Useless Facts 1.0

An ant eater’s tongue can grow up to two feet in length.

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:

[quote]Edgy wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Edgy wrote:
a Ducks quack doesn’t echo.[/quote]

Yes, it does. They did that on mythbusters.[/quote]

shit.

Okay, then

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise[/quote]

Actually Venus is the only planet that rotates counter-clockwise.[/quote]

Depends on which pole you are looking at to determine if it is clockwise or counter clockwise.

[quote]kakno wrote:

[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Sharp4850 wrote:
.999…=1[/quote]

no it doesnt. .9 with a repitend doesnt exist. and only the limit as it repeats to infinity equals one not the number itself. [/quote]

.999…=x
10x=9.999…
10x-x=9x=9.999…-.999…=9
9x=9
x=1
[/quote]

No, because .999… is a concept, not a number. Using infinity as a number in math is incorrect.

infinity + 1000 = infinity
subtracting out infinity leaves
1000 = 0

You cannot do regular math with infinite concepts. It isn’t a real number. .999… doesn’t exist. Or 1000=0

You guys are WRECKING the flow of this awesome thread with your math arguments!

Useless fact: The average rainfall in the Amazon Basin is 80 inches per year.

Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like competition.

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/chaplin2.asp

The human head weighs 8 pounds

This thread should be renamed useless falsehoods 1.0

Check your facts before posting them people!

Teh proof is at least beautiful.

Lawrence of Arabia is the world’s longest movie without a woman in a speaking role. (3.5 hours)

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The llama is equal to a load of 100 lbs at 10 miles a day for several consecutive days, and may be pushed to 20 miles in a single day, but will require a week’s rest to recover.

a person will burn more calories sleeping than watching television.

[quote]Edgy wrote:
a person will burn more calories sleeping than watching television.[/quote]

What if you sleep with the TV on?

[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]Edgy wrote:
a person will burn more calories sleeping than watching television.[/quote]

What if you sleep with the TV on? [/quote]

shit. another myth busted~

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks.

Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida

Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun

In Mel Brooks’ ‘Silent Movie,’ mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.

[quote]ethanwest wrote:
It is commonly claimed that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from the Moon. This is false.[/quote]

Hold up: What else can you see from the moon? I’ve never heard that before.

The United States Army effectively uses sound-waves to scare opposing forces in the Middle East.

The United States has had 56 Presidents.

[quote]ucallthatbass wrote:
An ant eater’s tongue can grow up to two feet in length.[/quote]

My wife is currently wondering if somehow my parents cross-mated with an ant eater