Useless Facts


• Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

• The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

• A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

• There are more chickens than people in the world.

• Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

• On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

• All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.

• No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

• "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

• All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

• Almonds are a member of the peach family.

• Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

• There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

• Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula".

• A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

• In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

• Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

• The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

• A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

• A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

• A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

• It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

• The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

• In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

• The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

• "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

• There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong.

• A rat and a one cent coin will dissolve in cola.

• Pearls melt in vinegar.

• It is against the law to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island.

• Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

• There is a city called Rome on every continent.

• The screwdriver was invented before the screw.

• Snails can sleep for 3 years.

• A shrimp's heart is located in it's head.

• Many hamsters blink one eye at a time.

• You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

• Polar bears are left-pawed.