Useless Trivia
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times.
The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
The oldest standing building in Australia is Captain James Cook's house, brought over from England brick by brick. (Is this true folks?)
In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.
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No piece of paper can be folded in half consecutively more than 7 times.
The little plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
The oldest standing building in Australia is Captain James Cook's house, brought over from England brick by brick. (Is this true folks?)
In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.
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posted by pitfinder at 11:46 PM
3 Comments:
i thought the oldest building was a wooden temple in Nara, south of Kyoto. At least, that's what they say in Nara! Or maybe they were telling me to hurry up and eat my sashimi before it gets warm, and I stuffed up the translation!!
These all look like the things that come on the back of libra pads. They have all these wierd and wonderful facts written on the bits you peel away.... But why would you be using libra pads? :)
I'm not familiar with libra pads, but I can guess. If they are what I think they are, I haven't used them for anything, but there are lots of uses for something so absorbent (other than their design purpose).
That kind of thing can be used to get the last bit of water out of a toilet tank before you unbolt it....
paint spills in rugs....
you get the idea. :-)
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