Useless But Interesting Facts:

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.
These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue Boston !assachusetts" is the
only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving
under an airplane.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds while dogs only have about ten.
#ur eyes are always the same si$e from birth but our nose and ears never stop growing.
%avid &rowse was the guy in the %arth 'ader suit in (tar )ars. *e spo+e all of 'ader,s
lines and didn,t +now that he was going to be dubbed over by -ames Earl -ones until he
saw the screening of the movie.
!any hamsters only blin+ one eye at a time.
.n every episode of (einfeld there is a (uperman somewhere.
Barbie,s measurements if she were life si$e/ 01230200.
4ebruary 5678 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
!ontpelier 'ermont is the only U.(. state capital without a !c%onalds.
The &entagon in Arlington 'irginia has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary.
)hen it was built in the 519:s the state of 'irginia still had segregation laws requiring
separate toilet facilities for blac+s and whites.
;o word in the English language rhymes with month.
The cruise liner <ueen Eli$abeth .. moves only si= inches for each gallon of diesel that it
burns.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United (tates.
.saac Asimov is the only author to have a boo+ in every %ewey2decimal category.
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in ;ew >or+ City after the Catholic
Church.
Cat,s urine glows under a blac+ light.
Bac+ in the mid to late 6:,s an .B! compatible computer wasn,t considered a hundred
percent compatible unless it could run !icrosoft,s 4light (imulator.
The first 4ord cars had %odge engines.
?eonardo %a 'inci invented the scissors.
.t ta+es about a half a gallon of water to coo+ macaroni and about a gallon to clean the
pot.
.n the last 9::: years no new animals have been domesticated.
Babies are born without +nee caps. They don,t appear until the child reaches 327 years of
age.
The highest point in &ennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
;utmeg is e=tremely poisonous if in@ected intravenously
.f you have three quarters four dimes and four pennies you have A5.51. >ou also have
the largest amount of money in coins without being able to ma+e change for a dollar.
The most common name in the world is !ohammed.
!ichael -ordan ma+es more money from ;i+e annually than all of the ;i+e factory
wor+ers in !alaysia combined.
;o ;4? team which plays it,s home games in a domed stadium has ever won a
(uperbowl
The first toilet ever seen on television was on B?eave .t To BeaverB.
.n the great fire of ?ondon in 5777 half of ?ondon was burnt down but only 7 people were
in@ured
?incoln ?ogs were invented by 4ran+ ?loyd )right,s son.
#ne of the reasons mari@uana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 0:s lobbied
against hemp farmers 22 they saw it as competition. .t is not chemically addictive as is
nicotine alcohol or caffeine.
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (!?B
;BA ;*? or ;4?" are the day before and the day after the !a@or ?eague All2(tar
Came.
#nly one person in two billion will live to be 557 or older
The name )endy was made up for the boo+ B&eter &anB