Useless Information Thread

[eric5148]

I though this was for useless info? That's actually interesting stuff.

[fsuplayer]

useless and interesting are mutually exclusive.

[rusellmj]

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

[gaming_mouse]

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"The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut! Oh wait, it is a nut."

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It's a legume.

[DoubleupDinan]

A female hyena has a penis that doesn’t work

[gaming_mouse]

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dolphins are the only animals other than humans that have sex for fun.

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How do we know they're are doing it for fun?

[Usul]

It's actually an eight inch long clitoris. Female hyenas are also bigger than males.

[DoubleupDinan]

haha, thanks for clarifying.

[wacki]

The red and white mushroom in Alice and wonderland is called Amanita Muscaria. The mushroom is the size of an 8" saucer plate and causes size distortion just like in the movie. The psychoactive chemical isn't degraded by the kidney so Shammans will drink their urine to maintain an almost perpetual high. -This knowledge is useless because it only grows in Siberia.

A Loredo Bowie knife can chop through a 2x4 in five hits.

The human male's brain has about 1 billion more brain cells than the females.

Artificial vanilla is made from sawdust. More specifically the glue that holds the tree together. There is no difference chemically between artificial vanilla and and the main component of natural vanilla.

[LondonBroil]

Spiders have transparent blood.

Most toilets flush in E flat.

Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM.

Parker Brothers prints about 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money in one year.

"The Tale of Genji", a Japanese work from the early eleventh century, is considered by many scholars to be the world's first full novel. The novel was written by a woman: Murasaki Shikibu, or Lady Murasaki.

The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.