Thread: Useless facts/knowledge

The first celebrity to have his picture on kids' school lunch boxes was Hopalong Cassidy. Hoppy was played by actor William Boyd.

I had one in 1952. Whoa!!!

Originally Posted by pfries

The elephant is the only land Mammal that can't jump,

and if you measure the circumference of two of its feet you will know its height.

Elephants can't jump ???? LMAO >>> Elephant Jumping On Trampoline - YouTube

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

here's a good one.....................it's 4:08am

But you posted it at 6:08pm on my screen

In honor of one of the forum's stars, gssixgun: Idaho contains the deepest river gorge in North America, the second-largest wilderness area in the Lower 48, more miles of rivers than any other state and a waterfall that’s 52 feet higher than Niagara. That would be Shoshone Falls east of the city of Twin Falls on the Snake River, which carves a smile across the arid southern third of the state. Idaho also has a colorful history of stubborn individualism, from Ernest Hemingway to “Napoleon Dynamite.”

Woolly bear caterpillars freeze solid once a year for 14 years in order to consume enough food to build their cocoons.

Originally Posted by cosperryan

It's true. It's one of the reasons why we never touch. It's also the reason scientist say before the big bang all matter in the universe was condensed to the size of a pea because all that space between the particles wasn't there.

Now...for the 100,000 dollar question..where did that pea grow?
~Richard

Elephants use the skin folds on their backs to crush mosquitos.

~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

Now...for the 100,000 dollar question..where did that pea grow?
~Richard

My knowledge of things quantum is, well, pea-sized, but I seem to recall someone saying that since time and space expanded with and following the big bang, that tiny pea with everything was kind of everywhere all at the same time.

Or something like that.

Originally Posted by JTmke

Woolly bear caterpillars freeze solid once a year for 14 years in order to consume enough food to build their cocoons.

Wouldn't that mean they never thaw? And live in a freezer...

Sorry, once a year in winter thawing in spring and repeating this freeze and thaw existence for fourteen consecutive years in order to consume enough food...