Useless Facts
These are weird facts that are on my calendar for this month..
In Switzerland, it is illegal to mow your front lawn while you're dressed as Elvis
Riding a plane is safer then riding a car or a mule
David Hasselhof (from BayWatch)'s great uncle was Karl Hasselhof, the inventor of inflatable sheep
On Christmas Eve in Belgium, it is legal for children to throw bananas at police cars
On Christmas Day in Belgium, it is legal for police officers to throw bananas at children
Albert Einstein did really badly in school
The King of Denmark cuts his own hair
Currently, the Pope is the World's Scrabble
Champion in the Over-70's catagory
In Afghanistan it is illegal to play anything composed by Chopin on a banjo.
Eric Clapton owns one fifth of the planet Mars
Restaurants serving ice cream on a piece of cherry pie in Kansas are breaking the law
In 1990, John Elfreth Watkins Jr. predicted that by 2001, the letters C, X, and Q would be dropped from the alphabet
Odd Punishment: Convicted graffiti artists on the Isle of Man are forced to have replicas of their graffiti tattooed on their chests.
In 1972, China sent 3 pandas into space.
In many Southern states, 4-sided cheese graters are considered works of Satan, and are outlawed in Virginia, Oklahoma, and South Carolina
It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a tootsie pop
The average person eats 6 roaches in their sleep, during their entire lifetime
Banging your head against the wall burns 150 calories per hour
Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts
The tomato is the world's most popular fruit, and it sells more than apples and bananas
There are 365 different languages spoken in India... one for each day
Cows don't have upper front teeth
It once was law to say "God bless you" to people who sneezed
The study of ants is called Myrmecology
Half the world's population have seen at least one James Bond movie
Over 5 billion crayons are produced each year
One in every ten people in the world live on an island
The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced
More movies are produced in India than in Hollywood
70% of Americans have visited DisneyWorld or DisneyLand
Eating with a fork was once considered scandalous
Coca-Cola was originally green
Every day, more money is printed for Monopoly than for the US Treasury
Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000
Hallmark makes cards for 105 different types of relationships
The youngest pope was 11 years old
Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better
7% of the American population go to McDonalds per day
Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle @ 25 miles per hour
Men get hiccups more often than woman
The only animal besides a human that can get sunburnt is a pig
The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches
