Vain, self-serving, egotistical and pointless nonsense (From Swindon Advertiser)

Vain, self-serving, egotistical and pointless nonsense

8:25pm Thursday 22nd September 2011

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I imagine most of you consider the social networking site Twitter to be just a load of vain, self-serving, egotistical and pointless nonsense.

But if you look deeper you can see that it is a great source of discovering up-to-date news; a platform to unite strangers against a wrong doing and somewhere for people to showcase their work and get instant feedback on art, literature and other forms of entertainment.

Last week, for example, I was bored and appealed to Twitter to tell me a fact that I don't already know. Here are the results (I've kept them anonymous): "The Inventor of the electric fence came from New Zealand"

"I don't like talking on the phone"

"Cisco is short for San Francisco"

"People can re-grow ribs if lost/removed. And children below 10ish can regrow finger tips if the end isn't closed up"

"The Danish flag is the oldest one still in use by an independent nation..."

"...It is said to have fallen from the sky during a battle in Estonia, thus handing the Danes the victory..."

"...for this reason it is considered bad luck for the flag to touch the ground, as it 'fell from heaven'"

"The Dutch national anthem still pledges life long loyalty to the king of Spain"

"Mark Twain was born and died on days when Haley's comet could be seen"

"Blondes have more hair per square inch than redheads"

"The inventor of 7up was albino"

"Camel's milk cannot curdle"

"Monkeys cannot play tennis"

"When the new American nation was choosing a flag one of the founding fathers suggested they just steal the Danish one"

"Gnomes originate from 18th century Germany"

"Cats can't get scurvy because their bodies create vitamin C. It's believed humans once could too, but lost the ability"

"The colour 'orange' was named after the fruit and NOT the other way around"

"Apparently horses can recognise themselves in a mirror"

"Dogs can smell a spider anywhere in the same room"

So, as you can see, Twitter is just a load of vain, self-serving, egotistical and pointless nonsense. Quite fun when you're lonely, though.

p.s. Please leave a comment below if you wish to dispute any of these facts or enlighten me with an interesting fact of you're own.

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