USELESS FACTS II
Here we go with round 2 of strange, bizarre and useless information.
-President Teddy Roosevelt died from an "infected tooth."
-Benjamin Franklin lived at 141 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
-A San Diego man sued the city for emotional trauma during a concert when he saw women using the men's rest room
-The words were tattooed across the forehead of Wayne Black, a suspected thief. When confronted by police, Black insisted he wasn't Wayne Black. To prove it, he stood in front of a mirror and insisted he was Kcalb Enyaw
-A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin
-An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this - pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet
-Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and hAM
-The exact geographic center of the United States is near Lebanon, Kansas
-My left hand is bigger than my right
-The U.S. mint in Denver, Colorado is the only mint that marks its pennies
-In downtown Lima, Peru, there is a large brass statue dedicated to Winnie-the-Pooh
-Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names
-The smallest state in the US has also the longest name. The official name of Rhode Island is Rhode Island and Plantation Provinces
-In 1972, a group of scientists reported that you could cure the common cold by freezing the big toe
-Between 25% to 33% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light
-In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot
-The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid
-Your thumb is the same length as your nose
-The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes
-When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a goat named Ukko. Finnish folklore has it that Ukko is made of straw, but is strong enough to carry Santa Claus anyway
-One sign of rain that farmers once searched for was for their pigs to pick up sticks and walk around with them in their mouths
-Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell
-Hot water is heavier than cold
-A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass
-At a jet plane's speed of 1,000 km (620mi) per hour, the length of the plane becomes one atom shorter than its original length
-Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday
-Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year
-An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing
-In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee
-In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders
-It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace"
-In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become a year older on New Year's Day
-November 29 is National Sinky Day; a day to eat over one's sink and worship it
-The most common letters in the English language are R S T L N E. Sound familiar?
-Punctuation was not invented until the 1500's
-MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela, or "Death to the French is Italy's Cry"
-The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof'
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Very interesting. However, I suspect there's more in the SPAM that what that implies (and none of it is good). By the way, are you a lefty??
SPAM is nasty stuff. And no, righty. The only thing I do with my left hand is air guitar.
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