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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Useless Trivia

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

The first product to have a UPC bar code was Wrigley's gum.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

"Typewriter" is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 4 years of age.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

Pearls dissolve in vinegar.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

No words in the English language rhyme with "month", "orange", "silver", or "purple".

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are at least fifty years old.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one can explain why.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room in a dance hall.

The second U.S. President who's name contains all the letters from the word "criminal" was William Jefferson Clinton.

The first was Richard Milhouse Nixon.

5 comments:

  1. "Turtles can breathe through their butts. "


    hahaha

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  2. I don't mean to be rude here, but how exactly do you know that turtles breathe through their butt?

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  3. turtle also rhymes with purple

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  4. Hey Kolie

    as long as they dont breathe in and fart at the same time 8-)

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  5. Hi Anon

    Not sure on the validity of your arguement coz youve changed two bits of the word.

    My legal team are on it, we will be in touch.

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