Useless fact of the day!

[Jack Daw at Work]

Odysseus had tanks?

[iain robb]

And, more importantly, a beer cooler!

[Rowan MacD]

More people have a phobia of vomiting (Emetophopia) than death.

[Lady Kett]

My boss is an idiot.

While not a fact you can check through creditble internet sources, I assure you I (and my co-workers) have supporting evidence.

[Merlin the Elder]

Idiot Boss is not theoretical.  It is an axiom.

[Celtic Lady]

My boss is an idiot.

While not a fact you can check through creditble internet sources, I assure you I (and my co-workers) have supporting evidence.

I love it.

[Rowan MacD]

President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader.

[Jack Daw at Work]

President George H. W. Bush was a southpaw.

[Merlin the Elder]

President George H. W. Bush was a southpaw.

Strange! I could have sworn he was a Republican!

[Celtic Lady]

President George H. W. Bush was a southpaw.

Do you mean he switched to being right handed or that he has passed away?   

[Celtic Lady]

African violets are not related to violets. They were named that because of the primary flower color. The botanical name "Saintpaulia" honors Baron Walter von Saint Paul who first discovered them and brought the plants back to Europe in 1893

[Yrose]

The Armillaria ostoyae, popularly known as the honey mushroom, started from a single spore too small to see without a microscope. It has been spreading its black shoestring filaments, called rhizomorphs, through the forest for an estimated 2,400 years, killing trees as it grows. It now covers 2,200 acres of the Malheur National Forest, in eastern Oregon. The largest organism in the world.

[Carl]

The most interesting man in the world is actually actor Jonathan Goldsmith. Hardly a Hispanic sounding name!

[Sir Ironhead]

The M16/M4 series of rifles is the longest serving service rifle in US military history, it was first adopted in 1963.  It replaced the rifle with the shortest service life, the M14, 1958 to 1963 (the M14 is still issued but only in limited numbers and for special use such as Squad Designated Marksmen).

[Merlin the Elder]

I'd like to have an unaltered M14 and a Garand. You wouldn't happen to have some you don't need, would you, Sir Ironhead?