Useless Information & Trivia Thread

[Slunnie]

Garmin is named after its 2 founders (Gar)y Burrell and (Min) Kao.

[Fifth Columnist]

You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.
(No matter how big the sheet or how thin it is)

[bee utey]

You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.
(No matter how big the sheet or how thin it is)

Hah, Mythbusters got to 11x, the record stands at 13x

MythBusters- Folding Paper Seven plus times - YouTube

How many times can a piece of paper be folder in half?

[Pocket Rocket]

Long eyelashes are dominant and short eyelashes are recessive.

[digger]

There are 923 words in the English language that break the “I before E” rule.


Only 44 words actually follow that rule.

[DiscoMick]

Six of the seven dwarfs are not Happy.
Aldi was divided into two divisions because the two German brothers who own it disagreed about whether to sell alcohol. That is why Aldi sells alcohol in NSW, but not in Queensland.

[ramblingboy42]

so, if you want a dom, look for a girl with long eyelashes......

[jonesfam]

Six of the seven dwarfs are not Happy.
Aldi was divided into two divisions because the two German brothers who own it disagreed about whether to sell alcohol. That is why Aldi sells alcohol in NSW, but not in Queensland.

It is illegal for supermarkets to sell alcohol in QLD. The Hotel Lobby is very powerful up here.
It is true that the 2 brothers split the business due to a disagreement but all the Aldi's in Oz are owned by the same branch, Aldi GBH or something.
The 2 brothers split European areas so they would not compete with each other, except Germany.
Jonesfam

[Chenz]

45.67% of statistics are made up

[DiscoMick]

It is illegal for supermarkets to sell alcohol in QLD. The Hotel Lobby is very powerful up here.
It is true that the 2 brothers split the business due to a disagreement but all the Aldi's in Oz are owned by the same branch, Aldi GBH or something.
The 2 brothers split European areas so they would not compete with each other, except Germany.
Jonesfam

Thanks for that clarification.