Useless Random Facts
- The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
- A single poison arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,000 people.
- The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
- In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
- Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
- Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
- Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs have only about ten.
- Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
- Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always the same sex.
- The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.
- There is a large brass statue of Winnie-the-Pooh in Lima, Peru.
- The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.
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