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1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.

21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa L枚wenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

28. Camel's have three eyelids.

29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.

30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.

31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.

32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.

33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.

34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.

36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".

39. Slugs have four noses.

40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

43.Would you like to check out these 320 useless facts?
I thought there were supposed to be 320. But the ones you had were interesting. Most of them I didn't already know. Did you actually know all of these?
Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.



thats not useless. we can stop that. and we need to stop that. we need to stat recycling and reusing stuff that we can. and instead of throwing away clothes when youdon'tt fit into them anymore, give them away to children who need them. nobody cares about theenvironmentt anymore. but you should cause its your fault forwhateverr is happening to teenvironmentt.Would you like to check out these 320 useless facts?
No I would not.Would you like to check out these 320 useless facts?
Your number 3 is wrong, can you name 57 types of pickles? They sure didn't have them back then either. According to the bio channel they ended up with the number 57 because it was the only number they could come with that kind of slid off the tongue. But I forget why they even wanted a number anyway. But it has nothing to do with the pickles.

Why are the M%26amp;M's called that and not just M? It was because Mars had a partner whose last name also started with M and was taken on as partner because his dad worked for Hershey's from where they origanlly bought their chocolate. Today the two company's are in secret combat with each other going back to that time.