Do you know one out of four people have worms. Two guys in Tiawan lost thier arms during a tug of war contest. Or that people were drowned in a flood of beer and molasses in Boston and London.
What wierd factoids do you have?
Also on the show Unscrewed on TechTV a guy combined a disposable camerea a glove, and some other items to make a taser. They have it on their website Techtv.com/unscrewed
There's a recent book out "the secret lives of US presidents" that's full of presidental trivia. It's pretty good, reads quick and nicely illustrated. For more of a monthly fix, there's the magazine "Mental Floss" which covers a varity of topics.
You can go to Snopes.com andread about urban myth and facts
Disposable camera taser glove + annoying brother = hours of fun. AHAHAHAHAAH....
One guy got arrested in Germany for celebrating the death of his gay neighbour. A known homophobic, his actions were deemed callous and was brought before a court.
Dogs eaten in the Far East are tortured as "Fear creates adrenaline which makes the meat more tender."
The longest fart went on for so long it was vaguely visible, creating a kind of heat-haze effect.
The longest turd measured over 12 feet
Lipstick was outlawed until, I think, the early 19th centutry as users were said to beguile men as thus were witches.
Clancy Brown, famous for playing The Kurgan in Highlander also provides the voice for Aku Alu in the Crash Bandicoot games. Recently he he also took over the part of Dr. Neo Cortex in the latest game in the series.
WOW this is awesome useless stuff. I'll tell it to girls right before I ask them out. `_~
A taser glove is a fun idea to do with your brother and random people on the streets. Just don't do the Micheal Jackson crotch grab when there on. Speaking of which I want to see Freddy Kruger dance to old James Brown's songs.
There is a paper a kid wrote on something called Dihydrogen Monoxide, which is a very caustic chemical which circulated around the web and some government official in California wanted to ban the stuff.
The paper is over a Snopes.com. You should read it first (sounds like really nasty stuff ) and then do a search in Google on the chemical name. Then laugh your ass off.
On Penn and Teller's "Bullsh*t" they sent a girl out with a petition calling for the ban of that at an enviroment fest. funny stuff. "it's found in lakes, creeks and the sky"
73% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Hmmm, dihidrogen would be something like H2, and monoxide, O. Never touch the stuff myself.
I love Dihydrogen Monoxide, when its laced with Caffine.sucrose and bovine secretions....
This is what's wrong with our media. The minute we here "chemicals." We get bad nightmares. When half the time it's in our bodies and food.
Gecko Brothers wrote:
> Do you know one out of four people have worms.
Don't follow this link (http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpinworm.html) if you are even remotely a hypochondriac.
>Or that
> people were drowned in a flood of beer and molasses in Boston
> and London.
>
Anybody interested in the Boston Molasses Flood should read the book Dark Tide (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0807050202/qid=1082408115/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-5992667-3914401?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) by Stephen Puleo. It's a fascinating and surprisingly readable book about that very thing. It talks about the setup to the flood, the economic and political conditions, the flood, and the landmark case that followed it and held the corporation to be financially responsible for the damage they had caused. Check it out.