post a random useless fact.....

[Deno]

The hoover damn is nearly as thick at the base as it is tall. The water it retains could flood Pennsylvania in a foot of water.

The oil slick in the gulf however is said to be the size of Kansas.

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

If you eyes weren't closed while sneezing they would pop out...

If that's true, I wouldn't call it useless!!

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

There are new varieties of zinnias that are less likely to get powdery mildew than some older varieties.

I'm a gardener so that isn't useless either. If I lived in an apartment it might be.

I'm not sure there IS any useless information. You could at least use it to win bar bets!

 

[BigDallasDick8x6]

South Dakota is the only US state that shares no letters with the name of its capital.

 

[nudeyorker]

From east to west Hawaii is the widest state in the United States

 

[TomCat84]

The largest state capital in the USA is Phoenix. Fresno, CA is the largest city in the country that doesn't have a federal interstate highway going through city limits.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

Abigail Adams and Barbara Bush were each married to a president and the mother of a president.
But Barbara Bush trumps Adams because in the presidential bloodline race because she was also a distant cousin of President Franklin Pierce.

 

[Novaboy]

There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
*Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
*Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W

This is why Wheel of Fortune is so much easier there.

:biggrin1:

 

[nudeyorker]

This is why Wheel of Fortune is so much easier there.

:biggrin1:

Malama Pono,Mahalo nui loa... but those vowels can become mighty expensive! :wink:

 

[mitchymo]

Random useless fact? Sure.









I HAVE TOENAILS

 

[luka82]

I HAVE TOENAILS

I bite mine!

 

[Smartalk]

It is said tha,t if you beat out a Bolero tempo, on a drum, to an elephant. You will reduce the elephant to tears.

 

[mephistopheles]

Elvis Costello is a musician.

So is Joe Jackson.

 

[TomCat84]

The top ten cities in the US by population are, in order:

1) New York City
2) Los Angeles
3) Chicago
4) Houston
5) Phoenix
6) Philadelphia
7) San Antonio
8) San Diego
9) Dallas
10) San Jose

 

[ColoradoGuy]

The word "typewriter" is the longest English word that can be created while using only one row of a standard QWERTY keyboard.

 

[rbkwp]

Syzygy

only word in the english language that has 3 'Ys' in it
as told to me by an English teacher when in Primary school
(he wrote it on the blackboard, and i have remembered it ever since)
believe it or not, i believed it..?

 

[TomCat84]

You can't spell "FANTASY" without N-A-S-T-Y....it's true- heard it in a song :biggrin:

 

[bigdik09]

If you cut out 2/3 of a human liver, in a year the liver will completely regrow its self healthier than before

 

[nudeyorker]

Hawaii is the only U.S. state whose land area is increasing (from volcanic eruptions).

 

[ghb69]

There is no word that rhymes with orange.