useless trivia

[Acrobat Angel]

Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China

It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death

 

[BonoFox1]

--The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.


--The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.


--Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like its kissing the conveyor belt.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

In Florida it's illegal to wear swimwear while singing in a public place

In Alabama it's against the law to play dominoes on Sunday

In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. Waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photo is a crime

 

[BonoFox1]

--An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

--Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.


--Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "To get fired."

 

[Acrobat Angel]

In average a woman smiles more often than a man

You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world

25% of all fires of unknown origin are rat-caused

 

[Acrobat Angel]

If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom

40% of all people at a party snoop in your medicine cabinet

Chickens out populate humans 1:4, for every human there are 4 chickens

 

[BonoFox1]

--Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David Clubs - Alexander the Great Hearts - Charlemagne Diamonds - Julius Caesar

--The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." ( thus the name of the Don McLean song)


--Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

 

[BonoFox1]

--Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

--The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

--Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year

 

[BonoFox1]

--It's possible to lead a cow upstairs. . .but not downstairs.


--The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: MARLBORO, COCA-COLA, and BUDWEISER, in that order.


--Thirty-Five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

 

[BonoFox1]

^^^LOL!! we got the same useless trivia about the personal ads

 

[Acrobat Angel]

There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year

On average, a person laughs about 15 times each day

More than six billion hot dogs are consumed annually in the US

 

[Acrobat Angel]

^^^LOL!! we got the same useless trivia about the personal ads

 

[Acrobat Angel]

There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year

There are over 60 towns in USA where the word turkey appears in the name

Rats destroy an estimated 33% of the world's food supply each year

 

[BonoFox1]

--Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

--85% of the guys who die while having sex are Cheating on their wives

--Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day!.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City

Sri Lanka has lowest divorce rate in the world - and the highest rate of female suicide

A piece of paper can not be folded in half more than seven times

 

[Acrobat Angel]

--85% of the guys who die while having sex are Cheating on their wives

Serves them right!

 

[Acrobat Angel]

Broken clocks are right twice a day

The electric toothbrush was invented in 1939

The Leaning Tower of Pisa has never been straight

 

[BonoFox1]

--Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!.


--The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on it's fur!.


--The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!.

 

[BonoFox1]

--Cat's urine glows under a black-light!.

--Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!.

--A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average

 

[BonoFox1]

--Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!.

--The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!.


--Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

--Cat's urine glows under a black-light!.

--Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!.

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2) did it

 

[BonoFox1]

--A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!.

--A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!.

--Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee!.

 

[BonoFox1]

--The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons!.


--The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!.


--7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem!.

 

[Acrobat Angel]

A DVD has a about 100 year life span

The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps

The Library of Congress is the world's largest library with more than 120 million items

 

[BonoFox1]

--5% of Canadians don't know the first 7 words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first 9 of the American anthem!.

--Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!.

--The state of Florida is bigger than England!.

 

[BonoFox1]

A DVD has a about 100 year life span

YAY!! **seems like my DVDs will out live me

 

[Acrobat Angel]

--7% of Americans don't know the first 9 words of the American anthem, but know the first 7 of the Canadian anthem!.

That's odd

 

[Acrobat Angel]

YAY!! **seems like my DVDs will out live me

Although my u2 dvd's will probably die quicker than that

 

[Acrobat Angel]

Plastic is made out of 50% seaweed

The longest flight by a paper aircraft indoors is 20.9 seconds

It is estimated that there are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building