The Big List of Useless Trivia (10991 hits)
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First of all, thank you Bart for finally fixing my account. Now then...
trivia (n.) : matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles
This is a list of useless facts. Most of you have probably seen one before in an email or something (or a certain post by JP...). But this one is different. First of all, it's pretty long: 300 in total (but don't think I've got nothing better to do with my time though. This didn't take nearly as much effort as you'd think.). It might take a while to go through; it's about 8 pages altogether. But this is strictly for your ENTERTAINMENT. And you definitely haven't seen all of these.
Secondly, you can be a part of this. There may be a second edition in the future with enough suggested amendments. I know some of you are wondering if all of this is just a pile of crap. If you really think something here is bullshit, FIND OUT. If you can find any "trustworthy" source that disproves any one of these, please share it. But don't just say "you're full of crap!" I didn't make any of this stuff up. Somebody out there thinks its true (or is just pulling our legs...but why?).
Also, if you know something or find something cool that you think would fit here, SHARE IT.
I'm also willing to clear out crap/boring stuff in the next version. There are hundreds of websites and stuff out there that are much longer, but they're mostly full of junk. This list will be crap-less. This list is the BEST of all the facts you'll never need to know but want to.
--- THE BIG LIST OF USELESS TRIVIA ---
(1st edition)
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
5. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
6. Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sex.
7. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
8. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
9. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
10. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
11. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
12. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
13. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
14. 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.
15. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
16. All the chemicals in a human body combined are estimated to be worth about 6.25 euro.
17. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
18. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
19. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
20. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
21. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
22. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
23. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
24. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
25. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
26. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
27. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
28. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood, respectively).
29. Camel's have three eyelids.
30. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
31. People sneeze at about 90 miles per hour.
32. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
33. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
34. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
35. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
36. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
37. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
38. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
39. There are just over 7 million millionaires in the world (more than 1/1000th of the population).
40. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
41. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
42. Slugs have four noses.
43. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
44. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
45. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
46. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
47. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
48. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
49. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
50. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
51. Every eleven years the magnetic poles of the sun switch. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
52. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
53. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.
54. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
55. The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.
56. Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks.
57. Afghanistan is the only nation whose name begins with but does not end with an A.
58. Half of all bank robberies take place on a Friday.
59. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.
60. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
61. The first bomb the Allies dropped on Berlin in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
62. The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.
63. It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.
64. If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
65. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.
66. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
67. Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
68. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
69. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
70. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
71. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
72. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
73. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
74. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
75. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.
76. In America, someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes.
77. Every day, 7% of the US eats at McDonald's.
78. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, which Motorola got their name from.
79. In the US, about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide.
80. In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer to whom Mickey played an apprentice was named Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.
81. During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".
82. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
83. One in ten people live on an island.
84. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
85. 28% of Africa is classified as wilderness. In North America, its 38%.
86. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
87. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
88. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson", Humphrey Bogart NEVER said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca, and they NEVER said "Beam me up, Scotty" on Star Trek.
89. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
90. Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
91. The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
92. More people are afraid of open spaces (kenophobia) than of tight spaces (claustrophobia).
93. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
94. There is a 1 in 4 chance that New York will have a white Christmas.
95. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
96. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
97. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
98. Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
99. $203,000,000 is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
100. Every US president has worn glasses (just not always in public).
101. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
102. Jim Henson first coined the word "Muppet". It is a combination of "marionette" and "puppet."
103. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
104. The Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib. His name was Bibendum in the company's first ads in 1896.
105. About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.
106. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
107. About 14% of injecting drug users are HIV positive.
108. A word or sentence that is the same front and back (racecar, kayak) is called a "palindrome".
109. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
110. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
111. American Airlines saved $40000 in 1987 by removing one olive from each salad served in first-class.
112. China has more English speakers than the United States.
113. Finnish folklore says that when Santa comes to Finland to deliver gifts, he leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko instead. According to French tradition, Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols, who visits homes on New Year's Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
114. One in every 9000 people is an albino.
115. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
116. You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
117. Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
118. Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.
119. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have about ten.
120. Our eyes are always the same size from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
121. In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.
122. If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33.She would stand seven feet two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal humans neck.
123. In an average lifetime, a person will eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while sleeping.
124. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
125. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
126. A "daddy long legs" is the most venomous arachnid in the world, but its fangs are too weak to penetrate human skin.
127. Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.
128. About 55% of all movies are rated R. About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
129. Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were invented in India.
130. Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles.
131. The February of 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
132. The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
133. There is actually no danger in swimming right after you eat, though it may feel uncomfortable.
134. The cruise liner Queen Elizabeth II moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
135. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
136. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
137. There are about 2 chickens for every human in the world.
138. The word "maverick" came into use after Samuel Maverick, a Texan refused to brand his cattle. Eventually any unbranded calf became known as a Maverick.
139. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
140. For every memorial statue with a person on a horse, if the horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died of battle wounds; if all four of the horse's legs are on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
141. On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the American flag is flying over the Parliament Building.
142. An American urologist bought Napoleon's penis for $40,000.
143. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
144. Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters "MT".
145. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the 5-dollar bill.
146. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy.
147. Almonds are members of the peach family.
148. Rats and horses can't vomit.
149. The penguin is the only bird that can't fly but can swim.
150. There are approximately 100 million acts of sexual intercourse each day.
151. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
152. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
153. There are only four words in the English language that end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
154. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
155. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie.
156. "101 Dalmatians" and "Peter Pan" are the only Disney animations in which both of a character's parents are present and don't die during the movie.
157. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
158. Hedenophobic means fear of pleasure.
159. Ancient Egyptian priests would pluck every hair from their bodies.
160. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
161. Half of all crimes are committed by people under the age of 18. 80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21.
162. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
163. All polar bears are left-handed.
164. The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
165. A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
166. Butterflies taste with their feet.
167. Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
168. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
169. Starfish have no brains.
170. 11% of the world is left-handed.
171. John Hancock and Charles Thomson were the only people to sign the Declaration of independence on July 4th, 1776. The last signature came five years later.
172. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
173. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
174. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
175. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
176. A healthy (non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
177. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
178. Lizards can self-amputate their tails for protection. It grows back after a few months.
179. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". It can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
180. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
181. A honeybee can fly at fifteen miles per hour.
182. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
183. A "jiffy" is the scientific name for 1/100th of a second.
184. The average child recognizes over 200 company logos by the time he enters first grade.
185. The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.
186. The first novel ever written on a typewriter is Tom Sawyer.
187. One out of every 43 prisoners escapes from jail. 94% are recaptured.
188. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
189. The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it.
190. A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
191. The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
192. Elwood Edwards did the voice for the AOL sound files (i.e. "You've got Mail!"). He is heard about 27 million times a day. The recordings were done before Quantum changed its name to AOL and the program was known as "Q-Link."
193. A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.
194. Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis middle name was spelled Aron, in honor of his brother.
195. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
196. Donkeys kill more people than plane crashes.
197. Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
198. There are a million ants for every person on Earth.
199. If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
200. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
201. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose.
202. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
203. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
204. Cats' urine glows under a black light.
205. A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip.
206. The first US Patent was for manufacturing potassium carbonate (used in glass and gunpowder). It was issued to Samuel Hopkins on July 31, 1970.
207. Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items.
208. In the last 4000 years no new animals have been domesticated.
209. 25% of a human's bones are in its feet.
210. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child is 2-6 years old.
211. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
212. David Sarnoff received the Titanic's distress signal and saved hundreds of passengers. He later became the head of the first radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
213. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
214. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than every Nike factory worker in Malaysia combined.
215. One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers (they saw it as competition).
216. "Canada" is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
217. Only one in two billion people will live to be 116 or older.
218. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
219. Rape is reported every six minutes in the U.S.
220. The human heart creates enough pressure in the bloodstream to squirt blood 30 feet.
221. A jellyfish is 95% water.
222. Truck driving is the most dangerous occupation by accidental deaths (799 in 2001).
223. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
224. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
225. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
226. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. (the heart is not a muscle)
227. In golf, a 'Bo Derek' is a score of 10.
228. In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.
229. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
230. If you plant an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of apple.
231. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
232. The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross.
233. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
234. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home the stadium becomes Nebraska's third largest city.
235. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
236. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
237. In Iceland, a Big Mac costs $5.50.
238. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
239. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
240. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
241. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
242. There is no solid proof of who built the Taj Mahal.
243. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
244. Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
245. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.
246. On an American one-dollar bill there is a tiny owl in the upper-left-hand corner of the upper-right-hand "1" and a spider hidden in the front upper-right-hand corner.
247. Judy Scheindlin ("Judge Judy") has a $25,000,000 salary, while Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has a $190,100 salary.
248. Paul Reiser played the piano in the "Mad about You" theme.
249. In English Parliament, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
250. The name for Oz in the Wizard of Oz was thought up when the creator Frank Baum looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N and O-Z.
251. Andorra, a tiny country on the border between France and Spain, has the longest average lifespan: 83.49 years.
252. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
253. Mr. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
254. As of 2004, there are two men for every woman in the United Arab Emirates.
255. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.
256. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
257. You can lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
258. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
259. "The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.
260. There are 336 dimples on a regulation US golf ball. In the UK its 330.
261. The Toltecs (a 7th century tribe) used wooden swords so they wouldn't kill their enemies.
262. "Duff" is the decaying organic matter found on a forest floor.
263. The US has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
264. There have been over 600 lawsuits against Alexander Grahm Bell over rights to the patent of the telephone, the most valuable patent in U.S. history.
265. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world).
266. Tokyo is the largest city by population (35million), followed by New York (21 million), then by Seoul (21 million), then Mexico City (20 million).
267. The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
268. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
269. At the height of its power in 400 BC, the Greek city of Sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
270. Julius Caesar's autograph is worth about $2,000,000.
271. The tool doctors wrap around a patient's arm to measure blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer.
272. People say "bless you" when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.
273. US gold coins used to say "In Gold We Trust".
274. In "Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) does not blink in any scene.
275. A shrimp's heart is in its head.
276. In the 17th century, the number pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411 trillion.
277. The bestselling books of all time are The Bible (6billion+), Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung (900million+), and The Lord of the Rings (100million+)
278. Pearls melt in vinegar.
279. Lassie was played by a group of male dogs; the main one was named Pal.
280. In 1863, Paul Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21 years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself.
281. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag.
282. Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the only angels named in the Bible.
283. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honor of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
284. Johnny Appleseed planted apples so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol.
285. Abraham Lincoln's ghost is said to haunt the White House.
286. God is not mentioned once in the book of Esther.
287. The odds of being born male are about 51.2%, according to census.
288. Attila the Hun (invader of Europe; 406-453), Felix Faure (French President; 1841-1899), and Pope Leo VIII (d 963-965) all died while having sex.
289. Scotland has more redheads than any other part of the world.
290. There is an average of 61,000 people airborne over the US at any given moment.
291. Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane in case there is a crash.
292. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. The most common name (of any type) in the world is Mohammed.
293. The surface of the Earth is about 60% water and 10% ice.
294. For every 230 cars that are made, 1 will be stolen.
295. Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
296. Pope Leo VII (936-9) died of a heart attack during sex, Pope John VII (955-64) and John XIII (965-72) were bludgeoned to death by the husband of the woman he was with at the time, and Pope Paul II (1467-71) allegedly died while being sodomized by a page boy.
IN QUESTION (a little too outrageous; need conformation)
1. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 years old. They lived in China in 1910.
2. A flipped quarter is slightly more likely to land on heads because that side weighs more.
3. Children grow faster in the spring.
4. A pig's orgasm can last for over 30 minutes.
Before someone says it, I'll tell you all right now: duck's quacks DO echo, and Marilyn Monroe did NOT have six toes on either foot.
User Reviews
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2004-10-30 20:47:13 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DarkTemplarDM (user info) at 2004-09-24 22:04:27 (#)
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146. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy. Wrong
Ken Jennings has won 39 times in a row and is still going. He has won $1,321,660.
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In one day you can only win $283,200.
Submitted by drfeggphd (user info) at 2004-10-30 20:09:59 EDT (#)
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I'm not sure about this, so don't shoot the messenger:
153. An ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
I think this is only correct for the northern hemisphere,
and only because this ant is notorious for having a low tolerance for alcohol.
Submitted by DarkTemplarDM (user info) at 2004-09-24 22:04:27 EDT (#)
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146. $283,200 is the absolute highest amount of money you can win on Jeopardy. Wrong
Ken Jennings has won 39 times in a row and is still going. He has won $1,321,660.
Submitted by Lurjus (user info) at 2004-06-23 07:45:58 EDT (#)
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hairsphincter2 wrote:
"281. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag.
Switzerland's is a red square, with a white cross."
A rectangle is an four sided object where opposing sides are the same lenght (and also all the corners are the same 90 degrees). So a square is always a rectangle, but a rectangle is not neccesary a square.
Submitted by shadowdragon (user info) at 2004-06-23 05:57:03 EDT (#)
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The list is now at 301 with 4 still in question. Thanks everyone for your help...which has mostly been shortening the list...oh well. There are currently 16 people to be thanked in the second edition.
hairsphincter2- a square is a rectangle, though a rectangle is not necessarily a square. sorry.
Submitted by Pacifist248 (user info) at 2004-06-23 02:49:11 EDT (#)
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Nice, though some seem to be wrong...
I don't know if this is interesting, but...
Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo.
"I had no desire to share the fate of Galileo, with whom I feel a strong sense of identity, partly because of the coincidence of having been born exactly 300 years after his death!"
From "A Brief History of Time"
http://newton.physics.metu.edu.tr/~fizikt/html/hawking/g.html
Submitted by hairsphincter2 (user info) at 2004-06-23 02:05:52 EDT (#)
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281. Nepal is the only country that doesn't have a rectangular flag.
Switzerland's is a red square, with a white cross.
But a fun read in any case.
Submitted by StratRat9 at 2004-06-23 01:17:49 EDT (#)
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This has some interesting stuff, but I would like to note the #240 has been disproved on the show mythbusters...
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-06-10 04:30:20 EDT (#)
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6. Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sex. - False. Bonobo monkeys have been shown having sex in many ways and not just for pro-creation either
Couple of others were wrong but well worth a read....
Submitted by oddzandendz (user info) at 2004-06-10 03:36:06 EDT (#)
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241. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5
NUTTY
The article I give plus two...but ive seen it so many damned times so its minus two...but then again it prompted a very interactive thread of replies so here ya go, ya bastard...+2
Submitted by Fabish (user info) at 2004-06-06 00:29:31 EDT (#)
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I believe a good majority to be true, and quite a few to be obvious as well. Good list nonetheless.
Submitted by BalloonKnot (user info) at 2004-05-28 23:02:47 EDT (#)
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Flute!
Balloon Knot has spoken!
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2004-05-28 05:18:23 EDT (#)
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#51-- Solar maximum is a single point in the solar magnetic cycle, which averages 11 years but varies considerably. It's 11 years between maxima of opposite polarity; 22 years between maxima of the same polarity.
#97 (astronaut flatulence) and #210 (neonate kneecaps) are bullshit.
#6-- bonobo chimpanzees regularly fuck face to face.
Submitted by Ray <RBG.at.inthemix.com.au> at 2004-05-28 04:36:38 EDT (#)
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"Isn't every landmass in the world surrounded by water? "
Yes and no - yes every landmass is surrounded by water, but there is a diference between a continent and a landmass - North America is a continent, whereas Hawaii is an island (series of)... we learnt that one in primary school :)
Submitted by mana_kirby (user info) at 2004-05-25 12:11:58 EDT (#)
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nice
about 123:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/whileyousleep.html
Submitted by Nigga (user info) at 2004-05-23 18:08:55 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Spiral_Abraxis (user info) at 2004-05-22 20:23:25 EDT (#)
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83. One in ten people live on an island.
Isn't every landmass in the world surrounded by water?
Submitted by Spider <allwise at spray.no> at 2004-05-22 10:50:36 EDT (#)
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A worthy list =)
but:
121 All seinfeld episodes contain a superman refrence, is not true. from what i gather, only 124 of them actually does. but that's still noteworthy =)
Submitted by layney (user info) at 2004-05-05 16:54:45 EDT (#)
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cool
Submitted by shadowdragon (user info) at 2004-04-27 19:52:41 EDT (#)
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Thanks a lot to those who've helped so far. Of course, it's a bit shorter now, but that won't stop me. You can't disprove them all.
I'll post a second edition when (if?) it reaches 350. I'll make sure to thank everyone who made a difference. And if anyone can think of a more attractive title, that'd be cool too.
Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-04-26 12:55:46 EDT (#)
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126. A "daddy long legs" is the most venomous arachnid in the world, but its fangs are too weak to penetrate human skin.
that one isn't true. They disproved it on mythbusters
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2004-04-25 23:26:29 EDT (#)
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103. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
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North America and South America.
229. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
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sex sells. the arms represent a woman's legs
244. Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
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DUH!
266. Tokyo is the largest city by population (35million), followed by New York (21 million), then by Seoul (21 million), then Mexico City (20 million).
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NYC has just over 8 million. the entire state has around 21 million.
Submitted by Magicaddict (user info) at 2004-04-25 14:52:38 EDT (#)
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I can confirm that in the English parliment, the Speaker IS allowed to speak. However, they may not venture forth an opinion. (Anyone who has seen the house of commons in action, either live or in fiction - the Ppeaker is the one who shouts "ORDER!" all the time).
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-04-25 14:48:40 EDT (#)
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2,000 left handed people die annually due to improper use of equipment designed only for right handed people.
Submitted by lush (user info) at 2004-04-25 14:18:25 EDT (#)
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"202. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do."
That's right bitches!
Submitted by Desperado (user info) at 2004-04-25 04:26:18 EDT (#)
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This is a great list man....i'm not gonna lie though.....after i realized there was over 200 i stopped reading.....think i got to 50 something...... number 30 came as a shock to me though.... "On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily".
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2004-04-25 04:06:34 EDT (#)
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Here is my contribution.
I am watching the Discovery science channel and I just learned that lightning strikes the earth 8 million times a day.
If you did not know this before, now you do.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-04-25 03:34:44 EDT (#)
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6. Humans are the only species on earth that have face-to-face sex --- I only do it doggy.
12. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. -- Throw them in Mt. Dew and watch what happens.
48. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads
111. American Airlines saved $40000 in 1987 by removing one olive from each salad served in first-class. -- So important, I needed to know that twice.
145. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the 5-dollar bill. -- Not all of them. Get a magnifying glass and look.
201. The name Jeep comes from "GP", the army abbreviation for General Purpose -- It actually has to do with the customer and the wheel base. G was code for government (at Ford), and P had something to do with the size of the wheel base. The only somewhat legitimate reason I ever heard of for the name Jeep, was the one dog or whatever in the popeye cartoons. That "Jeep" went everywhere.
211. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. -- So is air, and damn near everything else.
254. As of 2004, there are two men for every woman in the United Arab Emirates
265. Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world). Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world). -- According to this list, U.A.E. has 66.6% male population.
Nice "totally useless facts" tribute.
Submitted by MadScientist (user info) at 2004-04-25 03:31:46 EDT (#)
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57. Afghanistan is the only nation whose name begins with but does not end with an A.
Azerbaijan
There- I disproved one. Everyone else pick one, and disprove it. It's too much effort for one person.
Submitted by looped (user info) at 2004-04-25 03:18:22 EDT (#)
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If anyone caes to look this one up--is it true that the word "sermon" never appears in the bible?
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2004-04-25 03:09:12 EDT (#)
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"The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs melted into it"
PLEASE LET THAT BE A LIE
PLEASE LET THAT BE A LIE
PLEASE LET THAT BE A LIE
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-04-25 03:03:29 EDT (#)
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It even has a photo of this guy who has two peeners! He could pee out of one, the other, or both. Also he could fuck with both of them. It was hella cool.
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-04-25 02:42:42 EDT (#)
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The first in question one about the little kids having kids is true, it's in a book I have called An Underground Education. That book has some weird shit.
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2004-04-25 02:26:04 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by etet72 (user info) at 2004-04-25 02:25:31 EDT (#)
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Interesting, but I would like to contest the following statement:
"103. The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with."
North America and South America. I guess if you just take it as "America" then it works, but meh. I still liked the post.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-04-25 02:14:51 EDT (#)
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"duck's quacks DO echo"
Yep, I saw that Myth Busters too.