Useless Facts

I love useless facts, and seem to collect them. This knowledge probably won't help me in any real-life situation, unless I manage to get on Cash Cab or some other awesome useless facts game show.

In any case, here are some useless facts I especially appreciate:

A snail can sleep for us to 3 years

The most common thing people choke on are toothpicks!

Horses, and giraffes, cannot throw up--This is why horses get colic. (I'm not sure if giraffes can get colic or not. I'll google it and let you know)

A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories!

When an octopus gets too stressed, it eats one of its own legs.

Stomach acid can break down a human tooth--and a metal 3 inch nail--in a few days. NAILS, people.

butterflies taste with their hind feet

it's impossible to lick your elbow, unless you are double-jointed

the length of your forearm (from your wrist to the crease of your elbow) is the exact length of your foot (try it!)

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the USA, but really, it's the 47th. Congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio until 1953.

In Georgia, it's illegal to eat fried chicken with a fork.

Every zebra has a different pattern of stripes, like humans' fingerprints.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Alexander the Great's army refused to continue, and he cried in his tent for 3 days, and then decided they could all go home.

Mules cannot make more mules. Mules are made when a horse mates with a donkey.

A group of frogs is called an army.

The term "honeymoon" comes from an ancient Babylonian practice. A bride's father would provide the groom with a month of mead, which is a honey-beer.

It's illegal to chew gum in Singapore.

No building in Washington, DC can be taller than 13 floors. This is so that no matter where you are, it is possible to see the George Washington monument.

Honey is the only food that never spoils.