Useless Trivia

• A snail can sleep for three months.
• The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
• All polar bears, despite being near the North Pole, are southpaws. (ooh, bad pun)
• "Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
• Americans eat on average 18 acres worth of pizza every day.
• Elephants are the only land mammals that can't jump.
• More about elephants: If you add up the circumference of two feet, you get exactly the elephant's height. (?!)
• Your foot is nearly the same length as your forearm as measured from the inside of the elbow to the wrist. (On me, it's nearly exact. :) )
• In 10 minutes, a hurricane expends more energy than all of the nuclear weapons in the world combined.
• On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
• Paul McCartney's real first name is James - Paul is his middle name. Thus, all the Beatles (including Ringo, whose first name is Richard) were named after kings.
• The hole inside a CD is exactly the same size as an old Dutch 10 cent coin, called the "dubbeltje". (?!) Of course, all the European countries (save a few) have gone Euro now.
• It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
• A pregnant goldfish is called a twerp.
• More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.
• Rats and horses can't vomit.
• Almost everyone who reads this site will end up trying to lick their elbow. :)