Friday, November 19, 2004

Useless Facts – IV

  • Your nose and ears never stop growing.
  • Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.
  • Hot water is heavier that cold.
  • The parachute was invented by Da vinci in 1515.
  • Starfish have eight eyes –one at the end of each let.
  • First novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
  • There are more collect calls on Fathers day than any other day of the year.
  • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not down stairs.
  • Men get hiccups more often than women.

Monday, November 15, 2004

Useless Facts – III

  • Only US President to win a Pulitzer: John F Kennedy for Profiles in Courage.
  • Only Food that does nor spoil: Honey.
  • Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird.
  • Only Continent without reptiles or snakes: Antartica.
  • Only animal beside Human that can get sunburn: pig.
  • Ostriches stick their head in the sand to look for water.
  • An eagle can kill young deer and fly away with it.
  • In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees.
  • Polar bears are left-handed.
  • Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
  • The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Useless Facts – II

  • Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80.
  • Portion of Ice-cream sold that is vanilla:1/3.
  • Portion of Potatoes sold that are French fried: 1/3.
  • Percentage of American that eat at McDonalds each day: 7.
  • Percentage of mammal species that are: 3.
  • Portion of Harvard students who graduate with honors: 4/5.
  • Chances that a burglary in the US will be solved 1 in 7.
  • Portion of land in the US owned by the Government: 1/3
  • Only US president to remain a bachelor: James Buchanon.
  • Only US First Lady to carry a loaded revolver: Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • Only US President awarded a Patent: Abe Lincoln, for a system of buoying vessels over shoals.

Useless Facts – I

  • Coca-coal was originally green.
  • Men can read smaller print than woman: Woman can hear better.
  • Chances that American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up 1 in 2.
  • Amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served first class: $40,000.
  • City with the most Rolls Royce’s per capita: Hong Kong.
  • State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
  • Chances of white Christmas in New York: 1 in 4.
  • Portion of US annual rainfall that falls in April: 1/12.
  • Estimate percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44.
  • Barbie’s measurement if she were life-size:39-23-33.
  • Percentage of American who say that God has spoken to them: 36