Useless Facts #2
*I ended up gettin a lot more useless facts so I had to start another page with them because they werent all fitting on my first page*
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.
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
If you were to spell out numbers, how
far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand
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
The first couple to be shown in bed
together on prime timetelevision were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
State with the highest percentage of
people who walk to work: Alaska.
Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Cost of raising a medium size dog to
the age of eleven: $6,400
Average number of people airborne over
the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair
The world's youngest parents were 8
and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
First novel ever written on a
typewriter: Tom Sawyer
The San Francisco Cable cars are the
only mobile National Monuments
Each king in a deck of playing cards
represents a great king fromhistory: 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
If a statue in the park of a person on
a horse has both front legsin the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one
front legin the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle;if the horse
has all four legs on the ground, the person died ofnatural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration
of Independence on July4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson, most of the rest signedon
August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later
The term "the whole 9 yards"
came from WWII fighter pilots in theSouth Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the
ground, the .50caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, beforebeing loaded
into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo ata target, it got "the whole 9
yards."
Hershey's Kisses are called that
because the machine that makesthem looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt
The phrase "Rule of Thumb"
is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with
anything wider than your thumb
The name Jeep came from the
abbreviation used in the army for the"General Purpose" vehicle or G.P.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II,
moves only six inches for eachgallon of diesel that it burns.
No NFL team which plays its home games
in a domed stadiumhas ever won a Superbowl.
The only two days of the year in which
there are no professionalsports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before andafter
the Major League All-Star Game.
How about this... The nursery rhyme
Ring Around The Roseyis a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plaguewould get
red circular sores (Ring Around the Rosey). Thesesores would smell very badly so common
folk would put flowerson their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it wouldcover
the smell of the sores (a pocket full of poseys...)People who died from the plague would
be burned so as to reducethe possible spread of the disease (ashes, ashes, we all fall
down)
What occurs more often in December
than any other month?Conception
A shark can detect one part of blood
in 100 million parts of water.
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle
represents the number ofingredientsin the sauce.
Your stomach has to produce a new
layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called
a tittle.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh
champagne will bounce upanddown continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
A person cannot taste food unless it
is mixed with saliva.example,if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a
dry tongue,the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of water
isaddedand the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results.Thisis
true for all foods. Try it!
A male emperor moth can smell a female
emperor moth up to 7milesaway.
George Washington grew marijuana in
his garden.
Some insects can live up to a year
without their heads.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its
21-inch tongue!
40% of McDonald's profits come from
the sales of Happy Meals.
Every person has a unique tongue
print.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its
inventor who had red eyes. Hewas albino.
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when
he was nine. His parentsthought he might be retarded.
On average, 12 newborns will be given
to the wrong parents daily.
Money isn't made out of paper, it's
made out of cotton. Beforethe 1950's it was made from Hemp. The stem and leaves of a
marijuana plant.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as
medicine.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one
hand and draw with theotherat the same time.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars
given out during World WarII were made of wood.
The number of possible ways of playing
the first four moves persidein a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing
one testicle.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas
gambling casinos.
There are no words in the dictionary
that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
The numbers '172' can be found on the
back of the U.S. $5 dollarbillin the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors,
also, it took him 10 yearstopaint Mona Lisa's lips.
Bruce Lee was so fast that they
actually had to SLOW a film downsoyou could see his moves. That's the opposite of
the norm.
Bubble gum contains rubber.
The first CD pressed in the US was
Bruce Springsteen's 'Born int heUSA'
By raising your legs slowly and laying
on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
Celery has negative calories! It takes
more calories to eat apieceof celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
An elephant can smell water three
miles away.
Guinness Book of Records holds the
record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat
beans before they go intospace because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under
his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!
Bats always turn left when exiting a
cave!
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have
producedenough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it!)
If you 'pass gas' consistently for 6
years and 9 months, enough gas isproduced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now
that's more likeit!)
The human heart creates enough
pressure when it pumps out to the bodytosquirt blood 30 feet.
A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
Banging your head against a wall uses
150 calories an hour.
Humans and dolphins are the only
species that have sex for pleasure.
The strongest muscle in the body is
the tongue. (Hmmmmm.....)
The ant can lift 50 times its own
weight, can pull 30 times its ownweightand always falls over on its right side when
intoxicated. (Fromdrinkinglittle bottles of...?) (Did the gov't pay for this research??)
The flea can jump 350 times its body
length. It's like a human jumpingthelength of a football field.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Elephants are the only animals that
can't jump.
Starfish don't have brains.
Remember, when someone annoys you, it
takes 42 muscles in your face tofrown. BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and
smack theassholeupside the head.