noah (of "the ark" fame)
was the great-great-great-great-great-great-great -granson of adam, the father of the race.

also, genesis 6:4 in "the message" version of the bible tells us:

"This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones."

so, giants did exist, and they were the children of male angels and female humans.

biblical trivia rules!

/christian
(notjustahatrack peeling a sausage..., Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:22, Reply)

Yeah, thanks.
A couple of years ago at work, the email server went down. When it was brought back online, somebody 'upstairs' sent an email around the office, politely informing everybody that they could now access their email.

A different slant on 'useless information'. If you want to be pedantic, however, did you know that the word 'robot' is derived from the Czech term for a slave - 'robotnik'.
(Green-Alsatian, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:20, Reply)

Re dragonish
I am serious. You obviously didn't have it done to you hard enough.

The pain so is all emcompassing that it would probably stop child birth too!
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:20, Reply)

I believe I am correct, BUT
if you are splashed by water that has been given flight by a carriage (car hitting a puddle in other words) you can challenge the driver to a duel to the death, legally.
( GrandmaOfShoes, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:17, Reply)

Only two people in the world
know the complete recipe to Irn-Bru.
(Andy-, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:15, Reply)

bible
the word brain is not found in the bible. So there is no chance of you finding any godly spicy brains

edit: brett3005 I just tried the nipple twister thing, you CAN whistle
( SarahRatt, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:14, Reply)

did you know ...
walt disney was a facist and he kept a picture of hitler by his bed
(count cherry, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:09, Reply)

For St Patrick...
Irish scientists first developed a way of mixing alcohol and cream in 1974, with Baileys being the first "Irish cream" to be launched (on 26th November 1974). Today, one third of all cows' milk produced in Eire is used in the production of Irish creams.

Also Guiness is the number one alcoholic drink in both Nigeria and Malaysia.
( timothycrippins, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 19:08, Reply)

ok then
Bugs bunny was orginally called Happy rabbit.

Saint John was the only one of the 12 apostles to die a natural death.

The religion of the Todas people of southern India forbids any of them from crossing any kind of bridge.

Playing music containing augmented 4th chords used to be avoided because it was thought to invoke the Devil.
( Plomien is Polish for flame, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:59, Reply)

Useless trivia
You can not whistle when you are the receipent of a double nipple twister!

Hence the scottish playground taunt of "whistle!" whilst being effectivley disabled by having your nips turned through 270 degrees.

Consenting adults need only attempt this....
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:57, Reply)

Fog and mist
If visibility is greater than 1 kilometre, it is mist. If less than 1 kilometre, it is fog
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:57, Reply)

Elephants have prehensile cocks






they're all made of spoons
(Slyph, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:56, Reply)

Sue Barker
was born on the same day Prince Rainier of Monaco married Grace Kelly (19th April 1956).

Sir Sand Goblin has the same hair as Neil out of The Young Ones

Orson Welles and Yul Brynner died on the same day (10th October 1985).

Monkeys have no words for anything.

I don't really live on a farm.
( dotmund .co.uk, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:56, Reply)

There are more stars in the universe
than there are grains of sand on the earth.
(lost_monkey, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:53, Reply)

The number of possible ways
of playing just the first four moves on each side of a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:53, Reply)

Democracy
"the UK is the only democracy to have a non-elected governing body (the house of lords)"

Nope! Canada also has a non-elected governing body - the Senate. It is populated by peckerheads and somnambulists that would never succeed in winning an election. So they don't have to.
(Just a stub, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:49, Reply)

England and Portugal have never been at war with each other.
It is probably the longest unbroken peace between nations in the world.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:47, Reply)

how many bricks make up the magic castle at disneyworld in florida?
none. it's cement

bart simpson has 9 spikes on his head

<sub>inspired by me

someone once wanked 4 times in 24 hours</sub>
( abandonnship, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:44, Reply)

A dwarf eighteen inches high
served as a captain of cavalry in the British Army. He was Jeffery Hudson and lived from 1619 to 1682.

He made his first recorded appearance when he was served inside a pie at the table of the Duke of Buckingham's table.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:44, Reply)

and again
Thomas Crapper invented the flushing toilet.
( Brown cow, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:44, Reply)

The Barnacle
It has a penis more than seven times the length of its body. When mating, it just whips it out and lets it flail around for the nearest other barnacle.

Lucky thing.
(Lord of the Beans, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:44, Reply)

Ooh ooh me again!
Anne Bolynne had six fingers on each hand and three breasts!
( Brown cow, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:44, Reply)

Finally! A chance for me to shine!
a dilemma with three alternatives is called a trilemma
(Flabbergaster laughs at danger (and breaks all the rules), Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:43, Reply)

Can't be arsed to look
but has anyone said dogs can't look up?
( Brown cow, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:41, Reply)

A mosquito
has 47 teeth.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:40, Reply)

Aah yes
It's also legal to shoot a scotsman with a crossbow on a foggy tuesday morning in certain parts of yorkshire, just as long as you're in a castle. (or something like that).
( Brown cow, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:39, Reply)

Aah yes
My sexist twunt of a manager down at the fat farm says that you only need 3 hours sleep a night. as your body works in hour and a half blocks.
TWAT!
if that was true people would sleep for that long!
( Brown cow, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:37, Reply)

Arsenal
football club is named after an area (Woolich Arsenal) though did not change the name when they moved from Woolich to North London
(monaxle Ban the Mindreaders, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:36, Reply)

The digestive juices of crocodiles
contain so much hydrochloric acid they have dissolved iron spearheads and six inch steel hooks that the croc has swallowed.
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:34, Reply)

The first motion picture
copyrighted in the USA showed a man in the act of sneezing (1894).
( Roman Totale, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 18:31, Reply)