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Post here and receive your meaningless fact for the day (Original Post)
LynneSin
Jan 2012
OP
The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#6
Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#10
The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#14
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion it will instantly go mad & sting itself to death
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#21
Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#28
I've waited all my life to find the right context to crack a Y.A. Tittle joke
many a good man
Jan 2012
#57
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go in
LynneSin
Jan 2012
#43
You already told me the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles have NEVER won a Super Bowl!!
madinmaryland
Jan 2012
#61
Iggo
(47,552 posts)1. I need more facts!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)3. The symbol on the “pound” key (#) is called an octothorpe.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)13. What the deuce?!?!
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)2. I'd like a meaningless fact.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)4. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)5. More Facts
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)6. The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)8. I could have done without that fact....but I'll take another.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)9. Now the facts wouldn't be meaningless if you had use for them now would they?
Just saying!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)10. Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
charlie and algernon
(13,447 posts)7. hit me up
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)11. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)12. Give me no meaning!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)14. The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789
savalez
(3,517 posts)60. Your cowbell animation goes really well with your one-liners! It's uncanny!
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)15. ;-)
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)17. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)16. I liked the one about the preacher and the bourbon.
Please hit me up too. Thanks!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)18. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)19. OINK!!!
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)25. Too funny! Thanks LynneSin!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)34. Not for the pigs - that's a serious Orgasm
I mean I'm happy if mine last a few minutes
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)42. But is it the sow or the boar's orgasm?
Hmmm?
I'm guessing the sow.
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)20. OK _ Gimme a little uselessness!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)21. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion it will instantly go mad & sting itself to death
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)22. I could stand some learnin'.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)26. It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)23. Unenlighten me...
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)27. There are 1 million ants for every human in the world.
backtoblue
(11,343 posts)29. Yeah, but
how many uncles???
and btw that's alot of flucking ants!!!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)30. Don't quit your day job
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)24. That's the fact Jack, errr Lynne.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)28. Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)31. And most of those are probably on Valentine's Day.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)47. Yea ... but I'm about 10 of those ... so they should only count me once!!!!
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)32. More!
I want more!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)33. Sorry only one meaningless fact per person
Else your meaningless fact wouldn't be special since you'd have more than one
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)35. Fine then.
*pout*
Quartermass
(457 posts)36. The dot above the stem in the letter i is called a tittle.
many a good man
(5,997 posts)37. Why a tittle?
Quartermass
(457 posts)38. I don't know.
many a good man
(5,997 posts)57. I've waited all my life to find the right context to crack a Y.A. Tittle joke
And it was a dud. Maybe next lifetime.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)59. Oh, that was pretty good as far as tittles go...
suninvited
(4,616 posts)39. factless, here
in need of a fact
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)43. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go in
suninvited
(4,616 posts)62. How do I know
if it is an alligator or a crocodile??
Or can I just poke my thumbs into the eyes of either one?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)63. If the thumb thing doesn't work there's a good chance it's an alligator
just saying!
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)40. Ooook
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)44. It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.
nolabear
(41,963 posts)41. Fact me, Baby!
I await your expertise.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)45. The average person spends 12 weeks a year 'looking for things'.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)48. Like facts?
nolabear
(41,963 posts)67. There's got to be a curve in there accounting for age.
I used to never lose anything. Now? Well, you know.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)46. Here
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)49. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)50. Why would you want a cow in your house in the first place?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)51. Nothing like fresh milk in the mornings
and who wants to trot out to the barn to get it
Old Troop
(1,991 posts)52. Please give me a fact!!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)53. You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)54. I did this morning.
I need fiber.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)56. I need less details
thank you
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)64. Jeez, do I have to be a grammar nazi?
"fewer details"
OxQQme
(2,550 posts)55. How about a phat fax fact?
There's already a lot of tax facts.
applegrove
(118,655 posts)58. Hit me!
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)61. You already told me the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles have NEVER won a Super Bowl!!
Everything else is irrelevant!!
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)65. Fact me, please?
zanana1
(6,113 posts)66. I love useless information. Thanks. nt