Useless Information! AKA Trivia that you cannot live without!

girl_dee · 08-15-2017, 03:29 AM

Did you know that this is Kenny Rogers???

'I Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)'

Share YOUR useless information!

A. Spectre · 08-15-2017, 05:56 AM

Did YOU know radio call letters west of the Mississippi begin with the letter "K"? East of the Mississippi begin with the letter "W."

In 1928, the Federal Radio Commission decided on a few rules that remain in effect to this day:

* all radio/TV call names were required to be four letters in length

* stations east of the Mississippi River were required to start their call names with ‘W’

* stations west of the Mississippi River were required to start their call names with ‘K’

girl_dee · 08-15-2017, 06:17 AM

Did you know that Mick Jagger sang back up on Carly Simon's "You're So Vain?"

Teddybear · 08-15-2017, 07:00 AM

Did you know that weather in the US travels west to east except on the east coast where it can come in from the east and collide with storms from the west causing great havoc at times.

Andrea · 08-15-2017, 07:12 AM

Did you know that only about 30% of solitaire games are winnable no matter how you play them?

Thanks girl_dee. I love trivia.

girl_dee · 08-15-2017, 12:27 PM

Walt Disney had a fear of mice!

C0LLETTE · 10-27-2020, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A. Spectre

Did YOU know radio call letters west of the Mississippi begin with the letter "K"? East of the Mississippi begin with the letter "W."

In 1928, the Federal Radio Commission decided on a few rules that remain in effect to this day:

* all radio/TV call names were required to be four letters in length

* stations east of the Mississippi River were required to start their call names with ‘W’

* stations west of the Mississippi River were required to start their call names with ‘K’

No I didn't know this and it's really interesting.

DYK that Trump's grandfather had to flee Germany to dodge the military draft; ran brothels in Seattle and New York; and was never "Swedish".

Bèsame* · 08-25-2022, 06:41 AM

I found this out this morning...

How thin is a lightning bolt???

The width of a thumb and hotter than the sun
While the intensity of a lightning strike can make them appear as thick bolts across the sky, the actual width of a lightning bolt is only about 2-3 cm.,

cathexis · 08-27-2022, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C0LLETTE

No I didn't know this and it's really interesting.

DYK that Trump's grandfather had to flee Germany to dodge the military draft, ran brothels in Seattle and New York, and was never "Swedish."

Were radio and TV stations that only had three letters in their call sign "grand-fathered" in that 1928 ruling?
We have WLS and 6+ others. They're primarily radio stations, but some are television.

Gemme · 09-15-2017, 05:59 AM

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

girl_dee · 02-03-2018, 12:35 PM

Chewbacca's voice was created by the original films' sound designer, Ben Burtt, from recordings of walruses, lions, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers, and badgers in Burtt's personal menagerie. The individual recordings were mixed at different ratios for Chewbacca's different utterances.

girl_dee · 02-08-2018, 03:43 AM

a group of pugs is called a grumble.

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