Useless Information

Sorry, we cross posted. I remember that scene too, and it was very sad. Next time the movie is on I'll have to pay more attention to the story she's telling them.

Well, heathrjoy, why didn't you rush to buy back your greatx5grandfather's homestead? LOL A mere half a million, after all!!
Now let me get this straight: one of your father's ancestors kidnapped one of your mother's ancestors? That certainly makes for an interesting story!!!

Close, my Mom's family kidnapped my Dad's family, lol. It is a funny story, I wish I knew where that book was, I think I packed it up in a box and put it in the attic.


Ok, here's a little tidbit that I have no idea why I know...
Benjamin Franklin was quite the lady's man....out and about in Philly every evening.

Did y'all know that there was a man named David Rice Atchison who was president of the U.S. (maybe) for 24 hours from noon on Sunday March 4, 1849, when President James Knox Polk stepped down from office to March 5, 1849 when Zachary Taylor was inaugurated?

edited to correct the date

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Just checked this on Snopes. They say Nope.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/atchison.asp

Useless information... My cousin gave me a book this past Christmas called "The Ultimate Book of Useless Information".

Now I know that -

Henry Ford never had a driving licence

The longest known record for constipation is 102 days. (OKaaaaaaay... I wouldn't want to be anywhere in the vicinity when THAT ended!)

Cows experience flatulence sixteen times a day. (Again - don't wanna be near that!)

Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris.

Shrews and platypuses are the only mammals that are poisonous.

Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.

The little lump of flesh just forward of the ear canal and immediately next to the temple is called the TRAGUS.

Only two animal species wage war on their own kind -- ants and humans.

80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects. (That's why if all the bees die, so will we)

A cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

Nancy

Nancy those were awesome! Thanks!

The brain has a limited number of active brain cells and already I can feel it begin to leak with this wealth of useless information. :)

You have enlightened my day....

Gee, I'd like a banana daquiri, does that make me a monkey, too? LOL

Would help with this wonderful "useless information" - right?

Did you know there is a website called Useless Information which is where I got the info. above about the guy who was President for a Day (remember, I said "maybe")

I've forgotten this useless piece of information, but I'm sure one of you can help.

What is the name of the little 'divit' that starts under the nose and extends all the down to the upper lip?

Is it "the 'divit' under the nose"? (sorry, couldn't resist that one)

philtrum

I knew that someone would know. Thanks!

Are you aware that a pound of feathers falls at the same speed as a pound of lead? :)

I would figure that, snipe.
After all, a pound is a pound.
:)

nancy

LOL at this whole thread.
Cool stuff.
Did you know that if you dig up dandelion roots and roast them, that you can make something that tastes and smells like coffee.
(tried it and it did smell like coffee, but tasted like dirt)

Wasn't the song "along comes Mary" about weed?

Interesting on dandelions. I've heard they are edible. Who'd want that in a salad?????

My Exe's family, Italian, always had dandelion salad in the spring. They used to buy BIG ones at the public market and use it just like lettuce. They also made a chicken soup and just wilted them on the top. They were way too bitter for me, but again, I don't like arugula either.

If you would have washed the roots, the coffee won't taste like dirt. ROTFL.

I hear that cooked shark tastes like mud.

But I've never eaten mud, so I can only guess. LOL!

I've eaten a lot of shark - never had any that tasted like mud. But oversized river catfish is another story.

Dandelion greens: Farmers Market had some for sale last week. Almost bought a package, but had too many things already. So glad it's Tuesday - going this afternoon to restock - on University in the Rice Stadium parking lot.

Our dandelions in the north didn't have sharp leaves like they do here? Are they even of the same family--the "dandelions" I'm thinking of?

In early Spring when the dandelions are just sprouting, I always see people along side the parkways in my area digging them up.

Dog parks are great sources for them too...LOL




Did you know that if you leave a silver spoon in a cup of hot coffee/tea, that the liquid will cool faster?

And a gold spoon would transfer heat even faster - lol.

And in your mouth even faster I have the blisters to prove it! :)

Ha, dandelions are good to eat in a salad, when the leaves are new and tender in the spring. Some even make dandelion sandwiches.
The flowers picked early in the day can make some pretty fine wine too.
I remember going to a nice restaurant in Traverse City Michigan in the middle of the winter and there were dandelion leaves on the salad. I laughed, because someone was growing them somewhere in a hothouse or something and selling them.

To weird about the leaves in salads! I can't imagine.

Dandelion sandwichs. Reminds me of the genius who came up with cucumber sandwiches. Blech.

You girls and guys here always have me starting my day laughing! Literally right out loud!

Shark does NOT taste like mud. I've eaten both.
Dandelion wine is delicious.
And I think you're right about Along Comes Mary.

Yeah, LOL on the mud shark. NOW the person who TOLD me that tells me, "did I say that????" they don't remember!!!! Good grief. I wouldn't know if it tastes like mud. I'd never be brave enough to try it. I barely like the typical grocery store meats!

Tastes like mud. eh?

Maybe it only applies to Land Sharks.

(Old SNL skit)

Nancy

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Don't open the door! That landshark is loose!

Shades of SNL in the good ole days, eh?

I ate shark once and it tastes more like steak.

I was dissapointed in the Association when I found out about the Mary song. They seemed so sweet. I still like the song.

Aimee
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if you cut up all the little air sacs in your lungs and flattened them out and laid them out side by side....the area covered would be as large as a tennis court

The greatest concentration of nitric oxide in the body is in the oropharynx (back of throat) - nitric oxide works to relax all the muscles/vessels/'tubes' in the body. Deep breathing releases nitric oxide...that is why deep breathing is used in yoga, mediatation, relaxation etc....to reap the nitric oxide benefits. Relaxed air passages, increased blood flow to the heart, etc. etc. Of course that is how viagra works... increasing nitric oxide and relaxing muscles and vessels to help with blood flow to important body parts!

maybe shark tastes like chicken --along with frog legs and everything else you haven't tasted yet! loved that land shark---too funny!

I heard somebody say once that if you laid all the cars in the world end to end, you could say...Why did I do that?

LOL at all the new useless info. What a great thread! I never knew platypuses (or is it platypi?) are poisonous.

Last night I learned that it takes 4 days to make a toilet.

Horses can't throw up (but if you think he's gonna....RUN!)

Horses are also capable of choosing when they deliver their babies, I think they are the only mammal that can do that.

I've never eaten shark but know a woman who had shark soup, from what I heard it was awful.

When you get a slab of shark meat, there is a red spot in the slab. That red spot is nasty and fishy tasting. The rest is really good.

I always laugh when people say stuff tastes like chicken. I was told that about frog legs. They were wrong. Frog legs taste like frog. UGH>