World’s Most Useless Facts
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Show Some Organ?
Skin is the largest organ of the human body.
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My Lovely Wife, Fern
Hindu men once believed it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marrying a tree first. The tree (his third wife) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.
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Ferret
A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
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Sweet!
An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged. They all taste sweet.
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A Hare's Tale
According to legend, if a hare crosses a person’s path as he starts out on a journey, the trip will be unlucky and it’s best to return home and start again. If a pregnant woman sees a hare, her child may be born with a hare-lip. If a hare runs down the main street of a town, it foretells a fire. Cornish legend says that girls who die of grief after being rejected by a lover turn into white hares and haunt their former beaus.
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Casket
Casket. (Getty Images.)
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Caterpillar
Caterpillar means “hairy cat” in Old French.
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Dirty Work
An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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Oh No Hippo!
The first soup ever made was made from hippo meat.
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The Work Of Art
The artist Michelangelo’s full name in Italian is Michaelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni.
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Double Bubble
Although your system cannot digest gum like other foods, it won’t be stuck inside of you forever. It comes out with other waste your body can’t use.
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Earthworm
An earthworm has five hearts.
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To the Tune Of…
The music for “The Star Spangled Banner” comes from a British drinking song named “Anacreon.”
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Flower
Eating dandelions can make you urinate more.
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Goats
Male goats will urinate on each other in order to attract mates.
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Keep Family CLose?
Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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She's A Doll
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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Family Man
Frosted Flakes mascot “Tony the Tiger” has a wife, son (Tony Jr.) and daughter (Antoinette) that were used in early advertising commercials.
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Like Pinocchio
Between the ages of 30 and 70, you nose may lengthen and widen by as much as half an inch.
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Everyday Rapunzel
During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
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I’ve Been Missing Out on Cake!
Santa Claus has a brother named Bells Nichols according to French Tradition. He visits homes on New Year’s Eve after everyone is asleep, and if a plate is set out for him, he fills it with cookies and cakes.
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Covert Operation
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had an operation for hemorrhoids while he was in office.
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Sweet Kisses
A passionate kiss uses up 6.4 calories per minute.
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Bad Luck
Abraham Lincoln’s mother died when she drank the milk of a cow that grazed on poisonous snakeroot.
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A Lock on It
If you lock your knees while standing long enough, you will pass out. (We do not recommend you try and find out for yourself.)
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Mind Leech
A leech has 32 brains.
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Hey Ladies
Rapper LL Cool J’s name is short for “Ladies Love Cool James.”
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Our Pick
Maine is considered the toothpick capital of the world.
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What’s in a Name
Ho-Ho-Kus, a small town in New Jersey, is the only town in the United States of America that has two dashes in its name.
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Eight Arms That Can't Hold You
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it’s born.
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Fancy Pants
Hundreds of years ago, only the wealthy people used to wear underwear.
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Bright Baby
A fetus that is four months old, will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother’s stomach.
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Down the Drain
The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie “Psycho.”
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A tip...
Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.
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A ring to it…
The sensitivity of a woman’s middle finger is reduced during certain times of her reproductive cycle.
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Full of Hot Air
An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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The better to smell you with…
A slug has four noses.
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Achoo!
It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
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Where’s My Stapler?
(credit: CBS)
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Future’s So Bright…
It takes between about 8 to 9 minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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If they scare you, get used to it
Tarantulas can live up to 30 years.
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Time's Flying
A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, “I will be there in a jiffy.”
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Toilet Paper
A person uses approximately 57 sheets of toilet paper each day.
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Man's Best Friend
First place for the country with the greatest dog population goes to United States Second for les chiens is France.
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Turtle
A turtle can breathe through its anus.
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That Hurts!
Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second.
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Uranus
Uranus has 27 moons.
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