Useless Facts

Food Simpsons Animals Miscellaneous

Food

A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
Battle Creek, Michigan produces more breakfast cereals than any other city in the world.
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
Americans will consume 10 million tons of turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Due to turkey's high sulphur content, Americans will also produce enough gas to fly a fleet of 75 Hindenburghs from L.A to New York in 24 hours.
It takes 142 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
Ketchup originated in China as a pickled fish sauce called ke-tsiap.
M&M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie.
The people of Salt Lake City eat the most lime-flavoured Jell-O in the United States.
Pound cake is called pound cake because the original recipe required one pound of butter.
The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright
The capital of Vermont, Montpelier, is the only capital that does not have a McDonalds.
"7-Up" was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Kraft produces enough Cool Whip in one year to fill the entire Grand Canyon.
Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
Krispy Kreme makes about 5 million doghnuts a day.

Simpsons

According to Homer Simpsons, a man must walk down 7 roads before you can call him a man.
Maggie Simpsons' cost in the opening titles is $847.63 - the amount of money required to raise a baby for one month in the US.
Springfield is in the state of North Takoma, eight miles from Toon Town.
The official color of the Simpsons' skin is RGB 255,217,15.
The official color of Homer Simpsons' pants is RGB 112,209,255.
The official color of Marge Simpsons' hair is RGB 23,145,255.
The official color of Bart Simpsons' shorts is RGB 33,209,255.
The official color of Lisa Simpsons' dress is RGB 255,54,15.
Principal Skinners' real name is Arman tanzarian.
Bart Simpsons' indian name is "Boy who wears underpants on head"
Lisa Simpsons' indian name is "Girl who thinks too much"
According to Sideshow Bob the perfect side dish for revenge is cattle chips.
Homer Simpsons' look-alike is named Guy Incognito.
The gummy candy that Homer Simpsons takes off of Ashley Grants butt is in the shape of David Venus de Milo.
In a game of Scrabble Bart Simpsons used to word "Kwyjibo" to mean a "fat, dumb, balding, North American ape with no chin".
The Krusty Home Pregnancy Test may cause birth defects.

Animals

Bears hibernating don't go to the bathroom for 4 months.
The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans.
The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the north slope. Unless the bear lives in the southern hemisphere.
One beaver can cut down 216 trees a year.
A parrots beak can close with a force of 350 pounds per square inch.
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.
Over 1000 birds die a year from smashing into windows.
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
Between 1902 and 1907, the same tiger killed 434 people in India.
Cows poop 16 times a day.
500,000 tons of dog excrement are dumped annually on the streets of Paris.
The Taco Bell dog is a female. Her name is Gidget.
In 1916, an elephant was tried and hung for murder in Erwin, Tennessee.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A giraffe can clean its ear with its tongue
A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.
A snail takes 33 hours to crawl one mile.
One gram of venom from a king cobra can kill 150 people.
A blue whale's testicles are as large as a Volkswagen beetle.

Miscellaneous

Z.I.P = Zone Improvement Program
WD-40 = Water Displacement, 40th Attempt
Workers building the first tanks were told that the machines would be used to transport water on the battlefield. They shipped the machines in crates marked "tank," and the name stuck.
No war has been fought where both countries had a Mcdonalds.
Coconuts kill more people in the world than sharks do. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by coconuts.
Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States.
A baby in Florida was named Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny.
California has issued 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.
Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of shaking vending machines, in an attempt to get free merchandise.
The first ever "World Summit on Toilets" was held in Singapore in November 2001.
The longest kiss on record lasted 30 hours and 45 minutes.
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the fourty-eight poorest nations.
The save icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters on backwards.
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
Until 1990, sausages were still legal tender in East Germany.
8,800 people injure themselves with a toothpick each year.
Any rubix cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.
The reason why women's dress shirt buttons are on the left and men's on the right is because when buttons were first used during the Victorian period maids used to dress the ladies, and since the maids put on their shirts the buttons were put on the servant's right.
Five thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories.
A child uses 730 crayons by their 10th birthday.
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However, up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
In Arizona, it is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
In Arizona, any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.
In Pennsylvania, any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.
In Georgia, members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk.