heres some useless facts i got themm from the following websites. there is a lot more on the sites then i have here so check em out
Blue is the favorite color of 80% of Americans.
There is an army general in Liberia who use to lead his army into battle naked.
His name was General Butt Naked. He is now an evangelical preacher
Studies show most people in America who own running shoes don�t run.
Wet sand actually weighs less than dry sand.
Michael J. Fox�s middle name is Andrew.
Most people incorrectly believe bees are solely responsible for fertilizing flowers, but actually flies (60,000 species of them) fertilize 80% of all flowers.
The sound you hear when you hold a seashell to your ear isn�t coming from the shell. The sound is that of the blood coursing through your ear.
For the Dutch, Rice Krispies don�t "snap, crackle, pop." Instead, it�s "pif, paf, pof."
You might be surprised to learn that not all penguins like cold weather. The Jackass Penguin lives in temperate areas of South Africa.
The pupil of the eye isn�t black. It�s actually clear. The black we see is the darkness of the inside of the eye.
Cold showers actually increase sexual arousal, despite that�s commonly believed.
Ocean water isn�t blue. Or green. Or any other color, for that matter. It�s clear. Oceans look blue or green because of the reflections from the sky above or the vegetation below.
Walt Disney's autograph bears no resemblance to the famous Disney logo
Roasted peanuts aren�t roasted. They are boiled in oil.
Diamonds are not the most valuable gems. Rubies are
Do you think coupons save money? Studies have shown that frequent coupon users have higher grocery bills than those who shop without them�as much as 84% higher. Coupon shoppers tend to overlook equally good alternative brands that cost less than the name item, with or without the discount.
Not all animals can vomit. Rats don�t have that ability.
Antarctica is actually a desert.
Contrary to what most people believe, earthworms don�t come out of the ground when it rains to avoid drowning. They love the moisture. They come out of the ground to mate
Birds don�t fly by flapping their wings up and down as is popularly held. Their wings actually move forward and backward, in the shape of a figure eight.
Most people think that when you snap your fingers, it�s the thumb and finger separating that makes the noise. Actually, it�s the finger hitting against the heel of the thumb.
Wyoming Valley isn�t in Wyoming�it�s in Pennsylvania.[duh]
It is a misconception that women change their minds more than men�research has shown that the opposite is true.
Killer whales are not whales. They are dolphins.
Lucille Ball wasn't a natural redhead. Originally she was a brunette.
It's not the mosquito's bite that causes you to itch, but rather the bug's saliva, which it uses to numb the point of insertion so you don't feel the bite.
Raindrops aren't actually teardrop shaped as is popularly believed. They are rounded at the top and flat on the bottom.
Almonds aren't a member of the nut family--they're a member of the peach family.
People didn't always throw rice at weddings. In the Middle Ages, you were supposed to throw eggs at the bride and groom
Contrary to what you see in movies, if you raise your legs slowly and lay on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
Polar bear fur isn't white as most believe, it's clear.
Sharks have a bad reputation, but in fact, you are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark
Contrary to popular belief, it�s not impossible to sell an Eskimo a refrigerator--some have been known to use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.
There are no bones in an elephant�s trunk, just 40,000 muscles.
Most people would be surprised to discover that starfish have no brain.
Moths do not eat clothes. It's their larvae that does the damage
There is no such place as Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It's Pittsburgh--the only one in the country.
While the average cost of air travel is about $60 per hour, using an airphone during that plane trip can cost as much as $160 per hour.
You're just as likely to die by falling out of bed then you are to get struck by lightning; each is a 1 in 2,000,000 chance. You have a 1 in 3,000,000 chance of being killed by a snake.
When a piece of glass cracks, the crack travels faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids
Results of a survey show that 76 percent of women make their bed every day, compared to 46 percent of men.
To pass U.S. Army basic training, young female recruits must do 17 pushups in two minutes. Males must do 40 pushups in two minutes.
A Club Med survey found that couples who dieted while on vacation argued three times more often than those who didn't, and that those who didn't diet had three times as many romantic interludes.
A McDonald's straw will hold 7.7 ml, or just over one-and-a-half teaspoons of whatever you are drinking. This means that it would take 17,000 strawfuls of water to fill up a 34 gallon bathtub.
A recent Gallup survey showed that in the United States, 8 percent of kissers kept their eyes open, but more than 20 percent confessed to an occasional peek. Forty-one percent said they experienced their first serious smooch when they were 13, 14, or 15 years old; 36 percent between the ages of 16 and 21. The most memorable kiss in a motion picture was in Gone With The Wind, according to 25 percent of those polled.
About 24 percent of alcoholics die in accidents, falls, fires, or suicides.
About 70 percent of American households buy yellow mustard every year.
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
According to Hallmark�, the average person receives eight birthday cards annually.
According to hospital figures, dogs bite an average of 1 million Americans a year.
According to one source, about 66 percent of magazines found tossed along U.S. roadsides are pornographic.
According to one source, Americans buy about 5 million things that are shaped like Mickey Mouse, or have a picture of Mickey Mouse on them, in the course of one day.
In a survey conducted by a women's magazine, 70 percent of female respondents said they would rather have chocolate than sex, according to the Chocolate Manufacturers Association.
According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction
According to suppliers, Purple is by far the favorite ink color in dabbers used by bingo players.
Seventy percent of house dust is made up of dead skin flakes.
Since its introduction in February 1935, more than 150 million Monopoly board games have been sold worldwide.
In the United States, more than 25 percent of women's fashion dollars are spent on sizes 16 and up.
Americans will hold more parties in their homes on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year.
It has been estimated that at least 33 percent of blondes in the U.S. are not natural.
It has been estimated that the typical American will spend an average of 2 years of his/her life reading newspapers.
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named "Jesus Christ."
In Brazil, a traffic jam was created when a couple kissing in a car got their dentures stuck together.
In New Mexico, over 11,000 people have visited a tortilla that has the face Jesus Christ burned into it
It is a misconception to believe that watching TV in a dark room is bad for your eyes. This myth was created to help sell lamps in the early 1950's
Months that begin with Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby.
On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-handed corner of the 1 encased in the shield and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner
One legend claims stealing someone's shadow (by measuring it against a wall and driving a nail through its head) can turn the victim into a vampire.
One sign of rain that farmers once searched for was for their pigs to pick up sticks and walk around with them in their mouths
Paranormal experts say people reach the peak of their ability to see ghosts when they're 7 years old.
Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes. In the U.S., reported sightings are most likely to occur in July, at 9 p.m. or 3 a.m.
The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three times each morning
The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots
The save icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters on backwards.
The smallest man alive is 26 inches tall
The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 440 hours
The world record for time without sleep is 264 hours (11 days) by Randy Gardner
The world's first ski chair lift was modeled after a device that loaded bananas onto cargo ships
The world's largest K-Mart is on the island of Guam
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard
