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My *NEWEST* Useless Facts as of 6-21-2000

Hey y'all! I did it! Summer vacation finally arrived and I finally got a chance to update all my pointless info! Enjoy!

There are 110 ridges on a dime. thanx to Jason

The Egyptians removed the brain from a body being mummified through the nose and discarded because it was thought to be useless. thanx to Morgan

13 people die every year from falling vending machines. thanx to Adam

A jiffy is an actual measure of time 1/100 of a second. thanx to Adam

There are 1440 minutes in a day. thanx to Chloe

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. thanx to “BLou608”  

Pearls melt in vinegar. thanx to “BLou608”  

It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's   supply of footballs. thanx to “BLou608”  

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is   uncopyrightable. thanx to “BLou608”

In 1995 twice as much Monopoly money as real money was made in the US. thanx to Alisa

The word "samba" from Brazil literally means to rub navels together. thanx to Alisa

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. thanx to Katherine  

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. thanx to Katherine  

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. thanx to Katherine  

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. thanx to Katherine  

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. thanx to Katherine  

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. thanx to Katherine  

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. thanx to Katherine  

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field. thanx to Katherine  

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. thanx to Katherine  

Butterflies taste with their feet. thanx to Katherine  

The average person grows seven feet of nose hair in their life time. thanx to Katherine

Hershey kisses got it's name because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt thanx to Brad

The longest English word is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis which describes a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of volcanic matter or a similar fine dust thanx to Brad

The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has ever memorised all 158 verses thanx to Brad

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