The Useless Facts Thread
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If you were trying to make people fall off their chair in laughter, scratch one on the board right now.IlMrm wrote:I want to see that in a spelling bee. Make those kids faint even faster.Minzoku wrote:
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The first game with multiple camera angles (if you don't count multi-scrolling shmups like Vanguard) was World Series Major League Baseball for the Intellivision.
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GaijinPunch, mind you, John Hodgman is a humorist. When Minzoku said he's funny, that probably meant his writings.
Talking about him... here's another nice useless fact. Hodgman wrote a book that may have the longest title ever:
"An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by Me, John Hodgman, a Professional Writer, in the Areas of My Expertise, which Include: Matters Historical; Matters Literary; Matters Cryptozoological; Hobo Matters; Food, Drink, & Cheese (a Kind of Food); Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels; Haircuts; Utopia; What Will Happen in the Future; and Most Other Subjects; Illustrated with a Reasonable Number of Tables and Figures, and Featuring the Best of "Were You Aware of It?", John Hodgman's Long-Running Newspaper Novelty Column of Strange Facts and Oddities of the Bizarre"
Which is usually called simply "The Areas of My Expertise".
Talking about him... here's another nice useless fact. Hodgman wrote a book that may have the longest title ever:
"An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by Me, John Hodgman, a Professional Writer, in the Areas of My Expertise, which Include: Matters Historical; Matters Literary; Matters Cryptozoological; Hobo Matters; Food, Drink, & Cheese (a Kind of Food); Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels; Haircuts; Utopia; What Will Happen in the Future; and Most Other Subjects; Illustrated with a Reasonable Number of Tables and Figures, and Featuring the Best of "Were You Aware of It?", John Hodgman's Long-Running Newspaper Novelty Column of Strange Facts and Oddities of the Bizarre"
Which is usually called simply "The Areas of My Expertise".
My quote speaks the truth, I myself and many other people have lost their minds or didin't have one to begin with.
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"There is always an exception to every rule."
My dad has an Oldsmobile Delta 88 (he bought it brand new) and racked up around 150,000 miles on it. The muffler fell off, a fire scorched the bottem of the car when the distribuiter fried, and the interior is held together with superglue, but it still runs like its new (sounds like a monster without the muffler though). Thats all the trouble we had with it besides standard matinence.Accutron wrote:My wife's first car was a 1989 Ford Festiva (manufactured by then-unknown Kia...Ford's not getting the credit for this one). Her mom bought it new, put ~100,000 miles on it, then my wife inherited it in 1992. Had a new muffler put on it in 1994, and I replaced the rear wheel bearings in 1996. We sold it in 1999 with 265,000 miles. After that, I saw the new owners driving it around for about 3 more years. That car had one hell of a hamster under the hood.neorichieb1971 wrote:My car has done 157000 miles and has absolutely no record of mechanical maintenance. Its a mitsibushi and I've had it since new. :p
We bought a 2001 auora (bought last year used) and we lost a rack and pinion set with a power steering pump, switches to rool windows down are put in BACKWARD, and to top it all off the window itself fell to the bottem of the door when the motor fried. All in the last 3 months!!!!!
I guess they don't make cars like they used to anymore.
AND IN OTHER USELESS FACTS.................
Chainsaws are among the most dangerous common household wea...er I mean tools.
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I meant to respond to thisPirate1019 wrote:You just want an invitation code? I have 50. I never use them. Ever.Minzoku wrote:Fact: I tried to sign up with Gmail, but it wouldn't send the code to my phone.
The only reason I was hunting around for a new e-mail was Yahoo! requires an alternate e-mail [non-Yahoo!] in the event of lost passwords and so on. I tried Gmail and gave up when I realized Neopets gives me that free one with their Premium [no advert] service
So, yeah. Thanks for the offer, though!
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Two tabletop-wargames called StarSoldier and StarForce were published in the 80's.
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In Phantasy Star IV, there is a secret technique called "Feeve", that can only be obtained by hacking a savegame.
It is completely useless.
It is completely useless.
At my workplace, there are 144 coin lockers: put a quarter in the slot to release the key, get your quarter back when you return the key--that kind.
Of the lockers, only about 1/6th are still useable, due to co-workers running off with/losing the keys.
Of the lockers, only about 1/6th are still useable, due to co-workers running off with/losing the keys.
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The highest grossing arcade game ever is the original Daytona USA.
Kinda suprised it beat out SF2 and Pac-Man, and in a time were arcades were in their downfall. But I guess it makes since seeing as any bar bowling alley or arcade I went to between 96 to 99 you could here let's Go Away playing proudly.
Kinda suprised it beat out SF2 and Pac-Man, and in a time were arcades were in their downfall. But I guess it makes since seeing as any bar bowling alley or arcade I went to between 96 to 99 you could here let's Go Away playing proudly.
I did great so much water and milk that I threw up when I was little.
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Wow. I knew Daytona did well, but I figured Ms. Pac-Man was the reigning alltime arcade earnings champ.Dale wrote:The highest grossing arcade game ever is the original Daytona USA.
Kinda suprised it beat out SF2 and Pac-Man, and in a time were arcades were in their downfall. But I guess it makes since seeing as any bar bowling alley or arcade I went to between 96 to 99 you could here let's Go Away playing proudly.
Interesting indeed.
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"Gussun" and "oyoyo" don't actually mean anything in Japanese, they're the names of two baby treasure detective hunters in an action/puzzle game.
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Also, the Japanese government loves feasting on the flesh of whale and drinking their blood regardless of international law.
And John Hodgman > You.
And John Hodgman > You.
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