ShinySideUp said:Apparently one has to post something significant or it doesn't count so I think a series of useless facts might fit the bill:
No 1: The elephant is the only animal with four knees.
Oh dear, I think you need to be disqualified. That isn't a useless fact. It's not even a fact.
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As with ALL quadrupeds, the elephant has knees on the rear legs. On the front legs, the joints halfway up its legs are actually its wrists. The lower part of its leg is the evolutionary equivalent of our hands, and the part of the front leg that it walks on (which support the weight) are the equivalent of our fingers. It's just how the elephant has evolved.
On the subject of knees, as taken from the first of my links, a CAT scan of Tutankhamun's mummified body showed that he had an infected knee, and it may well have been this that caused his death, rather than his brother.
If you would like a useless fact that is a fact, try this
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