Useless Facts Of The Year - Part Two

Here we are with another round-up from this year featuring some of the facts we learned. Enjoy!

-- Do you know anything about bicycles? Check out these cool facts from National Geographic : bikes

-- The red panda typically grows to the size of a house cat. Their bushy tails add an extra 18 inches. Did you know that they use their tails as a blanket to keep themselves warm in chilly mountain weather? 

-- National Hockey League regulation pucks are black, 3 in (7.6 cm) in diameter, 1 in (2.54 cm) thick, and weighing 5.5-6 oz (154-168 g). They are made of vulcanized rubber and are kept frozen before the game to reduce bouncing. 

-- Did you know that there are more than 3,000 types of pears grown in the world? 95% of the pears grown in the United States are grown in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. 

-- Did you know that the name of South America's largest big cat, the jaguar, derives from the Native American word yaguar, which means "he who kills with one leap"?

-- In flight, the wings of a ruby-throated hummingbird beats at 53 times per second. Only the males have the ruby red throat. They have extremely short legs. The ruby-throated hummingbirds are unable to hop or walk efficiently due to this. 

-- Did you know???
The human nose produces an estimated one to two pints of mucus per day.

-- Ketchup (catsup) was invented in Asian and Indonesian cultures. Its history dates back thousand of years. It was originally called ke-tsiap or kecap. The original recipe was made from pickled fish (anchovies), walnuts, mushrooms, and kidney beans. This was very popular as ke-tsiap in China in the 17th century. British seamen brought it home and the name was changed to catchup then ketchup. Tomatoes were added by New Englanders in the late 1700's.

-- The largest dragonfly to ever live had a wingspan of 28 inches (70 centimeters). As found in the fossil record of the Permian period, it was also the largest insect known in history. 

-- In America, pizza is consumed at about 350 slices per second. This is about 100 acres a day. 36% of pizzas ordered have pepperoni as the topping of choice. 

-- Did you know that even though they may not look like it; porcupines are really good at climbing trees? In fact, they use the hairless soles of their feet to help them. They like to hang out in trees mainly and feed off of the bark. 

Useless Facts Of The Year will continue with Part Three next Monday. Have great week!

Useless Fact Of The Week

It is believed by some scientists that the "domestic" cat as a pet began about 12,000 years ago. In 1983, archaeologists, found a jawbone of a cat that dated as far back as 8,000 years ago on a dig in Cyprus. 

Useless Fact Of The Week

Did you know that even though spotted hyenas look like dogs, they are related to cats?  Their most close relation is actually the mongoose and the civet. 

Useless Fact Of The Week

Did you know that the name of South America's largest big cat, the jaguar, derives from the Native American word yaguar, which means "he who kills with one leap"?

Useless Fact Of The Week

The Iberian Lynx is for the most part a nocturnal animal. However, in the winter months, it is active during the day. 


To learn more about this beautiful cat before it is gone please check out this article. (NG)

Useless Fact Of The Week

Cats cannot taste sugary foods due to a faulty sweet receptor gene. Chickens also cannot taste sweets.

Useless Fact Of The Week

Did you know a Caracal can jump up to 10 feet in the air to catch a flying bird?

A Picture I Took

"Hey, There is something over my head.... and that blue light.... hypnotizing."

It Has Been Read

Just another collection of great things around the web you may be missing out on…..

KMag has a great interview with the one and only DJ RAP!  KNOWLEDGE

I ask you…. doesn’t the word “help”  mean , well, shouldn’t you check it out regardless?  -- appnj

Did Steven Tyler quit??? Aerosmith

Now THIS looks promising…. it seems the makers of hit tv show “the Wire” are about to turn to a subject I love…. MUSIC INDUSTRY DRAMA

And finally… we all need to smile sometimes…especially with all the bad news in the world….

 

 

 

 

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

Enjoy!

Man Ticketed For Cursing

Joseph Loflin of Texas City, Texas was ticketed recently for cursing when confronting his neighbor. Loflin confronted his neighbor, Michael Rainey, after finding cat feces in his backyard.

"'Your cat has been back there defecating in my back yard,'" Loflin said he told his neighbor. "I used the slang word, the four-letter word to describe what the cat was doing." Rainey said his 13-year-old daughter was within earshot of the conversation. "I said, 'Look, I've asked you twice. This is the third time. Don't use that language in front of my daughter. That's when he responded, 'There's nothing wrong with the word, and if I want to use the word, I'll use the word.'"


Charged with disorderly conduct, Loflin said,"I didn't call him a filthy name. I didn't call him... I didn't use any profanity towards him. I used it as a noun, then I used it as an adverb to describe what his cat was doing. I think it was greatly taken out of context."

Colorado Car Crash Caused By Catfight

Colorado State Police troopers ticketed a woman for careless driving after she rolled
her car while her two cats were fighting in her lap.

The catfight happened ast the woman was driving along Interstate 70 and caused her to lose control of her car. The swerving vehicle forced another car and a
semi-truck off the road. The driver was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries said the police. The cats escaped the accident...presumably unharmed and have yet to be found.

And just think....Arnold is keeping it okay to have lapdogs in the car in California.