Another Set of Useless Facts

Because sleep continues to evade me I figured I would produce some facts to entertain

The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
Charlie Brown’s father was a barber.
In Mel Brooks’ ‘Silent Movie,’ mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
“Evian” spelled backwards is naive.
The A&W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden…. and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
There are more chickens than people in the world.