Useless Facts

Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.​

On the Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania is misspelled as “Pensylvania.” However, it was an accepted spelling at that time.
 

You spend 92 days of your life on the toilet.​

Based on a study with 2,500 respondents, the average man spends 1 hr and 45 min on the toilet, which is 92 days a week.
 

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.​

Most planets rotate on their axis in an anti-clockwise motion. However, Venus rotates clockwise in retrograde once every 243 Earth days.
 

You have a one in 2 billion chance to live over 100 years old.​

Only one person out of two billion will live to be 116 or older.

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The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.​

Praying mantises are the only known insects able to rotate their heads from side to side.
 

Portugal is the top country for cork production.​

Out of 2,200,000 hectares of cork forest worldwide, 34% is in Portugal. With annual cork production at 200,000 tons, 49.6% comes from Portugal. They must be serious about their wine.
 
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses
 
  1. The average secretary’s left-hand does 56% of the typing.
 
  1. There are more chickens than people in the world (at least before that chicken-flu thing).
 

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