Little Known Facts

He’s Only Playing!

I have “borrowed” the following list of little known facts from several sources which I have displayed at the bottom of this page. Several sounded so “outlandish” or “ridiculous” that I have “verified” their authenticity by locating other sources which are too numerous to list. I have also identified those that are known to be un-true.

You might ask, why bother with such trivial or useless bits of information? Well the whole idea is to offer simple entertainment at little or no cost to both of us.

But, keep in mind that you only get what you pay for, and seldom is it free;  but typically if its free it’s worthless.  If that's true, here's some worthless entertainment:

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades represents King David, Clubs for Alexander the Great, Hearts represent Charlemagne, and Diamonds honor Julius Caesar. (According to the United States Playing Card Company at least) ... (Verified)

111,111,111  x  111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (Verified)

When opossums are playing ‘possum’, they are not “playing.” They actually pass out from sheer terror. (Verified)

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%  (Perhaps the strongest evidence to-date, that the majority of married men lie.)

Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man if they had it to do all over again: 50%. (Suggesting that half of married women lie too)

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: Approximately $6,400.00.

A duck’s quack will not echo. (Verified)

The youngest 2 popes were Benedict IX in 1232 AD (exact age unknown: 11 to 20) and John XII in 955 AD who was 18 years old. (Verified)

Coca-Cola was originally green. (False ... this is only an urban legend)

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. (By Mark Twain ... verified)

The Main Library at Indiana University sinks a little over an inch every year; when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. That’s The Herman B Wells Library ... (Verified)

When you see a statue in the park of a person on a horse if both front legs of the horse are in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle;  if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. (Verified)

The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. (Verified)

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (False ... it’s more like 3 months)

On average people fear spiders more than they do death; even though you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

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

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (Verified, by several studies, however a few show no difference)

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight; and can pull 30 times its own weight. (Verified)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that’s like a human jumping the length of a football field in a single bound. (Verified)

Butterflies taste with the bottom of their feet. (Verified)

Elephants are the only living animals that can't jump.

The typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.

A month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th.

Almost 50% of bank robberies take place on Friday.

By law, citizens of Vermont must take at least one bath a week, but in Kentucky, the law only requires one bath per year. (Verified)

In Roanoke, VA, it’s illegal to advertise on tombstones.

It’s illegal to put coins in your ears in Hawaii. (Verified)

It is illegal for politicians to give away free booze on Election Day in Kentucky. (Verified)

Did you know that it's impossible to fold a dollar bill in half eight times, doubling it each time. In fact, try it even with a large piece of paper. It can't be done. You can win a bar bet with this fact, so I'll classify this one among the interesting and funny as well as useful ‘Little Known Facts’... (Verified)

Sources ...

http://www.fairy-lamp.com/RHCA/LittleKnownFacts.html

http://www.gambino.com/funstuff/facts.htm                                 http://www.pagetutor.com/jokebreak/091.html

http://www.thesecretinformationsite.com/little-known-facts.html                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum                                                         http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=popo%CC%81la

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