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.