A few posts ago I listed some useless facts I found. A lot of people seem to have liked reading them so I thought I would post some more. So here are some more useless facts...
-A dogs sweat glands are found between their toes.
-Nose prints are used to identify dogs, much like humans use fingerprints.
-Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources.
-American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
-Los Angeles's full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula --and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.
-It’s against the law to leave your house in Thailand if you’re not wearing underwear.
-It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
-In 18th Century Britain, you could take out insurance against going to hell.
-"hello" wasn't always the first thing said over the phone. The first operating phone service was esatblished in 1878 and the formal greeting back then was "ahoy"
-According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.
-In New Mexico, over eleven thousand people have visited a tortilla chip that appeared to have the face of Jesus Christ burned into it.
-Bill Gates donated close to $100 million to fight AIDS in India. As a percent of his total wealth, this would be comparable to him donating ten cents if he only had $60.
-In the USA, 32% of employees eat lunch and work at the same time.
-At the outbreak of World War I, the American air force consisted of only fifty men.
-Both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew Canabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations.
-Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
I hope you found them as useless and entertaining as I did. Thanks again for reading!
i love random facts. you should look up stupid laws from the past, that entry practically writes itself.
ReplyDeleteI was under the impression that dogs didn't have sweat glands, and that is why they pant. I can't remember where I learnt that though. Still some good fun facts, and I agree, finding out about random old laws is pretty fun. What's more fun is finding one and breaking one to see if you get arrested. I watched a show where a guy did just that, and he got arrested more than he didn't
ReplyDelete@Mark I thought so too. I found it on a useless fact website. I will double check because I was also under impression they don't have sweat glands. I'll update in few minutes
ReplyDeleteJust checked...it is true. they have sweat glands between their toes.
ReplyDeleteWow, I hadn't seen most of those before, and i love trivia, so thanks!
ReplyDeleteWell, so monday will be the day.
ReplyDeletegreat list. made me wtf a lot of times :P
ReplyDeleteI like this meng! ; )
ReplyDeleteNintendo is older than what I thought. D:
ReplyDeletean insurance against going to hell... im sure someone would take that today, too ^^
ReplyDeleteMonday is the favored day of suicide? morbid..but interesting. I wonder why.
ReplyDeletehaha great list. not only did washington and jefferson grow weed, but basically every upstanding continental plantation owner as well. if only it were 1776...
ReplyDelete"-According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction."
ReplyDeleteYes.
Great list of things I didn't know! :)
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You should have added that in some places it's forbidden to die :D
ReplyDeleteI don't remember where that was though. I think in some church or something. Then you'd have to get a special funeral
crazy facts, really interesting. following
ReplyDelete-Until 1967, LSD was legal in California.
ReplyDeletei wish i lived there before that :)
Interesting, never knew!
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, congrats!
ReplyDeleteLaughed at female mosquitoes being the bloodsuckers of their species. =)
ReplyDeletewell, some of them a re useful :)
ReplyDeletethe funny thing is that some of those fact have some good insights...following!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder L.A. has a lot of attention seekers.
ReplyDeleteThat shark info has me thinking there's a joke in there somewhere. Great blog. I'll follow.
Graces her subjects, and her thoughts the king. Supporting!
ReplyDeleteI found the honey fact pretty interesting, im slightly skeptical though.
ReplyDeleteI guess Califoria was a cool place up until 1967...
ReplyDeletethats freaking awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow, I guess when I leave for Thailand I'll remember to keep those on when I go out!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know some of this!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, those are some really amazing things... Though let's face it, I wouldn't leave the house without wearing my underwear anyway! Haha, silly Thailand.
ReplyDeletelol, love these. keep them comming
ReplyDelete"American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class."
ReplyDeletePretty funny. This fact made me think about reducing my olive consume too ;).
i loved the american airlines olive one :P
ReplyDeleteinteresting lol i like seeing random facts like this!
ReplyDelete:( Scary shark teeth!
ReplyDelete-It’s against the law to leave your house in Thailand if you’re not wearing underwear.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh.
haha great stuff, thanks! +followed
ReplyDeleteLove useless facts!
ReplyDelete-Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes live on natural liquids from plants and other resources.
ReplyDelete-Only female mosquitoes bite humans.
-Only female bite.
-female.
OMG I do know they like our blood! XD
Nice blog btw sir!
I wonder how much nintendo playing cards cost
ReplyDeleteI knew a lot of those things, this should come handy in a trivia game though!
ReplyDeleteGood post!
Those facts are useless, as useless as they can be probably. But i still cant get enough of them, every time i get to find posts about it, i cant stop reading, i LOVE em hahahah
ReplyDeleteOG presidents growing reefer haha nice
ReplyDeleteseven days to replace a shark tooth?? no wonder why there are so many necklaces with them
ReplyDeletei love tricks like these!
ReplyDeletepeople drop jaws when you tell them george washington grew weed! haha
ReplyDelete@Electric Addict I know. as a matter of fact I think it was required that every farmer had to cultivate hemp
ReplyDelete"American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class."
ReplyDeleteOmg! :D O_o
I felt that I had to point out that pure honey does not spoil but the cheap variety you can buy at a store is usually not pure honey but honey adulterated with corn syrup.
ReplyDeleteWow, great facts!
ReplyDeleteno knowledge is useless especially the honey fact at the end!
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