useless facts? post them here......

[Wyred]

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic jugs. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle," is the phrase inspired by this practice.

 

[Withnail]

Before his conquest of England, William of Normandy was known as William the Bastard.

 

[Alan B'Stard]

Pete Waterman of SAW was the first manager of The Specials.

 

[Mr X]

Stewardesses and reverberated are the two longest words (12 letters each) that can be typed using only the left hand. The longest word that can be typed using only the right hand is lollipop. Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands. (one letter at a time)

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

 

[Mr X]

On the Stafford Forum:

Alphabetically, the first user is -=ph1am3-80y=-
The last user is zyziwigi
Neither of them have ever posted!

The top twelve(!) highest posters are
dirtybobby - 6237
Gramaisc - 4676
tek-monkey - 4335
shoes - 3139
basil - 2448
cookie_monster - 2224
Andreas Rex - 2213
MISS T - 1926
John Marwood - 1573
MyCult - 1487
Wookie - 1471
gk141054 - 1404

Of these, tek-monkey has the most Stafford Points (47), and John Marwood has the least (-14).
MISS T registered longest ago, and John Marwood registered most recently.

 

[Wyred]

You've missed dirtybobby - 6237

 

[Wyred]

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

 

[Withnail]

If you submerge on egg in vinegar for a couple of hours it will bounce when you drop it.

 

[Florence]

...and then you can eat it.

 

[Wyred]

If you submerge on egg in vinegar for a couple of hours it will bounce when you drop it.

...and then you can eat it.

....also not forgetting to drink the vinegar.

 

[Gerry Melon]

It takes approx 8 mins for the light to travel from the sun to the earth.

 

[Slainte]

the titanic was travelling at a speed of 22 knots when it hit the iceberg

 

[Wyred]

The longest station platform in England is at Gloucester, 602.6 metres long, it is about six times longer than a football pitch.

 

[zakkwylde87]

Chinese Democracy by 'Guns 'n' Roses' was the most expensive album ever produced costing around 18 million dollars.

 

[basil]

The longest station platform in England is at Gloucester, 602.6 metres long, it is about six times longer than a football pitch.

that's two facts and i find the 2nd interesting......

 

[John Marwood]

the length of a marathon race is based upon the distance from Windsor Castle to White City and has nothing to do with ancient Greece, writes Barbara Windsor and Barbara Castle...

 

[Withnail]

Is that a useless fact in the sense that it is completely untrue?

I know loads of those.

 

[John Marwood]

i have made a section just for you

however, it is my belief that the marathon 'fact' is one

 

[Withnail]

Please don't tell me that you read it on Wikipedia!

 

[John Marwood]

that reminds me of the chavs on a Portsmouth council estate who ganged up to remove a pediatrician from his home because they failed to understand the meaning of the word

Or is that a fiction one?