Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Dav]

India qualified for the 1950 World Cup but refused to go as FIFA would not let them play barefoot. This remains the only time they have qualified for the tournament.

 

[Wallaby]

Echidnas have no stomachs.

 

[Cold Sober]

Sheep have no brains

 

[Hawk Dork]

Sheep have no brains

only after they have been removed, lightly poached in a court bouillon and then crumbed and fried

 

[Mofra]

Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint

 

[Shell]

Echidnas have no stomachs.

Pls explain where does the food go?!

 

[Mofra]

The eyes of most cereal mascots look down, towards children (their target market).

 

[akkaps]

India qualified for the 1950 World Cup but refused to go as FIFA would not let them play barefoot. This remains the only time they have qualified for the tournament.

Sounds about right.

 

[Wallaby]

Pls explain where does the food go?!

It goes directly to the intestine. The stomach is a sac containing enzymes that enable more complex proteins to be broken down. So they can't digest as efficiently as animals with a stomach.

The platypus is the same, and so are many fish. It's not actually uncommon (although the platypus and echidna are the only mammals).

 

[Dinsdale]

Pepper is indigestible

 

[Moonwatcher]

This page is gold.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Pepper is indigestible

I think peas and corn are pretty much the same but way easier to detect

 

[Dinsdale]

I think peas and corn are pretty much the same but way easier to detect

Yes they are in the spew next to the carrots you didn't eat

 

[SaltPeter]

Yes they are in the spew next to the carrots you didn't eat

The carrots you didn't eat is actually small pieces of you stomach lining

 

[GreyCrow]

The carrots you didn't eat is actually small pieces of you stomach lining

I should have no stomach left then

 

[SaltPeter]

I should have no stomach left then

Apparently it repairs itself

 

[Dinsdale]

I should have no stomach left then

You are a monotreme?

 

[estibador]

I should not have clicked on this page while eating dinner.

 

[Mofra]

During the apartheid era, Scotland changed the street the South African consulate was on to Nelson Mandela Place.

 

[Hawk Dork]

As NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker has said, 'metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.'

“When I quoted Baker at a recent debate at Johns Hopkins University, my opponent, General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, called Baker’s comment 'absolutely correct,' and raised him one, asserting, ‘We kill people based on metadata.’”

 

[Dinsdale]

In "Monty Python and The Holy Grail", they were actually going to use horses, but didn't have enough money. The troupe decided to use the coconuts instead...

 

[Bunk Moreland]

We probably don’t really want to get into footy but one cool one

Fitzroy and University played each other in 1914 at Brunswick St Oval, Fitzroy saluting by 89 points.

But University (Blues) turned the tables in their next meeting, winning by 101 points.

In 2014... 100 years later. (VAFA Premier B)

 

[Craven Morehead]

The hump on a Brahman is not full of water, (you'd be surprised how often this is claimed). It is meat of a similar consistency to brisket and beautiful when slow cooked.

 

[Forward Press]

India qualified for the 1950 World Cup but refused to go as FIFA would not let them play barefoot. This remains the only time they have qualified for the tournament.

It's false. Basically in 1950 the travel costs for a few of the poorer teams would've been prohibitive so they simply elected not to go. Back then the World Cup was barely a blip on the football radar for many nations.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sp...e-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot.html

 

[Dinsdale]

continuing the theme:

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.