Useless Trivia

[white avenger]

What's your favorite piece of useless trivia? Here's one of mine:

In 1980, 31 years after the first Road Runner cartoon debuted, in an episode titled "Soup or Sonic," Wile E Coyote finally catches the Road Runner; he then holds up a sign saying, "Okay, wise guys, you always wanted me to catch him. Now what do I do?"

Perseverance pays off in the end. Anya would have loved it.

 

[Dancing man]

Erm mine would be the fact that Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs went to the charmed interviews togther and orginally Shannen was casted as Piper and Holly was casted as Prue.

 

[xaphania]

One of my favourites is that there's an old law that says it's illegal to die in the House of Commons 😀 And the law is still active - whether they'd take any notice of it if such an occasion arose, I don't know.

 

[Washburne]

One? Are you crazy? But ok, I´ll start with the letter "a", as it feels like a good place to start.

@ is way (way) older than the keyboard and comes from the latin language.

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If this isn´t true I´m going to burn my book!!!

One of my favourites is that there's an old law that says it's illegal to die in the House of Commons

Speaking of laws. Isn´t there a website with all these "stupd" amercian (regional) laws somewhere on the net? I´m not sure they were actual laws as they claimed to be but that was hilarious.

 

[Aethra]

There are many such websites, for many countries' strange laws, such as http://www.dumblaws.com/. Some personal favorites are:

The value of Pi is 3.

and

If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

As for random information, though: each year, more than 2500 left-handed people die from using right-handed people things.

 

[Buffanator]

No useless trivia is coming to mind at the moment. I shall have to get back to you on that. 😀

 

[xaphania]

I read the following in a magazine the other day - you're more likely to be killed by a fridge than you are to win the lottery.

 

[nerd4hire]

The reason Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo was his hemorrhoids were raging. He couldn't mount his horse to view the battle.

 

[definition of insane]

That polar bears are left handed....like seriously...how did they work that out? Have you ever seen a polar bear with a pad and pen?

 

[nerd4hire]

Here's another one about Polar Bears. They were recently put on the American endangered species list, but their population has grown 700% in the last 50 years.

Oh, and here's another one. The picture Al Gore used to publicize the plight of polar bears dying on melting ice is actually a picture of a mom and her cub who swam out to an iceberg from the nearby shore to play on it. Plus Al stole the picture from the grad student who took it. He used it commercially and didn't pay her, or acknowledge it was her who owned it. She took the pic from a tour boat one summer.

 

[white avenger]

And that famous stand at Thermopalae did consist of 300 Spartans, but there were also about 500 to 1000 other Greeks there as well.

 

[Bluebird]

The only thing I can think of is that the Cineworld multiplex on Renfield St, Glasgow is the tallest cinema in the world.

 

[randiann]

To go along with the dumb laws: It is illegal to go whale hunting in Oklahoma....which is a LAND LOCKED state.

After 10 years of use, your mattress will have doubled in weight due to dust mites and the little presents they leave behind after they eat the skin cells you shed while you are sleeping.

 

[Lindsey McDonald]

The only thing I can think of is that the Cineworld multiplex on Renfield St, Glasgow is the tallest cinema in the world.

That's actually a cinema? Wow. I've seen it a few times in passing, and I always assumed it was the chain's HQ or something. I definately need to go there! It looks so odd!

 

[T.I.P]

Speaking of laws. Isn´t there a website with all these "stupd" amercian (regional) laws somewhere on the net? I´m not sure they were actual laws as they claimed to be but that was hilarious.

Theres a law, something like you cant wear a fake musthache to church on sundays in Massachussetts.
And one in another state, you cant walk backwards after sunset. Think on it, there was a time people actually thought these laws were reasonable, so, basically, dont abide the law.

 

[Rowan Hawthorn]

There used to be one in Lexington, Kentucky, that made it illegal to carry an ice-cream cone in your pocket. And one in I believe it was Utah that made it illegal for a girl to give her boyfriend a bite of her hamburger. Most of this idiotic stuff comes from somebody with a little influence and an axe to grind, and it never goes away because it gives CYA excuses for cops who roust somebody that decides to challenge them.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

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[white avenger]

The tombstone of Mel Blanc, the film voice of cartoon characters Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, and Porky Pig, reads:

"That's all, folks"

 

[Tueuse de Vampires]

My fave piece of trivia is that David Boreanaz as Angel was only planned to last for one episode but in the end made it to the character with most appearances.

 

[SC7 Fan]

SMG was best friends with Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the teenage witch) as a kid and was also planned to play Sabrina in the 2002 film Sabrina the Teenage Witch. At least I think it was 2002.