Post any cool trivia/factoids here

[lujor]

I am a big fan of useless knowledge and cool facts. Here's one of my favorites:

There are more molecules of water in a teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in all the world's oceans.

NerdAlert

 

[jizon82]

"It's not gambling when you know you're going to win."

Alan Garner

 

[Conner]

83% of statistics are made up on the spot.


See, I just proved my point.

 

[gomezladdams]

The medical term for goosebumps is cutis anserina

 

[Wet Whiskers]

Genetics have shown that the Bonobo (Pan paniscus) is actually human beings' closest relatives, not the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

Genetics have also shown that the chimpanzee is more closely related to humans than gorillas.

 

[SumoNinja]

when flushing a toilet in Australia, the water doesn't swirl in the opposite direction compared to a toilet flush in America

 

[Wet Whiskers]

when flushing a toilet in Australia, the water doesn't swirl in the opposite direction compared to a toilet flush in America

Due to the make of the toilet (or sink or tub or faucet, etc.)... However, the Coriolis effect is real and does cause natural phenomenas such as hurricanes to spin the opposite directions. whoo hoo

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

vultures can fly for 6 hours without flapping their wings

 

[Tramonte172]

The name Tetraodontidae (puffer fish), refers to it's 4 large fused teeth that are used for crushing the shells.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

In 1986, a Russian submarine almost launched a nuclear attack on the U.S. when its radar erroneously identified an arctic seal as an incoming torpedo.

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.

 

[Metalgearliquid2]

i love useless info

a thimbleful of a neutron star would weight 100 million tons