The "Add a Useless Fact" thread....

[Papa Deuce]

Half hour infomercials are actually 28minutes and 30secs and MUST say the price of their item within 11 minutes.... I love my job...

Well, they are SUPPOSED to be, and almost always are, but I have seen exceptions. I am a master control operator.

 

[Poohnatic]

Hostess Cupcakes have three and a half 'loops' on them.

 

[Tazicket]

Polar bears don't have white fur....it's clear. AND there are no native penguins in the northern hemisphere (they only exist in the southern hemisphere).

TWO useless facts!

 

[LadyyRedd]

Dachsunds like eating carrots.

So do beagles! Well, at least, my sister's does.

Kimya

 

[tevagirl]

A shrimp's heart is in its head. (Ew)

 

[LadyyRedd]

A ten year old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new, because of the -ahem- debris which is absorbed through the years. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and their decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand and a lot of perspiration, of which the average person loses a quart per day.

Kimya

 

[tevagirl]

A ten year old mattress weighs double what it did when it was new, because of the -ahem- debris which is absorbed through the years. That debris includes dust mites (their droppings and their decaying bodies), mold, millions of dead skin cells, dandruff, animal and human hair, secretions, excretions, lint, pollen, dust, soil, sand and a lot of perspiration, of which the average person loses a quart per day.

Kimya

Ew! Ew! Ew!

 

[southernbella]

Starfish have no brains (according to WWTBAM). Of course, all Spongebob fans know this already . Sbella

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

So do beagles! Well, at least, my sister's does.

Kimya

WatchinCaptKangaroo cannot read. I saw the above as "My sister does" and was thinking does she consider her beagle her sister?

 

[arkansas mom]

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

 

[tevagirl]

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

 

[Papa Deuce]

6% of all Americans walk to work.

 

[arkansas mom]

The YKK on the zipper of your Levis stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.

 

[Charade]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Someone played a cruel joke on those people!!

 

[Pop Daddy]

Charlie Spikes hit 23 home runs as a rookie in 1973

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

83% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

37.5% of them are true.

 

[Charade]

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.

 

[KingsFanInRI]

The little plastic caps on the ends of your shoelaces are called aglets

 

[Charade]

Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.

 

[LadyyRedd]

WatchinCaptKangaroo cannot read. I saw the above as "My sister does" and was thinking does she consider her beagle her sister?

Well....people have furbabies. I guess they could have fursiblings!

Kimya