Useless, and Maybe useful facts ( or rather beliefs )?
The dollar symbol ($) is a U combined with an S (U.S.)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The Statue of Liberty’s tablet is two feet thick.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
The slogan on New Hampshire license plates is ‘Live Free or Die’. These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord.
The straw was probably invented by Egyptian brewers to taste in-process beer without removing the fermenting ingredients which floated on the top of the container.
David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader’s lines, and didn’t know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.
The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY
There are only thirteen blimps in the world.
Favorite Answer
he’s cool, would that better explain things?
An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
To predict the sex of a baby: Suspend a wedding band held by a piece of thread over the palm of the pregnant girl. If the ring swings in an oval or circular motion the baby will be a girl. If the ring swings in a straight line the baby will be a boy.
The sound of bells drives away demons because they’re afraid of the loud noise.
If you say good-bye to a friend on a bridge, you will never see each other again.
It’s good luck to find a four-leaf clover.
facts:
Life expectancy – 78.5 years or 2,475,576,000 seconds
Words Spoken in Lifetime – 123,205,750
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn’t give her coffee.
America’s first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
Barbers at one time combined shaving and haircutting with bloodletting and pulling teeth. The white stripes on a field of red that spiral down a barber pole represent the bandages used in the bloodletting.
You share your birthday with at least nine million other people around the world.
and I don’t have two credit cards, so somebody has my other one. Get over here right now!
Knew the one about New Hampshire, always knew Lady Liberty was huge, but not about poor Prowse; what a way to find out he’d been dubbed. Prob’ly had a friend or two with him and everything.
Straw, silver and blimps were all news… thank you very much!
Here are a few “Firsts” for you:
Ivan IV was the 1st Tsar of Russia (1547) and was known as Ivan the Terrible!
Queen Mary I was the 1st reigning Queen of England (1553) and was known as Bloody Mary!
The 1st child to be born in the colonies was Virginia Dare (August 18,1587) in what is now known as Roanoke Island, North Carolina
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