Useless, yet Interesting Facts

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I’ve compiled a list of some useless, yet interesting facts that I’ve recently come across. Some of them are from personal knowledge and experience and the rest came from Uncle John’s Fast-Acting Long Lasting Bathroom Reader. I thought I’d share some with you… Did you know? The word school comes from the Greek word for “leisure.” The lenses in your eyes continue to grow throughout your lifetime. Psycho? Alfred Hitchcock had an extreme fear of eggs. Don’t try this at home: Take one of those snack sized Doritos bags and stick it in the microwave for about 5 seconds, then run away from the microwave. The results: A cool looking mini Doritos bag and a possibly messed up microwave. The degree sign is an ancient symbol representing the sun. Barn owls snore. A typical sentence in ordinary conversation takes about 21.2 seconds. There are exactly 216 noodles in every can of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup. Sniffing Crayola crayons has been found to lower blood pressure. Snails kiss before mating. At a steady pace of 6 miles per hour, it would take a jogger 173 days to circle the globe. Natural gas has no odor. The bad smell is added to alert you if there’s a leak. The average airspeed of a butterfly is 12 miles per hour. The liquid inside a Magic-8 ball is a mix of water, antifreeze and blue dye. More people are allergic to cow’s milk than to any other food. Cabbage patch kids? Cabbage was once considered an aphrodisiac. Remember this tomorrow: An average person will forget 80% of what they learned today. Count them yourself: There are about 1,750 Os in every can of SpaghettiOs. Take my word for it: It takes about 45 seconds for a Twinkie to explode in the microwave. The world’s first known vending machine dispensed holy water. (Egypt, A.D. 100) Number one reason Americans visit the emergency room: Stomach pain. Technically speaking, lemons are berries. It takes an hour and a half to cremate an average adult. In Australia, Santa’s sleigh is pulled by kangaroos. How about you? 1 in 4 Americans has appeared on TV. A diet of only dry food is called xerophagy. Sea urchins walk on their feet. Sharks are the only fish that can blink. Top five Internet-using countries: Sweden, Denmark, U.S., Norway, and Australia. Duration of the average wink: 1/10 of a second. Chance that a pro football player will be injured at least once in his career: 100 percent. Most women sleep on their back, most men sleep on their stomach. In the movie, Twister, the sound of the tornado was created by slowing down a camel’s moan. Coca-Cola was once marketed as “the best cure for a hangover.” The average American driver spends 55 minutes a day in the car. One in twenty Icelanders claim to have seen an elf. One average, it costs twice as much to dine out as it does to eat at home. 65% of American candy brands are over 50 years old. About 65% of Americans say TV is a necessity. Elwood Edward’s AOL greeting is heard 18,000 times a minute.