anybody know any amazing but useless facts?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are comprised of fifteen letters

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

Answer 2

The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz.

The fastest human swimmer can swim at 6 miles per hour. The fastest mammal - the dolphin - can swim up to 35 miles per hour.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!

About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.

Answer 3

The United States is spending over a billion dollar's a week to fight a war on the other side of the globe.

Sure it means something, however, the US Citizens are powerless in doing anything about it because we are being led to slaughter by an evil dictator.

In the end, it is useless & meaningless.

Answer 4

Lots.
A male lion can service his mate 350 times per day.

The male toci-toci beetle taps his shell on a stone to attract a mate. It can barely be heard by the most sensitive microphone, yet the female can detect it over a mile away.

The current celsius scale was actually invented by Christian DeLyons, but 100 degrees was freezing, and zero degrees boiling point. Celsius knicked it, inverted it, and called it his own.

"Sudden death" in sport, really was sudden death. In ancient Maya, they played a form of basketball, using a human head, and the hoops were vertical. After a set time, if no one had one, the next point was sudden death. The losing side after the next point were all killed.

Answer 5

Originally, the moon's much closer orbit made it appear eight times larger than it appears today. This meant that in many places on earth, had humans been alive then, they'd have been treated to a full moon that spanned from horizon to horizon. The light would have been more than adequate to read by.

Answer 6

Little Miss Muffet was a girl from the 16th century and her name ws actualy Patience

Ralph Lauren's real name is Ralph Lifshitz

On average, a man spends about five months of his life shaving.

Answer 7

Santa Clause used to be green, he was dressed in red for a Coca Cola Xmas commercial years ago and such is the power of the brand, it stuck.

Answer 8

The names of Columbus' 3 ships were the Pinta, Santa Maria, and ... Santa Clara.

Santa Clara was the official name, Nina was the nickname.

Answer 9

The strongest creature in the world is the Goliath beetle which can lift up to 850 times its own weight. (A 200 pound person would have to lift 170,000 pounds to match it)

Also, a flea can jump 150 times its own body length. (A person would have to jump a third of a mile to match it)

Crazy stuff!!

Answer 10

the ears of an african elephant can weigh up to 110 pounds each

a baby oyster is called a spat

all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads

its illegal to let your dog sleep in your bathtub in brooklyn

hostess twinkies are 68% air

impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states