Useless Facts:

• 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.