Useless facts

[srestar]

srestar feels the need to deliver useless facts to you every once in a while...

arrow most liquid laundry detergents have living organisms that help to break down stains  

[Ryeder]

Hmm...may Rye post a useless fact?

The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.  

[NerdGirlToTheRescue]

Useless facts, eh?
Well, let's see...
A skunk's smell can be detected by a human from a mile away..
and also:
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache!

 

[srestar]

cool eek !! keep them coming if you have anymore whee  

[Ryeder]

XD

The size of your eyes never changes.  

[Midnight Vampire Dreamer]

yay! i've got one...

"dreamt" is the only word in english that ends in "mt"

edit:

the cicada, a fly found in africa spends 17 years of its life sleeping, is awake for two weeks in which it mates and then dies  

[Ryeder]

kangaroos can't hop backwards  

[srestar]

you're right, they cant! i never thought about that, but now that i think of it, i see them go in circles

arrow coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks. about 150 people die per year by coconut.
 

[Ryeder]

>__> Ok...you gotta explain that one to me.... <__<


Hummingbirds can't walk  

[srestar]

people like to hang out under coconut trees and then well... coconut seeds were meant for dispersal so they like to fall to the ground and they usually fall from way up high and gravity likes to accelerate objects and if someones in the coconuts way.. well.. it's not good news for that someone. lol  

[Ryeder]

huh...I didn't know that...sounds painful...

sneezes can travel up to 100 miles per hour