More Useless Facts

The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69.

The projection light used for IMAX theaters can be seen from space.

Someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds.

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung.

A Singapore singing group by the name of "The Oriental Singers," sang non-stop for 74 hours and five minutes.

The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing.

In 1989, twenty-three people were hired in Jacksonville Florida just to flush toilets so the pipes would not freeze.

The largest ketchup bottle is a 170 feet (52 m) tall water tower.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

There are mirrors on the moon. Astronauts left them so that laser beams could be bounced off of them from Earth. These beams help give us the distance to the moon, give or take a few metres.

Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder.

The best time for a person to buy shoes is in the afternoon. This is because the foot tends to swell a bit around this time.

Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.

At age 47, the Rolling Stones' bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with 13-year old Mandy Smith, with her mother's blessing. Six years later, they were married, but the marriage only lasted a year. Not long after, Bill's 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy's mother, age 46. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father's father-in-law and his own grandpa.

Dark Side of The Moon (a Pink Floyd album) stayed on the top 200 Billboard charts for 741 weeks! That is 14 years.