Post Your Trivia: Interesting, Fun, or Useless Facts

Posted by: joerand on 20 January 2013

Music trivia/fun fact I read in the paper today...

Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, and Macklemore all attended the same high school - Garfield in Seattle.

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by joerand

Stu,

I heard it driving home tonight.  If it's on the radio it has to be true.

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by Gale 401
Originally Posted by joerand:

Stu,

I heard it driving home tonight.  If it's on the radio it has to be true.

You might of heard it? but not worded it right.

I could say my todger  is the tallest man in rock .

It means nothing.

You missed out a few words like famous and music

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by joerand
Originally Posted by Gale 401:
Originally Posted by joerand:

Stu,

I heard it driving home tonight.  If it's on the radio it has to be true.

You might of heard it? but not worded it right.

I could say my todger  is the tallest man in rock .

It means nothing.

You missed out a few words like famous and music

Maybe it sounds more impressive if you are a DJ and say it right after you play a Fleetwood Mac song.  But that Mick is one lanky bastard.  Anyway, it keeps with the spirit of the posted topic, which is interesting, fun, or useless facts.  I'm sure it fits into one of those, maybe all.

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by GraemeH

Michael Gove was apparently called 'Donkey' at University......for some reason. G

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by Gale 401
Originally Posted by joerand:
Originally Posted by Gale 401:
Originally Posted by joerand:

Stu,

I heard it driving home tonight.  If it's on the radio it has to be true.

You might of heard it? but not worded it right.

I could say my todger  is the tallest man in rock .

It means nothing.

You missed out a few words like famous and music

Maybe it sounds more impressive if you are a DJ and say it right after you play a Fleetwood Mac song.  But that Mick is one lanky bastard.  Anyway, it keeps with the spirit of the posted topic, which is interesting, fun, or useless facts.  I'm sure it fits into one of those, maybe all.

I heard him on Thursday morning talking on BBC radio 2 about a UK tour this year.

Posted on: 31 January 2013 by Gale 401

When a Bee fly's back into a nest/hive loaded up with some great smells from a flower .

It busses about in one direction for ages to let every other Bee know where to go for that flower in relation to the sun, used like a clock face.

As they can see even on a dull day with no sun (Like having maui jim's)They will find that flower .

Stu.

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by joerand

Worker bees may not be all that different from males of the human species; willing to dance for a little honey .

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by Redmires

1 gram of matter (a paperclip perhaps) contains the energy equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, or half a million gallons of petrol.

 

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by Adam Meredith
Originally Posted by Redmires:

1 gram of matter (a paperclip perhaps) contains the energy equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, or half a million gallons of petrol.

 

SO - what is the energy equivalent of 1 gram of TNT?

 

15,000 tons of paper-clips?

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by Don Atkinson
Originally Posted by Adam Meredith:
Originally Posted by Redmires:

1 gram of matter (a paperclip perhaps) contains the energy equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT, or half a million gallons of petrol.

 

SO - what is the energy equivalent of 1 gram of TNT?

 

15,000 tons of paper-clips?


Now we are getting pretty close to the useless part of this thread's title. Funtastic.

 

cheers

 

Don

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by BigH47

Is there anywhere ,where Adam's posts are available in English?

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by BigH47:

Is there anywhere ,where Adam's posts are available in English?

Yes, at the Berlin Fritz Innit Museum of Comprehensibility.

Posted on: 01 February 2013 by rodwsmith
The cake on the cover of the Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed was decorated by Delia Smith.
Posted on: 02 February 2013 by GraemeH
Originally Posted by rodwsmith:
The cake on the cover of the Rolling Stones' Let it Bleed was decorated by Delia Smith.

But did she bake it?.  G

Posted on: 02 February 2013 by Conortsun
Television's 'Animal Magic' presenter, the late Terry Nutkins, invented the 'Skullet' hairstyle.
Posted on: 09 February 2013 by Redmires

Open a DOS prompt - start, run, cmd (for windows users)

 

Type in "tracert 216.81.59.173"

 

After 10 or so steps have a look at the hostnames (have patience, may take a minute or so).

 

Posted on: 09 February 2013 by TomK

Stan Laurel's first professional stage appearance was at the Panopticon Theatre in Glasgow. Still there by the way.