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Pretty Useless Facts Sunday



 ~ 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don’t die throughout the movie.

 ~ The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.  More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.  
 ~ Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.  
 ~ Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
 ~ Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).  
 ~ In Greek culture, brides carry a lump of sugar in their wedding glove. It’s supposed to bring sweetness to their married life.

 ~ Crossing one’s fingers is a way of secretly making the sign of the Cross. It was started by early Christians to ask for divine assistance without attracting the attention of pagans.


 


 ~ One gift-giving taboo in China is the giving of straw sandals, which are associated with funerals, and therefore considered bad luck.
 ~ The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier. 

 ~ Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979.
 ~ The average North American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span.

 ~ The most common name in world is Mohammed. 
vOn average, Americans’ favorite smell is banana. 
 
 ~ Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing. 
 ~ “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt.” 
 ~ The handkerchief had been used by the Romans, who ordinarily wore two handkerchiefs: one on the left wrist and one tucked in at the waist or around the neck. In the fifteenth century, the handkerchief was for a time allowed only to the nobility; special laws were made to enforce this. The classical heritage was rediscovered during the Renaissance.
 ~ Almonds are a member of the peach family. 
 ~ Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
 ~ In a test performed by Canadian scientists, using various different styles of music, it was determined that chickens lay the most eggs when pop music was played.  

 ~ The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.
 ~ Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it. 
 ~  Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 week otherwise it will digest itself.

 ~The citrus soda 7 UP was created in 1929; “7” was selected after the original 7 ounce containers and “UP” was for the direction of the bubbles.  
 

 Just something for you all to think about enjoy your Sunday!

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1 COMMENT

  • Anonymous

    Hi – I am certainly happy to find this. Good job!