Things you didn't know you didn't know !!

[Dancing Queen]

Things you didn't know you didn't know !!

Just a bit of fun useless/useful information do you have any.

11% of people are left handed

The names of all continents both start and end with the same letter

The dot on top of the letter i is called a tittle

[david63]

But if I don't know that I don't know them then how can I post them because I don't know them

[Boris+]

Doh - all P&O ship end with an 'a'.

Em

[GillD46]

Doh - all P&O ship end with an 'a'.

Em

In the current fleet yes, but not always.

[jacksparrow]

Artemis didnt.....

[Dancing Queen]

But if I don't know that I don't know them then how can I post them because I don't know them

There always has to be one

You do know, you've just forgotten that you do, we all have our minds full of useless information

[ChesterfieldJohn]

Rubber bands last longer when kept in a fridge.

More people are killed each year by donkeys than in plane crashes.

John

[GillD46]

The largest organ of the body is the skin.

[paultheeagle]

Ahoy there - did you know that the game of Hopscotch was originally an exercise for Roman soldiers way back when? If you didn't, now you do!

In 1670 a plague of fleas were banished from the German state of Munster for 10 years.

When tomatoes were 1st brought to England from USA they were only used as decoration because people thought they were poisonous!

[oldbluefox]

'There are two types of forecasters - Those who don't know and those who don't know they don't know'. John Kenneth Galbraith

[Not so ancient mariner]

Kenophobia is a fear of open or empty spaces: - not of certain people on this list

[Dancing Queen]

An elephant is the only animal unable to jump.

[david63]

To save typing here are 101 useless facts

[Not so ancient mariner]

An elephant is the only animal unable to jump.

Not so - neither can a sloth

[Quizzical Bob]

An elephant is the only animal unable to jump.

Not so - neither can a sloth

Nor can I.

Other 'interesting' facts:

http://rcasteel.com/StrangeThings/animals.aspx

[suespud]

Recently I found out something....and I was really astounded that I didnt know...
But Iv forgot what it was it was I didnt know...

Hmmmmm

Im not kidding.

[GillD46]

Recently I found out something....and I was really astounded that I didnt know...
But Iv forgot what it was it was I didnt know...

Hmmmmm

Im not kidding.

Sue, you sound like me!!!

[Susan Watt]

I do it all the time too

[Dancing Queen]

An elephant is the only animal unable to jump.

Not so - neither can a sloth

Happy to take your word for it AM .. I suppose it depends on where you look for the useless info, there must be thousands of such "useless facts" out there

[Dancing Queen]

I liked the elastic band one, which incidentally our "Postie" told me about a couple of years ago, another one for the fridge ... nail varnish doesn't go thick if kept in there.

[suespud]

I liked the elastic band one, which incidentally our "Postie" told me about a couple of years ago, another one for the fridge ... nail varnish doesn't go thick if kept in there.

cling film and stockings/tights are better if kept in the fridge...

[GillD46]

Oh dear, with all these things best kept in the 'fridge, better buy another one

[suespud]

never done any of the fridge things myself...so wouldnt know if they work...lol

[qbman1]

I liked the elastic band one, which incidentally our "Postie" told me about a couple of years ago, another one for the fridge ... nail varnish doesn't go thick if kept in there.

cling film and stockings/tights are better if kept in the fridge...

How do you manage to get them on when they are in the fridge then Sue ? Must be quite a spectacle !!

[oldbluefox]

The cling film worn with the stockings would be quite a spectacle too!!!