Factoids

Some useless facts as of 1999

(Yes, I first posted this in 1999)

bullet

The US interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five be straight. These straight sections function as airstrips in times of war and other emergencies.

bullet

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

bullet

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.

bullet

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

bullet

In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a superman somewhere.

bullet

February 1965 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

bullet

The cruise liner, Queen Elisabeth II, moves only six inches for every gallon of diesel fuel that it burns.

bullet

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book published in every major Dewey Decimal category.

bullet

Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.

bullet

Cat urine glows under a black light.

bullet

Back in the mid-80s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.

bullet

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

bullet

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

bullet

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child is 2-6 years of age.

bullet

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

bullet

If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

bullet

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

bullet

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

bullet

No NFL team which plays its home games in a dome has ever won a Superbowl.

bullet

The first toilet ever seen on TV was on “Leave it to Beaver.”

bullet

In the Great Fire of London in 1666, half of the city was burned down but only 6 people were injured.

bullet

One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers—they saw them as competitors.

bullet

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 years old.

bullet

The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan”.

bullet

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Spread the love by sharing this post