Yet more useless facts

[peachyboo]

It's estimated that more than 6 billion copies of the bible have been printed.
A baseball hit by a bat can travel as fast as 120 miles per hour.
The largest iceberg ever found was 208 miles long and 60 miles wide. That's bigger than Massachusetts.
Cows can smell odors six miles away.
It takes 548 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
The digestive track in a person's body is about 30 feet long.
Astronaut Shannon Lucis spent 188 days in a row in space-that's the American record.
Horses can sleep standing up.
Rafflesia flowers attract pollinating flies by looking and smelling like rotten meat.
Pain signals travel along hour nerves at 50 feet per second.
Spokane, WA, is the top soup-eating town in the U.S. On average, each household eats about 25 cans per year.
On average, one heartbeat pumps five tablespoons of blood.
Scientists estimate up to 20 percent of the world's plant and animal species may be extinct by the year 2000.
Some kids in Texas have the longest school bus ride in the U.S.-179 miles round trip.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
More than 20 million meteroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day-most are no bigger than a speck of dust.
Europe is the only continent without a desert.
Caterpillars have more than 2,000 muscles in their bodies.
The Venus flytrap takes less than half a second to slam shut on an insect.
Each day, about 40 million Americans eat peanut butter.
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to run your TV for three hours.
Rockets were first made by the Chinese more than 750 years ago.
The world's largest flower is the Rafflesia arnoldi. It can grow to the size of an umbrella.
The average human brain weighs three pounds.
In Australia, a hurricane is called a willy-willy.
During the Middle Ages, people used spider webs to try to cure warts.
After bananas, a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery.
On average, humans have 9,000 taste buds in their mouths, tongues, and throats.
More redheads are born in Scotland than in any other part of the world.
Seventy-five percent of house dust is dead skin cells.
Most stars shine for at least 10 billion years.
The eyes of a giant squid are 15 inches across-larger than any other animal.
California condors can fly 10 miles without flapping their wings.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses.
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones.
In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons.
Slugs have 4 noses.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue.
The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year.
There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses.
Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes.
Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy.
A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs.
A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world.
The starfish is one of the only animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out.
The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.
America once issued a 5-cent bill.
You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under is cap to keep him cool.
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America.
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs.
Dogs and cats consume almost $7 billion worth of pet food a year.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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[klaus]

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.

and each time, it takes roughly one square inch. times sixty minutes an hour, times24 hours a day, times 365 days a year=3,153,600,000 a year.

the earths land surface area is 57,470,000 square miles. times 27878400.0 (tosquare feet) times 144 to square inches.= 2,307,127,173,000,000 equalss roughly 73,158,522.74 years until we can be sure that lightning has struck the same place twice.
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Let the world be fair. But if the world will be unfair, let it be unfair in my favor.

[klaus]

[aqualung]

[peachyboo]

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted.
Arms and legs are "limbs" therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the _expression "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."

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As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year!
(May and October).Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved! Their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. The wigs couldn't be washed so to clean them, they could carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.

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In the late 1700s many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board was folded down from the wall and used for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Once in a while an invited guest would be offered to sit in this chair during a meal (who was almost always a man). To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge.
Sitting in the chair, one was called the "chair man." Today in business we use the expression/title "Chairman, or Chairman of the Board."

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Needless to say, personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions. When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told "mind your own bee's wax."
Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile."
Also, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt and therefore the _expression "losing face."

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Ladies wore corsets which would lace up in the front. A tightly tied lace was worn by a proper and dignified lady as in "straight laced."

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Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "ace of spades." To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."

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Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what was considered important to the people. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs and bars who were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and thus, we have the term "gossip."

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At local taverns, pubs and bars, people drank from pint and quart sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts." Hence the term "minding your "'P's and Q's."
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Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart.

[Buzzzz]

In days gone by, a waiter/waitress was given a small bit of money before the meal To Insure Promptness of service. Or a TIP for short. I guess it didn't work too good, since it is now paid after the meal, and the service can be evaluated as how large a gratuity to leave.
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Oye Como Va, Mi Ritmo, bueono pa' gozar, mulata

[Southpaw]

Little known fact:

My entire house smells like Chili. Tobasco, Rotel, and dark Kidney beans.

You have to go outside for a few minutes and then come back in to get the full effect.

Psycho Kitty comes and goes about 10 times per day. Only a fool (like me) would open the door for him this many times. In or Out?

Oh, wait, Psyches is at the door, time to let him in.
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[HolyHandGrenade]

[Southpaw]

I'm not really big on all the img copy and paste thingys.

But I can say that mycathatesyou.com is funny.
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[peachyboo]

Krispy Kreme makes about 5 million doghnuts a day.

In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

A giraffe can clean its ear with its tongue

One gram of venom from a king cobra can kill 150 people.

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

Over 1000 birds die a year from smashing into windows.

Americans will consume 10 million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

Due to turkey's high sulphur content, Americans will also produce enough gas to fly a fleet of 75 Hindenburghs from L.A to New York in 24 hours.

Cows poop 16 times a day.

The capital of Vermont, Montpelier, is the only capital that does not have a McDonalds.

The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes.

The official color of Marge Simpsons' hair is RGB 23,145,255.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.

Until 1990, sausages were still legal tender in East Germany.

No war has been fought where both countries had a Mcdonalds.

Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories.

A parrots beak can close with a force of 350 pounds per square inch.

Lisa Simpsons' indian name is "Girl who thinks too much"

Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.

A baby in Florida was named Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny.

A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle.

According to Homer Simpsons, a man must walk down 7 roads before you can call him a man.

Battle Creek, Michigan produces more breakfast cereals than any other city in the world.

Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans.

Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.

Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.

The official color of Bart Simpsons' shorts is RGB 33,209,255.

Kraft produces enough Cool Whip in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.

Pound cake is called pound cake because the original recipe required one pound of butter.

Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States.

Z.I.P = Zone Improvement Program

The gummy candy that Homer Simpsons takes off of Ashley Grants butt is in the shape of David Venus de Milo.

Workers building the first tanks were told that the machines would be used to transport water on the battlefield. They shipped the machines in crates marked "tank," and the name stuck.

WD-40 = Water Displacement, 40th Attempt

Bears hibernating don't go to the bathroom for 4 months.

The official color of Homer Simpsons' pants is RGB 112,209,255.

According to Sideshow Bob the perfect side dish for revenge is cattle chips.

Maggie Simpsons' cost in the opening titles is $847.63 - the amount of money required to raise a baby for one month in the US.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris.

Bart Simpsons' indian name is "Boy who wears underpants on head"

The first ever "World Summit on Toilets" was held in Singapore in November 2001.

One beaver can cut down 216 trees a year.

Any rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

The Taco Bell dog is a female. Her name is Gidget.

Homer Simpsons' look-alike is named Guy Incognito.

The official color of the Simpsons' skin is RGB 255,217,15.

Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise.

The save icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters on backwards.

8,800 people injure themselves with a toothpick each year.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

"7-Up" was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"

Springfield is in the state of North Takoma, eight miles from Toon Town.

Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.

The reason why women's dress shirt buttons are on the left and men's on the right is because when buttons were first used during the Victorian period maids used to dress the ladies, and since the maids put on their shirts the buttons were put on the servant's right.

In a game of Scrabble Bart Simpsons used to word "Kwyjibo" to mean a "fat, dumb, balding, North American ape with no chin".

Principal Skinners' real name is Arman tanzarian.

M&M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie.

The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the fourty-eight poorest nations.

A child uses 730 crayons by their 10th birthday.

The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright

The official color of Lisa Simpsons' dress is RGB 255,54,15.

The Krusty Home Pregnancy Test may cause birth defects.

The people of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured Jell-O in the United States.

The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the north slope. Unless the bear lives in the southern hemisphere.

It takes 142 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.

A snail takes 33 hours to crawl one mile.
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Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart.

[klaus]

been watching simpsons, have you?
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Let the world be fair. But if the world will be unfair, let it be unfair in my favor.

[Rurik]

Specially for Lilywhite, from the Yay make your own words thread.


The active poison in the Brain Mushroom (gyromitra esculenta) is monomethyl hydrazine, a substance which is also a main component of missile fuel.
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I refuse to become a rhinoceros.

[Rurik]

[peachyboo]

[i<3ska]

more people vote for american idol than the president
70% of americans say they would watch a show where people got executed.
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they always told me not to play with gasoline all it takes is just one spark and you'll light a fire- IV4K