A really useless fact?

Question

does anybody have a little fact they feel the need to share that has absolutely no impact on anyone's life? mine is - the chance of twins is 1:80, the chance of triplets is 1:80 squared, and the chance of quadruplets is 1:80 cubed . . . so it continues

Answer 1

The number 4 is the only number with as many letters in it as the number itsself.

Answer 2

your thumb is as long as your nose

[[unless you have freakishly long fingers]]

from birth, your eyes are the same but your nose and ears never stop growing

1 in every 3 adults in New York has Herpes

Answer 3

Hippopoto giganta sesquipidilian apparantly means lots of large Hippopotomuses. (My brother told me so anyway)

Hippopottomonstrosesquippedali phobia is the fear of really long words while sesquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long words.

and no, I don't have a fettish with the prefix hippo.

Answer 4

THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN CONTROLS THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR BODY,AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR BRAIN CONTROLS THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR BODY. THEREFOR ONLY LEFT HANDED PEOPLE ARE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND.

Answer 5

1. A snail can sleep for three years. (so can my hubby...just about ! )

2. On average people fear spiders more than they do death....and I'm one of them !

3. If you passed gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.( another one my hubby is trying for ! )

4. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.( No Comment ! )

5. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds ( as do some of my family members...lol )

Answer 6

The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Cleopatra married two of her brothers.

In Sweden there is a ski-thru Mcdonalds.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

Babies start dreaming even before they're born.

Baby beavers are called kittens.

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult. (bet they finished  college )

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.

Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. (Maybe Starbucks will start selling them for $5.00)

Did You Know, 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.

Did You Know, 35% of the people using personal ads for dating are already married!

Did You Know, 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.

The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

Other than fruit, honey is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life.

1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper.

10 percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.



  China has more English speakers than the United States.



  More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes

Answer 7

99% of the answers to this question come from some type of publication, which means they were useful at one point to an author and publisher. Here's a truly useless fact:

I sneezed immediately prior to typing this answer.

Answer 8

Marriage is the #1 cause of divorce.

Answer 9

A pig's o****m last 30 minutes.

Answer 10

The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

Camel’s have three eyelids.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

Dr. Seuss pronounced his name “soyce”.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)

Answer 11

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. /:

Answer 12

Sir John Harington, a godson of Queen Elizabeth I, invented the forerunner of the modern flush toilet or WC in 1596. Elizabeth had one installed at Richmond, but felt it was too noisy to use. (It did become quite popular in France, however.)