Useless Facts

That looks like someone drew the plans on a deck of cards and gave them a good shuffle before handing them to the building contractor.

 

It was supposed to be the new big thing in low cost-sustainable-prefab housing back when the whole concept was still getting off the ground. I think the same guy had an influence in creating the modern ‘rammed earth’ building concept.

 

I'm STILL trying to figure out why its called a toothbrush when it brushes multiple teeth.

 

For aesthetic purposes. Toothbrush sounds better that teethbrush or Multi-Tooth brush.

And you're technically brushing one tooth at a time, it it's just really quick!

 

A word, inserted into the syllable break of another - as in 'abso-fucking-lutely' - in known as a temesis.

 

Ooh, look at Mr. Moneybags who can afford one of those fancy, XXL brushes that handle multiple teeth at a time. I bet when you go to the barber, you just shower the man with cash until he agrees to cut your hairs too.

Must be nice.

 

Or why trousers are referred to as a pair, even though it's only one item.

Or why eating raw onion gives me the trots.

Or for that matter why I'm still up at 03:55 and haven't written/read any poetry for over three weeks now.

 

This one I know the answer to, men's lower garments used to consist of two leggings and a cover for the groin. Per Wikipedia

Why this is a pair of panties, however, remains a mystery:

Spoiler: A "pair" of very scanty panties, not on a model or mannequin

I got nothing on that one, sorry.

 

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This is the popular explanation, but there isn'ts a huge amount of evidence for it in traditional references and doesn't explain why we use the same mechanic on things like tweezers, scissors, and glasses. Another explanation is that it stems from a Latin tendency to use a plural when referring to things that kind of bifurcated or made from two distinct parts.

 

Hmm. Although one would rarely, if ever, buy a single scissor, the bifurcation thing makes sense to me with all the above examples. Oh well, another theory down the drain.

 

Nottingham's (England) schools are the second-worst performing in the country. The worst of these is arguably Bulwell schools.

 

I blame the Sheriff.

 

On the flipside of that, driving in a parkway and parking in a driveway makes about as much sense as parachuting from a submarine....

 

And now that you've put it out into the universe, somebody is going to eventually try it.

 

All you need to do is get your submarine airborne. Oh, and stow some parachutes aboard first, because you'll feel pretty stupid on the way down if all you brought is scuba gear.

 

Reminds me of that scene in Tomorrow Never Dies where James Bond jumps out of a plane in full scuba gear.

 

If you drop a dime in the slot you might get something fun. Or something you didn't want!

 

Yes, so much depends on which slot you drop the dime into.

 

I think we may have found D.B. Cooper.....(No worries minstrel.... I almost always root for the villain)

 

Please don't try.

 

This is flat magically delicious...period.

 

Maybe that's why someone shot the sheriff, but they "did not shoot the dep-u-tee-ee."

 

Then why is bra singular?