the "useless facts you do not have to know about, but you won't forget"-thread

[Deleted]

Similar to a magazine here, I want to make a thread about "useless facts you do not have to know about, but you won't forget".
I'll start:

-In Canada, a piece of land is only considered an island if it has a tree on it
-an aftertaste can never be sweet
-83% of persons hit by lighting are male
-the print media with the most copies worldwide is the IKEA catalogue
-the probability that in a group of 23 people at least 2 share their date of birth is over 50%
-39 popes were married
-the olympic torch run was invented by the nazis
-Radovan Karaczic worked for the FC Barcelona as a psychologist
-the word gymnasium comes from the ancient Greek word gymnasion (γυμνάσιον), meaning "place to be naked"
-in Guantanamo, there's McDonalds, Starbucks and Subway
-The outer side of the panties of female Beach Volleyball player's can't be broader than 3.5cm
-the packaging of Corn flakes has more nutrients than its content
-the science of stupidity is called morology
-more tigers live in private US property than worldwide in the wild
-booze inventor Jim Beam was originally called Jakob Böhm and is German
-a 4year old child asks about 400 questions a day
-according to US food regulations, 9mg rat fecies per kg wheat are allowed
-M&Ms were developed for soldiers to be able to eat chocolate without stickying their fingers
-there is no confirmed report of piranhas killing a man
-there's an ATM in the White House's basement
-in very low concentration, sodium chloride (salt) tastes sweet
-Nokia started out making rubber boots
-if you remove the brain of a male bristle worm, it turns female
-when pope Innozenz III lay dying in 1492, his doctors let him drink the blood of 3 boys. They boys died. The pope, too.
-Prof. Robert Smith? teaches mathematics at the university in Ottawa and insists on the question mark to be part of his name
-statistically, a person lies every 4.8 minutes

your turn!

[Kasirius]

the probability that in a group of 23 people at least 2 share their date of birth is over 50%

isnt it something like 6% (+/- 1%)?

[muto]

according to US food regulations, 9mg rat fecies per kg wheat are allowed

That IS something I need to know. I don't want to eat wheat bread knowing it might have rat crap in it. It's a good thing I prefer white bread.

[Deleted]

-the packaging of Corn flakes has more nutrients than its content

Fuck yeah! im eating the package now on!

[Deleted]

the probability that in a group of 23 people at least 2 share their date of birth is over 50%

isnt it something like 6% (+/- 1%)?

it's 1 - [probability that they are all born on different days]
so 1 - ( 1* 364/365 * 363/365 * ... * 343/365 ) = 0,5073
(or to give a closed formula for the math nerds, 1 - (1/365)^23*(365!/343!))

That IS something I need to know. I don't want to eat wheat bread knowing it might have rat crap in it. It's a good thing I prefer white bread.

White bread is also made of wheat.
But 9mg in 1 kg is only 0.0009%, and you shouldn't eat the wheat raw, anyway. You take in more germs by inhaling in a subway.

[saberon]

You take in more germs inhaling in a subway then you do eating Wheat with rat feces in it.

[Deleted]

eating raw wheat out of the silo, possibly not.
eating baked bread made out of flour, yes.

[Rageissues]

White bread is also made of wheat.
But 9mg in 1 kg is only 0.0009%, and you shouldn't eat the wheat raw, anyway. You take in more germs by inhaling in a subway.

Wrong. White bread is clearly made of white, not wheat.

[Knoerdy]

-if you remove the brain of a male bristle worm, it turns female

LOL thats funny!

[Deleted]

97% of all US dollars contain traces of cocain

[CynicalOtaku]

Because if you see it on the internet, it MUST be true!

[Deleted]

- The word Nylon is derived from 2 cities (New york and London)
- Agent Orange, the herbicide that was used in Vietnam war to let trees drop their leaves, has its name derived from the fact that the barrels had an orange label on it.
- Cyclon B/Zyklon B, the stuff that the Nazis used for their gas chambers, was originally a pesticide.
- the word IKEA is derived from the first letter of the guy who started the company, the name of the farm where he grew up and the village in which that farm was.
- Yankee is derived from the Dutch language, probably from the names Jan and Kees.
- post-its where actually a failed experiment with glue

[Deleted]

- The word Nylon is derived from 2 cities (New york and London)
- Agent Orange, the herbicide that was used in Vietnam war to let trees drop their leaves, has its name derived from the fact that the barrels had an orange label on it.
- Cyclon B/Zyklon B, the stuff that the Nazis used for their gas chambers, was originally a pesticide.
- the word IKEA is derived from the first letter of the guy who started the company, the name of the farm where he grew up and the village in which that farm was.
- Yankee is derived from the Dutch language, probably from the names Jan and Kees.
- post-its where actually a failed experiment with glue

Lol'd at this

[Keren]

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

[Pud'n]

-In public bathrooms the most germ-infested stalls are the stalls farthest from the door, followed by the stalls closest to the stall.
-A cats meow imitates the same sound frequency as that of a crying human baby.

[Deleted]

-George Washington had to borrow money so he could travel to his inauguration
-Table salt is the only commodity that hasn’t risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.
- Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
- Only food that does not spoil: honey
- Antarctica is the only continent that does not have land areas below sea level
- A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
- During a kiss as many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged.

and maybe the most important one for this topic :

Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and the crossroads

[Deleted]

-the packaging of Corn flakes has more nutrients than its content

Fuck yeah! im eating the package now on!

mythbusters disproved this. both in caloric value as in vitamins and minerals, the cornflakes are considered better to eat than the packaging.

[Nictuswolf]

Also "need to check the number again" but the FDA says that no more then 19 bug parts can be contained in 1 pound of chocolate...

Enjoy the protein all you chocolate fans ;D

[Pendulous]

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

Wouldn't that then disprove the fact that women live longer than men (since your natural age is defined by how many times your heart beats)?

[Cptmyname]

The color orange was named after the fruit orange.