The useless, but interesting facts thread.

[Bowhunter9790]

I'm still too busy looking at the size of my thumbs from the useless facts post I read the other day on here.

Lol that was funny!

[Bowhunter9790]

You cannot lick your elbow!

[TexasAggie'16]

In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears but waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a picture is illegal..

[Matteo]

You cannot lick your elbow!

Thats ok. My elbow isn't really high on the list of things that I want licked.

[mikemorvan]

You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than eight times.

[SouthTX1911]

You can't fold a piece of paper in half more than eight times.

I thought it was 7? Is it 8?

[Matteo]

you mean standard sheet of paper right?

[Death Dealer]

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

That's hard to fathom.

[mikemorvan]

Maybe it's seven. It doesn't matter what size the paper is.

[Matteo]

That's hard to fathom.

A fathom is a unit of measurement for depth of water that is 6 ft and was originally measured by a mans outstretched arms.

[Matteo]

Maybe it's seven. It doesn't matter what size the paper is.

So if I had a 10ft sheet of paper, you are sayin I couldn't fold it eight times?

[mikemorvan]

So if I had a 10ft sheet of paper, you are sayin I couldn't fold it eight times?

Tru dat. You can't fold it IN HALF eight times, maybe seven. I'll have to rerun the experiment.

[westtexducks]

Tru dat. You can't fold it IN HALF eight times, maybe seven. I'll have to rerun the experiment.

I only got 6 folds.

[Stuck]

It's going to be a while before Matteo can locate a 10' sheet of paper. He's already failed in trying to fold a 8 x 10 sheet several times.

[El Coyote]

The Titanic built by professionals
The Ark built by an Amateur