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Useless Facts

The most common name in the United States is 'Sue Smith'
Dogs are so sensitive that they can have a hallucinigenic trip off of toothpaste. (Interesting....)
There are more stars in space than there are specks of sand on the Earth.
Einstein dropped out of High School and didn't talk until he was 4.
Sales of 'designer dog foods' exceeded $500 million in the United States. (Rich people need to find better things to waste thier money on)
John F. Kennedy had a sister, Rosemary, who was mentally retarded. She had a lobotomy, at that time not known to be that bad. She is still living and is eighty-five years old.
If smoke does not rise straight up, but flows away horizontally you can expect rain. (or snow).
Illinois' state dance is square dancing. (YeeHaw!!!)
The heaviest dog on record is an Old English Mastiff named Zorba, who weighed 343 pounds and measured 8 feet and 3 in. from nose to tail. (Goodness!!)
AT Disneyland they have like hundreds of wild domesticated cats running around the park. They never come out during the day because there's too many people, but the reason they're there is to catch the mice.
Pollsters say that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets. (Sad to say I am one)
Two dogs survived the sinking of Titanic.
Never squash a yellowjacket wasp near the nest. A dying yellowjacket releases an alarm pheromone that alerts its comrades. In less than 15 seconds, yellowjackets within a 15-foot radius will rally to the victim's aid.
There is a Tupperware party somewhere in the world every 2 seconds. (Even at 3 o'clock in the morning?)
The First episode of 'Joanie Loves Chachi' was the highest rated American TV program on Korean television. Why?? 'Chachi' is Korean for penis. (That's kinda humorous)
The smallest butterfly is just the same size of a mosquito. (Aww I bet it's cute)
The smallest monkey is about the size of you index finger. (I bet that's cute too)
The largest living creature on earth is a fungus in Montana that lives on and within the soil that covers an area of approxamately 40 sq. acres. (Ok I would run screaming from that thing)
If Atheism was organized into a religion, it would be the 10th largest religious organization in the world.
The largest painting on earth is a 72,437-square-foot smiley face. (I guess the painter was untalented)
The largest insects that ever lived on the earth were giant dragonflies with wing spans of over 3 feet. (Now tell me would that thing flyin at you scare you to death??)
All 17 children of Queen Anne died before she did. (She must be old)
Abe Lincoln's mother died when the family dairy cow ate poisonous mushrooms and Ms. Lincoln drank the milk. (Stupid cow)
When straightened out, a coat hanger measures 44 inches.
Nantucket had no squirrels until 1989.
The pupils of a goats eyes are square. (Weird)
A standard slinky measures 87 feet when stretched out.
The highest per capita Jell-O comsumption in the US is Des Moines. (Ok who figured this out?)
There is 562.5 feet of tape in the average 60-minute cassette tape.
Rhode Island is the only state which the hammer throw is a legal high school sport. (Sounds fun)
Kangaroos can live up to 20 years in captivity, but only 6 in the wild.
Every acre of American crops harvested contains 100 pounds of insects. (YUCK!)
Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats. (Why doesn't he collect like yachts or something?)
About one million Americans drink coke for breakfast. (Me me me!!)
Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays. (I was born on a Thursday, Thanksgiving Thursday)
The Minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of Andersons.
During growth spurts, a baby can grow 3/4 inches overnight.
Glaudular secretions of the beaver are used to produce chewing gum. (Ew)
The average person eats 50 bananas a year. (I bet I eat 100)
There was once a dog that was so loyal to his master that when his master died the dog never left the gravesite. He would only go to get food, and return it to the grave so that they could have lunch together like they had always done. The dog spent the rest of his days there, and when he died, he was buried next to his master. (Awwwwww.....)
Grease Wrestling is the national sport of Turkey. (What kinda grease? Bacon Grease?)
In 1900, the third leading cause of death was diarrhea. (That would suck)
In a lifetime you could fill eight five-pound flour bags with dead skin cells. (That's disgusting)
A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo. (Well in Mexico 26 is the people living their house, they're aunts uncles grammas grampas....)
Elvis's underpants are worth an estimated $1300. (I bet mine are worth 13 cents)
Dogs will yawn in order to express that there is a conflict of interest between their own ideas or desires and those of their owners.
President Ulysses S. Grant's last word before he died was 'water'.
The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
Kangaroos sometimes perform in boxing matches before audiences, wearing boxing gloves. (How mean)
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of 11: $6,400. (Goodness!!!)
Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears. (Who's gonna count that?)
In the movie the wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was the lowest paid of the main actors. Toto the dog made more money for the flick than she did. (That's terrible!)
The Queen of Spain, Juana la Loca, loved her husband so much that she carried around his body after he died and kept checking it for signs of life. (Awww...)
In Utah it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person. (Why? It's not like they can hear you)
O.J. Simpson's father left O. J.'s mother Eunice for another man.
When a man died in Ancient Egypt, the females in his family would smear their heads and faces with mud and wander through the city beating themselves and tearing off their clothes. (Sorry I won't do that for my dad or anyone)
Michael Tolotos, who died at the age of 80, never saw a woman. (Poor guy....Poor hand)
Bill Masterton died in 1969 from a bodycheck, marking the only time that an NHL player has died on the ice.
If you laugh for 10 minutes straight you will have 2 hours of uninterrupped deep sleep that night. (Ok who figured this out?)
The wettest spot in the world is located on the island of Kauai. Mt. Waialeale consistently records rainfall at the rate of nearly 500 inches per year. (Well that would suck)
The record for the most couples kissing at once is 1600.
The first time movie audiences were treated to a flushing toilet was in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 release Psycho. (The new Psycho movie is dumb)
The first 'puck' ever used in a hockey game was a frozen piece of cow dung. (Ewww)
On January 13, 1981, a young girl in Great Britain began sneezing and continued to sneeze for 977 consecutive days. She sneezed an estimated one million times in the first 365 days alone. (So I guess she didn't sleep very well did she)
Erwin, TN is the first (and only) place where an elephant has been hanged for murder. (How dumb)
The first Rolls-Royce sold for $600.00 in 1906. Today the cheapest model goes for close to $200,000. (Dang...)
The first car accident in the U.S. was in 1896 when a car collided with a bicycle.
In Kentucky, 50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. (Were they cousins?)
The soldiers of World War I were the first people to use the modern flushing toilet. The inventor: Thomas Crapper. (Wouldn't it suck for your last name to be Crapper?)
The first man to die in the American Civil War was Noble Leslie Devotie. He fell off of a ship and drowned. He was also a founder of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

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