Interesting Trivia

Sometimes we come across really interesting, although useless, trivia.  Here is one collection from twitter.

  1. When you die, your hair still grows for a couple of months. (Do the bodies need a hair cut every month?)
  2. According to Archives of General Medicine, coffee drinkers have sex more frequently n enjoy it more than non-coffee drinkers
  3. Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas.
  4. In 1980, the city of Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city
  5. The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers.
  6. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly
  7. 5 cents coin is sold $ 3.7 million at auction in the U.S.
  8. The smallest human penis ever recorded was just 5/8 of an inch long
  9. Babies start dreaming even before they're born
  10. In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license
  11. Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive
  12. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."
  13. By raising your legs slowly & laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand
  14. Elvis Presley got a 'C' in his eighth grade music class
  15. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. The Elephant is the only animal with four knees
  16. Second Street is the most common street name in the U.S and First Street is the sixth most common street name in the U.S
  17. 7-11 sells approximately 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day
  18. To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles (LOL, could you believe those idiots?)
  19. The city of Houston, Texas is built on a swamp and is slowly sinking (Heck!  Gotta get out quick!)
  20. Photography has been around since the 4th century
  21. In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's
  22. Canada has more lakes that the rest of the world combined
  23. Justin Timberlake's half-eaten french toast sold for over $3,000 on eBay
  24. 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road
  25. Your thumb is as long as your nose. (Huh!!)
  26. A dentist invented the electric chair (I KNEW IT!  The Sadist Bastards!)
  27. Walt Disney World generates about 120,000 pounds of garbage every day
  28. Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day
  29. An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years
  30. An iceberg contains more heat than a lit match

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