Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) Probably useless but interesting/funny facts

Hey, do any of you use a ball point pen? Do any of you have the habit of chewing
on it? I just came across this and thought you might be interested.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

If it happens to you, just remember that you were warned. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

lol. thats... really a bad way to die. imagine the funeral!

Ok this is way too funny. It may be offensive to some, so beware.

lost in translation

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That's a good one Lews. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Did you know that vending machines could be dangerous to your health?

Fact -> At least 2 people die every year from vending machines falling on them.

I said health, but maybe I should have said dangerous to your life. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks, but all the credit goes to LadySarah's link of the site. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

- The pentagon in Arlington, Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as neccessary. When it was build in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring seperate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

- Penguins have an organ on their forehead between the eyes that de-salinizes water. It can be seen only as a small hole.

- Cat Urine glows in the dark!!!! (I wonder who they paid to figure this out)

- While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it!!!

- A house cat spends 70% of its time sleeping.

- In 1888, an Egyptian peasant discovered an estimated three hundred thousand mummified cats in Beni Hassan, Egypt. Of the cats that were not stolen once, the find was made public, the remaining mummified cats were shipped to Great Britain to be used as agricultural fertilizer.

- In the 1800's cats were used to deliver mail. In 1879, in Belgium 37 cats were used to deliver mail to villages, however they found that the cats were not disciplined enough to do this.

- Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different.

- The majority of cats do not have any eyelashes.

This one is for you Lews since you like to vote Potato in the polls. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Fact-> In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Totally useless since I live neither place. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Fact -> In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Fact -> It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.

I wonder if these are true or not. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
Does anyone happen to know?

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Excellent LadySarah well done <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

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loony Arizona "laws"

I wonder if that's the chemical they use in glowsticks. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

@ Tsel

PLEASE dont say that!!!!! I have a glow in the dark keyring!!!!!

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^^^ <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> Lady_Rain <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> ^^^

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

Damn, now I can't search for more useless facts, since I'm to busy twirling my foot and hand in every direction!!!


It's a lot cheaper than streetlights! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Opposite sides of a dice always add up to seven.

DId you know that the first bicycle was made in 1817 by Baron von Drais didn't have any pedals? People walked it along.

It was the Romans who made the first popsicle.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Rincewind, thanks so much for the link.

I never would have thought about something like that. Makes sense now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks again.

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

- A tale of "blood, sweat, and beers": A New Zealander's efforts to make The World's First Jet Powered Beer Cooler

- The ancient Sumerians worshiped Ninkasi, a goddess of beer.

- Mud throwing was an official event at the 1904 Olympics.



Nope. Though he was, indeed, a plumber (1861 - 1904), and did take out several patents.

Credit for the very first flush toilet supposedly goes to Sir John Harington in the 16th century. It didn't catch on. Nearly 200 years later, J.F. Brondel introduced the valve type flush toilet (1738), and further improvements were made by other such as Alexander Cummings (in 1775), Joseph Preiser (in 1777), and Joseph Bramah (in 1778)...

There is also an interesting claim that China really invented the toilet. A plumbing history website mentions a discovery by archeologists of a 2,000-year-old toilet complete with running water, a stone seat and a comfortable armrest, in the tomb of a Han Dynasty (206 BC to 24 AD),king. The story was carried by Reuters, but I couldn't find any other sources to cross-reference.

Btw, there is an online Toilet Museum.

Shantara > Pleased you found the link useful! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />