Thursday, October 15, 2009

Useless Trivia

-The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
-The avocado has the most calories of any fruit.
-The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia.
-The letter "n" ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel.
-France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese.
-The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.
-4,000 people are injured by teapots each year.
-The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year.
-The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is "feedback."
-The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states.
-George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
-A scallop has 35 blue eyes.
-The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.
-The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.
-The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
-The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey.
-Russia has the most movie theaters in the world.
-The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
-The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday.
-Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer.
-The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902.
-Goldfish swallowing started at Harvard in 1939.
-Dry fish food can make goldfish constipated.
-Your urine will turn bright yellow if you eat too much asparagus.
-Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except the Catholic church.

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