- That Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing?
- The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Uses every letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications)
- In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
- A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
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- Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
- The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
- Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
- Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
- The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
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- Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
- There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.
- The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
- Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
- The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
- When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
- It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
- Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.
- Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.
- Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
- On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
- Average age of top GM executives in 1994: 49.8 years.
- Elephants can't jump. Every other mammal can.
- The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
- Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.
- Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.
2006-08-04
Useless Facts but Interesting
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A superman in every episode of Seinfield?? I havent been paying attention....and BabeWatch is that popular?? Wow the things I learned today :)
ReplyDeleteDamn. This would be great for a trivia game.
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