The white half moon under your finger nail is an air pocket. What you may so cavalierly call useless information could prove invaluable to someone else. There are animal facts, there are historical facts, there are state facts, there are disney facts, and then, there are useless facts the kind of trivia you will never, ever need to know. Don voorhees is the author of the incredible book of useless information, the super book of useless information, the indispensable book of useless information, the perfectly useless book of useless information, the essential book of useless information, and disgusting things. The useless fact here is, the guinea pig was domesticated 1,000 years before man domesticated the horse, which was the 12th domesticated animal. You can use this book as a reference guide to create a quiz, or to entertain your friends with the most crazy facts and trivia.
The best place to get the most useless 100% true facts that you can whip out to break the ice in any social situation. The book of strange facts and useless information 1979. Wanna know 320 useless facts tht you dont know and probably. The number 600 a credit score of 600 or below is considered a. Feb 29, 2008 wanna know 320 useless facts tht you dont know and probably will never use 1. Official childrens companion to the 1001 inventions exhibition. Now they present a new collection of their most fascinating, hilarious, and wholly trivial findings. Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.
People canadian researchers have found that einsteins brain was 15% wider than normal. Every few years ill use some of it in a book or a newspaper series, but its always been my ambition to be able to put together the most. The main library at indiana university sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than for the us treasury. Some facts within the book contradict other facts within the same book, for instance, on page 249, it states the penguin is the only bird that can swim, but not fly. The word queue is the only word in the english language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Aug 04, 2010 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Divide your weight by six to get the approximate number. No one knows why its there more shoplifters are arrested on wednesdays in january than any other time of the year. A startling collection of over 1, 000 things youll never need to know. We wish you a lot of fun with 1,000 incredible facts and useless information. I noticed right away that even for a book of random facts, the sections are.
The average secretarys lefthand does 56% of the typing. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Here are some funny and useless facts you can amaze your friends with. Useless facts creative writing forums writing help. Totally useless facts courtesy of the freeman institute. The most fascinating facts that dont really matter voorhees, don on. A little effort made on their analysis could justify the real reason behind their presence. Um i have cats and all and i didnt need know to this fact. Dont get caught not knowing the true origin story for kleenex, or what a beefalo is. Weve spent the last 40 years eating, sleeping, and breathing ice cream. What are some useless facts that are too fun to read.
A very light reading book presenting interesting facts regarding the environment, history and technology. Apr 19, 2019 here is a collection of 320 useless but good to know facts to improve your general knowledge gk. The minneapolis phone book has 21 pages of andersons. So, with that in mind, we went hunting for some useless laws in america that cant be real but totally are. The utterly, completely, and totally useless fact opedia. See more ideas about facts, fun facts and wtf fun facts. Take this quiz of random facts that may shock you or make you laugh your head off. The bible, the worlds bestselling book, is also the worlds most shoplifted book. Totally useless facts in 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the worlds nuclear weapons combined. A native of morris county, new jersey, he now lives in. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. You can use this book as a reference guide to create a quiz, or to entertain your.
Jun 26, 2006 as a connoisseur of useless fact books, this one is unimpressive. Did you know that on average you have 27 dreams a night that last 2 seconds. Some may be true, some may not be, but all are guaranteed useless. If you brought the sun down to the size of a white blood cell 7 micrometres, and then brought everything else down to scale, our galaxy, the milky way, would be the size of the continental u. Sep 17, 2004 this book belongs to the books of useless information series, currently consisting of the book of useless information, the ultimate book of useless information and the unforgettable the worlds greatest book of useless information. With this book we want to delight other people with unbelievable facts of our world. If you are looking for even more fun facts just visit our website. And in that time surprise, surprise weve learned a heck of a lot of facts about our favorite frozen treat. A group of authors created the useless information society and started gathering useless facts. Use these facts to make yourself seem smarter than everyone else. About 500 useless facts we dont know why you would want these facts, but here goes. Chockful of fascinating trivial facts and anecdotes, the book of totally useless information will entertain readers of all ages. They range from how you can eat and drink, to ways youre allowed to behave in public.
In this article, we have researched 24 useless facts that cover a wide range of domains that run the gamut from humans to animals to everyday things to science and. But to the useless information society, any fact that passes its gaspinducing, notalotofpeopleknowthat test merits inclusion in this fascinating but ultimately useless book. A startling collection of over 1, 000 things youll never need to know lowe, charlotte, bennett, garry on. And, probably most useless of all, the only state that doesnt contain any of the letters in the word mackerel is ohio.
See more ideas about facts, fun facts and weird facts. And after reading them, youre probably going to wonder what happened in that state to make an official put one of these laws on the books in. Useless facts assuming rudolph is in front, the number of possible way to arrange santas other eight reindeer is 40,320. Divide your weight by six to get the approximate number of quarts of blood in your body. This book is all about facts useless information of course, but information nonetheless that wont appear on any school quiz or anything like that, which is a shame because this book has really interesting facts and kept my attention all the way through the end.
The book of strange facts and useless information by scot morris, 1979, doubleday edition, in english 1st ed. For all that is wondering, the dog was the first animal to be domesticated approximately 33,000 years ago. On august 30, face common plea in the fen city to make two judgments definitely. Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 110 of a calorie. Feb 25, 2017 each of these socalled useless facts often times have special significances. It would take on average 4,536 monarch butterflies to equal 5 lb. Useless facts galore yes, its a weird and crazy world. This book takes the wining formula of facts, photos, and fun, and applies it to this companion book to the 1001 inventions exhibit from the foundation. Make sure to read them and forward these gk facts to your friends and family members to increase their gk. On the following pages you will find 1,000 incredible facts and useless information with a wide range of topics.
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Some of them are really useful and we use them every day to bring scoopable euphoria to. Many thanks to the thousands of you who voted, and youll find the full results of our poll in numbers. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. In their groundbreakingly useless book, the book of useless information, the members of the useless information society proved that knowledge doesnt have to be useful to be entertaining. The book of useless information by noel botham goodreads. In 2009, wikipedia banned the church of scientology from editing any articles. Did you know that in the time it takes you to read this sentence 50 000 cells in your body have died and replaced themselves.
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. The book of useless information by noel botham, paperback. From the type of music that can ward off mosquitoes to the shocking food you can turn into diamonds, youll love learning these useless facts. For the past twenty years, ive been collecting weird and wonderful facts, which ive been storing on bits of paper and, more recently, on my computer.
It is full of random and as the cover says, totally awesome facts get this book. Useful if you have a diabetic cat, so not that useless. Im not sure if its really 1001 because there might be some repeats but still. If youre completely bored and need to waste time, this is the book for you. I have not checked the accuracy of all 600 facts, nor have i conclusively ruled out the usefulness of each. Each of these socalled useless facts often times have special significances. So when you say out loud ugh, cant find a good book to read, know. The totally awesome book of useless information by noel botham.
Check out our 100 bizarre, interesting and fun facts that will blow your mind. The most fascinating facts that dont really matter. A police officer offered to split a lottery ticket with a waitress at his favorite restaurant in yonkers, ny in place of a tip. Wanna know 320 useless facts tht you dont know and probably will never use 1.
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