Strange Trivia

[Kameko]

I just had to start one of these threads for myself. I couldn't resist.

So, this is for stupid and/or strange and/or useless trivia.

For example:

Pirates thought that wearing an earring in a pierced ear improved their eyesight.

[Reznorite420]

Just what is the poll about again?

[Kameko]

All these "last thing you ate", "last thing you listened to", "questions", etc.

Personally, I think they're getting a little out of contrtol, but they sure are fun! :P

Here's another one:

Cleopatra married her brother.

[Reznorite420]

Incest stops starting with your second cousin ;)

[Kali]

Personally, I think they're getting a little out of contrtol, but they sure are fun! :P
Yeah, they are. But we're (and by we, I mean the almighty Krang) is working out a way to control them.

Cold-blooded animals don't stand out in infrared.

[That Matt Guy]

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

[GK Punk]

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

Now that is Strange Trivia.

[That Matt Guy]

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

[The Defibrillator]

That's cuz Sherlock is FAKE! I see right through your mind, Matthew.

[That Matt Guy]

Uh... yeah sure.

[MW8979]

Coca cola originally contained cocaine, from which it derived its name.

[Demonfox38]

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a moose.

[That Matt Guy]

In Kingsville, Texas, it is against the law for two pigs to have sex on the city's airport property.

[XERO]

Some Benvenuto Trivia:

While playing Soul Calibur II, Benvenuto likes to play as Kilik and Sueng Mina.

[GK Punk]

GK never locks his keys in his car

[Taloniss]

It's impossible to lick your own elbow. Most people just tried to lick their elbow after reading that.

[That Matt Guy]

Hitler was a sensitive man.

[Reznorite420]

James Cagney never said the infamous "You dirty rat" line.

[HorseTechie]

The human head weighs 8 pounds! :D

[Anarky]

Florence nighitnngale stayed in bed for 30 years after she returned from the war. she was hypochondric

[That Matt Guy]

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

[MW8979]

Every US president elected in a year ending in "0" has been shot while in office, except Ronald Reagan who survived.

[Reznorite420]

Bush hasn't been shot yet...

[Savanti Romero]

Giraffe's tongues are 6 inches long.

[Anarky]

now that's amazing.

many US-americans believe that Saddam was responsible for 9/11 (amazing what propaganda can do...)

[Kameko]

Supposedly...

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

Also...

In Texas, when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.





(Note: I've never actually heard of either of these for myself, but I found them on DumbLaws.com.)

[Anarky]

now dumblaws is a good page.

Switzerland:

Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday
True, i know of several cases where people got sued for doing that

You may not wash your car on a Sunday.
True, same as above

It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise.
you can't ever mow your lawn. somebody always gets offended...

It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if you live in an apartment
that would kill my brother aka the king of late peeign (try to go to the toilet at 2 am, guess who you'll meet)

what about your place?

[Gremlin]

English laws

"All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy."
Every englishmen is a trained bow assasin :P

"You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight."
Let the midnight hunt begin :evilgrin:

"You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close."
just get away from the building and you'll be fine :)

"Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow."
I will make them pay for ever inventing that damn whiskey, mohaa

Something tells me that the englishmen loves longbows and hates welsh and scots :lol:

[The Defibrillator]

Until 1978 it was legal to kill mormons in Missouri.

It's true.

[Reznorite420]

Supposedly...

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.Never heard of that before...and you and I are both Tejans ;)

[MW8979]

Bush hasn't been shot yet...

The way things are going now, it's only a matter of time.



Human feces are 40% dead bacteria by weight.

[impetus]

I voted for "Give it a rest already!!!". Maybe that was too harsh since I'm only thinking of one particular spammin' trollin' idiot. You know who I mean.

[Bowser_Koopa]

i also think it needs a rest, its pretty much the same as the stupidity thread, it should be a little more different, i just hope we get a spam foum, that would be cool :D

[Reznorite420]

Or maybe a "blog" kind of forum.

[That Matt Guy]

They should lock and delete the stupidity thread. It's a total waste of space.

[dcs745]

"Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow."
[/quote]

Technically that's only true in the City of York,and if you see the Scotsman on the City Walls. lol (I used to live there)

Something tells me that the englishmen loves longbows and hates welsh and scots :lol:[/quote]

That's what happens when you have over 1000 years of legislation on the statute books and don't review it often enough. The laws make sense historically.

[The Defibrillator]

What aboot a games/stupid stuff forum?

[GK Punk]

What aboot a games/stupid stuff forum?

Wait for it, wait for it... :D

[That Matt Guy]

This is the games/stupid stuff forum as far as I'm concerned.

[Reznorite420]

It is physically impossible to fold a piece of paper more than 11 times.

[That Matt Guy]

German U-Boat, U-120 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.

[MW8979]

In 1898, an American patent clerk closed his office because he thought that "everything that could possibly be invented, has already been invented".

[damnhooligan]

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. HA!

[Reznorite420]

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and Great Britain in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. HA!Pffft...I know of war shorter than that which lasted less than a minute; it's called "The Chicken War" since one of the sides surrendered after being bombarded by flying chickens that escaped from one of their opponent's farms.

[damnhooligan]

In 1994 Los Angeles police arrested a man for dressing as the Grim Reaper - complete with scythe - and standing outside the windows of old people's homes, staring in.

[Reznorite420]

Trent Reznor once lived in and owned the house where Sharon Tate was murdered....




I'm sorry, I just HAD to throw that one in :goofygri:

[TOAST]

charles manson....scary theres actually people like that

theres a law in i think kentucky where u have to shower at least once every year

[Reznorite420]

charles manson....scary theres actually people like thatDon't worry...even Trent was disgusted when he found out it was the same house.

Now Marilyn Manson, on the other hand, probably would've made that house a shrine, or something...

[TOAST]

marilyn manson is actually a really nice guy, well the interviews ive seen at least

[Anarky]

and he's VERY polite. that surprises me...

[Demonfox38]

Doesn't Marilyn Manson have a lvl. 13 Necromancer in D&D?

[Reznorite420]

Why should it? What you see of him on MTV and such is just a gimmick, ya'know.

Anyway:

Horses indicate the direction they're looking in by pointing their ears in the same direction.

[Anarky]

huh? what's a lvl 13 necrothingy?

as for the surprising: o course you know that his show is ...uhm... show. but i mean, see kid rock. he's a nasty person on the show and in real life he's even worse. Ugh, i mean, how can you wear a t.shirt for two weeks without washing it...

[Demonfox38]

It's a character for Dungeons & Dragons that casts spells that resurrect the dead and make them into Vampires and stuff.

True incident: My sister was reading the Hobbit, and one of her classmates asked what a Necromancer was. The teacher said, "A bad wizard." :o Come on, that is the lamest way to explain them!

[Reznorite420]

True incident: My sister was reading the Hobbit, and one of her classmates asked what a Necromancer was. The teacher said, "A bad wizard." :o Come on, that is the lamest way to explain them!I'd say what I want to say were it not that it would be considered as religious flaming...