What random useless fact did you learn today?

<p>I learned that the letters on a typewriter were purposely unorganized to slow down the typist because the machine jams when it a pressed quickly and simultaneously and, also, statistical reasons.</p>

<p>I learned that strawberry fruit snacks taste best.</p>

<p>The dot on the letters "i" and "j" is called a tittle. I didn't know that till I went looking for a fact just so I could post on this thread :D</p>

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That it IS possible to triple tounge on a clarinet, and how demented some band terms sound out of band.</p>

<p>(For example: If you're bored, finger through your parts. BLOW HARDER! Pull out, you're sharp. )

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<p>Do you play the clarinet?</p>

<p>It can be annoying when the holes start leaking.</p>

<p>The average American eats 18 pounds of fresh apples each year :)</p>

<p>Lizards communicate by doing push ups</p>

<p>Bobby McFerrin is really popular in Minneapolis.</p>

<p>This is similar to that band terms bit... orchestra is the same!</p>

<p>"Cellos, pluck your g-strings and face your f-holes to the crowd!"</p>

<p>that the average SAT scores of those who major in education (ie. OUR TEACHERS) is in the 30th percentile.</p>

<p>that 42 was is the Answer to Life.</p>

<p>that the "I got soul, but I'm not a soldier" song came from the killers, one of my favorite bands (and then came the shock in not having known this EARLIER)</p>

<p>that it's february here.</p>

<p>i lost a pound.</p>

<p>1/81 = 0.012345679012345679...</p>

<p>Apples wake you up in the morning more than coffee would</p>

<p>Jonathan Taylor Thomas went to Harvard</p>

<p>1 in 3 Americans try hard drugs in their lifetime. If you include pot, that figure climbs to 46%.</p>

<p>People who go to jail get searched for weapons/drugs up their anus.</p>

<p>The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac...Gilmore Girls anyone? hehe I can't help myself, gotta post it:</p>

<p>RORY: It's culs-de-sac.
LORELAI: No way!
RORY: It is.
LORELAI: The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac?
RORY: Yes.
LORELAI: That doesn't even sound like English.
RORY: That's because it's French.
LORELAI: You know what I mean.
RORY: I hate to be the bearer of bad news.
LORELAI: Words should sound right to be right.
RORY: That's not how it works.
LORELAI: So, what, the plural of yo-yo is yos-yo?
RORY: Yeah, 'cause that sounds so natural.
LORELAI: As natural as culs-de-sac.
. . . . .
LORELAI: Hey, Luke.
LUKE: Look at this.
LORELAI: Who, Lane? She's super waitress, able to leap tall pancakes in a single bound. Or is that pans-cake?
RORY: Very funny.
. . . . .
LORELAI: So, now, why do you have to get back to campus so early? Classes don't start for a couple of days.
RORY: Yeah, I have a lot of stuff to do. And it'll be nice and quiet with no roommates around.
LORELAI: Where are the rooms-mate?
RORY: Um, Janet's mountain climbing, Tanna's home, and Paris went skiing with her boyfriend.
LORELAI: So you're just ignoring the plural thing now?
RORY: Yeah.
. . . . .
LORELAI: So everyone in the entire world knew the plural of cul-de-sac was culs-de-sac?
RICHARD: Yes.
LORELAI: Okay. So Mariah Carey is out with some friends and she's had a couple cocktails, she glances down from the roof and says, "Oh, look at all those culs-de-sac."
RORY: Why are they on the roof?
LORELAI: It's a rooftop bar.
RICHARD: How have you been saying it?
LORELAI: Cul-de-sacs.
RICHARD: And no one ever corrected you?
LORELAI: No, because that's the way it should be. Even if it isn't technically correct, it should be pronounced that way.
RORY: Mom, Mom, just let it go.
LORELAI: I will never let this go.</p>

<p>dr. death's hiding place -- egypt -- was finally discovered.</p>

<p>I learned imaginary numbers in Algebra... Imaginary numbers are useless in real life situations. That's why there are no word problems in the textbook.</p>

<p>^they're useful in electricity...and they can help you integrate certain things</p>

<p>Not in my life, I am not going to major in math or be an electrician :)</p>

<p>That there is a rumor going around that Stephenie Meyers is going to write a fifth Twilight book. </p>

<p>PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!</p>