What pointless pieces of information do you have stored away in your brain?

PizzamanIRL · 01-09-2015 01:35PM

Wossack wrote: »

how to peel an orange, in one continuous piece, such that when laid flat, the peel looks like a big dick

I said pointless, not amazing.

Huntergonzo · 01-09-2015 02:12PM

Technically the Earth and all the other planets don't orbit the Sun, they (along with the sun) orbit the centre of mass of the solar system otherwise known as the barycentre (just think of barry's tea and won't forget).

TheLastMohican · 01-09-2015 02:41PM

Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam

jimgoose · 01-09-2015 02:46PM

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Technically the Earth and all the other planets don't orbit the Sun, they (along with the sun) orbit the centre of mass of the solar system otherwise known as the barycentre (just think of barry's tea and won't forget).

P'shaw. A sideshow, a mere bagatelle. The Universe and everything in it is expanding at terrific speed. This is no straightforward matter of everything flying away from everything else, like Gravity's demented half-brother. Oh no, the very fabric of space-time itself is expanding. Think about it. This means that eventually you, I and everyone here present will transform into the most diffuse gas imaginable - what astronomers call a Giant Windbag.

coffeepls · 01-09-2015 02:48PM

When elephants flap their ears, they're angry.

Menas · 01-09-2015 02:51PM

Horses can't vomit. Dont know why I know that, but I do.

Boom_Bap · 01-09-2015 02:52PM

A pigs orgasm can last up to 30 minutes.
They are also the only animal that mate for pleasure as well as reproduction.

Menas · 01-09-2015 02:53PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

They are also the only animal that mate for pleasure as well as reproduction.

Humans are animals....and I have met one or two who mate for pleasure!!

ciarang85 · 01-09-2015 03:08PM

Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie

Mint Sauce · 01-09-2015 03:09PM

The family homes phone number from about 16 years ago. Now thanks to mobiles I cant even remember our current one, dispite them having it most of that time since.

Same applies to other numbers I used to ring before mobiles became popular.

A number plate of a car my dad owned for about 6 months 20 years ago, for some reason of all the cars he owned, its in my memory for some reason. Also remember the number plates of any car I owned.

osarusan · 01-09-2015 03:10PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

A pigs orgasm can last up to 30 minutes.

I don't think my wife would appreciate being called a pig.

magic_murph · 01-09-2015 03:21PM

My Boards.ie password.

nathang20 · 01-09-2015 03:57PM

If the USA alone were to shake the last few drops of fuel from the pump into the vehicle, it would save on average of 124,000 litres of fuel per day.

cowboyBuilder · 01-09-2015 05:01PM

conorhal wrote: »

After obsessively watching Aliens as a teenager I'm confident that I could perform the entire film's dialogue in 'Aliens: The One Man Show'.

I think i can do the same for The Terminator XD

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-09-2015 05:10PM

I reckon I could name about 90% of US state capitals off the top of my head.

Galwayguy35 · 01-09-2015 05:56PM

"An bhfuil cead agam dul chuig on leithreas", the spelling is probably wrong but it's the only bit of Irish I can remember 30 years after learning it.

One eyed Jack · 01-09-2015 06:27PM

"Sesquipedalian", one of those long words hardly anyone ever uses.

thee glitz · 01-09-2015 06:41PM

C4's 'Peep Show' is set in Croydon. They changed the theme tune after season 1.

01-09-2015 06:54PM

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

I know that at the beginning of 50 Cent's song In Da Club, he says "Go" seven times before he gets into the song.

Each verse rapped in 21 Seconds To Go by So Solid Crew lasts exactly 21 seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7VhofoV3qs

CFlat · 01-09-2015 06:59PM

Modern Formula 1 cars, at high speeds, develop enough downforce to theoretically be able to drive upside down on a ceiling.

rainbowtrout · 01-09-2015 06:59PM

libelula wrote: »

Numberplates.
I generally know people's cars by their numberplate before I ever see if it's them driving :rolleyes:

I'm not the only one!!

rainbowtrout · 01-09-2015 07:04PM

All of the land line numbers of my childhood friends.
All of my former car registrations. All of my dad's cars since I was a child.
All of the elements on the periodic table.
All of the american states.
All of the ID numbers of my class in college (30 of us) - from 15 years ago.

generally stuff that involves numbers.

Overheal · 01-09-2015 07:44PM

SEGA GENESIS ALADDIN LEVEL CODE

ABU
ALADDIN
GENIE
JASMINE

July 4, 1993.

LoonyLovegood · 01-09-2015 07:55PM

I can recite the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone from memory.

01-09-2015 07:56PM

Huey Lewis of the news played on Live and Dangerous of the Thin Lizzy

thee glitz · 01-09-2015 07:59PM

There are 9mn bicycles in Beijing.

Earthhorse · 01-09-2015 08:08PM

conorhal wrote: »

Pfft* 'I just need to know one thing, where they are....'

Yeah, right. Somebody said aliens, you thought they said "illegal aliens" and signed up.

cmore123 · 01-09-2015 08:15PM

India is a very big country.

Burkie94 · 01-09-2015 08:24PM

That the 100 years war lasted 116 years.

Although it has come up in the odd pub quiz so maybe not entirely pointless!

cowboyBuilder · 01-09-2015 08:35PM

I can recite Pi to 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 digits

What pointless pieces of information do you have stored away in your brain?

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