Useless Facts

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.

Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually.

From 1939 to 1942, there was a undersea post office in the Bahamas.

The average adult has approximately six pounds of skin.

Pretzel snacks have been around for over 1300 years. A European monk invented the snack using used leftover bread dough.

If all the Oreo cookies ever sold were stacked on top of one another, they would be as high as 13.3 million Sears Towers.

Some of the titles that were considered for the hit T.V. show "Friends" were Six Of One, Across the Hall, and Insomnia Cafe.

Iguanas can recognize their human handlers and greet them differently, compared with strangers.

In North America there are approximately 618 roller coasters.

The dromedary camel can drink as much as 100 litres of water in just 10 minutes.

In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose for marriage.. If the girl caught it, that would mean she accepts.

During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water.

Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.

Just by recycling one aluminum can, enough energy would be saved to have a TV run for three hours.

On average, Americans move to a new place eleven times in their lifetime.