Useless Things I Learned While Watching the Seattle Seahawks Lose in Overtime

The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis". To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles. Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs. Pearls melt in vinegar. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins. Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary. He invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. Babies are most likely to be born on Tuesdays. A spider has transparent blood. The eyes of a donkey are positioned so that it can see all four feet at all times. There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple's hair. If a rooster can't fully extend its neck, it can't crow and giraffes have no vocal cords. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. Starfish haven't got brains. The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raider’s of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." On the ground, a group of geese is a gaggle, in the sky it is a skein. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing. Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of 5 and so had no kneecaps by then because babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A". In space, astronauts are unable to cry, because there is no gravity and the tears won't flow and you wouldn't cry chopping onions if you chew gum while doing it.





There's a systematic lull in conversation every 7 minutes. More bullets were fired in 'Starship Troopers' than any other movie ever made. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. The human eyes never grow, but nose and ears never stop growing. For some time Frederic Chopin, the composer and pianist, wore a beard on only one side of his face, explaining: "It does not matter, my audience sees only my right side." The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. A whale's penis is called a dork.



The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.