Here are some of my favorite pieces of useless trivia.
~A dime has 118 ridges around it.
~A quarter has 119 ridges around it.
~A regulation golf ball has 336 dimples.
~Iceland has a 100% adult literacy rate.
~Rudyard Kipling would only write in black ink.
~The dot above a lower case "i" is called a tittle.
~The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
~The only 10-letter word you can make using the top row of keys on a typewriter is the word "typewriter".
~The 2 longest words that can be typed with only the left hand are "stewardesses" and "reverberated", while the longest word that can be typed with the right hand is "lollipop".
~Zachary Taylor never voted in any election, even his own.
~During his lifetime, Herman Melville's Moby Dick only sold 50 copies.
~60% of all Americans lock their door when they get their mail.
~A carton of cigarettes costs $40 in Canada.
~The suicide rate in Seattle, Washington is higher than in any other city in the United States.
~Americans favorite cheese is cheddar.
~The average person supposedly falls asleep in 7 minutes.
~54% of Americans consider themselves to be Star Trek fans (Not Trekkies, just fans.)
~About 1/3 of Americans flush the toilet while they are still sitting on it.
~The average person laughs 15 times a day.
~Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is actually a star.
~The average bank teller loses $250 dollars a years.
~More people are killed annually by donkeys than by airplane crashes.
~Drivers drive faster with other cars on the road.
~90% of women turn right when they walk into a department store.
~The palms of the hand and the soles of the feet cannot tan.
~The suicide rate of psychiatrists is higher than that of any other profession.
~In New York, 311 people are bitten by rats each year, while 1519 people are bitten by fellow New Yorkers.
~Llamas have bad breath.
~The kiwi is the only bird with nostrils at the end of its beak.
~The shark is the only fish that can blink both eyes.
~An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain.
~A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
~It is physically impossible for a pig to look up at the sky.
~The goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
~The oldest goldfish ever lived for 41 years, its name was Fred.
~Camel's milk does not curdle.
~Starfish have no brains.
~The dog name "Fido" comes from Latin, meaning "I trust thee".
~The pupil of an octopus's eye is rectangular.
~A duck's "quack" doesn't echo.
~Emus and Kangaroos can't walk backwards.
~Birds need gravity to swallow.
~Armadillos are the only animals besides humans that can get leprosy.
~Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet.
~In 1681, that last Dodo bird died.
~Mosquitos have teeth.
~Most cows can give more milk when they listen to music.
~The mass of all the ants on earth is more than the mass of all the people on earth.
~Giraffes only sleep 5 hours a day.
~There are twice as many kangaroos than people in Australia.
~Two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic.
~Blueberry Jelly Bellies were made specifically for Ronald Reagen.
~Calvin Coolidge's will was one sentence long.
~In a speech made in 1961, John F. Kennedy was recored as speaking at 327 words per minute, the fastest in public history.
~JFK could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.
~David Rice Atchinson was, debatably, president of the United States for only one day, March 4, 1849.
~Pope Stephen II only reigned for one day.
~Louis XIV took only 3 baths in his lifetime.
~Prince Charles collects toilet seats.
~King Tut is the only Egyptian pharoah to remain buried in his tomb.
~Abraham Lincoln signed the legislation to create the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the day he was assasinated.
~Babies up to 7 months old can breathe and swallow at the same time.
~The World Trade Center in New York City has 43,600 windows.
~There are 1792 steps in the Eiffel Tower.
~There are 267 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
~There is an odd number of steps on every staircase in Thailand.
~"Forty" is the only number in English which, when spelled out, has all of its letters in alphabetical order.
~The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are "screeched" and "strengths".
~The longest word to have no repeating letters is "uncopyrightable".
~There are 9 different ways to pronounce "ough" in the English language.
~The only word in the english language to have synonyms that are antonyms of each other, is the word "cleave".
~No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, purple, or silver.
~The only 2 syllable word with no natural vowels in "rhythm".
~The difference between a pier and wharf, is that piers run perpendicular to the shoreline, while a wharf runs parallel.
~Australia is the only continent that lacks a volcano or a glacier.
~In Kentucky, 50% of people getting married for the first time are teenagers.
~Donald Duck cartoons were banned from the Netherlands, because Donald Duck doesn't wear pants.
~Howdy Doody has 48 freckles.
~300,000 extras were used in the film "Gandhi".
~Every time Beethoven sat down to write, he would pour ice water over his head.
~The space between your nostrils is called your columella.
~Honey is used in antifreeze mixes.
~Some toothpastes contain anti-freeze.
~Some soft drinks contain coal as sweetner.
~Maine produces more toothpicks than any other U.S. state.
~Texas is the only state that can fly its flag as high as the national flag.
~The Vatican City registered no births in 1983.
~Afghnastan is the only country whose name begins with the letter "A" that doesn't end in the letter "a".
~Leonardo daVinci invented the scissors.
~Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
~One human hair can support 3 kg.
~Your stomach has to make a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks, so it doesn't digest itself.
~An Olympic gold medal must contain 92.5% silver.
~There are five holes in a bagpipe bag.
~Tarzan means "white skin".
~There are only 13 blimps in the world, nine of them are in the U.S.
~The airplane Buddy Holly died on was called "American Pie".
~The only "real" food astronauts are allowed to take into space are pecans.
~The first fortune cookies were created in San Francisco.
~Starburst candy had to change its slogan from "The juice is loose." to "Turn up the juice.", because of the O.J. Simpson fiasco.
~Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
~Currently, Mohammed is the most popular name in the world.
~If Atheism was an organised religion, it would the tenth largest religion in the world.
~On Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's first name was Willy, and the Skipper's name was Jonas Grumby.
~In Los Angeles, there are more cars than people.
~Iodine has no liquid form.
~Most American cars honk in the key of F.
~James Cameron drew all of Jack Dawson's drawings in Titanic.
~In 1904, the head of the patent office said they should close, because everything that could be invented had already been invented.
~John Lennon was the first Beatle to cross Abbey Road.
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