10 Useless Facts

February 11th, 2003

1. Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.

2. One in every 123 U.S. workers is employed by Wal-Mart.

3. A cubic mile of fog is made up of less than a gallon of water.

4. The average human will eat 8 spiders while asleep in their lifetime.

5. Assuming ruldolf was in front, there are 40,319 ways to rearrange the other reindeer.

6. 1 out of every 70 people who pick their nose actually eat their boogers.

7. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.

8. 13 people a year are killed by vending machines falling on them.

9. 24.7% of the land area of Los Angeles is taken up by automobiles.

10. 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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1. mook

   February 12, 2003 08:08 AM

   for me, number 4 is the most grotesque. ick.

2. tara

   February 12, 2003 08:55 AM

   mi piace l'italiano.
   (i was eating my boogers as i wrote this.)

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