Useless Knowledge

[cabinetman]

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

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[dbhost]

Okay useless to me at least.

The crank shaft pulley bolt on a type 1 Volkswagen air cooled engine takes a 34mm wrench.

[BigguyZ]

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

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Not on the fun decks.

[BobSch]

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

You're right. That's what I get for relying on my memory.

[greenacres2]

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

I'm scared to try!!

[sscherin]

The Russians still travel to the US and inspect Hanford's B reactor to make sure it is not being used for weapons production. They spend more time shopping and going on wine tours than visiting the site.

[Richard in Smithville]

It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk

And some of us add to that statistic a little more frequently

[vaking]

...if you need to defend against a ticket.

The law in most states requires a driver to signal 100 feet before making a turn or lane change. At 70 MPH you will travel 102 feet per second. If the signal blinks once, you are legal!

It is very important to use your turn signals properly when making a turn going at 70 mph. This way other drivers will know to get off the road before you lose control.

[cabinetman]

Hector Boiardi, an Italian immigrant, came to the United States in 1914 when he was only 17. Upon his arrival, he immediately got a job as a chef at New York's Plaza Hotel. After moving to Cleveland, he perfected his spaghetti and meatball recipe in 1929. His customers kept asking for bottles of his pasta sauce so they could have it at home, and he obliged. He then added cheeses and pasta to the sauce. The results were so popular that he started to sell the products in area stores, and later in stores outside the area. Boiardi remained an advisor in the canned pasta business until his death at age 87 in 1985. And yes, that is Hector's picture on the label.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Boiardi

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[phrog]

There are an estimated 25,000 to 100,000 tree species in the world. Quite a wide spread it seems.

[gsmittle]

Boris Karloff's real name was William Henry Pratt.

John Wayne's real name was Marian Morrison.

Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin came to America on the same ship.

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[cabinetman]

Speaking of names...

Real Names:

Bruce Lee..... Lee Jun Fan

Chuck Norris..... Carlos Ray (Norris)

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[sscherin]

In 2001 64 gigs of memory (64 1 gig sticks) for a server cost $250,000
A Intel Intanium processor cost $4,000.. I personalty ruined 2 of them

[cabinetman]

Zzyzx, California, formerly Camp Soda and Soda Springs, is a settlement in San Bernardino County, California. It is the former site of the Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa and now the site of the Desert Studies Center. The site is also the location of Lake Tuendae, originally part of the spa, and now a refuge habitat of the endangered Mohave tui chub.

Zzyzx Road is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) long, part paved and part dirt, rural collector road in the Mojave Desert. It runs from Interstate 15 generally south to the Zzyzx settlement.

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[BobSch]

There are an estimated 25,000 to 100,000 tree species in the world...

And I've cut pieces of at least half of them to the wrong length.