Useless Trivia Thread

[garnett_21]

"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama" is a palindrome (reads the same forwards and backwards).

"Typewriter" is the longest word in the English language that you can type while only using one row of letters on your keyboard.

The number "2" is the only even prime number.

Lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.

"Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

[rchurchward]

The only title movie character to win two Oscars after being played by two different actors is Vito Corleone (THE Godfather). The first by Marlon Brandon for his portrayal of Vito in The Godfather and the second by Robert DeNiro for his portrayal of Vito in The Godfather Part II.

[jsox]

Mark wahlburg where's an Eagles hat as a disguise in Shooter. Which is funny because he played for the Eagles in Invincible.

[Yanksfan396]

"stewartresses" is the longest word you can type with one hand (if you follow that bloody instruction taught in school.

Preparation H is one of the top five items stolen at drug stores, most likely because thieves are too embarrassed to buy it.

Ostriches don't bury their heads.

WD-40 stands for "Water-displacer, 40th try."

[garnett_21]

In Latin, I believe, "politics" means "many (poli) bloodsucking creatures (tics)".

[tyude2]

In Latin, I believe, "politics" means "many (poli) bloodsucking creatures (tics)".

[Jeremy_Falcons]

Jeremy_Falcons suggested we start a useless trivia thread and I thought it was a great idea...love random, useless trivia. So feel free to discuss and add your own trivia nuggets!


I'll start it off with this:

The jeep was not always called that. Instead, in the Army it was called a general purpose vehicle. It was then shortened to GP (jeep), and the car company just started to manufacture the general purposes vehicles under the name "Jeep."

Thanks buddy!

[Jeremy_Falcons]

Lots of cool info here. I think my favorite so far is the one on the UPS routes.

[angel0430]

In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes

The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.

An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.

Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge

[angel0430]

A person uses, approximately, fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day

Post-It Notes, which are adhesive notes, were invented while looking for a way to improve the acrylate adhesive found in tapes

Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours

Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission.

Karate actually originated in India, but was developed further in China

Bill Russell was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team

Kite flying is a professional sport in Thailand

Approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand