Useless Facts

In Albania, nodding your head means "no" and shaking your head means "yes."

The CIA has made a disk camera that is as big as a quarter. This gadget can take many pictures at a time when the disk is opened.

In China, pancakes are generally served as side dishes. They are stuffed with meat, bean sprouts, and other vegetables.

Americans on average use about 580 pounds of paper per year per person.

Nintendo was first establish in 1889 and they started out making special playing cards.

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.

The lining of the a person's stomach is replaced every 36 hours.

Budweiser beer is named after a town in Czechoslovakia.

Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.

The oldest roller coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.

Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century.

215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton.

One average, men spend 60 hours a year shaving.

The country of Fiji is made up of 332 islands.

The peregrine falcon can spot its prey from more than 8 km away.

Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.