Useless Facts

The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.
 
Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

 
  1. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
 
  1. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
 
  1. The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.
 
  1. Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.
 
  1. The value of Pi will be officially "rounded down" to 3.14 from 3.14159265359 on December 31, 1999.
 
  1. The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.
 
  1. 2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.
 
  1. Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.
 

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