Useless Knowledge

[chopnhack]

So, what is a group of ibises called?

wiki says:

The ibises (collective plural ibis;[1] classical plurals ibides[2][3] and ibes[3]

[cabinetman]

Best News for Knuckle Crackers - A report in The Wall Street Journal notes that a survey of fifty-six inveterate knuckle crackers recently revealed "no unusual incidence of knuckle arthritis."

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[BigguyZ]

The inventor of Graham crackers thought that spicy food caused sexual thought. Therefore, he created a wholesome food that could be eaten safely without the mind going to bad places.

[schloff]

A mature turkey has about 3,500 feathers.

I love this thread.

[cabinetman]

The army's jeep was not always called that. Instead it was called a "general purpose" or "government purpose" vehicle. It was then shortened to GP (jeep), and the car company just started to manufacture the general purposes vehicles under the name "Jeep."

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[sscherin]

The firing order on a Pontiac engine is the same as chevy 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 but the distributor rotates in the opposite direction.

[BobSch]

The army's jeep was not always called that. Instead it was called a "general purpose" or "government purpose" vehicle. It was then shortened to GP (jeep), and the car company just started to manufacture the general purposes vehicles under the name "Jeep."

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I heard the name came from the character in 'Lil Abner.

[jdon]

I thought "jeep" was a Popeye character...

[LCHIEN]

No knowledge is more useless than the knowledge that you know more useless knowledge than someone you don't know.

[phrog]

Galusha Pennypacker is the youngest person to ever be appointed brigadier general in the US. He was 20 when appointed and was not old enough to vote for the man who appointed him. (Love that name.)

[phrog]

No knowledge is more useless than the knowledge that you know more useless knowledge than someone you don't know.

Does this mean that there will be no winners and no prizes awarded?

[TB Roye]

After reading 3 pages of post's I feel 110% more intelligent. Using thin important information I will be able to increase LOML intelligence and equal amount during the first 400 mile on our vacation starting on Wednesday. This will guarantee quiet for the next 1200 miles as she ponders the information I gave her. The next 1200 miles I will be sleeping in the car or a seperate room at the hotel if not a different hotel.

Tom

[schloff]

The billionth digit of pi is 9


I really don't know if this is true or not. It must be as I got it from the internet.

[schloff]

Floccinaucinihilipilification, the declaration of an item being useless, is the longest non-medical term in the English language.


Huh. Who knew?

[RAFlorida]

I am going

to learn how to pronounce that word! some day...