Useless Facts:
Useless facts are fun tidbits of information that you can tell your friends about.
Most of them are accurate, although I suspect some of them are a bit more
far-fetched than others. Listed below, you'll find 25 useless facts
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- The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.
- Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
- Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
- Sheryl Crow's two front teeth are fake.
- Malcolm X's original name is Malcolm Little.
- Beavers can swim half a mile underwater on one gulp of air.
- The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
- The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.
- 85% of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased by women!
- In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.
- Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
- Only female bees work.
- Frozen lobsters can come back to life when thawed!
- Tasmania is said to have the cleanest air in the world.
- The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
- 20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
- It took 20,000 men 22 years to build the Taj Mahal.
- During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants.
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
- During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
- The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
- Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
- Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
- An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
- In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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