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Use this thread to post things that are mostly useless for you to know, but you know or just found out!

A few examples. Toyota has a habit of naming cars after crowns, or at least relating to a crown.

Toyota Crown = a Lexus is based of of it in the us.

Toyota Corolla = Latin for small crown

Toyota Camry = Anglicized pronunciation of the Japanese work "Kan-muri" which means "small crown"

Toyota Cressida = is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. She is a Trojan woman, daughter of Calchas, who falls in love with one of the sons of King Priam, Troilus.

The first car they sold in america was the Toyopet Tiara.

Most people don't notice the arrow in the Fedex Logo.
 
The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile has the following features:

* Custom-made fiberglass Hot Dog resting on a lightly toasted bun
* Chevrolet W4 Series chassis
* V-8, 6.0 liter 350 Vortec 5700 engine
* Anti-lock brake system
* 32.1 gallon fuel tank
* Hot dog shaped instrument panel
* GPS navigational system
* Seating for six - in mustard and ketchup colored seats
* Exterior rearview camera
* Gull-wing door
* Mustard-splattered walkway
* Removable bun roof
* State-of-the-art audio center with wireless microphone system
* Blue sky ceiling art
 
Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute.

Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar).

The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda.

The human brain stops growing at the age of 18.

During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.

The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.

You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to fill eight five-pound flour bags.
 
FACT: KNYTE is awesome.

FACT: The Glock 17 was originally named for it being the 17th patent held by the Glock company, and not having anything to do with it's 17-shot capacity.

FACT: Only one Glock model is actually designed to fire underwater (the Glock 17 fitted with special maritime cups). Firing the other Glock models underwater will discharge a bullet, but the weapon will be damaged almost beyond repair.

FACT: No Glock model has ever been built that will defeat metal detectors. More specifically the so-called "Glock 7" in Die-Hard 2 does not exist, and never existed. The seventh Glock patent was for a piece of a polymer shower curtain hanger.
 
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FACT: There are at least 6 boys from these boards I would like to take to the dark side.

The Audi R8 has the same drivetrain (more or less) as the Lambo Gallardo.
 
dbzeag said:
FACT: There are at least 6 boys from these boards I would like to take to the dark side.

The Audi R8 has the same drivetrain (more or less) as the Lambo Gallardo.
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I would love to see this list... pm please.


Fact: Texas has only one natural lake.
 
dbzeag said:
FACT: There are at least 6 boys from these boards I would like to take to the dark side.

The Audi R8 has the same drivetrain (more or less) as the Lambo Gallardo.
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I call one of the dark corners. Please let me know when you are going to do this so that I can pack enough batteries. Thanks.
 
HydroSqueegee said:
thats a LOT of man made lakes.
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Lake Houston? Ya... man made...
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For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

Women blink twice as many times as men do.

A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of geese is called a gaggle.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of bears is called a sleuth.
12 or more cows is called a flink.

Popeye was 5'6".
 
Popeye used to be a very adult cartoon.

Lilith was Adam's first wife

All the people on Earth could fit into the Grand Canyon

When burned, Jews smell like coconuts
 
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventors, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were.

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." ( oh god, wait til the towel heads find out about this .. goodbye will be stricken from the books along with Christmas).

Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.
 
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