Useless Information & Trivia Thread

[Homestar]

My cats breath smells like cat food.

[loneranger]

the adult human body has 206 bones.
i have 207.

We always knew you were special. 😉

[bee utey]

The direction that water swirls down a plug hole is more dependent on the imperfections of the vessel than the latitude.

[bee utey]

A paleontologist can have thousands of bones.

[bee utey]

The surface area of a small red jelly is greater than the child that is eating it.

[Pocket Rocket]

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence then the water bill is higher too

[Eevo]

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground it can’t hop.






The first European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per person than any other community in the history of mankind.




Adelaide’s Botanic Gardens are home to the oldest glasshouses in the Southern Hemisphere.




The Australian Alps receive more snow than Switzerland.


The wine cask is an Australian invention.




Men get hiccups more often than women.

[bee utey]

In the millenium drought, anyone with a green lawn needed a "bore water used on this property" sign to prevent midnight visitors writing rude words in the grass.

[DiscoMick]

An emu's eye is bigger than it's brain.

[bee utey]

To make an ornery emu back off, raise your arm over your head, point your fingers into a beak and sway your hand towards the emu. I thought I'd try this trick after seeing The Gods Must Be Crazy and was pleasantly surprised to find that it worked on a real live ornery emu.