Random Oddities

One day, someone, someware figured out something. Correct as it may have been, it has no purpose in life then to amuse, and make the odd person sound smart over the phone. That is of course until the listener realizes they're just reading this information.

+ The youngest pope, was 11 years old.

+ The worlds youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

+ The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

+ First novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.

+ 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

+ The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldnt beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb

+ The average chocolate bar has 8 insects legs in it.

+ The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

+ A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.

+ The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

+ A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

+ Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.

+ Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

+ Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesnt wear pants.

+ More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

+ Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

+ Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

+ Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

+ If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

+ Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

+ Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

+ The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

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