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| bubblesnz |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 6:59:12 PM
Hi all, I found out something interesting today, but not sure how knowing this, will change your lives any!!
In new zealand when we flush our toilets, the water in the bowl spins out from clockwise. Now in america it spins out anticlockwise.
Something to do with the pull of the planet thing.
(sorry not too sure on the technical info)
Anyone else have any useless information?? |
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| CelticCoyote |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 12:46:33 PM
And on the subject of cars, back in the early 40s, during the war, there was such a drastic shortage of metal in America that license plates were made out of soybeans. I actually saw a couple the other day...they look like a hefty sort of pressed wood or cardboard. They were in pretty good shape, considering their age.
Henry Ford was a HUGE fan of the soybean...he came up with hundreds of uses for them, and at one point, worked very hard to invent an engine that would run on soy products instead of gasoline. Sadly, he didn't succeed before he died. |
| greyghost |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 11:30:57 AM
Einstein's light bulb still works - burning bright as ever in Clearwater Florida's Museum.
Chevy once - briefly - made indestructible brakes for their cars. My dad has one of the about 600 of those made on his 1964 Corvette.
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| Kim |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 10:33:35 AM
Ok, here is something I read: "What is the difference between the plains and the prairie? One hundred degrees longitude, a line that runs north-south near Dodge City, is the approximate dividing line between the two. To the east of the line are the tall grasses-the prairie- and to the west are the short grasses-the plains. The former are better for crops, and the latter for grazing."
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| hapyhrt |
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 04:25:32 AM
[quote]Originally posted by realme52
Sher, we got ducks. They do a lot of quacking, but they can walk quietly if they only want to![quote][i]
LOL, Thanks for the reply, guess that wasn't a true fact afterall, gotta watch out for those one's!  Thanks for setting the record straight! "Inquiring minds need to know!" 
"Think HAPPY Thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
| quiltedess |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 4:03:54 PM
Here another one: The magnetic poles move. The North Pole which is currently above Canada may soon be over Siberia. Even stranger than that; at certain times in Earth's history, the poles have actually flipped (about every 600,000 years). So I guess that means that the water in our flushing toilets could start going backwards.
Nancy |
| Kim |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 3:58:20 PM
I JUST saw something on TV about why men have nipples and I can't remember the reason!!!! ARRRRRGG!! It was on some show like Dateline or something.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| realme52 |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 3:43:43 PM
Sher, we got ducks. They do a lot of quacking, but they can walk quietly if they only want to!
From this hour on I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
| hapyhrt |
Posted - Aug 13 2005 : 03:23:13 AM
Too funny reading all these useless (but interesting!) facts!
I heard it said that a "duck can't walk without quacking"....anyone know for a fact if this is true? Not being one to have a pond or ducks here at home I'm curious! LOL Ü
"Think HAPPY Thoughts...any others aren't worth your time!" Ü |
| mollymae |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 9:46:27 PM
Now that is definitely something I didn't know, Jenny .
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:54:46 PM
Here is another useless fact about police...they are called Cops here because the badges they wore at the turn of the century were made out of COPper.
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| bubblesnz |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:47:23 PM
You girls, really crack me up.:)
Dont they make things easy for us Kiwis. Police are police, whether, town, city, or rural.
AHHHHHHHH dont ya love the simple things in life. |
| little feather |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 12:24:45 PM
Okay- here's something that I heard a few years ago that I've never been able to get out of my head-
don't ask why- I don't know!
: A Twit is a pregnant goldfish!
Okay, now I know it's a silly fact. But, next time you think that someone is acting like a twit- you'll get this funny picture of them swimming in a fish bowl with a baby belly!
Where ever you go, go with all your heart!
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| thehouseminder |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 11:10:53 AM
Meadowlark, you are a naughty girl!
Heather, does he do childrens' parties? I'm sure little boys would be very impressed with this special talent.
On the subject of our amazing bodies, did you know that the spine of a human female is at least twice as strong as a man's or that women natually have the ability to stand on one foot while men have to learn it - and some never manage as displayed in my last yoga class.
Lucinda
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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| realme52 |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 10:45:08 AM
How funny, Heather! One of those things you think you would rather not know and then it makes you laugh anyway.
About the police and what-else-shamacallit thing: here in rural TX there are so many different "versions" of it and they seem to be driving about so much that I'm sometimes surprised there is still room for other vehicles on the roads!
My tidbit of "useless"(?) information: the biggest and most powerfull muscle in the human body??
A pregnant woman's uterus!
From this hour on I ordain myself loss'd of limits and immaginary lines. Walt Whitman |
| LifeSmiles |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 08:17:14 AM
Okay, Heather: total ewww. That's so grody.
I think I read about transparent spidey blood in a trivia book when I was 11. My mind is the weirdest thing.
Cheers.
http://getyourhookon.blogspot.com |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 7:41:34 PM
LOL Lucinda...
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| thehouseminder |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 7:31:22 PM
Men have nipples because we all start out as females. By the time the hormone to develop boy parts start rushing through the body, the nipples are already there.
Seriously, you just wanted to see if anyone would answer, right
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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| CelticCoyote |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 3:11:54 PM
Boob envy, maybe? 
I know that a horse physically is unable to throw up. Their soft palate is hinged in only one direction...hence the problem of colic.
I know that cows have four stomachs, and are physically able to swallow food, and then belch it back up again for further chewing. This in itself is not remarkable, at least on a farmgirl board...what is remarkable is that I know that my husband can do precisely the same thing with dairy products, specifically milkshakes.  Yes, it is revolting, especially when he informs you that "it's still cold". 
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 2:32:44 PM
Maybe someone can answer this for me...Why do men have nipples?
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| verbina |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 1:44:09 PM
very interesting stuff wish i could add to it but.. hey lifesmiles how do you know that? randi |
| Linda Houston |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 1:02:43 PM
How about adding our federal marshalls !!! |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 11:32:37 AM
Here in my county we have Sheriff Mounted patrol. They ride horses and actually use them to do search and rescue and look for escaped convicts on the prairie.
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| LifeSmiles |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 11:29:07 AM
Another useless fact:
Spiders have transparent blood.
Why do I know this?
http://getyourhookon.blogspot.com |
| Nana Naomi |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 08:01:16 AM
Howdy,
In Tyler,TX we have Rangers, police, a sheriff, and deputies. That doesn't take into account all of the feds!!! My husband is a criminal defense attorney and it does get confusing!! |
| thehouseminder |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 06:08:47 AM
When I lived just north of Houston we had city police, the county constable, State Patrol, and, of course, the Texas Rangers (I'm not talking about a sports team here).
Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvest reaps. ---Bronson Alcott
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