Useless Facts

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

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.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

 

[01dragonslayer]

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. There are 293 ways to make a change for a dollar.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. The average secretary’s left-hand does 56% of the typing.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
   

 

[BrotherIron]

1. The average secretary’s left-hand does 56% of the typing.

The real question is what is her right hand doing while she using her left hand?

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. There are more chickens than people in the world (at least before that chicken-flu thing).

 

[BrotherIron]

1. There are more chickens than people in the world (at least before that chicken-flu thing).

Avian flu... the virulent flu and one of the worst viruses. Kills over 50% of those who contract it.

 

[01dragonslayer]

Avian flu... the virulent flu and one of the worst viruses. Kills over 50% of those who contract it.

Did not know that.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. New Jersey grows two-thirds of the world’s eggplant.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is “screeched.”

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. No word in the English language rhymes with month, silver or purple.