Useless facts

[Dunners]

Post them here.

Horsham, in West Susex, holds the UK record for the heaviest hailstone ever to fall. On 5 September 1958, a hailstone weighing 140g (4.9 oz) landed in the town. It was similar in size to a tennis ball and impact speeds have been calculated to be 100 m/s (224 mph).

Source.

[Mikero]

The deepest hand dug well in the world is at Woodingdean in East Sussex. It is over 1,280 feet deep and took four years to complete.

Mikero

[o-no]

Elephants can't jump

[Currywurst and Chips]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams

[Chicken Dhansak]

Water doesn't run up hill.

[tuffers#1]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams

But if the metal plane was there
Then it can , but only after a 10 year wait

[Currywurst and Chips]

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams

But if the metal plane was there
Then it can , but only after a 10 year wait

Thanks for that

[Clive Evans]

In Algeria there is a town called Tit.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Pound for pound a lemon has more sugar than a strawberry...

[Southcoastsoftee]

And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt

[BIGRON]

I've just entered the message board Deal or no deal comp ......now that is a useless fact.

[i8ubutler]

No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.

[Dunners]

No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.

180 - Woooon 'undred and aityyyyyyy.

[Stamford O]

Gullible is not in the dictionary

[NuneatonO's]

The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car of all time.

[Dunners]

On this day (May 20th) in 1873, Levi Strauss & Jacob Davis received the patent for their blue denim jeans.

[EH16]

No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.

One hundred And one.

[Lovejoy]

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

[Lovejoy]

There are more chickens than people in the world.

[point nine one eight]

And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt

In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom

[StillSpike]

There are more tigers in captivity in the USA than in the wild in the rest of the world.

[Lovejoy]

There is a street in England called Bell End.

[Real Al]

And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt

In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom

And Lynsore Bottom. Great place to have a spanking good time

[point nine one eight]

And on the Orkneys there’s a place called Twatt

In Kent there's a town called Pratts Bottom

And Lynsore Bottom. Great place to have a spanking good time

This one's not a town but in South London, you'll find two roads, Cock Sure Lane, leading to, Bunkers Hill

[Orient_Man_And_Boy]

In Cumbria there’s a hamlet called ‘Seldom Seen’.

In the past many villages and towns had a place called Gropec@@@ Lane.