Useless Facts

[bodypaul]

George Michael wrote "Careless Whispers" when he was 17.

I don't think he likes the LAPD

[Totster]

You always find what you are looking for in the very last place you look.

because when you find it you stop looking

OK clever clogs ! But can you explain why penzman's fingers won't fing? Mine are finging all the time, can't stop 'em...

them bloody fings are useless....

totster

[fatter than harry]

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

[yok yawng]

An elephant can't jump.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

You can lead a cow upstairs but you can't lead a cow downstairs.

(Or a giant squid)

[RamdomChances]

You can lead a cow upstairs but you can't lead a cow downstairs.

(Or a giant squid)

Bo11ock's, apart from the bit about the squid.

[davethailand]

An elephant can't jump.

Nor can white men (or was that a film?)

[Totster]

An elephant can't jump.

Nor can white men (or was that a film?)

Oh noooo.... I can't jump

I'm devastated...!!

Why hasn't anyone told me before...??

totster

[RDN]

Why do doctors have a practice? Why can't they get it right first time?

[yok yawng]

An elephant can't jump.

Nor can white men (or was that a film?)

Oh noooo.... I can't jump

I'm devastated...!!

Why hasn't anyone told me before...??

totster

Therefore you ARE Woody Harrelson !!!

[yok yawng]

The Kiwi, national bird of New Zealand, can't fly, lives in a hole in the ground, comes out at night, is almost blind and lays only one egg each year. Yet it has survived for 70 million years.

[yok yawng]

Agalmatophilia is an attraction to statues or mannequins.

[yok yawng]

Fat has nine calories per gram, while protein and carbohydrate have four, Alcohol has seven.

[yok yawng]

A group of owls is called a parliament.

[yok yawng]

Dacryphilia is the arousal from seeing tears in the eyes of a partner

[yok yawng]

Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well behaved Convicts

[RamdomChances]

I thought of a really good one to post here, but forgot what it was

[Tornado]

Americans believe that Australia has drop bears.

Poms believe they do not stink.

Kiwis believe it is their right to take Australias social security money.

Aussies are always right.

[yok yawng]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words and is longer than Antidisestablishmentarianism ....

[fatter than harry]

Antidisestablishmentarianism means the people who are against the people who are against the government.*

*Maybe, maybe not.

[Wolfie]

What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean?

The definition is as follows: “Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, but popularly cited as an example of a long word.” Catching the irony here?

The longest word in the first OED (Oxford English Dictonary) was 29-letter floccinaucinihilipilification (the categorizing of something as worthless or trivial). The longest in the OED2, usually cited as the longest word in any English dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (a miners' lung disease caused by inhaling silica), 45 letters. Some scholars, however, deride this word as "made up," and declare '"floccinau...'" to be the champ. And, of course, there are some hippopotomonstrosesquipidelian (30 letters, means "long") words in specialized fields, especially chemistry, where they apparently just tack on another few letters every time they rewrite the textbooks. The full name of the tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme with 267 amino acids, extends to 1,913 letters:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

There's one you probably won't see on Wheel of Fortune.

[yok yawng]

The full name of the tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme with 267 amino acids, extends to 1,913 letters:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

There's one you probably won't see on Wheel of Fortune.

It must be one of those hungry enzymes you get in your laundry detergent...

[fatter than harry]

It's a Rolf Harris lyric, from 'The court of King Caracticus'

[Wolfie]

Tie me kangaroo down, sport.

[yok yawng]

It's a Rolf Harris lyric, from 'The court of King Caracticus'

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Catactacus, were just passing by.

All together, now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Catactacus, were just passing by.

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Catactacus, were just passing by.

Now the ladies of the harem of the court of King Catactacus, were just passing by.

[Gazza]

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanyla lanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalany lphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspa rtylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleu cylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspar tylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylser ylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonyliso leucylglutaminylaspfraginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylpheny lalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcyste inylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylargin ylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylgl ycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylpheny lalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalany ltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylva lylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglu taminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalan ylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucy lphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartyl aspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryl tyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylseryl arginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparag inylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucy lvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalany lprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylser ylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylas partylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylser ylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhi stidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethio nylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylp rolylmethion yllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

Are you sure that's how it's spelled? I thought there was an extra 'al' somewhere in the middle.

[RamdomChances]

If you buy a suitecase, they never put it in a bag

[Darknight]

• A GIRAFFE CAN CLEAN IT'S EARS WITH IT'S 21 INCH TOUNGE.

• A COCKROACH CAN LIVE SEVERAL WEEKS WITH IT'S HEAD CUT OFF.

• During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble

33% OF ALL AMERICANS FLUSH THE TOILET WHILE THEY ARE ON IT.

9% OF AMERICANS REPORT BEING IN THE PRESCENCE OF A GHOST.

In 1547, British law was amended to end the practice of boiling people to death as punishment for criminal behavior.

• In North Dakota, it is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.

• More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

[RDN]

Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well behaved Convicts 

What do you mean, 'was'?

[Totster]

Poms believe they do not stink.

We don't....

Aussies are always right.

Unless they're wrong...

totster