Useless Facts

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1. Almonds are a member of the peach family.

 

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1. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

 

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1. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

 

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here are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

 

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1. Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!

 

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1. In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

 

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1. On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle, in the sky it is a skein.

 

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1. To Ensure Promptness, one is expected to pay beyond the value of service – hence the later abbreviation: T.I.P.

 

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1. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

 

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1. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

 

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1. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

 

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1. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

 

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1. On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

 

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1. The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z; hence the name "OZ."

 

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1. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

 

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1. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

 

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1. John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

 

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1. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

 

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1. The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider’s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.

 

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1. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.