What is the most obscure tidbit of information that you know?

Question

Just curious as to what sorts of random/unusual/rare facts people get ahold of and/or tend to remember.

Answer 1

we all come from star stuff.

Answer 2

My family calls me a walking, talking encyclopedia of useless information, so here goes:

The architect of the first pyramid (the Step Pyramid), Imhotep, was the person Hollywood chose to resurrect as the mummy in all the horror movies.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on one of his professors in medical school.

There is a fountain in Europe a father erected in honor of his son. The boy was lost, and the father vowed that he would create a fountain of whatever the boy was doing when they found him. He was found peeing in the street.

Answer 3

-Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr was not only beautiful, but smart. She and her husband patented a torpedo detection jamming system before World War II.

-President Bush is a distant relative of the Queen of England.

-The heads of state of Britain, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary during the First World War were all related to each other either by marriage or by blood. Many have called the war a "family affair", even though Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against their family members on the other side.

-The famous cover photo for the 1990 smash hit, 'Pretty Woman' featured body double extraordinaire, Shelley Michelle. In fact, Michelle's famous "body parts" have been featured in a number of Hollywood films. Her legs alone are reportedly insured by Lloyds of London for $1 million.

-Most of the memorable dance sequences for the 1983 movie, 'Flashdance', were performed by professional dancer, Marine Jahan, and not the movie's star, Jennifer Beals.

-The American humorist and writer, Mark Twain, was born and died on years that Halley's Comet returned, 1835 and 1910. Of the comet, Twain remarked in 1909: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet." And indeed he did!

-Although London Bridge never fell down, the famous Victorian Era bridge was taken apart and shipped, piece-by-piece, to be re-constructed in Lake Havasu, Nevada. Of course, a more modern bridge spans the Thames in England today.

-The largest plane ever built, Howard Hughes' flop, the H-4 Hercules (dubbed the "Spruce Goose") was so large, a man could stand inside its wing. Incidentally, the plane was made of laminated birch, not spruce.

-Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only the pyramids of Egypt still survive to this day. Not only are the pyramids massive in size, but the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world until skyscrapers in the early 20th century overtook it in height.

-Mount Everest is so high above sea level that at its apex the high-speed Jet Stream rushes past the tip at over 120 miles an hour. Because of the tremendous force of the wind, climbers generally only have a narrow window of opportunity to climb the mountain in early May and early fall, when the Jet Stream is pushed slightly northwards. At 5 1/2 miles above sea level, this is also the altitude at which many jetliners typically fly.

-Actress Drew Barrymore is only the latest in a long line of famous Barrymores. The Barrymore lineage includes no less than a dozen famous Hollywood actors and Broadway stars, among them Lionel, Ethel and John Barrymore, who was known for his distinguished profile.

Answer 4

OMG! This is hard to answer. Most of the tidbits I know are pretty useless and even less interesting.

It takes 5 gallons of water to flush a home toilet, but only ½ cup of water to flush a home urinal.

Answer 5

The inventor of white out is the mother of Michael Nesmith, the lead guitarist for the Monkees.

Answer 6

The Octopus has small jet like cells under the surface of their skin that open and close like umbrellas that helps them to take on the color of their surroundings as camouflage to protect them from predators...

They can also think, reason, have emotions and feelings (also reflected in their flashes of color) and solve simple problems.

They are my favorite animal...

Michael Nesmith's (from the monkeys) mother... Invented liquid Paper.

Answer 7

Sam The Bartender, Glenn Strange, on "Gunsmoke," portrayed the bad guy on the first episode of "The Lone Ranger" when the Lone Ranger was shot, and thus, was given this title. He was the dastardly fellow who did the shooting!!!
Quick. Call Marshal Dillon!

Answer 8

The longest word I ever found in the dictionary is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconeosis'.
It's a lung disease that affects the silea (very fine hairs inside the lungs).

Answer 9

The guy that played the colonel on Rambo is the Man who invented Tartar sauce.

Answer 10

I find that a pea is buoyant in Sprite

Answer 11

Well..there is no way I can do that?? Kinda` defeats the purpose doesn`t it?? I can`t wait to read the answers and see who spilled their guts.