Fun But Useless Facts

The internet is such an amazing tool. You can find information on just about anything you want. So here's a sampling of information that I'm sure you'll find interesting. The problem is, I don't know if any of it is useful. Nevertheless I'm sure you'll enjoy these Fun But Useless Facts:

• If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, you get 12,345,678,987,654,321.


• In Chinese, the words "crisis" and "opportunity" are the same.


• Denver, Colorado consumes less prune juice per capita than any other city in the United States.


• Polar bears are left-handed.


• The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver."


• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.


• Hitler was claustrophobic. The large elevator leading to his eagles nest in the Austrian Alps was mirrored so it would appear larger and more open.


• "Moon" was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. You know Buzz Aldrin. He was the second man on the moon.


• Paper was invented early in the second century by Chinese eunuch.


• Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.


• Insects outnumber humans 100,000,000 to one. (Not so hard to believe on a warm summer night)


• Termites are affected by music. They will eat your house twice as fast if you play loud music.


• The Titanic was running at 22 knots when it hit the iceberg.


• The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.


• The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.


• The song with the longest title is "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943.


• During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours shaving away 8.4 meters of stubble.