The useless facts thread

[milagros317]

The Dodgers entered the National League in 1890 and won the pennant in their very first year. 😀

 

[Camble]

C Thomas Howell got picked for the role of "Marty McFly" in back to the future (I beleive he turned it down due to other commitments so it was offered to Micheal J Fox)

 

[thetmfobserver]

The Q in Q-tip stands for Quality

 

[milagros317]

The National League had 12 teams in 1899 and the Dodgers won the NL pennant that year. 😀

 

[thetmfobserver]

Whose Line is it Anyway had two versions, the British and the American. Eventually, the original British version was filmed in America, which is just strange

 

[paracarl44]

Blueberry flavored jellybeans were created for Ronald Reagan's Inauguration in 1981.

 

[Backstep]

Currently, the highest rated animated film on the Internet Movie Database is Toy Story 3 which is ranked #18.

If you only accept films on that list if they have over 100,000 votes, then it falls to WALL-E at #48.

 

[paracarl44]

Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse was said to have musophia, which is a fear of mice.

 

[Backstep]

In 1997, Reebok was going to unveil a new line of athletic shoes for women.

The name? Incubus. As in the demon who used to rape women in their sleep.

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/incubus.asp

 

[paracarl44]

Hawaii is the only state where the cacao bean is grown to make chocolate.

 

[milagros317]

Helium was discovered on the sun before it was found here on earth. 😱

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

Fenway Park in Boston opened the same week the Titanic sank in 1912

 

[milagros317]

Ebbets Field opened a year later, in 1913. 😀

 

[stroker]

Elephants cant jump

 

[ShadowKat]

This sentence no verbs.

 

[milagros317]

This sentence no verbs.

This sentence every third omitted. 😛

 

[Backstep]

The first rated M adventure game that had a system recommendation of 1 GB of RAM or more was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Culpa Innata was the first with the mature rating for strong sexual content.

 

[CrystalLight]

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

 

[Backstep]

The Super Mario Brothers Theme when put to sheet music contains only two whole notes and one dotted half note, all in the last measure and held with a fremata.

 

[thetmfobserver]

87.2% of statistics are made up.

 

[milagros317]

In the early days of television, there was a VHF channel 1. 😱

 

[thetmfobserver]

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

 

[milagros317]

There are more rats than people in NYC. 😱

 

[smokinj]

While skydiving, there is no need to breathe, the body gets enough oxygen during freefall through the pores of the skin.

 

[thetmfobserver]

Tomato juice is the official state beverage of Ohio.