a thread full of pointless but amazing facts

[Biscuit]

Question. 1) If your car travelled at the speed of light , what would happen when you switched your lights on?
2) what did they call barn owls before there were barns?

1) The car and you and the light of the headlights would be infinitely long and without point so turning on the lights would make no difference.

2) Owls.

 

[Biscuit]

If a billiard ball was expanded to the size of the earth the imperfections would be higher than Everest and deeper than the Mariana Trench.

 

[hillbilly]

Ahead of Euro 1992 Martin Keown stated his favourite track of all time was Tainted Love (pointless fact, not sure about the amazing!)

 

[Lincoln Imp]

The expression isn't "One Swallow doesn't make a summer."

 

[Lincoln Imp]

It is impossible to empty your SmartCard of credit.

 

[xenophon]

You can't rip a piece of paper in half more than 7 times

 

[Titanic]

Americans eat 31.4 lbs of cheese a year.

 

[xenophon]

Camel meat is the number one delicacy in Somalia

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Surely depends on the starting size of paper?

if you're folding it in half it doesn't make any difference as it's all reletive

 

[countryman]

The average human being has slightly less than one testicle.

I'm pretty certain I have two.

 

[Biscuit]

if you're folding it in half it doesn't make any difference as it's all reletive

OK I'm with you but if I folded a piece of paper the size of the UK in half, that'd be an easier starting point than starting from an A4 piece of paper?

 

[Biscuit]

The Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish is potentially, biological immortal.

 

[Titanic]

I'm pretty certain I have two.

You are well above average then! Well done

 

[countryman]

Question. 1) If your car travelled at the speed of light , what would happen when you switched your lights on?
2) what did they call barn owls before there were barns?

Perhaps they named barns after owls?

 

[countryman]

You can't rip a piece of paper in half more than 7 times

You mean fold?

 

[skipper734]

OK I'm with you but if I folded a piece of paper the size of the UK in half, that'd be an easier starting point than starting from an A4 piece of paper?

Not even Charlie Oatway can fold a piece of paper more than seven times. Go on try it!

 

[Biscuit]

not even charlie oatway can fold a piece of paper more than seven times. Go on try it!

mind. Blown.

 

[Biscuit]

Armadillos always give birth to quadruplets.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

The expression isn't "One Swallow doesn't make a summer."[/QUOTE

What it is then? ? ?

 

[Commander]

Camel meat is the number one delicacy in Somalia

It also tastes exactly how you would imagine it to. Dry, tasteless and bland.