New thread. Unlike the randomness thread where we post whatever we are feeling/thinking/doing, in this thread, post whatever useless pieces of trivia you may learn or have already known.

I'll start.




As we all know, the infamous child's song goes:

"London Bridge is falling down.
Falling down.
Falling down.
London Bridge is falling down.
My fair lady."

However, this song continues on FOREVER. There are way more versus than just the infamous first verse! The song continues:

"Build it up with wood and clay.
Wood and clay.
Wood and clay.
Build it up with wood and clay.
My fair lady.

Wood and clay will wash away.
Wash away.
Wash away.
Wood and clay will wash away.
May fair lady.

Build it up with bricks and mortar.
Bricks and mortar.
Bricks and mortar.
Build it up with bricks and mortar.
My fair lady.

Bricks and mortar will not stay.
Will not stay.
Will not stay.
Bricks and mortar will not stay.
My fair lady.

Build it up with silver and gold.
Silver and gold.
Silver and gold.
Build it up with silver and gold.
My fair lady."

You would think that the song, by now, would be reaching the end, or close to. But no. It continues:

"Silver and gold will be stolen away.
Stolen away.
Stolen away.
Silver and gold will be stolen away.
My fair lady."

So the solution to this?:

"Set a man to watch all night.
Watch all night.
Watch all night.
Set a man to watch all night.
My fair lady."

But wait, there's more! Men are not robots. There are certain things they need to do to live:

"Suppose the man should fall asleep?
Fall asleep.
Fall asleep.
Suppose the man should fall asleep?
My fair lady."

Alas:

"Give him a pipe to smoke all night.
Smoke all night.
Smoke all night.
Give him a pipe to smoke all night.
My fair lady."

And so concludes the song.
The overall conclusion?
Let a man blaze all day, and the world functions JUUUST fine.

not really trivia but I always find it amusing when people find out that penguins are not in the artic, so they are not polar bear food.

AmberL wrote:


Well, I would consider it trivia... I didn't know that! Lmao.

Dark meat is slow twitch muscle and is fattier cause it has more fuel stored. White meat is fast twitch muscle.

"The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it"

A 15 lbs fish could drag the average man under water.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, or it will digest itself.

The human head weighs 8 pounds

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

A duck's quack has no echo.

Mel Blanc - the guy who did the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots

A blue whale produces 30,0000 gallons of sperm.

This year October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.