Useless Facts

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1. Researchers at the Texas Department of Highways in Fort Worth determined the cow population of the U.S. burps some 50 million tons of valuable hydrocarbons into the atmosphere each year. The accumulated burps of ten average cows could keep a small house adequately heated and its stove operating for a year.

 

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1. During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building sways several feet to either side.

 

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1. In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

 

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1. The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

 

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1. The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.

 

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1. Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet

 

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1. Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.

 

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1. 400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.

 

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1. A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.

 

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1. Coca-Cola was originally green.

 

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1. Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

 

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1. Hong Kong holds the most Rolls Royce’s per capita.

 

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1. Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7

 

[01dragonslayer]

1. WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through "the whole 9 yards", hence the term.

 

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1. Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

 

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1. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

 

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1. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.

 

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1. In the early 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services (like two-way radios in taxis) but did not re-number the other channel assignments.

 

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1. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

 

[01dragonslayer]

Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases