The Useless Information Thread

[Pinkpoison]

Newborn babies don't. Kneecaps develop after birth.

Now what other forum gives you all this mind blowing information?

 

[scifan57]

Now what other forum gives you all this mind blowing information?

iPad Forums?

 

[carolineM]

I dare say mumsnet might have have come with that last one!

 

[J. A.]

U-boat is a short form of the German word Unterseeboot (undersea boat).

 

[Pinkpoison]

Its just over seven weeks to Christmas

 

[KevinJS]

Its just over seven weeks to Christmas

It is just under 45 weeks since last Christmas.

 

[scifan57]

Plum pudding contains no plums.

 

[Pinkpoison]

Christmas Pudding counts as one of your five a day.........

 

[Junior]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

 

[J. A.]

A standard escalator moves at a speed of 100 feet per minute.

 

[scifan57]

Jumbo shrimp is an oxymoron.

 

[brixtonboy]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Someone wearing an eyepatch, can't remember who it was as usual was asked, what happened to your car. He replied, l sneezed while driving and crashed it.


Gregory Isaacs R.I.P.

 

[KevinJS]

Jungholz, a town in Austria, is only accessible by road from Germany. Its single point of connection to the rest of Austria is the summit of a mountain. It was considered part of Germany for Customs purposes prior to Austria joining the EU.

The town (for want of a better word) of Hyder, Alaska is in a similar position. It is accessible by road only from British Columbia.

 

[scifan57]

Jungholz, a town in Austria, is only accessible by road from Germany. Its single point of connection to the rest of Austria is the summit of a mountain. It was considered part of Germany for Customs purposes prior to Austria joining the EU.

The town (for want of a better word) of Hyder, Alaska is in a similar position. It is accessible by road only from British Columbia.

Skagway, Alaska is only accessible by road via a road that passes through British Columbia before connecting to the Alaska Highway in the Yukon Territory.

 

[J. A.]

Kaisertal, a lovely and quiet mountain valley near Kufstein, Austria, could only be reached on foot, until June 1, 2008. If an inhabitant of the valley bought a car, a helicopter brought it to the owner.
Now, the only people allowed to drive to and from that valley, are the inhabitants of Kaisertal. Tourists still have to walk to get there.