useless facts

[CoOkIe]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
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[Cifero Windtail]

I like lamp.


and I've never seen Anchorman.

[Edwolf]

At the time Song of the South was released in 1946, James Baskett, the man who played Uncle Remus and Br'er Fox in the film, was banned from the premiere because he was black.


Note: No offence has been intended.

[Cifero Windtail]

Well, I might put some of these to the test...
16 Fun Things To Do At Walmart!

[Edwolf]

The longest preserved railway in Britain is the West Somerset Railway. It runs for 20 miles between the coastal town of Minehead to the village of Bishop's Lydeard (near Taunton).

[CrazyCat]

The inverted cross was NOT a satanic symbol originally.


According to legend, when St. Peter was captured by the Romans, they were gonna crucify him. But Peter asked to be nailed to an upside-down cross, because he wasn't worthy of dying the same way that Jesus did.  So from that moment on, the Catholic Church adopted the inverted cross as a symbol of humility before Christ.


DISCLAIMER: I'm not trying to shove Christianity down anyone's throat. If you believe in something else, that's fine by me. I'm just sharing an interesting story about my parents' religion.

[Edwolf]

Welsh is the oldest language in Europe. Some people still speak it to this day hence the fact that the road signs, for example, in Wales are in two languages, English and Welsh as Welsh people also speak English.
Let's see if anybody can translate the following: Helo! Sut wyt ti heddiw?

[CrazyCat]

Let's see if anybody can translate the following: Helo! Sut wyt ti heddiw?

Is it... "Hello, how are you doing?" (Note: I don't speak Welsh)

[Edwolf]

Let's see if anybody can translate the following: Helo! Sut wyt ti heddiw?

Is it... "Hello, how are you doing?" (Note: I don't speak Welsh)

That's right! Well done!

[Alison Marie]

the potato was the first food grown in space

[Edwolf]

The common house fly hums in the octave key of F.

[Roxy Wolf]

if you are married, and ride for 3 full days, never going off the horseback, you have the right to claim a lover for one night!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edwolf]

The 'thumbs up' gesture in any western culture is obviously seen in a positive light but in Iran, it's offensive.

[Cifero Windtail]

^That fact was told to me by someone at school.

[Edwolf]

Raising your middle finger in any western culture is obviously offensive but if it's done upside-down in India, it means you admit you've done something bad.