Useless Information!

[Dave]

Latest post of the previous page:

Ernest Wright’s 1939 novel Gadsby does not contain the letter “e.”

[Dave]

The Hawaiian language only has twelve consonants and five vowels.

[Dave]

A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging, is called a "nurdle".

[Dave]

There's a village in southern Norway actually named "Hell." And get this: every winter it freezes over!

[Dave]

Hartlepool, UK, once elected a football mascot – a monkey – as its mayor. He beat Labour’s Peter Mandelson to the job!

[Dave]

Turtles are able to breathe through their backsides.

[Dave]

The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.

[Dave]

The first President of Zimbabwe – President Banana – actually brought in a law to stop people making fun of his name.

[Dave]

There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’.

[Dave]

Someone has gone to the effort of timing the speed of tomato ketchup leaving a bottle of Heinz. If you’re intrigued, it’s around 0.28 miles per hour!

[boatbuilder]

There is a street in Valladolid, in Spain – Calle Me Falta un Tornillo – which translates roughly to ‘I’ve Got a Screw Loose Street’.

And here it is:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6307682 ... 312!8i6656

[boatbuilder]

Someone has gone to the effort of timing the speed of tomato ketchup leaving a bottle of Heinz. If you’re intrigued, it’s around 0.28 miles per hour!

Was that 'someone' you, Dave?

[Dave]

Was that 'someone' you, Dave?

All I'll say is Sheila can duck at 0.27 MPH.

[boatbuilder]

Was that 'someone' you, Dave?

All I'll say is Sheila can duck at 0.27 MPH.

So she wasn't quite fast enough to avoid a dollop in her hair then?

[Dave]

So she wasn't quite fast enough to avoid a dollop in her hair then?

She's enjoying life as a redhead now.

[Dave]

The very first movie to show a toilet being flushed was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror picture, Psycho.