More Useless Facts

There are 122 pebbles per square inch on a Spalding basketball.

If left to her own devices, a female cat may have three to seven kittens every four months. This is why population control using neutering and spaying is so important.

Approximately one out of every 55 women from Canada give birth in their car on the way to the hospital or clinic.

Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

The temperature of milk when it leaves the body of a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit. The milk is then quickly chilled and stored at a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

The fastest bird in the world is the Peregrine Falcon, which can reach speeds in excess of two hundred miles per hour.

The Kraft company produces enough Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.

In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

Studies have shown that the scent of Rosemary can help in better mental performance and make individuals feel more alert.

Tomatoes were considered poisonous for 400 years.

The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV.

Popeye is 34 years old, weighs 158 lbs, and is 5 feet 6 inches tall.

There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong. In 1990, the population was only twenty-two people.

If all the strawberries produced in California annually were put side by side, they would wrap around the Earth fifteen times.

The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. It has an incline of 38%.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Odds of being killed in a tornado- 1 in 2 million.

The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.

The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

Coca-cola was originally green.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.