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Completely Useless (but interesting) Facts.
Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers
in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers - they saw it as competition. It
is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
While performing her duties as queen, Cleopatra sometimes wore a fake
beard.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's
supply of footballs.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
already married.
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and
Budweiser, in that order.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of
their hands.
Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of
vodka.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every
letter in the alphabet.
(Developed by Western Union to test telex/two communications)
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter
is uncopyrightable.
Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore
when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the
ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name
of the Don McLean song.)
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -
Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people
without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the
expression "to get fired."
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law that
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your
thumb.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is
necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still
had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and
whites.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in
Colorado.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a
Superbowl.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports
games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the
Major League All-Star Game.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting
license.
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually
a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating
to the top and sinking to the bottom.
Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.
Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access
to a bomb shelter
Nine pennies weigh exactly one ounce.
Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates
at Harvard
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in
quicksand.
The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from
those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime
scene.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five
must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in
times of war or other emergencies.
On 15 April 1912 the RMS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over
1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by
Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book
described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an
iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of
Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.
While at Harvard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating
on a Spanish exam.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he
was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was
the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Melanie Griffith's mother is actress Tippi Hendren, best known for her
lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
U.S. Interstates which go north-south are numbered sequentially starting
from the west with odd numbers, and Interstates which go east-west are
numbered sequentially starting from the south with even numbers.
According to Genesis 1:20-22 the chicken came before the egg.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
Building is an American flag. We have been told this fact is not true,
can anyone else confirm.
All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or
purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula"-and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size:
"L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a
watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the
stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand
corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the
front upper right-hand corner.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme?
- Paul Reiser himself.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator,
Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence
"Oz." Other reports indicate the story was really about changing from
the gold standard to the silver standard. "OZ" is the abbreviation for
ounce and the "yellow brick road" represents gold bars.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
What occurs more often in December than any other month?
- Conception.
Only 14% of Americans say they've done this with the opposite sex. What
is it?
- Skinny dipping.
What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS, from every other TV show?
- No theme song/music.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
- Their birthplace. This is propinquity.
Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?
- Obsession
More women do this in the bathroom than men.
- Wash their hands. Women ~ 80% Men ~ 55%
What do 100% of all lottery winners do?
- Gain weight.
In a recent survey, Americans revealed that this was their favorite
smell.
- Banana
What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers all have in common?
- All invented by women.
Married men revealed that they do this twice as often as single men.
- Change their underwear.
This stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals causing relaxation. Women seem
to like it light and frequent, men like it more strenuous.
- A kiss
This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
- Honey
There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year.
- Father's Day
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is most ironic?
- He was allergic to carrots.
40% of all people who come to a party in your home do this?
- Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
3.9% of all women surveyed say they never do this.
- Wear underwear.
What common everyday occurrence is composed of 59% nitrogen, 21%
hydrogen and 9% dioxide?
- A fart.
About 1/3 of all Americans say they do this while sitting?
- Flush the toilet.
85% of the guys who die while having sex are doing this.
- Cheating on their wives.
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