My Garden Of Useless Facts
Here you will find facts about many different things.
This is the kind of stuff you never really need to know,
but it sure is fun to find out!! :)
Rubber bands last longer when refigerated.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."
Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and gym.
Three day advance sale tickets for the first Woodstock (1969), were $18.00. The price at the gate, $24.
Todays average household in the USA contains more computer power than existed in the world before 1965.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if you live in an apartment.
The Ring Of Fire in the Pacific Ocean holds more than half of the world's volcanoes.
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.
Pepsi was originally called Brad's Drink.
Owls are the only animals that can turn their heads a full 180 degrees.
The average adult blinks between 12 and 20 times per minute. Based on a 16 hour waking day and a lifespan of 72 years, that would work out to be about 400 million blinks in a lifetime. The function of blinking, of course, is to lubricate the eye. However, we are wired to blink less when looking at a compelling target.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
The shark is the only animal that can blink with both eyes.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
Maine is the only state whose name is one syllable.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle.GP
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
On the average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The giraffe is the only animal that is born with horns on the forehead in both genders.
Turning off your monitor when you are not using the computer saves over 80% of the total power comsumed.
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house in 1840.
When cats are happy or pleased, they squeeze their eyes.
The world's strongest beer is "Samuel Adams" Triple Bock, which has 17% alcohol by volume.
If monkeys eat too many unripened bananas their tongue and their eyes will turn green. (Hmm....I don't know if I beleive that one or not)
In Alabama, it is illegal to carry a comb in your pocket because it oculd be used for a weapon. This comes after a 13 year old boy was killed when he was stabbed with a comb.
Kool-Aid originally went by the name of "Fruit Smack Flavored Syrup."
Cats contain an IQ in the animal kingdom surpassed only by monkeys and chimps.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
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