the most useless trivia ever!

[Ken Gargett]

i see my friend mika27 accusing me of posting clickbait! oh shame, surely every post is concise, relevant and essential to life as we know it.

however, to make my friend happy, the most useless bit of trivia ever.

fans of the show 'Frasier' (and who isn't), the little bit of the theme tune that starts each show - something was a bit odd and i did some thorough research - see, essential to life as we know it.

the theme is a little bit different every time. slightly different instruments, slightly altered tune. if you doubt it, video a number of them and listen to the opening themes. i'd never noticed before despite watching the show a squillion times - because the differences are very small.

why this should be so, i have no idea.

[NSXCIGAR]

And was sung by Kelsey Grammer. 

[fabes]

I picked up on this as my wife binged through Frasier a few months back as background noise. 

Clickbait Ken. 

Should have known. Something about a bar...

[Ken Gargett]

1 minute ago, NSXCIGAR said:

And was sung by Kelsey Grammer. 

actually no. the opening theme is sans vocals. he sings the closing theme.

[El Presidente]

Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters

[planetary]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

[gweilgi]

The first manned flight in Australia was performed by Harry Houdini (yes, that Houdini), in 1910.

[SirVantes]

Snakes have two dicks. They're called hemipenes.

[El Presidente]

 Polar bears are left-handed.

[pilar]

For every degree above 37C, oxygen demand increases by roughly 13%

[planetary]

Danny DeVito used to work in a funeral home as a hairdresser.

[oliverdst]

Do not click here. 

[Dimmers]

When Chuck Norris was born, he drove his mum home from the hospital.

[PapaDisco]

There's no such thing as Global Warming . . . Chuck Norris was chilly so he turned the Sun up . . .

[MIKA27]

3 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

i see my friend mika27 accusing me of posting clickbait! oh shame, surely every post is concise, relevant and essential to life as we know it.

however, to make my friend happy, the most useless bit of trivia ever.

fans of the show 'Frasier' (and who isn't), the little bit of the theme tune that starts each show - something was a bit odd and i did some thorough research - see, essential to life as we know it.

the theme is a little bit different every time. slightly different instruments, slightly altered tune. if you doubt it, video a number of them and listen to the opening themes. i'd never noticed before despite watching the show a squillion times - because the differences are very small.

why this should be so, i have no idea.

Ahhhhh Ken. Well at least we are indeed friends.

On the topic of Fraser, I too am a fan so your trivia is actually welcome.

I have another for you, HERE is the actual story of the Fraser song meaning of Tossed scrambled eggs : Because I am almost certain we have all wondered what the hell that meant.  

[MIKA27]

John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.

Oh the irony!

[polarbear]

Air becomes toxic to divers below 60 meters deep

[Ken Gargett]

22 minutes ago, MIKA27 said:

Ahhhhh Ken. Well at least we are indeed friends.

On the topic of Fraser, I too am a fan so your trivia is actually welcome.

I have another for you, HERE is the actual story of the Fraser song meaning of Tossed scrambled eggs : Because I am almost certain we have all wondered what the hell that meant.  

brilliant!

and he says he comes up with around 25 of those little opening bits. oh the walls are coming down.

 

as for  the rest of you, do you not understand the concept of trivia? or at least, really useless trivia? all i see is facts about the natural world, science and literature which are all fascinating but trivia? (not touching chuck but that does not fall under trivia - more under philosophies of life). and literature is rob and his  alphabet so we are scraping the barrel there.

trivia, people, trivia!

 

[El Presidente]

Fear of an empty glass is called cenosillicaphobia.

[Ken Gargett]

9 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

Fear of an empty glass is called cenosillicaphobia.

and that information is plastered all over a bottle of wine from d'arenberg.

[polarbear]

1 million seconds equals 11.6 days

1 Billion seconds equals 31.7 years

[Fuzz]

If you stroke a shark from nose to tail, it is smooth. If you stroke it the other way it is rough, and in some species, may cause skin lacerations.

[polarbear]

The world is actually flat

[PapaDisco]

5 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

If you stroke a shark from nose to tail, it is smooth. If you stroke it the other way it is rough, and in some species, may cause skin lacerations.

I don't think you have to pet the shark to get the lacerations . . . just treading water next to the thing ought to do the trick! 

[cigcars]

39 minutes ago, PapaDisco said:

I don't think you have to pet the shark to get the lacerations . . . just treading water next to the thing ought to do the trick! 

      It's said that to dissuade a shark poke him in the eye/punch him in the nose...."You're not gonna eat me, are you, Mr. Shark!?" Rubbing his eye and massaging his nose, looks at you and says -- "I am NOW !"