Anyone For Pointless/Useless Facts ??

Question

I hope people actuli answer this and it isnt just a waste of 5 points

I want you to give me pointless facts like
Blue whales heart is the size of a small car or
there are 140 million sheep in australia but only a human population of 17 million :)

Answer 1

According to food experts, marinades for meat are for a one-time use only. You should never save and reuse a marinade.

Your foot is the same size as the length between your wrist and elbow.

Traveling at a rate of 2 to 3 miles per hour, camels can carry 500 to 1,000 pounds on their backs. They are able to keep up this pace for 6 or 7 hours a day. Camels will refuse to carry loads that are not properly balanced.

There are 1,600 known species of starfishes in the world.

The Bear Road Elementary School children in North Syracuse were instrumental in getting the Governor to sign a bill making the Apple Muffin the official New York State muffin.

Dartmouth was the last Ivy League college to go coed, in 1972.

People lose more than hair as they grow old. By the age of 70, half of your taste buds will be gone.

Andrew Carnegie donated about $330 million to libraries, research projects, and world peace endeavors.

A Harvard study of college drinking showed that more than 40 percent of students indulge in binge drinking, which is defined as consuming five drinks at one sitting by men or four drinks by women. Of college students who drink, one-third drink to get drunk.

A cow can't give milk until she's given birth to a calf.

Iguanas of South and Central America and the Caribbean lay their eggs in February and March.

The earliest recorded windmills were in Iran in 700 A.D. These simple mills were used to grind corn.

St. Louis was called the "Gateway to the West" in the 1800s because it served as a starting place for wagon train departures.

Antarctica is 98 percent ice, 2 percent barren rock. The average thickness of the ice sheet is 7,200 feet; this amounts to 90 percent of all the ice and 70 percent of all the fresh water in the world. If the ice cap were to melt, the sea level would rise by an average of 230 feet.

Barking Sands Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is known for its unusual sand that squeaks or "barks like a dog." The dry sand grains emit an eerie sound when rubbed with bare feet.

The female condor lays a single egg once every two years.

Each rain drop is made up of several million cloud droplets.

Answer 2

The first Purple Heart was awarded August 4, 1782, by General George Washington. (It wasn't a medal, it was made out of cloth and marked "Merit.") It is the oldest military award in the U.S.

The Lions Club is so called because its founders were inspired by the Lions outside the Chicago Art Institute.

There are 118 ridges on a dime, 119 on a quarter.

Koalas are not "bears." They're marsupials.

Ancient clans who wanted to get rid of the unwanted people would burn their houses down, thus, to "get fired."

I-80 (Eisenhower interstate) requires that one mile in every 5 must be straight. The straight sections can be used as airstrips in case of war or other emergencies.

The first novel written on a typewriter, "Tom Sawyer."

The most popular boat name in the U.S., "Obsession."

The name of the plane in which Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper were killed was named "American Pie." Thus the name of the Don McLean song.

The plastic or metal things on the end of shoelaces are called "aglets."

American car horns beep in the key of F.

Tigers have striped skin under their fur.

Answer 3

1) The Mexican Hat Dance is the official dance of Mexico
2)The number four is considered to be unlucky in Japan.
3) One billion seconds is about 32 years.
4) An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toliet.
5) An apple, potato, and onion all taste the same if you eat them with your nose plugged.
6) Coca-cola would be green if coloring wasn't added to it.
7) Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
8) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
9) Right-handed people live an average of 9 years longer than left-handed people.

Answer 4

Butterflies taste with their feet
A ducks quack doesn't echo
All polar bears are left handed
It is physically impossible to lick your elbow
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball point pens every year
On average people fear spiders more than they do death!
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
A snail can sleep for three years
The electric chair was invented by a dentist
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day

Answer 5

--A "gaggle" is what you call a flock of geese when they're
not flying/in flight;
--Florence Nightingale was the founder/creator of Elizabeth
Arden Cosmetics
--'Bloomers' (early underwear for women) were named after
their inventor, Amelia Bloomer.
--"Peacock" is the term used for a male Pea Fowl ; "Pea
Hen" is the female
--Red Tail Hawks, wolves, and mourning doves (just to
name a few) are animals that mate for life
--All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 dollar bill
--Yak's (Tibetan ox) milk is pink
--Polar Bears have black skin underneath their white fur

Answer 6

Oysters can change from one gender to another and then
back again.

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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were
used as money in Syberia.

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The average American walks 18,000 steps per day.


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Menier's Disease

Julius Caesar, Martin Luther and Jonathan Swift all suf-
fered from Ménièr's disease. It is a disorder of the hear-
ing and balance senses causing hissing, roaring or whist-
ling sounds to be perceived.

Answer 7

Well, a sure way to waste 5 points is to "ask" a vague and misspelled question.

Are you asking for pointless/useless facts?

Are you offering them?

Do you mean "actually"?

Here is a useful fact: spell check will catch incorrectly spelled words.

Here is a useless fact: your five points plus $1.89 will buy a cup of coffee (regular brewed) at Starbucks.

Hope this helps

Answer 8

Did you know that most of Disney's "classic" movies are unoriginal, but rather stolen ideas from various sources? Just look at "The Lion King" (Hamlet), "Cinderella" and "The Jungle Book." Disney is the worst plagiarist of all time!

Answer 9

The Peregrine Falcon has the highest recorded dive speed of 175 mph (282 Km/h).

Answer 10

The majority of galaxies are moving away from us, so if you look out into the sky you're probably looking at the past.