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parents... do your kids like useless facts?

Interesting Stuff Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. There are only four words in the English language that end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand

Public Comments

1. I wish it only took me 7 minutes to fall asleep.
2. NO, I like these random facts! LMFAO!
3. No but I DO! I find this to be very interesting. lol. How 'bout this one? Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space. I'm sure you just HAD to know this!
4. LOL.... I just read the first ones... you gave me a lot of useless facts.
5. a pig's orgasm lasts 30 mintues
6. My son is only 13 months..soo probably not...not yet I LOVE useless info..my father is FULL of useless info lol. He tells me something useless but interesting every time I see him :) All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. - I didn't know that..I have to go find a 5 dollar bill now.
7. I'm sorry to have to break it to you, but a goldfish has a better memory than 3 seconds. Mythbusters totally disproved this.
8. I like this facts.However my son would just look at me wide eyed and be like what.
9. mine aren't old enough to like these things yet, but i always liked this one: there are only 3 words in the english dictionary that start with the letters "DW" dwell dwindle dwarf
10. you just made me examine my dimes and my $5 bill
11. I don't think any of those are useless facts, we call them "things that make you go mmmm..." in our house and my children love them
12. Yup. Bees and dogs can smell fear.