We have to get silly every once in a while at least that’s what my husband reminds me. I’m much more serious than I should be and I wish I had my sister-in-law Juanita’s capacity to laugh and laugh heartily. She really has the most contagious laugh! So today I giving you at least 10 totally useless facts to do with what you will. Next time you’re at a cocktail party and need to start a conversation, maybe one of these will spark the talk. Thanks to my consistent content contributor, Gail – she sent me this Buzz Feed post. I have just decided to put initials after Gail’s name; From now on she’s Gail C.C.C. !
- The founders of Hewlett-Packard flipped a coin to see whose name would come first in the company’s name.
- People with higher incomes prefer their toilet paper to roll from the top whereas people with lower incomes prefer it to roll out from the bottom. In a 1989 book, Barry Sinrod and Mel Poretz revealed that 60% of people making more than $50,000 a year preferred the toilet paper to come over the roll, while 73% of those making under $20,000 preferred it to go under.
Toilet paper
- The lint that collects at the bottom of your pocket actually has a name, gnurr.
- Some animals like the Western Spotted Skunk are able to delay their pregnancies for months. In these cases, the embryos cease developing for a certain period of time before attaching to the uterine wall. Other animals with types of delayed pregnancies include otters and kangaroos.
- Sigmund Freud once believed that Cocaine could be used to treat Morphine addiction.
- Flamingos get their color from the carotenoid pigments in the foods that they eat, like algae and shrimp. Once their feathers shed, they quickly lose their color.
Pretty In Pink
- The line between the two numbers in a fraction is called the vinculum.
- The U.S. pizza industry serves up to 100 acres of pizza every day.
- If you type in 52.376552, 5.198303 on Google Maps, you can see what is allegedly two guys dragging a dead body into a lake.
- A standard 3×3 Rubik’s Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different possible configurations.
Go Figure…
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