Useless Facts

That actually makes sense, because a lot of heavy metal, especially old stuff from the 80's is based on classical music...Yngwie Malmsteen made an entire career of it.

Useless fact: Yngwie used to have a merch T-shirt that said "Yngwie is God."

 

Alejandro Otero Larez is s Venezuelan male model who won mister Venezuela in 1999 at age 25.

There is a wasp who genus is named “Aha ha”

There is s genus of mollusks called the bittium. So what did the scientist call another similar genus but smaller? “Ittibitium”

An extinct parrot species was named “Vini vidivici”

 

Past tense...

 

erinaceous

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling hedgehogs

 

Darn you, Iain, one mention of erinaceous and I'm looking up online info on porn star Ron Jeremy! I don't have time for this!

 

He's been accused of sexual misconduct, by the way. Given the biz, it seems both unavoidable and something that he should have known better.

 

Your champion awaits to defend you!

 

There was a member of Mini Moni in the original of that gif...

 

The Short-Beaked Echidna, essentially the standard echidna, has very efficient arm(front leg?) joints and musculature because it burrows with the claws at the front. They are so strong one researcher saw one push a fridge around. Keep in mind they are about the size of a standard rabbit, only a little bigger than a chihuahua. Echidna buff AF.

 

It's all those ants they be eating.

EDIT:
Quick and easy body building tip- just eat ants. It'll probably work. Maybe. I don't know. Give it a try.

 

Insects are known to be very high in protein, so, technically, this isn't an incorrect statement.

 

Technically speaking, when it feels like you’re lying in bed half-awake and half-asleep, you’ve already entered the first stage of sleep. Your body can’t restore itself properly without REM or deep sleep, so you’ll still feel tired and crusty the next day if you can’t transition past this semi-conscious state, but... hey, it counts for something

 

I love it when you think of me!

ETA: And it gets better. The presenter is English and ginger! Top marks for you!

 

The ‘Twit-Twoo’ sound usually attributed to the owl, is in fact made by two owls. One Twits, the other responds with a Twoo.

 

Now that I know that, it explains a lot of things from my childhood.

 

The imperial measurement used to differ quite wildly from place to place or even what you were weighing. A pound of flour was not equal to a bound of sugar.

Money in medieval time was extremely complex, with some up and beyond 16 denominations. Current money usually has about 2 (Cents and Dollars). The main reason why a lot of countries reformed their monatery systems in the 15th century (around renaissance) was because of the complexity of these money system made trade very difficult.

Most books made in medieval time was hand written on Velum - a type of surface made from tanned skin. Human (western/caucasian) skin provides the best surface to write on due to it's physical properties and colour. When they wanted to write a book for cheap, you would take an old one, scrape of the old ink, and write a book.

We (in modern times) do not know nearly as much as we think we do. The scythians and Sarmatians could make bowstrings stronger then steel cables. Romans had concrete that got harder over time and could set underwater (as opposed to ours, which gets weaker and cracks over time and does not set under water). The Mesopotamian cultures (babylonian, assyrian, akkadian, sumerian) where very advanced in math and astrology. The idea of having 60 seconds is from the babylonians [ arguable ]. The ancient greeks knew the moon had an elliptical orbit - something NASA did not know until it was trying to sent probes to the moon.


Also, the romans noted a random curiosity that an craftsman made in a city near modern day florence (Arretium). It was maleable glass, that you could "squish" and alter it's form at room temperature. Here's a link for you guys to read up on this. it is a wikipedia article, so it's probably not all that correct. but you get the general idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_glass

 

Babies don't have kneecaps.

 

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/an-airline-saved-40000-a-year-by-taking-this-one-thing-off-your-food-tray

 

Yet another reason why babies are weird and annoying.

 

Found this posted on FB and it made me think of your post.

"By the law of finders keepers, technically most babies belong to the ultrasound technician."

 

The Spring 1787 Sumo basho (championship tournament) was called off due to a bad harvest.

 

Pride and Prejudice was originally supposed to be titled First Impressions, but after publishers rejected the book she made some major revisions and chose the new title.

 

I thought it was a case of, "Hey! We're a bunch of grossly fat guys with our big fat ass cheeks hanging out of our thongs. Let's just go home." Because that would have made sense.

 

It takes a while to see beyond the fat and recognize the skill and power that sumo wrestlers have. I'll take sumo over western sports any day.