Wednesday, September 7, 2016

30 Useless Facts

Most of these I found on Reddit in the Today I Learned Forum

1. Bees can smell fear

2. Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump

3. Babies are born without kneecaps, don't develop til they are 2 years old.

4. Quarters have 119 ridges on their edge while dimes have 118.

5. Yo-yos were once invented to be used as a weapon.

6. The time on most wristwatch ads is 10:10

7. Lifesavers have a hole so you can breathe in case if you choke.

8. The only food that doesn't expire is honey 

9.The plastic tip of a shoelace is called an aglet.

10. The loudest human snore on record is 93 decibels.

11. Jesus pronounced backwards is sausage.

12. The word galaxy comes from the Greek word meaning milk.

13. There are 108 stitches on a baseball

14. Hummingbirds can't walk 

15. Reindeers favorite snack to eat is bananas

16. Bill Gates is colorblind 

17. Between 1914-15, it was legal to mail babies in the United States

18. The Marine Corps was founded in a tavern

19. Twitter's blue bird logo is named Larry for NBA legend Larry Bird

20. There are 220 people living in the U.S. with the name John Doe 

21. There have been 10 kids born on the continent of Antarctica

22. There are traces of cocaine on 90% of US Money 

23. Macys is the second largest consumer of Helium, next to the US Gvt.

24. There's a town in Australia called Tittybong

25. In Japan, more paper is used for manga books than toilet paper.

26. Hilter was born in above a pub while Winston Churchill was born in a big mansion.

27. A young startlet committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood sign in the 1930's.

28. Apple logo has a bite in the side as to not to be mistaken for a cherry.

29. George Lucas made Star Wars because he couldn't get the rights to make Flash Gordon.

30. Spongebob was originally going to be called Spongeboy but the name was taken 
      by a mop company.

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