Useless Animal Facts

• A pregnant goldfish is called a twerp.
• Rats and horses can't vomit.
• A shrimp's heart is in its head.
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Useless Celebrity Facts

• Houdini's real name was Ehrich Weiss.
• Paul McCartney's real first name is James - Paul is his middle name.
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Useless Food and Drink Facts

• Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
• The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
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Useless Health Facts

• Every person has a unique tongue print.
• The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
• Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
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Useless Inventions Data and Facts

• The world's first passenger train made its debut in England in 1825.
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
• The first product Motorola developed was a record player for automobiles.
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Useless Language Facts

• The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched".
• Maine is the only US state whose name is just one syllable.
• The longest word you can make from the letters on the top row of a keyboard or typewriter is... typewriter!
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Useless Money Facts

• American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from each salad.
• There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
• The hole inside a CD is exactly the same size as an old Dutch 10 cent coin.
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Useless Movies and TV Facts

• During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
• Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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Useless Statistics Facts

• On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
• There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
• The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
• 47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

• I bet it was pretty hard to pick up girls if you had the Black Death.
• Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?
• To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus and a clown killed my dad.
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