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twenty useless facts
Published May. 9, 2008
Here's what I learned today:
(source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/48743/301-Useless-Facts)
The “57” on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
From 1885 to 1903, Coca-Cola contained cocaine.
It is estimated that at any one time, .7% of the world’s population is drunk.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds; dogs have only about ten.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, silver, orange, or purple.
Creator Frank Baum thought up the name for The Wizard of Oz when he saw A-N and O-Z on his file cabinet.
Maine is the only state whose name is one syllable.
Rats and horses can’t vomit.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
A butterfly tastes with its feet.
Starfish have no brains.
A camel has three eyelids.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies room during a dance.
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza per day.
One of the ingredients in dynamite is peanuts.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Percentage-wise, Kuwait has the highest male population in the world (60%). The country with the highest female population (54%) is Latvia.
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