Useless Knowledge

Zebra Crossing

James — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:28:02 +0000

A Zebra’s skin is white with black stripes.

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Tiger Stripes

James — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:26:16 +0000

A tiger’s skin is striped, just like its fur.

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Dogs, Cats and Pigs vs Sharks

James — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:39:51 +0000

More people are injured by dogs, cats and pigs than by sharks.

I guess this one is obvious, considering the number of sharks we have playing in our front yard.

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New York vs Sharks

James — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:37:46 +0000

Every year, in New York alone, more people are bitten by other people than by sharks!

(And personally, the sea smells better anyway).

Courtesy of DSTV

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Coconuts and Sharks

James — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:35:44 +0000

Around the world, more people are killed by falling coconuts than attacked by sharks.

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Lightning vs Shark Attacks

James — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:33:09 +0000

The probability of being hit by lightning is 16 times higher than a shark attack.

Just make sure you stay out of the sea during a thunder storm!

Courtesy of DSTV

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The Football Penalty

James — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:50:25 +0000

Some FIFA World Cup Knowledge for you.

The Penalty was introduced in 1891.

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Golden Girls Dorothy was actually OLDER than Sophia

James — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:36:33 +0000

You remember the Golden Girls, right?

Well, picture it, Sicily, 1942, something happened to Sophia

Sophia was Dorothy’s mother in the show. The cute little old lady.

Here are the facts:

Dorothy, played by Beatrice “Bea” Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009)

Sophia, played by Estelle Getty (July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008)

Take a look at those dates… “Sophia” was born in 1923 and “Dorothy” was born in 1922!

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Kellogg’s Rooster’s Name Is Cornelius

James — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:24:56 +0000

That’s it.

The chicken (or rooster) on the Kellogg’s Cornflakes box is named “Cornelius”.

Now you can teach your children something new

Thanks to NiniBaseema

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10 Things from BBC News

James — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:40:45 +0000

1. £1m made up of £20 notes weighs 25 times as much as the equivalent of £1m in 500 euro notes.

2. The Downing Street front door used to be green.

3. And it has its own cleaner.

4. Shakespeare’s Henry VIII is considered jinxed because during a performance in 1613, the Globe theatre burned down.

5. The prime minister’s first task is always to answer the question of whether he would retaliate in the event of a nuclear attack.

6. More than half of Spain’s cabinet is female.

7. China smokes one third of the world’s cigarettes.

8. And there are 4.5 trillion cigarette butts discarded each year.

9. Florence Nightingale used the pseudonym “Miss Smith” to evade the media.

10. Hair is used to clean up oil spills because it is adsorbent

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