Useless fact of the day!

[MrHyde]

1Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word "GOLF" entered into the English language.

[Anna Iram]

Sorry, Mr. Hyde, but that's a bit of modern day silliness.

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp

[Valiss]

Pope Benedict IX had wild orgies and sold the Papacy.

[Merlin the Elder]

Read the topic, Hyde... Useless Fact!    (just giving you a hard time..which you so richly deserve...)

[Anna Iram]

*grin*. Fact. Mr. Hyde does seem to get called out more than anyone else in this thread.

[MrHyde]

And that fact is not useless 

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.

[Valiss]

Alan Rickman started his movie career when he was 42. And his first role was being Hans Gruber in Die Hard.

[Merlin the Elder]

Alan Rickman started his movie career when he was 42. And his first role was being Hans Gruber in Die Hard.

He did have 10 years experience in TV prior to beginning his movie career, but his movie career certainly did start off with a huge bang. What a great role! After seeing him in Die Hard, he's been one of my favourites.  Until you mentioned it, I didn't realize Die Hard was his first flick.  Have you seen him in Bottle Shock?

[*Teach*]

I love useless facts! I have often been called a storehouse of useless information.
Here are a few of my favs:

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes (not that anybody really noticed).
If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

*Teach always has rum nearby*

[Anna Iram]

Teach, that *last* fact is most definitely not useless.

[Valiss]

Comedian Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome.

[kcdcchef]

the creators of Married with Children really wanted Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr/Arnold to play Al and Peg Bundy.

[Valiss]

Heroin was invented by Bayer in 1898 as a cough remedy.

[Valiss]

U.S. cities with more country music on the radio have higher suicide rates.

[Rowan MacD]

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.