Funny Useless Facts pt. 2

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

China has more English speakers than the United States.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 other million people in the world?

When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

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

On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.

The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

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

You know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

I think polar bear fur does not Appear on infrared either

... When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
... Originally Posted by Amberance

Uhhhhh ... the state of Virginia was "built?" In the 1940s?

Might want to double-check that ...

Uhhhhh ... the state of Virginia was "built?" In the 1940s?

Might want to double-check that ... Originally Posted by James1588

Virginia wasn't "built". And has existed well before the 1940's, so obviously it is referring to the bathroom facilities. I'll fix the wording, good catch....thanks

Oh, I don't think it's important enough to fix, and I shouldn't even have brought it up. Just gave me an excuse to "talk" to you ... considering that there's very little chance of my getting to Houston in the foreseeable future, probably the only excuse I'll have. Please forgive my quibbling.

Oh, I don't think it's important enough to fix, and I shouldn't even have brought it up. Just gave me an excuse to "talk" to you ... considering that there's very little chance of my getting to Houston in the foreseeable future, probably the only excuse I'll have. Please forgive my quibbling. Originally Posted by James1588

Lol, now you have me blushing

Uhhhhh ... the state of Virginia was "built?" In the 1940s?

Might want to double-check that ... Originally Posted by James1588

That was the second half of a "useless fact" that says:

The Pentagon has twice as many bathroom as it needs. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.