Thread O Trivial Shit You Might Not Know

[Ke1t]

Velociraptors, popularised by movies like Jurassic Park and... the other Jurassic Park... were actually the size of a chicken, and had feathers.

 

Given that few people are truly scared by the idea of being hunted by a chicken, the movie producers used representations of Deinonychus... but still called them Velociraptors.

 

Whooooooooo! I'm an angry chicken!

[dervish]

In olden time left handed people were of great value when storming castles. As they could fight effectively on the stair cases which were designed to favour the (normally right handed) defender at the top by spiraling anti-clockwise.

[spamspamspam]

In olden time left handed people were of great value when storming castles. As they could fight effectively on the stair cases which were designed to favour the (normally right handed) defender at the top by spiraling anti-clockwise.

 

Which then went onto perpetuate the myth that all lefties were the spawn of Satan. If people were trained out of using their left hand as a child it would make it harder for them to then switch again when storming a Christian castle.

[zig-a-zig-ah]

When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode

[dervish]

In our solar system there is a dwarf planet (like Pluto) which is called Makemake.

 

Artichokes are thistles.

[granite sheep]

When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode

[V for Vendetta]

In the Kali river in India, giant Goonch Catfish can grow to hundreds of pounds and have been known to eat people and cattle from the shallows of the river.

[essex don]

the m25 is 121 miles clockwise and 117 miles anti clockwise

[Jonty]

In olden time left handed people were of great value when storming castles. As they could fight effectively on the stair cases which were designed to favour the (normally right handed) defender at the top by spiraling anti-clockwise.

 

 

If a castle staircase ran anti clockwise then surely right handed defenders would be at a disadvantage, being as their arm would be hindered by the wall??

[muttondressedaslamb]

George Osbourne is called Gideon

[redsector]

Come Sunday rangers, Rangers used to be champions

[Dynamo]

Come Sunday rangers, Rangers used to be champions

 

 

Horrible. As this means the Kiddie fi Celtic will then be champions.

[Donmacca]

George Washington, despite being the first to be elected was actually the 14th president of the United States.

[Marty13479]

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050

[dervish]

If a castle staircase ran anti clockwise then surely right handed defenders would be at a disadvantage, being as their arm would be hindered by the wall??

 

No, as you look down on it anti-clockwise(but up the way the other way).

 

Like that:

 

 

[granite sheep]

The drummer in Def Leppard had one arm.

[tutankamun]

The drummer in Def Leppard had one arm.

 

...and still does

[tutankamun]

The word 'Heroin' was originally a brand name for the drug and was invented by the same guy who invented Aspirin. It was called Heroin as the people who it had been tested on said it made them feel 'heroic'.

 

It was prescribed by doctors as a treatment for coughs up until the early 20th century. It could be found in the form of lozenges, tablets, soluble solutions etc. and was classed as the wonder drug of its time.

[a don in oz]

When a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode

[Bobby Connor]

Velociraptors, popularised by movies like Jurassic Park and... the other Jurassic Park... were actually the size of a chicken, and had feathers.

 

Given that few people are truly scared by the idea of being hunted by a chicken, the movie producers used representations of Deinonychus... but still called them Velociraptors.

 

Whooooooooo! I'm an angry chicken!

 

I already kent that, although the story I heard was that they were about half the size of the ones in Jurrasic Park. Bigger than chickens. About the size of a small Labrador.

[CrazyBullSheep]

Nineteen letters long.

 

Is, actually, 19 letters long

 

Go on count them

[a don in oz]

Nineteen letters long.

 

Is, actually, 19 letters long

 

Go on count them

 

I hope we have no schizophrenics amongst us or they will now be obsessing over the patternality (made up word but one that schizoids will be sure to love) of that and the meaning that can be extrapolated when you peel away the societal layers of misinformation.

 

 

 

[The Boofon]

The word 'Heroin' was originally a brand name for the drug and was invented by the same guy who invented Aspirin. It was called Heroin as the people who it had been tested on said it made them feel 'heroic'.

 

It was prescribed by doctors as a treatment for coughs up until the early 20th century. It could be found in the form of lozenges, tablets, soluble solutions etc. and was classed as the wonder drug of its time.

 

 

Have you been reading this by any chance?

 

Etymologicon

 

Seems like a coincidence too far as I've just read almost the exact text you posted yesterday.

[The Boofon]

Nineteen letters long.

 

Is, actually, 19 letters long

 

Go on count them

 

No need to count them as I count letters in sentences all the time.

 

Always try and get sentences to have a count multiple of 5 or 10.

 

Very strange habit that.

 

Very strange.

 

Cannot really describe what it's like other than to say if I have random words going round in my head I always add a few extra words and get the count right. A bit like silent muttering I guess.

 

Drives me really bonkers sometimes. (That's a good count) As is the one in brackets. And that one.

 

See what I mean min.

 

Pure mental.

 

[Bobby Connor]

No need to count them as I count letters in sentences all the time.

 

Always try and get sentences to have a count multiple of 5 or 10.

 

Very strange habit that.

 

Very strange.

 

Cannot really describe what it's like other than to say if I have random words going round in my head I always add a few extra words and get the count right. A bit like silent muttering I guess.

 

Drives me really bonkers sometimes. (That's a good count) As is the one in brackets. And that one.

 

See what I mean min.

 

Pure mental.

 

 

You are fucked up. I used to like you boop. Are you sure you are not simply gay?

[tutankamun]

Have you been reading this by any chance?

 

Etymologicon

 

Seems like a coincidence too far as I've just read almost the exact text you posted yesterday.

 

I haven't, unfortunately I don't read much these days. Must just be a pure coincidence.

[tightbreeks]

Which then went onto perpetuate the myth that all lefties were the spawn of Satan. If people were trained out of using their left hand as a child it would make it harder for them to then switch again when storming a Christian castle.

hence, we get sinister, sinistral left handed.

 

a spoonful of matter from a white dwarf would weigh about 10 of your earth tonnes.

white dwarf, warhammer 40k poindexter.

[Ke1t]

a spoonful of matter from a white dwarf would weigh about 10 of your earth tonnes.

 

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...

 

...unless you're diabetic, in which case a spoonful of sugar is more likely to just kill you.

[The Boofon]

You are fucked up. I used to like you boop. Are you sure you are not simply gay?

 

No it's just that I like counting letters BC. 35

[Iraq_Red]

The UK drive on the left hand side of the road as, like a lot of sayings and traditions it comes from medieval times. When on horseback, people travelled on the left because as the majority of people are right handed, it was easier to draw your sword to a potential foe.