Facts that are completely useless

[biometrics]

There was a phantom poop on an Apollo mission. A poop, floating around, that none of the astronauts said was theirs.

 

[biometrics]

The Guinness book of records was invented by the Guinness beer folks. They figured a book of verifiable facts would help stop bar arguments.

 

[biometrics]

A banana is a berry.

 

[biometrics]

Due to evolution, humans share genes with all living organisms. For example, 60% of your DNA is the same as a strawberry.

 

[satanboy]

Due to evolution, humans share genes with all living organisms. For example, 60% of your DNA is the same as a strawberry.

Humans share nearly 50 percent of their DNA with fungi, and we contract many of the same viruses as fungi.

 

[scudsucker]

Nuclear Powered Tunneling Machines!

 

[scudsucker]

From https://www.eatthis.com/guinness-beer-facts/

Guinness commissioned a study in 2000, which found that an estimated 162,719 pints of Guinness goes to waste every year via facial hair in the UK.

According to scientists, 0.56 millilitres of Guinness is trapped in a beard or moustache with each sip. And it takes about 10 sips to finish a pint. An estimated 92,370 Guinness consumers every year in the U.K. have facial hair. Figuring they consume an average of 180 pints each a year, the total cost of wasted Guinness annually is about $536,000.

 

[satanboy]

A Brief History of Mel Brooks, David Lynch and 'The Elephant Man'

Here's the story of how comedy icon Mel Brooks hired David Lynch to direct the serious historical drama The Elephant Man.

filmschoolrejects.com

 

[scudsucker]

The worlds largest gingerbread house record was broken earlier this month.

Texas group breaks world record for the largest gingerbread house

The tasty abode was constructed with close to 36 million calories worth of edible materials, including over 22,000 pieces of candy

people.com

I'm fairly sure that this is a predominantly fake news site, but, would they lie about something as ground-breaking as this? Surely not.

 

[biometrics]

January 1, 2022

A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year's Eve as part of a decades-old tradition.

874 cars were torched in France on New Year's Eve -- fewer than in previous years | CNN

A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year's Eve as part of a decades-old tradition. With coronavirus-related restrictions in place, the number is lower than in previous years.

edition.cnn.com

 

[scudsucker]

For a fairly short period, there was a Boeing 747 fire-fighting aircraft.

 

[biometrics]

 

[biometrics]

The Sun represents more than 99% of the total mass of the Solar System. The combined mass of all planets, moons, and asteroids, represents less than 1% of the Solar System's total mass.

 

[LD50]

i'm just sitting here, clicking on something every now and then

 

[biometrics]

Methanol fire is invisible.

 

[bigAl-sa]

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Should be beyond that at 102 ly by now

 

[scudsucker]

Methanol fire is invisible.

I cleverly squirted methanol through a bunsen burner flame onto the arm of a class-mate in chemistry. He did not take it well.

 

[Dave]

For a fairly short period, there was a Boeing 747 fire-fighting aircraft.

The Russians built a fire-fighting jet aircraft that can scoop its own water refills.

 

[Jings]

Pie in the sky saying comes from a 1911 song by Joe Hill - a Swedish-American labour activist.

The Preacher and the Slave

Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer with voices so sweet:

(CHORUS
You will eat, bye and bye,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.

And the starvation army they play,
And they sing and they clap and they pray,
Till they get all your coin on the drum,
Then they tell you when you're on the bum:
This song was originally posted on protestsonglyrics.net
(CHORUS)
Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out,
And they holler, they jump and they shout
"Give your money to Jesus," they say,
"He will cure all diseases today."

(CHORUS)

If you fight hard for children and wife,
Try to get something good in this life,
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell,
When you die you will sure go to hell.
This song was originally posted on protestsonglyrics.net
(CHORUS)
Workingmen of all countries, unite,
Side by side we for freedom will fight:
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain:

(LAST CHORUS
You will eat, bye and bye,
When you've learned how to cook and to fry;
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good,
And you'll eat in the sweet bye and bye.

 

[Dave]

Pie in the sky saying comes from a 1911 song by Joe Hill

Joe Hill was executed in 1915.