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Written By: Sujan Patel On September 14th, 2007 | No Comments

86 Reasons It’s Great To Be A Guy

Written By: Sujan Patel On September 7th, 2007 | 4 Comments

1. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
2. Movie nudity is virtually always female.
3. You know stuff about tanks.
4. A five day vacation requires only one suitcase.
5. Monday Night Football.
6. You don’t have to monitor your friends sex lives.
7. Your bathroom lines are 80% shorter.
8. You can open all your own jars.
9. Old friends don’t give you crap if you’ve lost or gained weight.
10. Dry cleaners and haircutter’s don’t rob you blind.
11. When clicking through the channel, you don’t have to stall on every shot of someone crying.
12. Your ass is never a factor in a job interview.
13. All your orgasms are real.
14. A beer gut does not make you invisible to the opposite sex..
15. You don’t have to lug a bag of useful stuff around everywhere you go.
16. You understand why Stripes is funny.
17. You can go to the bathroom with out a support group.
18. Your last name stays put.
19. You can leave a hotel bed unmade.
20. When your work is criticized, you don’t have to panic that everyone secretly hates you.
21. You can kill your own food.
22. The garage is all yours.
23. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
24. You see the humor in Terms of Endearment.
25. Nobody secretly wonders if you swallow.
26. You never have to clean the toilet.
27. You can be showered and ready in 10 minutes.
28. Sex means never worrying about your reputation.
29. Wedding plans take care of themselves.
30. If someone forgets to invite you to something, he or she can still be your friend.
31. Your underwear is $10 for a three pack.
32. The National College Cheerleading Championship
33. None of your co-workers have the power to make you cry.
34. You don’t have to shave below your neck.
35. You don’t have to curl up next to a hairy ass every nite.
36. If you’re 34 and single nobody notices.
37. You can write your name in the snow.
38. You can get into a nontrivial pissing contest.
39. Everything on your face stays its original color.
40. Chocolate is just another snack.
41. You can be president.
42. You can quietly enjoy a car ride from the passenger seat.
43. You never have to worry about other people’s feelings.
44. You get to think about sex 90% of your waking hours.
45. You can wear a white shirt to a water park.
46. Three pair of shoes are more than enough.
47. You can eat a banana in a hardware store.
48. You can say anything and not worry about what people think.
49. Foreplay is optional.
50. Michael Bolton doesn’t live in your universe.
51. Nobody stops telling a good dirty joke when you walk into the room.
52. You can whip your shirt off on a hot day.
53. You don’t have to clean your apartment if the meter reader is coming by.
54. You never feel compelled to stop a pal from getting laid.
55. Car mechanics tell you the truth.
56. You don’t give a rat’s ass if someone notices your new haircut.
57. You can watch a game in silence with you buddy for hours without even thinking (He must be mad at me)
58. The world is your urinal.
59. You never misconstrue innocuous statements to mean your lover is about to leave you.
60. You get to jump up and slap stuff.
61. Hot wax never comes near your pubic area.
62. One mood, all the time.
63. You can admire Clint Eastwood without starving yourself to look like him.
64. You never have to drive to another gas station because this one’s just too skeevy.
65. You know at least 20 ways to open a beer bottle.
66. You can sit with your knees apart no matter what you are wearing.
67. Same work….more pay.
68. Gray hair and wrinkles add character.
69. You don’t have to leave the room to make an emergency crotch adjustment.
70. Wedding Dress $2000; Tux rental $100.
71. You don’t care if someone is talking about you behind your back.
72. With 400 million sperm per shot, you could double the earth’s population in 15 tries, at least in theory.
73. You don’t mooch off others’ desserts.
74. If you retain water, it’s in a canteen.
75. The remote is yours and yours alone.
76. People never glance at your chest when you’re talking to them.
77. ESPN’s sports center.
78. You can drop by to see a friend without bringing a little gift.
79. Bachelor parties whomp ass over bridal showers.
80. You have a normal and healthy relationship with your mother.
81. You can buy condoms without the shopkeeper imagining you naked.
82. You needn’t pretend you’re “freshening up” to go to the bathroom.
83. If you don’t call your buddy when you say you will, he won’t tell you friends you’ve changed.
84. Someday you’ll be a dirty old man.
85. You can rationalize any behavior with the handy phrase “F*#k it!”
86. If an other guy shows up at the party in the same outfit, you might become lifelong buddies.

12 Steps To Get Over Your Internet Addiction

Written By: Sujan Patel On June 15th, 2007 | 7 Comments

1 out of ever 4 people are addicted to the internet (source: oh lets just say Wikipedia). With the rise of social bookmarking sites like Digg, Stumble Upon, Netscape it is easy to get lost in the internet, the following are a few tips you can do to fight the irresistible urge of the internet:

1. Have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like you used to, before the Internet.

2. Eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.

3. Get dressed before noon.

4. Make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Internet.

5. Sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Internet-deprived.

6. Call someone on the phone who you cannot contact via the Internet.

7. Read a book…if you still remember how.

8. Listen to those around me and their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so you can hear the music on the Internet.

9. Not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.

10. Try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.

11. Remember that my bank is not forgiving if you forget to balance my checkbook because you was too busy on the Internet.

12. Remember that you must go to bed sometime…and the Internet will always be there tomorrow!

11 Of The Stupidest Laws

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 23rd, 2007 | 11 Comments

1. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. - Alabama (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §11-104.)

2. Dominoes may not be played on Sunday. - Alabama Acts 1953, No. 230, p. 297; Code 1975, §13-6-1.)

3. Bear wrestling matches are prohibited. - Alabama (Acts 1996, No. 96-468, p. 581, §1.)

4. Owners of flamingos may not let their pet into barber shops. - Alaska (GJB § 20.10.010)

5. You may not have more than two dildos in a house.- Arizona

6. Honking one’s car horn at a sandwich shop after 9 PM is against the law. -Arkansas (Code 1961, § 25-74)

7. No one may “suddenly start or stop” their car at a McDonald’s. - Arkansas (Code 1961, § 25-156–25-158)

8. Bowling on the sidewalk is illegal. - California (9.26.010)

9. Throwing missles at cars is illegal. Colorado (Ord. No. 21-1999, § 12, 11-17-99)

10. No person shall pretend to sleep on a bench on the boardwalk.- Delaware (§ 198-30)

11. If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM. - Georgia (Ord. of 5-1-2001, § 1; Ord. of 12-4-2001, § 2)

31 Of The Worst Predictions

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 23rd, 2007 | 3 Comments

1. “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” — Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

2. “Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons.” — Popular Mechanics, 1949

3. “I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” — The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.

4. “But what…is it good for?” — Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

5. “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” — Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

6. “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” — Attributed to Bill Gates, 1981, but believed to be an urban legend.

7. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” — Western Union internal memo, 1876.

8. “The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” — Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876.

9. “The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” — David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

10. “While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.” — Lee DeForest, inventor.

11. “The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C’, the idea must be feasible.” — A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

12. “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” — H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

13. “I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.” — Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in “Gone With the Wind.”

14. “A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.” — Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies.

15. “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

16. “Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax.” — William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 1899.

17. “So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.’” — Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak’s personal computer.

18. “If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.” — Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M “Post-It” Notepads.

19. “It will be years — not in my time — before a woman will become Prime Minister.” — Margaret Thatcher, 1974.

20. “I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious sensibilities of anyone.” — Charles Darwin, The Origin Of Species, 1869.

21. “With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn’t likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market.” — Business Week, August 2, 1968.

22. “That Professor Goddard with his ‘chair’ in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution does not know the relation of action to reaction, and of the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react–to say that would be absurd. Of course, he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools.” — 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard’s revolutionary rocket work. The remark was retracted in the July 17, 1969 issue.

23. “You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can’t be done. It’s just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training.” — Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the “unsolvable” problem by inventing Nautilus.

24. “Ours has been the first, and doubtless to be the last, to visit this profitless locality.” — Lt. Joseph Ives, after visiting the Grand Canyon in 1861.

25. “Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy.” — Workers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.

26. “Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.” — Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.

27. “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.” — Albert Einstein, 1932.

28. “The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.” — Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Atomic Bomb Project.

29. “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” — Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

30. “There will never be a bigger plane built.” — A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people.

31. “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” — Attributed to Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899, but known to be an urban legend.

6 Ways To Be Annoying Online

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 23rd, 2007 | 17 Comments

1. Make up fake acronyms. Online veterans like to use abbreviations like IMHO (in my humble opinion) or RTFM (read the fucking manual) to show that they’re “hep” to the lingo. Make up your own that don’t stand for anything (SETO, BARL, CP30), use them liberally, and then refuse to explain what they stand for (”You don’t know that? RTFM”).

2. WRITE YOUR MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS AND DON’T USE RETURNS SO THAT EVERYONE HAS TO SCROLL ACROSS THEIR SCREENS TO READ EVERY LINE. ALSO USE A LOT OF !!!!! TO SHOW THAT YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE!

3. When replying to your mail, correct everyone’s grammar and spelling and point out their typos, but don’t otherwise respond to the content of their messages. when they respond testily to your “creative criticism,” do it again. Continue until they go away.

4. Software and files offered online are often “compressed” so that they won’t take so long to travel over the phone lines. Buy a compression program and compress everything you send, including one-word e-mail responses like “Thanks.”

5. Upload text files with Bible passages about sin or guilt and give them names like “SexyHousewivesI,” then see how many people download it. Challenge your friends to come up with the most popular come-ons.

6. Join a discussion group and tie whatever’s being discussed back to an unrelated central theme. For instance, if you’re in a discussion of gun control, respond to every message with the observation that those genetically superior tomatoes seem to have played an important role. Within days, all discussion of gun control will have ceased as people write you threatening messages and instruct others to ignore you.

Old Wise Sayings

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Always remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.

Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

Don’t squat with your spurs on.

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.

Don’t be irreplaceable; if you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.

Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Duct tape is like the force; it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

Experience is the sinking feeling you have made this mistake before.

The 85 Rules of Drinking

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 9th, 2007 | 2 Comments

1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour.

2. Always toast before doing a shot.

3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer a toast.

4. Change your toast at least once a month.

5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.

6. Buying a strange woman a drink is still cool. Buying all her drinks is dumb.

7. Never borrow more than one cigarette from the same person in one night.

8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and two-part cocktails.

9. Get the bartender’s attention with eye contact and a smile.

10. Do not make eye contact with the bartender if you do not want a drink.

11. Unacceptable things to say after doing a shot: Great, now I’m going to get drunk. I hate shots. It’s coming back up.

12. Never, ever tell a bartender he made your drink too strong.

13. If he makes it too weak, order a double next time. He’ll get the message.

14. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not like you.

15. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still might not like you.

16. If she buys you a drink, she likes you.

17. If someone offers to buy you a drink, do not upgrade your liquor preference.

18. Always have a corkscrew in your house.

19. If you don’t have a corkscrew, push the cork down into the bottle with a pen.

20. Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the guy who drinks girly drinks.

21. Our parents were better drinkers than we are.

22. Never talk to someone in the restroom unless you’re doing the same thing—urinating, waiting in line or washing your hands.

23. Girls hang out, apply make-up, and have long talks in the bathroom. Men do not.

24. After your sixth drink, do not look at yourself in the mirror. It will shake your confidence.

25. It is only permissible to shout ‘woo-hoo!’ if you are doing a shot with four or more people.

26. If there is a d.j., you can request a song only once per night. If he doesn’t play it within half an hour, do not approach him again. If he does play it, do not approach him again.

27. Learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. You’ll be surprised how well it works.

28. If you can’t afford to tip, you can’t afford to drink in a bar. Go to the liquor store.

29. If you owe someone twenty dollars or less, you may pay them back in beer.

30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.

31. If you have been roommates with someone more than six months, you may drink all their beer, even if it’s hidden, as long as you leave them one.

32. You can have a shot of their hard liquor only if the cap has been cracked and the bottle goes for less than $25.

33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.

34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.

35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every jackass would be doing it.

36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartender’s guide and browse through all the drinks you’ve never tried.

37. Try one new drink each week.

38. If you are the bar’s sole customer, you are obliged to make small talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you’re off the hook. The same goes for him.

39. Never tip with coins that have touched you. If your change is $1.50, you can tell the barmaid to keep the change, but once she has handed it to you, you cannot give it back. To a bartender or cocktail waitress, small change has no value.

40. If you have ever told a bartender, “Hey, it all spends the same,” then you are a cheap ass.

41. Anyone on stage or behind a bar is fifty percent better looking.

42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by how close they keep their drink to their mouth.

43. A bar is a college, not a nursery. If you spill a beer, clean it up. If you break a glass, wait for a staff member to clean it up, then blame it on someone else.

44. Being drunk is feeling sophisticated without being able to say it.

45. It’s okay to drink alone.

46. After three drinks, you will forget a woman’s name two seconds after she tells you. The rest of the night you will call her “baby” or “darling”.

47. Nothing screams ‘nancy boy’ louder than swirling an oversized brandy snifter.

48. Men don’t drink from straws. Unless you’re doing a Mind or Face Eraser.

49. If you do a shot, finish it. If you don’t plan to finish it, don’t accept it.

50. Never brood in a dance bar. Never dance in a dive bar.

51. Never play more than three songs by the same artist in a row.

52. Your songs will come on as you’re leaving the bar.

53. Never yell out jukebox selections to someone you don’t know.

54. Never lie in a bar. You may, however, grossly exaggerate and lean.

55. If you think you might be slurring a little, then you are slurring a lot. If you think you are slurring a lot, then you are not speaking English.

56. Screaming, “Someone buy me a drink!” has never worked.

57. For every drink, there is a five percent better chance you will get in a fight. There is also a three percent better chance you will lose the fight.

58. Fighting an extremely drunk person when you are sober is hilarious.

59. If you are broke and a friend is “sporting you”, you must laugh at all his jokes and play wingman when he makes his move.

60. If you are broke and a friend is “making sport of you”, you may steal any drink he leaves unattended.

61. Never rest your head on a table or bar top. It is the equivalent of voluntarily putting your head on a chopping block.

62. If you are trading rounds with a friend and he asks if you’re ready for another, always say yes. Once you fall out of sync you will end up buying more drinks than him.

63. If you’re going to hit on a member of the bar staff, make sure you tip well before and after, regardless of her response.

64. The people with the most money are rarely the best tippers.

65. Before you die, single-handedly make one decent martini.

66. Asking a bartender what beers are on tap when the handles are right in front of you is the equivalent of saying, “I’m an idiot.”

67. Never ask a bartender “what’s good tonight?” They do not fly in the scotch fresh from the coast every morning.

68. If there is a line for drinks, get your goddamn drink and step the hell away from the bar.

69. If there is ever any confusion, the fuller beer is yours.

70. The patrons at your local bar are your extended family, your fathers and mothers, your brothers and sisters. Except you get to sleep with these sisters. And if you’re really drunk, the mothers.

71. It’s acceptable, traditional in fact, to disappear during a night of hard drinking. You will appear mysterious and your friends will understand. If they even notice.

72. Never argue your tab at the end of the night. Remember, you’re hammered and they’re sober. It’s akin to a precocious five-year-old arguing the super-string theory with a physicist. 99.9% of the time you’re wrong and either way you’re going to come off as a jackass.

73. If you bring booze to a party, you must drink it or leave it.

74. If you hesitate more than three seconds after the bartender looks at you, you do not deserve a drink.

75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.

76. The greatest thing a drunkard can do is buy a round of drinks for a packed bar.

77. Never preface a conversation with a bartender with “I know this is going to be a hassle, but . . .”

78. When you’re in a bar and drunk, your boss is just another guy begging for a fat lip. Unless he’s buying.

79. If you are 86’d, do not return for at least three months. To come back sooner makes it appear no other bar wants you.

80. Anyone with three or more drinks in his hands has the right of way.

81. If you’re going to drink on the job, drink vodka. It’s the no-tell liquor.

82. There’s nothing wrong with drinking before noon. Especially if you’re supposed to be at work.

83. The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to last call.

84. A flask engraved with a personal message is one of the best gifts you can ever give. And make sure there’s something in it.

85. You will forget every one of these rules by your fifth drink.

50 Fun Things To Do In An Elevator

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 9th, 2007 | 8 Comments

1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other passengers.
3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: “Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!”
4. Whistle the first seven notes of “It’s a Small World” incessantly.
5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator. v 7. Shave.
8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”
9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: “Noogie patrol coming!”
13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
14. Talk to yourself
15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go “plink” at the bottom.
16. Do Tai Chi exercises.
17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: “I’ve got new socks on!”
18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: “Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!”
19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
20. Meow occassionally.
21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
22. Frown and mutter “gotta go, gotta go” then sigh and say “oops!”
23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
24. Sing “Mary had a little lamb” while continually pushing buttons.
25. Holler “Chutes away!” whenever the elevator descends.
26. Walk on with a cooler that says “human head” on the side.
27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce “You’re one of THEM!” and move to the far corner of the elevator.
28. Burp, and then say “mmmm…tasty!”
29. Leave a box between the doors.
30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers “through” it.
32. Start a sing-along.
33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask “is that your beeper?”
34. Play the harmonica.
35. Shadow box.
36. Say “Ding!” at each floor.
37. Lean against the button panel.
38. Say “I wonder what all these do” and push the red buttons.
39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your “personal space.”
41. Bring a chair along.
42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: “Wanna see wha in muh mouf?”
43. Blow spit bubbles.
44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
45. Announce in a demonic voice: “I must find a more suitable host body.”
46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
48. Wear “X-Ray Specs” and leer suggestively at other passengers.
49. Stare at your thumb and say “I think it’s getting larger.”
50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler “Bad touch!”

201 Useless Comments

Written By: Sujan Patel On May 2nd, 2007 | 5 Comments

Last week we posted an article called “301 Useless Facts” which resulted in hundreds of comments on Single Grain we received about 400 comments most of which were full of swear words and to obscure, out of those about 200 or so comments remain. Most, if not all are useless comments. Read them for yourself…

223 Responses to “301 Useless Facts”

1. Mr.Byte Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 12:12 pm e

Interesting facts….but its a huge list

2. Ron Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm e

I found out about the B-25/Empire State Building episode a few months, back. It’s eerie to think of it in comparison with 9/11.
Also, no.299 is kind of weird, too.

Good list!

3. fergiestar Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 1:21 pm e

Julius Caesar’s autograph is worth about $2,000,000.

Now thats a deal!

4. agcameo Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pm e

Yeah, this list seems cool. Of course, some of the facts, like the “coconuts kill 150 people per year” simply aren’t true. Or at least, that isn’t verified by any source.

5. Informacoes inuteis do nosso dia-a-dia « Random Dumplings of Wisdom Says:
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6. Jordan Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 3:55 pm e

Hey, Love these facts!! I was wondering if I could post them on my blog. I would of course give you full credit.

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9. Matt Hoffman Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 3:59 pm e

Number 122 isn’t true any longer. I believe that section 1211 was deleted from the CFR.

10. Eric Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:01 pm e

#7 is completely wrong!

For accurate information go to the CDC website. It has all the annual stats on rape and murder and all that..
http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/

11. Ron Johnson Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:04 pm e

Ummm….. You should really pare down this list to exclude the incorrect ones. What really threw me off was #133. Some quick checking on the net showed that it’s just a myth.

Read: Don’t believe everything you read.
::irony::

12. Eric Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm e

More accurate on rape: 2/3rd’s of rape victims report a prior relationship with the offender. 80% (not 98% were by a boyfriend, girlfriend, relative, or friend).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/The%20Truth%20About%20Rape%20Final.pdf

13. Jeffy Bunny Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:05 pm e

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

Hemp is not the same thing as marijuana as it contains very little THC.

43. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out.

This is not true. Your eyes are anchored by the muscles that control them. The worst that you can do is give yourself a conjunctival hemorrhage.

48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun’s magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called “Solarmax”.

No, this is called the “Solar Cycle” which has a solar maximum and a solar minimum.

58. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

Actually, it seems to be about 14 miles per hour, depending on the size of the rain drop. (http://www.grow.arizona.edu/Grow–GrowResources.php?ResourceId=146)

I’m done with this. This list is mostly bogus.

14. Matt Hoffman Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:06 pm e

Number 197. isn’t correct. It seems to state the first US patent was issued in 1970. That’s patently absurd.

It should say 1790.

15. Bubba Ho Tep Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm e

Correction to #3. The Heinz 57 was a made up number by their marketing team. It has nothing to do with anything, other than rhyming in their slogan.

16. Jeffman Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:15 pm e

At least one of these is incorrect. Frank Baum didn’t create the name OZ from a cabinet, but did after the abbreviation for ounce (oz.). The Wizard of OZ was a social commentary about the 1890’s switch to the gold standard in america.

17. Matt Hoffman Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:19 pm e

131. is also incorrect. New Jersey grows less than 1% of the worlds eggplant….not that anyone but government farming officials would actually care.

18. Matt Hoffman Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:20 pm e

132 isn’t true either. There are a lot of references you can find which indicate this is an urban myth.

Here is one

http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm

19. Bubba Ho Tep Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:23 pm e

Correction to #133. In actuality, although it looks like the American flag, it’s really an old Canadian flag called the “Red Ensign”. This flag was flown over Canada from 1870 to 1965 when it was replaced by the new “Maple Leaf” flag.

20. canuck Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:27 pm e

The two dollar Canadian bill (now a coin called a toonie) did not have the American flag on it. It was the Union Jack flag.
21. canuck Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:28 pm e

Bubba Ho Tep: I stand corrected

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23. watch tv online Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm e

#270 - they must have an epidemic of Ginger Fever - Ginger Kids

24. watch tv Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:34 pm e

#270 - Ginger kids

25. bf german Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:35 pm e

nice list.

But the story about popping your eyes out when sneezing is nonsense.

You can damage your ears though (by pinching your nose in the middle of a sneeze)

26. devin Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:36 pm e

“55. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.”

Not entirely accurate. It was around before that, but Barrie popularized the name.

http://www.wendy.com/wendyweb/history.html

27. cam Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm e

the flag on the canadian $5 bill is the Union jack not the us flag

and canada is the village not big village… but now im nit picking

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30. bryan Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:01 pm e

I was going to comment on #132, but Mike (comment 18) beat me to it.

31. jacob Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:09 pm e

there is no american flag flying over parliment on the 2 dollar bill.

32. bryan Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:19 pm e

#223: Go Big Red!

33. russdog Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:23 pm e

#132 is a myth. I’ve heard that it’s true on the battlefield at Gettysburg (don’t know if it is) but in general it is not true. There is no such convention about memorial statues featuring warriors on horseback.

34. Allan Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:26 pm e

- “105. China has more English speakers than the United States.”

Hahaha!! Thats really funny!! Excellent Read!

35. Allan Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm e

I know a word that rhymes with Orange!!

Doorhinge! Or just Hinge. Sorry about the double posting! Just wanted to point it out.

36. Many Wrong Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:30 pm e

Quite a few are wrong and a few can be found on snopes as common, incorrect myths

37. michael Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pm e

#67 — the rule of thumb rumor — isn’t true. It’s widely cited in women’s studies classes but … well, see Wikipedia for an explanation about its origins (if anybody actually cares).

38. regexp Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:39 pm e

254 is not correct.

People say ‘bless you’ because it was thought that your soul left your body when you sneezed. Saying ‘bless you’ prevented the devil from grabbing it.

39. lifeandcoffee Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm e

so (43) is an self destruction mechanism in human nature. wouldn’t want to try that. ;-D

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41. Luke Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm e

door hinge is two words dumbass

42. aliron Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:45 pm e

#34 is definitely bogus…what kind of maps would they be? A map of Germany? 52 maps of 52 military prisons in Germany? How did the British get schematics of German prisons? That and most British pilots fought over English skies, when they were shot down they would land in England (if they didn’t die, anyway). German pilots , however…

43. Shaggy Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 5:59 pm e

133 is also incorrect. The US flag is not on the new Canadian bill. It is the older Canadian flag but caused a big stir in the country.

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45. Ted Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm e

Number 135. “No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.”

Hurdle rhymes with Purple…

46. Devin Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 6:39 pm e

Wow, I can’t believe I just read this…but to be honest, it was pretty entertaining….Especially the one about the Fart being as powerful as the nuke…

47. Corey Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 6:45 pm e

Superman is not shown or alluded to in every Seinfeld episode. Off the top of my head, the episode in the Chinese restaurant definitely does not have any reference to Superman at all

48. Chris Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 6:51 pm e

Indisputable proof that you can sneeze with your eyes open and your eyeballs WILL NOT pop out: http://www.vimeo.com/clip:175168

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no it doesn’t

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Progeria is a disease in which children appear to age faster than their actual age. Age is based on the length of time one is alive. A childs body will grow faster, thus making them appear to have “aged.” So, unless progeria is propelling someone through time faster than everyone else… that useless fact is correct.

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54. Ed Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 7:29 pm e

michael Says: #67 — the rule of thumb rumor — isn’t true. It’s widely cited in women’s studies classes but … well, see Wikipedia for an explanation about its origins (if anybody actually cares).

Because Wikipedia is always right…

And for the love of Maple Syrup, we get the Canadian bill one is wrong; maybe if you’d read all the comments before, everyone wouldn’t have to repost it.

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April 24th, 2007 at 8:06 pm e

#73 is wrong. Motorola’s first product was a Battery Eliminator designed to let battery-powered radios work using newly installed electric current. The SECOND product was the first commercial car radio. Motor (car) + ola (sound, derived from victrola).

Incidentally, Motorola was only a brand name at first, not the company name. Galvin Manufacturing Company changed its name to the more recognizable name later.

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…..

267. Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House.

…..

Facts…..!? WTF are you smoking?

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61. superflydaddy Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 8:56 pm e

256. In “Silence of the Lambs”, Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) never blinks.

Untrue. Hannibal Lector blinks several times in the movie. Anthony Hopkins said he based the character actions of Hannibal from watching jail interview footage of Charles Manson. Hopkins noted that Manson never blinked which him look more the psycho. Hopkins adapted this to Lector, but even though he does blink.

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63. Puffdiddyfunsize Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 9:18 pm e

Elephants aren’t the only mammals that cant jump. Blue whales are the largest mammals on the planet, and theres no way they could ‘jump’ out of the water. Same goes for manatees.

64. Jesse Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 9:24 pm e

According to the National Archives, the Declaration of Independence was NOT written on hemp, but on parchment.

source:
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/paper-vellum.html

65. Tozer Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 9:30 pm e

Hirple rhymes with purple. Hirple = ‘to walk with a limp’ and can be found in most dictionaries of good standing.

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67. seth Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:26 pm e

#263 is wrong due to the fact that if. Nepal is the only country that doesn’t have a rectangular flag. Switzerland is the only country with a square flag. switzerland would also not have a rectangular flag.

just pointing that out.

I loved the list. some great stuff.

68. Ivan Minic Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:28 pm e

Useless alright

69. Peter Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:54 pm e

The Declaration of Independence was written on parchment (treated animal skin)–NOT hemp.
Source: National Archives

70. Sian Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:56 pm e

More like 301 poorly researched and occasionally completely wrong ‘facts’. This list is disgraceful.

71. Geometry Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm e

Actually, all squares are technically rectangles….
so you are wrong there Seth

72. OldFart Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:34 pm e

#285. Progeria is advanced aging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeria

73. Sean Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:36 pm e

I believe that the maximum amount of money winnable on one day of Jeopardy is twice the amount stated here (ie. $566,400 instead of $283,200). Perhaps your figure is from before they doubled all the values.

74. Frances Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:39 pm e

97 is incorrect.
Oceania, the continent, as opposed to Australia, the country, does not start and end with the same letter.

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76. geometry Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pm e

I don’t really know if Nepal really is the only country with a rectangular flag, but Switzerland does have a rectangular flag, due to the fact that a square is a rectangle as well (since rectangles have four sides, only 90 degree angles, you know the deal). Just thought I’d clarify.

77. Ankit Says:
April 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm e

229. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
Dude, world known fact… Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal

78. Carl Grunberger Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:02 am e

227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.

What about another crusiferous vegetable Romanescu?

79. rocket Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:03 am e

@ seth a square is a rectangle, and #179 is technically wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter

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81. e w Says:
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#137 is $558,400 as far as I can tell

#29 badly needs a source, and is in all likelihood a result of poor statistical analysis

#181 is just bad science, the horn is made of keratin, the same protein type that hair is made of, but saying its made of compacted hair is only slightly more accurate than saying that hair is made of uncompacted rhinoceros horn

#45 and #134 make an interesting combination

82. MikeD Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:45 am e

Jeep is not related to Ford’s “GP” terminiology of the time (which actually meant nothing) but instead came from a Popeye character that could do anything… or something like that. Look at the wiki page. Great list though!

83. xubean Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:50 am e

to seth: a square is a kind of a rectangle, you dumbass!!!
a square’s definition: a rectangle whose all sides are equal
rectangle’s definition: a parallelogram whose all angles are 90 degrees.
a parallelogram’s definition: a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel
a quadrilateral’s definition: a polygon which has four sides (and four vertices)
a polygon’s definition: a closed plane figure!!!
So as you see, switzerland does have a rectangular flag, its just a kind of a rectangle!!!

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85. stephanie Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 1:02 am e

# 147… sleeping beauty– both her parents are alive and do not die

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87. pez wizrd Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 2:45 am e

#221 flase http://www.snopes.com/history/american/pez.htm

88. barsanuphe Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 2:50 am e

I believe #222 to be wrong, France has a lot more different kinds of cheese. De Gaulle once said: “It’s not easy governing a country featuring 283 types of cheese.”

89. triviafreak Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 2:53 am e

302: This list is largely plagarized from ‘Isaac Asimov’s Book of Facts’.

90. turlach Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:19 am e

number #15 is incorrect, dogs can look up & the frog was not invented by madonna

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92. Pete Dee Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:44 am e

There is a spelling mistake in #86.

Good fun otherwise.

93. Parnika Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:48 am e

WHOA now dats a huge list!i cudnt read all but its damn kul!

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April 25th, 2007 at 5:06 am e

#3 is incorrect, 57 has nothing to do with anything really. The 5 and 7 were just special numbers to Henry Heinz and his wife.

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#215 The Heart is a collection of muscles, valves and nerves

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99. Alli Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 6:27 am e

Re: #147

Mulan had both of her parents, and they did not die.

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101. Dracogryff Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 6:33 am e

So did Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), if I recall correctly.

102. Adam Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 6:41 am e

169. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.

This is only partially correct. Some lizards can drop their tails, not all, and some, such as the crested gecko, can drop their tail, but are unable to regrow it… it’s a nice list, but the inaccuracy of one item leads me to doubt the validity of some of the others.

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104. Brian Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:09 am e

Fact #156 says “A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.”

I can’t reference a scientific discussion for the number of days it takes a beheaded roach to die. But I can confidently say the cause would NOT be starvation. It would be dehydration.

105. 269isnotafact Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:37 am e

269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

This is not a fact, because the census does not measure how many people are born, but how many people are currently living.

The odds of beign born a male are, and ever shall be, 50%.

106. Shredder Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:55 am e

Best part about this list is going over all the comments afterward… HILARIOUS!!

107. Thomas Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:07 am e

Read the Wikipedia article on the microwave oven, the candy bar story is true…

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109. Philip Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:21 am e

Residuous.

110. Marek Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:28 am e

137. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.

if you don’t include the final round; otherwise you could still double your money to $566,400

111. HArry Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:52 am e

for 97. oceana is the term used to describe the continent of Austrailia,new zeland, Tazmania and the other surounding islands.

112. DangerDanger Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 9:01 am e

I believe the most you can win in a SINGLE game of Jeopardy is $571,200.

Here is how I came up with that, if anyone cares:
First round answers range from 200-1000 (6 categories, 1 daily double), Second round answers are double that (400-2000, 6 categories, 2 daily doubles).

First Round
If you answer every question in the first round except a $200 (which happens to have the Daily Double) you would have $17,800 to wager and double to $35,600.

Second Round
Answering everything in the 2nd round except two $400’s (which both happen to have the DD’s) would put you at $71,400. If you get both DD’s you would double twice and end up with $285,600 going into the final question.

Final Question
Doubling on the final question would put you at $571,200

I’m pretty sure that is right — am I missing anything?

113. DangerDanger Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 9:10 am e

Whoops! $566,400

Answer all but one 200: $17,800
Double: $35,600
Answer all but two 400’s: $70,800
Double twice: $283,200
Double on Final Question: $566,400

That is 100% right for sure!

114. Nikola Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am e

231. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119
this one looks very interesting to me. Don’t know whether there is a chance to check…
nice facts anyway

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116. RW Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 9:54 am e

How do you calculate the amount you can possibly win at Jeopardy if you don’t know how much they have when they hit the daily doubles? I guess if you assume that they hit the daily doubles _last_ in each round, and assume that they were on the lowest possible values, you could double all the rest of the money, but then I suspect the total would be more. (Is there a rule about the order you must follow for clues? Do you have to go lowest-highest in the first round, or do you get to jump to different amounts at will?)

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119. xenon Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 10:44 am e

here are some rumored facts i have heard which are also interesting
1. birth control pills are made of the piss of pregnant horses
2. abe lincoln’s secretary’s first name was kennedy, and he was shot in a theater, the shooter ran into the street; kennedy’s secretary’s first name was lincoln, and he was shot in the street but his shotter ran into a theater.
3. WYLD STALLYNS RULEZ

120. Cor van Baalen Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 11:01 am e

97. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with (not counting the words “North” and “South).

This is omly thrue in English.
German: Europa, Dutch: Europa: Spanisch: Europa France: Afrique
Dutch: Azië, German: Asie
a.s.o.

121. jimmy skullpuff Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 11:14 am e

On the really old glass bottles of heinz that you might find in a restaurant it specifically states 57 varieties. i believe that it may be pickles but i thought it was something else.

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123. LordBrit Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am e

Hello America from the British Isles! Just to let you know, Winston Churchill was born in a modest bedroom in Blenheim Palace, not a bathroom during a party.

124. R Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 11:26 am e

Fact 221 is in correct The Teutuls from Orange County choppers are also Pez heads

http://www.burlingamepezmuseum.com/store4.html

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127. hellmos Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:11 pm e

oceania is not a continent, only australia is recognised as a continent. oceania is only mentioned as a ‘continent’ when geologists split the world up into zones, as it is easier to group micronesia in with australia.
if oceania was considered to be a continent, then hawaii would technically be part of it, insted of being part of america!

128. ben Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:25 pm e

cool list can i have the embed code? you get credit though

129. Shaun Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm e

Fact #133 is a common falsehood. Research it.

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131. Istealmusic Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 12:43 pm e

Cabbage is a flower.

132. Sarah Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 1:21 pm e

Whomever sites wikipedia as a credible source to check these facts is an idiot.

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134. ABB Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 2:48 pm e

The continent which Australia is a part of is Australasia, which conforms with the “fact” posted above.

135. AntiSarah Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:13 pm e

Sarah (in post #132) makes a bold claim and in so doing demonstrates that she/he is also an idiot.

136. Thomas Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pm e

Re: #122
http://www.snopes.com/legal/et.htm

137. Jennifer Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pm e

147. “101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.

You’re forgetting “Sleeping Beauty” where both the princess and (I believe) the prince have both parents.

138. Joël Kuiper Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pm e

Which was the point wasn’t it ?

139. this_is_ridiculous. Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 3:54 pm e

Damn, beat me to it. Sarah is so right (in comment #132).

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141. anon Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pm e

To Sian and everyone else considering this list as a ’stupid thing’ - did any of you READ the last line? You know, the one that goes, “Now that you have gone through the list it is up to you to figure out which facts are true and which facts are false.”

’nuff said.

142. anon Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 4:47 pm e

The list is for entertainment value, nothing serious. Thus, the whole point of “this list is inaccurate” is totally moot, since total accuracy isn’t the point.

143. KJ Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 4:52 pm e

Johnny Appleseed planted apple nurseries in new frontier lands to attract settlers and take advantage of their coming. He sold shares in the trees themselves, though he’d take virtually anything as payment (old clothing for example).

Wikipedia, if you believe it.

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April 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pm e

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145. moabmusher Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 6:06 pm e

So let’s help make it accurate. The list took a lot of time to compile so if we have corrections, let’s correct with a good reference THIS is a GREAT list…let’s make it better…of course if we want references…let’s provide them…put up or shut up right?

146. HEMP101 Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 6:22 pm e

LMAO!!!! wow…this is hilarous and funny

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148. Hitcher Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:32 pm e

#3 is wrong - see http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/heinz57.asp

Heinz did advertise it as 57 varieties but it was a marketing gimic.

149. zach Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm e

ya wikipedia is not always correct because my cousin makes entries on that and anyone can put anything they want on it.They can make up any random crap and post it.

150. wyatt Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:19 pm e

I wish people would stop being lazy and read the comments. I dont like reading the same things over and over. Thank you. And besides, the list is funny, who cares if its right or not.

151. Drew Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:20 pm e

Hey

People who use Wikipedia, some of that stuff is a lie, maybe made up in ones favor. sorry but maybe if you wanna prove a point look up some good sites, or maybe get off the damn computer and read some books to find out for yourself instead of harassing some website.

152. Drew Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm e

Nice List By The Way

153. Michelle Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pm e

platypus are also is a mammal that cannot jump. because their limbs extend horizontally outward, it would make it phisically impossible for them to jump.

154. sodoe Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 9:31 pm e

“# 269isnotafact Says:
April 25th, 2007 at 7:37 am

269. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.

This is not a fact, because the census does not measure how many people are born, but how many people are currently living.

The odds of beign born a male are, and ever shall be, 50%.”

it’s closer to 49.8-9% because of the potential of being born as a hermapradite.

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158. Dangeruss Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 2:07 am e

A square is, in fact, also a rectangle.

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160. Voko Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 3:43 am e

“Bless you” is because people used to think that the devil may enter your body when you sneeze.

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162. citizen666 Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 5:37 am e

Just to stop any further innaccuracies (that is kind of the point of these comments after all), on scientific articles Wikipedia is as accurate as the Encylopedia Britannica. Nature magazine did a peer review back in ‘05. If you don’t believe me, believe the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm

Oh yeah, great list. You helped me waste time at work AND start a great thread taking these facts apart with my friend. You have enriched my life!

You may continue…

163. NewzClewz Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 8:00 am e

#16 is really one of my favorites. I think you are far more likely to give up the real dope if you are swearing on your family jewels.

164. Brian Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 9:08 am e

140. The penguin is the only bird that can’t fly but can swim.

This is not true.
Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is the only cormorant (family Phalacrocoracidae) found in the Galapagos, and of the 27-28 cormorant species world-wide, it is the only one that has lost the ability to fly. So unusual is the flightless cormorant by comparison to other cormorants, that most authors place it in a separate genus - all other cormorants belong to the genus Phalacrocorax. Like other flightless birds, the keel on the breast bone, which supports the large flight muscles, is drastically reduced. Instead, the legs are heavier and more powerful than in other cormorants. Unlike the penguin, whose wings are used as paddles to literally fly through the water, the flightless cormorant propels itself by powerful kicks. The birds feed no more than 100 m offshore, feeding near the bottom on squid, octopus, eel, and fish.

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166. Paul Hirsh Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 10:59 am e

Speaking as a left-handed panpipe player I trust that you are kidding about left-handed people popping it nine years earlier than their thicker right-handed cousins (fact 193). The world would be a poorer place were it true, though it would give scientists a lot to chew on.

167. ASHLEY Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pm e

CIRCLE RHYMES WITH PURPLE!

168. Babychaos Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm e

Ok, re some are false bit. I know 222 is wrong, there are over 500 different cheeses in France, alone and a further 700 odd different cheeses in Great Britain. I make that nearly a thousand cheeses in two countries. Half the fun is trying to figure out which are true and which aren’t though.

Great stuff.

Cheers

BC

169. Linda Smith Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm e

Here’s one to add to #263: Ohio is the only state in the United States whose state flag is a pennant instead of a rectangle or square.

170. Dan G Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm e

Re #123, According to US Naval Observatory the full moon in February 1865 occurred on the 10th.

171. mike yazbek Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 2:34 pm e

an elephant has more than 60000 muscles in it’s trunk!

172. mike yazbek Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pm e

u can calculate supposing half of the viewers leave a message that almost 40 ppl visit this page a day.. hope my calculations are right!

173. 7ops Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 4:15 pm e

lozenge rhymes with orange

174. David Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm e

>225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Not true.. couldn’t be true

175. David Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 4:38 pm e

>236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

I believe this is false. A middle school science teacher told us that it was discovered when a researcher left a full cup of coffee near a radar tube, and the next day the whole cup was evaporated.

176. Bishop Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 5:26 pm e

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question556.htm
Some people have suggested that the sound you hear from the seashell is the echoing of your blood rushing through the blood vessels of your ear. That is not the case. If that were true, then the sound would intensify after exercising, since your blood races faster after exercising. However, the sound is the same even after exercising.
The most likely explanation for the wave-like noise is ambient noise from around you. The seashell that you are holding just slightly above your ear captures this noise, which resonates inside the shell. The size and shape of the shell therefore has some effect on the sound you hear. Different shells sound different because different shells accentuate different frequencies. You don’t even need the seashell to hear the noise. You can produce the same “ocean” sound using an empty cup or even by cupping your hand over your ear. Go ahead and try it and vary the distance at which you place the cup near your ear. The level of the sound will vary depending on the angle and distance the cup is from your ear.

Noise from outside the shell also can change the intensity of the sound you hear inside the shell. You can look at the shell as a resonating chamber. When sound from outside enters the shell, it bounces around, thus creating an audible noise. So, the louder the environment you are in, the louder the ocean-like sound will be.

177. Citizen666 Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm e

And another thing, the whole bless you when sneezing thing has it’s origins with the Black Death in Europe. Sneezing is the first visible symptom of this nasty disease and so, out of respect for the nearly dead, people would bless those who sneezed. I think the idea that it has something to do with evil spirits has its roots in the strange ideas people had about how diseases were contracted in the past.

Carry on…

178. igor Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 7:08 pm e

americans seem to not like the fact that they are responsible for 1/5 of the worlds garbage. while this “might” not be true , it is very close.
The fact is that the us contibutes 20% of all polution. Or 1/5.( this includes not only solid garbage, but air , water and other kinds of polution. 5% of the population contributes 20% polution.This is probably not counting the US owned companies arround the world. And they are many.

179. freedome21 Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 8:06 pm e

Everything is true on Wikipedia since they check everything you tried to change.

180. bk Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 9:42 pm e

Go Ashley! (167)

181. Leila Says:
April 26th, 2007 at 9:59 pm e

these facts are crazy and some are questionable….actually number 7 is true…you learn it in the Criminal Justice program in college…

182. Bolognia Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am e

292 is partially incorrect; Uranus doesn’t rotate opposite of its orbit, it rotates perpendicular to it.

183. jazzle Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 5:04 am e

145. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Seriously doubt it.
This is saying that some people eat more than 18 acres per day, and some eat less.

184. gogoing Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 8:01 am e

I grew up in Canada and I’ve never heard about a two-dollar-bill, and I’ve most certainly never seen one.

185. Dan Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 8:12 am e

Short list of incorrect items:
3, 7, 9, 15, 43, 48, 55, 58, 67, 73, 86, 97, 122, 123, 131, 132, 133, 137, 140, 144, 147, 179, 181, 197, 221, 222, 225, 227, 229, 234, 254, 256, 269, 285

I could be missing a few that are incorrect, and I’m not 100% sure that all of these are incorrect, but this is most of the ones people in the comments have made good arguments to why the item is false.

186. sammy Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 8:34 am e

Whether Australia is it’s own continent, or part of the Australasia continent, HArry (comment #97), either way, Tasmania (spelt with an “S” not a “z”) is still part of the country - it is not a different country in itself…
New Zealand, is also with an “a”….
So before you go lumping us all together, please educate yourself and get your spelling right.

187. can’thandlethestupidity Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 1:13 pm e

I cannot believe some of you people think Wikipedia is a credible source for information. Do you not realize that anyone anywhere can add anything they want to wikipedia? Lets say we assume that for every false entry put in there , there is at least another entry that is correct, there still seems to reason that the false ones are left behind. So maybe look at real sites, or big shocker here, go read a book, and try to not let other people rule your thoughts.

188. M Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 1:55 pm e

An amusing list, to be sure, but a large part of these facts are incorrect.

For example, number 215: the tongue is NOT the strongest muscle in the human body by any measure. This credit is usually given to m. masseter (the jaw muscle) or the gluteus maximus. (And the heart, while not being a single muscle in itself, is composed mainly of muscle tissue.)

189. Virgil Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 3:38 pm e

#139 - I’m really hoping that they concluded this after having observed that rats and horses don’t have the appropriate muscles. (Rather than… you know… force-feeding them Big Macs.)

Apparently, rats are also capable of laughing (dominant frequencies are outside the human perceptible audio range). Google the research if you think I’m full of it.

Comment #184: They existed before the ‘Toonie’ (1991-1992, I think). The fact is false, though.
190. urmom Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 4:50 pm e

haha i like the two idiots who named words which rhyme with purple (hurdle and circle). hahaha pure genius at work.

191. Ca’diem Says:
April 27th, 2007 at 7:23 pm e

Comment #187 is ignorant and naive. Did you know that anyone can make a “real” website. There are extensive antivandal algorithms running all the time and many people actually take editing seriously. An overwhelming majority of people take editing very seriously and Wikipedia has become a major resource. If you that doesn’t convince you than check out this article by the very reliable BBC. The link was posted earlier by citizen666.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4530930.stm

Also, your comment on reading a book instead of checking websites. What is the whole problem with using books to check facts instead of the internet. Is the internet not text, are you not reading it much the same way you would a book. The only difference is that the internet is often much more up to date. In case you haven’t noticed anyone can write books too.

“go read a book, and try to not let other people rule your thoughts.” I found that quote to be very amusing. Because (big shocker here) people write books too! When you read a book, you are letting PEOPLE into your thoughts. THE HORROR!

192. Pat Mycrouchc Says:
April 28th, 2007 at 1:32 am e

#232 is wrong too.

193. Guy Says:
April 28th, 2007 at 2:44 am e

193. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do

It’s widely believed that the data used in the 1980 study by Halpern & Coren was unreliable.

(British Medical Journal)
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/308/6925/408

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April 28th, 2007 at 2:49 am e

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195. JSC Says:
April 28th, 2007 at 5:09 am e

For comment 67, this is correct since a square is in fact a rectangle (a 4 sided polygon with all 90 degree angles and opposite sides of equal length), but a rectangle is not always a square.

196. JSC Says:
April 28th, 2007 at 5:19 am e

I love all the logic for the highest score in Jeopardy, especially since it’s ludicrous as nobody would ever bet their full amount on daily doubles 3 times throughout the game when their opponents have 0. Now, calculating how much somebody could “realistically” make at most would be an interesting exercise.

This is why Deal or No Deal will never have a 1,000,000 dollar winner. The only way they’d ever be tempted to open the last case when 1M is left is if they had the 750K and the 1M, otherwise they’re going to take the deal (normal rational thought is assumed here, so I could always be wrong).

197. andrew Says:
April 28th, 2007 at 10:03 pm e

Sil’ ver
Deli’ ver

198. goLEAFSgo Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 1:18 am e

The Canadian 2-dollar bill does not contain an American flag. In fact, it is 1 of only 2 monetary bills which do depict the modern-day Canadian flag.

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201. Slider Steve Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 2:09 pm e

I suspect - “29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.”

is missing three little words.

Of Those Tested…!

That would then mean that for every Paternity test taken, it will be realised that a certain number have differing parents than they were given to.

Therefore, OF THOSE TESTED, “On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.”

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204. Sriram Chandrasekhar Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 10:01 pm e

Nice collecion of the absurd, the weird, and the downright hilarious (men swearing on testicles!). Was scrolling down like mad though to the end of it all..

205. Lyndee Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 10:20 pm e

It is sad that so many of you don’t seem to reailze that Wikipedia isn’t a real source. Think about it, if it has an edit button after every blurb of information, it can’t be reliable. I saw two referances for it and decided to quit reading. Before you post think about the validity of your sources or you end up looking like an idiot.

206. Lyndee Says:
April 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pm e

For example: I changed one word in a post on wikipedia.com that made the sentence contradictory. It has yet to be changed.

207. nana-zn Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 5:49 am e

i enjoyed all the interesting facts.
its so fascinating

208. Sander Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 6:06 am e

>236. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

If that were true, the chocolate bar wouldn’t be the only thing that got hot because humans contain more water then the chocolate bar.

But entertaining ‘facts’ nonetheless, true or false…

209. baGGy Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 6:53 am e

106 : According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.

–> this is wrong, the plate is filled with cookies and a glass of milk and “santa” eats it. But it’s an old tradition, in fact only a few ppl does it.

210. doowahdiddy Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 12:55 pm e

Number 16 about the testicles…….. where do you think the word “testify” comes from? Oh yeah. That’s another fun fact for you.

211. Daniel Says:
April 30th, 2007 at 10:10 pm e

ahem … Floccinaucinihilipilification

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214. adam Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 12:48 am e

These aren’t completely useless… I have actually seen many of these questions show up on gameshows and etc…

Here’s an interesting thing I’ve pondered now and then… Many great Admirals and Generals died in 1885, while many of the same were also born in 1885. General Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885, as did General George B. McClellan, while General George S. Patton Jr was born in 1885. Admiral Chester Nimitz was also born in 1885.

It is interesting how one year marked both the beginning and the end for the great military minds without which this country could not have survived. (Without Patton, we may not have had Tanks in WWII).

215. Julien Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 9:49 am e

I love the 200,000,000 M&Ms every day!

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217. Denise Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 12:41 pm e

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother

Wrong - Elvis’ twin was named Jesse Garon. From birth, Evlis’ parents spelled his middle name Aron.

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220. Scanner Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 5:56 pm e

254 is incorrect.

The term “Bless You” when you sneeze came from the time of the black plague in Europe. It was used because one of the first signs of plague was sneezing (like a cold) and people would day “Blessings on you” to wish God to Bless you so you don’t have the plague.

Also from the same era the kids Nursery rhyme “Ring a Ring a Rosie” came from the plague also
Ring a Ring a Rosie
A pocket full of posies (People would put posies in their handkerchief and hold it to their nose to mask the smell of death)
A tissue a tissue we all fall down (first sign of the plague was sneezing and eventually death)

221. chris Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm e

Omg im goin to bed now

222. pat Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 am e

now approaching 301 useless replies

223. Loopy’s Manifold | (aka Shahriar) Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 am e

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