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Useless Information:
.. —Fruit Flies have the longest sperm recorded, at one inch.
—It is impossible to lick your elbow.
—The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
—Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
—Most lipstick contains fish scales.
—Rare South American bat has a tongue 150% the length of its body. It is proportionally the longest of any mammal.
—One of the numerous vampire legends claims that stealing someone's shadow (by measuring it against a wall and driving a nail through its head) can turn the victim into a vampire. (You can't do anything similar to a vampire of course, since they don't have shadows!)
—Most babies are born with 250 bones. However, adults typically have only 206 bones in their bodies.
—Some species of kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring.
—Light can travel around the world seven and a half times in a single second. Similarly, light can reach the moon and return, in about three seconds.
—The cashew is part of a fruit that grows in tropical regions called 'a cashew apple'. After harvesting, the cashew apple keeps for only 24 hours before the soft fruit deteriorates. The cashew apple is not commercially important since it spoils quickly, but locals love the fruit. To harvest the nut, the ripe apple is allowed to fall to the ground where natives easily gather it. The apple and nut are separated.
—An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
—There are more than 200 kinds of chili peppers, none of which belong to the pepper family.
—Most toilets flush in E flat.
—No one knows where Mozart is buried.
—Every year, an igloo hotel is built in Sweden that has the capacity to sleep 100 people.
—Honolulu, Hawaii boasts the only royal palace in the United States of America.
—The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of Mexico.
—Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
—As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.
—In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.
—In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day."
—In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.
—In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually.
—Some African tribes refer to themselves as "motherhoods" instead of families.
—The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
—The longest engagement lasted 67 years, and the couple ended up marrying when they were 82 years old.
—The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
—A snail can sleep for 3 years.
—Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
—Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.
—Only female mosquitoes bite.
—Turtles can breathe through their butts
—The paper used to write the Declaration of Independence was hemp.
-A man was arrested and charged with the robbery—of vending machines. The man posted bail, entirely in quarters.
-In France - Captain Sarret made the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1918.
-The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
-The leaves of the Victorian water lily are sometimes over six feet in diameter.
-The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515.
-Leonardo Da Vinci also invented the scissors.
-The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
-The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in.
-Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies.
-For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction.
-The U-S Park Service says the older Old Faithful gets, the more the geyser at Yellowstone National Park slows down. In the 1950s, it erupted every 62 minutes. Lately, it's been erupting every 77 minutes. Some experts say Old Faithful may someday just stop.
-At last count there were about 226,000 trees in New York's Central Park.
-The only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees is the praying mantis.
-Many sailors believe a cat on board a ship means a lucky trip.
-Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
-August is the month when most baby's are born. (Proof the world is filled with Leos.)
-The partridge berry is a botanical Siamese twin. Each berry develops from 2 flowers.
-The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West.
-In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh.
-Beethoven's Fifth, was the first symphony to include trombones.
-A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs. ——— Know a useless fact? Leave a comment! ~.^
There was a man so wise,
He jumped into
A sandy place
And burnt out both his eyes!
And when he knew his eyes were gone,
He offered no complaint.
He summoned up a vision
And made himself a saint.
-Childrten's Verse from History of Mua'Dib
(Dune Messiah)