Tuesday, August 25, 2009

15 Things You Don't Need To Know

Nothing in this blog can benefit you greatly. At most it will make you look semi-cool if you bring one of these up when you're talking to your friends.

1. Clinophobia is the fear of beds.

2. Mark Twain was born and died on days when Halley's Comet could be seen.

3. The original game of monopoly was circular.

4. Ninety million people survive on less the $75 a year.

5. Racecar spelled backwards is racecar, and kayak spelled backwards is kayak.

6. More people are killed by donkeys annually than in plane crashes.

7. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

8. You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.

9. All 50 states are listed on the top of the Lincoln Memorial.

10. The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore.

11. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

12. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska.

13. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

14. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

15. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

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