Tuesday's list of little known facts...
'Cliffie Notes' - for the attention deficient crowd:
- Wal-Mart's annual income is nearly equal to that of Russia.
- The world's population increases by 237,748 people every 24 hours.
- Lake Mashu, Japan has the world's clearest water. Its transparent to a depth of 136 feet.
- The common housefly only flies at 4.3 miles per hour.
- American soldiers in Vietnam sometimes used Slinkies as radio antennas.
- There are exactly 216 noodles in every can of Campbell's chicken noodle soup.
- The B.F. in B.F. Goodrich stands for Benjamin Franklin.
- 95.7% of all paperwork filed in an average office will never be seen again.
- Exxon spent over $100 million on market research before changing its name from Esso.
- Sheep will not drink from running water.
- Every year over 600 residents of Paris are hospitalized after slipping on dog shit.
- Albert Einstein never memorized his own home phone number.
- Mississippi did not ratify the 13th Amendment (which outlawed slavery) until 1995.
- Fleas jump at 140 times the force of gravity...20 times that of a space shuttle during launch.
- Davey Crocket never wore a coonskin cap (Disney made that up).
- Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, weighed less than the Titanic's rudder.
- In 75 years, the human heart pumps enough blood to fill an oil tanker 46 times.
- The liquid inside a Magic 8-Ball is a mix of water, anti-freeze and blue dye.
- The average person will forget 80% of what they learned today. (increases to 99.9% if you spend too much time on GFY)
- It takes a Twinkie on average 45 seconds to explode in the microwave.
- It takes an hour and a half to cremate the average adult.
- When threatened, a bombardier beetle can expel a blast of 212F-degree air from its arse.
- At last count, ten countries have the nuclear capability to destroy the world.
- Only a third of the world's population eats with a knife and fork.
- The @ symbol is over 500 years old.
- The flashing light on the Capitol Records Tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code.
- Junk mail received by Americans in one day could provide enough fuel to heat 250,000 homes.
- Ben & Jerry got their start in 1977 after taking a $5 correspondence course in ice-cream making.
- Wal-Mart's annual income is nearly equal to that of Russia.
- The world's population increases by 237,748 people every 24 hours.
- Lake Mashu, Japan has the world's clearest water. Its transparent to a depth of 136 feet.
- The common housefly only flies at 4.3 miles per hour.
- American soldiers in Vietnam sometimes used Slinkies as radio antennas.
- There are exactly 216 noodles in every can of Campbell's chicken noodle soup.
- The B.F. in B.F. Goodrich stands for Benjamin Franklin.
- 95.7% of all paperwork filed in an average office will never be seen again.
- Exxon spent over $100 million on market research before changing its name from Esso.
- Sheep will not drink from running water.
- Every year over 600 residents of Paris are hospitalized after slipping on dog shit.
- Albert Einstein never memorized his own home phone number.
- Mississippi did not ratify the 13th Amendment (which outlawed slavery) until 1995.
- Fleas jump at 140 times the force of gravity...20 times that of a space shuttle during launch.
- Davey Crocket never wore a coonskin cap (Disney made that up).
- Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria, weighed less than the Titanic's rudder.
- In 75 years, the human heart pumps enough blood to fill an oil tanker 46 times.
- The liquid inside a Magic 8-Ball is a mix of water, anti-freeze and blue dye.
- The average person will forget 80% of what they learned today. (increases to 99.9% if you spend too much time on GFY)
- It takes a Twinkie on average 45 seconds to explode in the microwave.
- It takes an hour and a half to cremate the average adult.
- When threatened, a bombardier beetle can expel a blast of 212F-degree air from its arse.
- At last count, ten countries have the nuclear capability to destroy the world.
- Only a third of the world's population eats with a knife and fork.
- The @ symbol is over 500 years old.
- The flashing light on the Capitol Records Tower spells out HOLLYWOOD in Morse code.
- Junk mail received by Americans in one day could provide enough fuel to heat 250,000 homes.
- Ben & Jerry got their start in 1977 after taking a $5 correspondence course in ice-cream making.
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