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Subject: Useless Mon Oct 15 2007, 19:51

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A useless bit of Info that the world can generally live without but you know it anyway, so here jot it down and we'll see who knows the most useless fact in life.

No game here just info, facts and such.

You can't lick your elbow

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 02 2008, 14:36

violin's bows are made out of horse-tail hair

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 03 2008, 12:37

Most snakes have six rows of teeth.

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 03 2008, 14:01

sharks teeth will always grow back

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 11:51

On average people fear spiders more than they do death

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 13:19

the note "a" is a string on the violin

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 16:35

there isn't a e string on the cello, although it's on the violin and string bass

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 16:49

there's no c string on a violin but there is on the cello and violia and i think the bass

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:12

the cello and the bass are the only 2 string instruments that have an end pin.

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:13

the violin and violas are the only sting instrunments that use shoulder rests

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:15

cello is the second popular string instrument to play (overall)

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:19

string quarters consist of two violins, one chello, and one violist traditionally

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:20

there are usually 2 sections of violins in an orchestra. First and Second

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 04 2008, 17:27

there are only one section of cellos, bases, and violas.

(do you play a string instrument? i play the violin)

Subject: Re: Useless Sat Jan 05 2008, 00:11

The modern clarinet was invented by Johann Christoff Denner.

Subject: Re: Useless Sat Jan 05 2008, 10:34

Coffee has 5 times the amount of caffeine as Coke

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Sat Jan 05 2008, 10:52

You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in your lifetime.

Subject: Re: Useless Sat Jan 05 2008, 11:23

[b]Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

Subject: Re: Useless Sat Jan 05 2008, 13:49

there are 52 states in America

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 07 2008, 08:30

Most toilets flush in E flat

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 07 2008, 09:44

(What if you hate cookies, Kayz? o____O)

Polar bears are actually black ^_^

(and I love that new smiley :D)

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 07 2008, 13:25

the streak of a mineral is the color of it's powder

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 10 2008, 10:59

Bamboo plants can grow 36 inches a day

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 10 2008, 19:27

homework is useless

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 11 2008, 08:26

75% of poo is made of water

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Tue Jan 15 2008, 18:10

75% of the earth is water (either that or 73.2% I believe)

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 16 2008, 08:54

93% of all greeting cards are bought by women

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 16 2008, 16:30

there are 180 days of school required

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 17 2008, 08:05

The average American internet user spends 70 mins a day online

( i wonder what is is for the British?)

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Sun Jan 20 2008, 13:04

my brain is useless at riddles!

Subject: Re: Useless Sun Jan 20 2008, 13:52

The first on-screen kiss was in 1896, in the movie called "The Kiss". It lasted for an amazing 15 seconds xD

Subject: Re: Useless Sun Jan 20 2008, 13:58

You don't need your tonsils to live.

Subject: Re: Useless Sun Jan 20 2008, 18:16

It's better for your body to walk than run.

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 21 2008, 11:52

In the USA, icecream is most sold on Sunday

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 21 2008, 13:46

A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds.

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 21 2008, 14:23

The San Diego Chargers lost in the play-offs yesterday. sad

Subject: Re: Useless Mon Jan 21 2008, 16:11

football is useless (hehehe! I can't stand football!)

Subject: Re: Useless Tue Jan 22 2008, 08:34

On a ship, a toilet is called a head

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Tue Jan 22 2008, 15:18

If you could magnify an apple to the size of the earth, the atoms in the original apple would each be about the size of an apple.

i know pretty fawesome

Subject: Re: Useless Tue Jan 22 2008, 18:32

women blink a lot more than men

Subject: Re: Useless Tue Jan 22 2008, 19:28

It costs $3.49 per issue of Seventeen Mag in America.

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 23 2008, 08:26

A snail can crawl
across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because
they excrete a slime that protects them.

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 23 2008, 16:56

gum takes 7 years to digest in your stomach

Subject: Re: Useless Wed Jan 23 2008, 18:06

silica is volcanoes determines whether the eruption will be quiet or explosive

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 08:18

A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds.

~AG

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 17:13

you're supposed to drink 8-10 bottles of water a day

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 17:16

You eat 8 spiders in your life time.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 17:17

WHAT!!! I'M ARACNAPHOBIC!!!!

Younger brothers are useless *grr! mine is really getting on my nerves*

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 17:25

it is impossible to die by holding your breath

Subject: Re: Useless Thu Jan 24 2008, 17:27

You can get payed 100 dollars for perfect attendance at this one school in Oklahoma

Subject: Re: Useless Fri Jan 25 2008, 08:46

Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually.

~AG