Absolutely Useless Information For You...

I found this somewhere so I thought I'd spread the love...12io4j2w90

<LI dir=ltr>Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. <LI dir=ltr>Pearls melt in vinegar. <LI dir=ltr>It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. <LI dir=ltr>Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. <LI dir=ltr>The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. <LI dir=ltr>It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. <LI dir=ltr>Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands. <LI dir=ltr>Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka. <LI dir=ltr>The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications) <LI dir=ltr>Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. <LI dir=ltr>A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. <LI dir=ltr>The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. <LI dir=ltr>The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.) <LI dir=ltr>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. <LI dir=ltr>111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 <LI dir=ltr>Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression, "to get fired." <LI dir=ltr>Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. <LI dir=ltr>The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. <LI dir=ltr>The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. <LI dir=ltr>The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA,NHL, or NFL), are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game. <LI dir=ltr>Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. <LI dir=ltr>The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. <LI dir=ltr>If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom. <LI dir=ltr>Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating. <LI dir=ltr>Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard. <LI dir=ltr>The fingerprints of Koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene. <LI dir=ltr>All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. <LI dir=ltr>James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand. <LI dir=ltr>The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. <LI dir=ltr>There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. <LI dir=ltr>Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
 
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<LI dir=ltr>Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. <LI dir=ltr>Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. <LI dir=ltr>The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses. <LI dir=ltr>There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. <LI dir=ltr>The average secretary's left hand does 56% of the typing. <LI dir=ltr>A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. <LI dir=ltr>There are more chickens than people in the world. <LI dir=ltr>Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. <LI dir=ltr>The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." <LI dir=ltr>All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20. <LI dir=ltr>No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. <LI dir=ltr>"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". <LI dir=ltr>All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. <LI dir=ltr>Almonds are members of the peach family. <LI dir=ltr>Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. <LI dir=ltr>Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. <LI dir=ltr>There are only five words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, Timidous, and hazardous. <LI dir=ltr>Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula". And can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A." <LI dir=ltr>A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. <LI dir=ltr>An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. <LI dir=ltr>Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. <LI dir=ltr>In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. <LI dir=ltr>Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. <LI dir=ltr>The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross. <LI dir=ltr>When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city. <LI dir=ltr>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". <LI dir=ltr>A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. <LI dir=ltr>A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. <LI dir=ltr>A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. <LI dir=ltr>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. <LI dir=ltr>It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. <LI dir=ltr>The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. <LI dir=ltr>Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself. <LI dir=ltr>In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. <LI dir=ltr>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 "Oz."
<LI dir=ltr>The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. <LI dir=ltr>Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. <LI dir=ltr>John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles. <LI dir=ltr>The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. <LI dir=ltr>There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. <LI dir=ltr>Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. <LI dir=ltr>Typewriter is the only ten letter word you can type on the top row of your keyboard.
 
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"There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. "

Hey Shrink got change for a dollar? :LMAO

Thank you for the laugh sir!
 

Keneke

EOG Enthusiast
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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.

I do not believe Julius Caesar was either a King or an Emperor. 12io4j2w90
 
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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.

I do not believe Julius Caesar was either a King or an Emperor. 12io4j2w90


Good call, Keneke...

"After assuming control of government, he began extensive reforms of Roman society and government. He was proclaimed dictator for life (dictator perpetuus), and heavily centralised the bureaucracy of the Republic."

Julius Caesar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Question: Who do the 4 Kings in a deck of cards represent?
Did you know some say the 4 kings each represent a specific historic figure?
Answer: Many people believe that each of the 4 kings in a deck of cards represents a great ruler of the past. The King of Spades is said to be David, King of Israel; the king of Clubs is supposed to be Alexander the Great; the king of Hearts, the French King Charlemagne; and the king of Diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.

However, while many people state this as fact, there is some debate over whether or not it's true.
 

Keneke

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PO69

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Nice thread. I knew some of the information like the "Quick Brown Fox" sentence and a few others, but interesting.

Keep it up
 

Angelsfire

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Re; Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
No wonnder their trails go every where ,and look so funny they're sleep walking..:+textinb3
 

IGAMBLER

EOG Addicted
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This post is right up my alley. I am the master of useless information.
It's a very good thing that we don't see too many koalas in crime scenes.
Leather for footballs: whatever happened to pigskins?
 
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