.

sasquatch · 08-09-2007, 05:51 PM

yup, arm is longer than foot, must be an ape lol, is that why my knuckles are always raw?

BEELZEBOB · 08-09-2007, 06:14 PM

so you bend your elbow, and with your heel at the elbow, your toes go beyond yer wrist?

i guess i shoulda said "fore-arm"

mps9506 · 08-09-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BEELZEBOB

so you bend your elbow, and with your heel at the elbow, your toes go beyond yer wrist?

i guess i shoulda said "fore-arm"

My forearm is a good three inches longer than my foot...

This thread is really making me do some idiotic looking things

sasquatch · 08-09-2007, 06:23 PM

AH HA!! I always knew Mike was one of the "other humanoids" hurray for arms longer than feet

boozeman · 08-09-2007, 06:29 PM

Well Jack, you may have inardvertedly created one of those type threads that just keep going....and going....

karma to you!

mps9506 · 08-09-2007, 06:39 PM

So I managed to stick my foot on the other side of my forearm and it's only like an inch longer on that side....

Quote:

AH HA!! I always knew Mike was one of the "other humanoids" hurray for arms longer than feet

So do I have long arms or small feet? And for some reason I'm not flexible enough in my right leg to compare my left foot with my left arm.

sasquatch · 08-09-2007, 06:50 PM

Oh God this is turning into virtual twister! Im going to pat my head and rub my tummy now lol

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