24 Interesting Yet Useless Facts
KrunchyTahko
Published
07/16/2015
Absolutely useless facts to bother your buddies with tonight at the bar.
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Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people. -
2.
An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as "the little man of Nuremberg," played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall. -
3.
Women manage the money and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households. -
4.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself. -
5.
Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser. -
6.
The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant. -
7.
On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza everyday. -
8.
A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. -
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The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour. -
10.
The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime. -
11.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. -
12.
The Average American butt is 14.9 inches long. -
13.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. -
14.
This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a 'fart'. -
15.
Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. -
16.
The 'Golden Arches' of fast food chain McDonalds is more recognized worldwide than the religious cross of Christianity. -
17.
The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second. -
18.
Reindeer really love to eat apples. Look how happy the little bastard is! -
19.
A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon. -
20.
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west. -
21.
Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet -
22.
In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid. -
23.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for 'General Purpose' vehicle. -
24.
Adolf Hitler ordered Ferdinand Porsche to manufacture a Volkswagen, which literally means 'People's Car' in German. This car went on to become the Volkswagen Beetle.
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