Random, Useless Facts About The World

1. Movie trailers got their name because they were originally shown after the movie.
2. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
3. The real name of Monopoly mascot Uncle Pennybags is Milburn Pennybags.
4. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
5. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
6. Oreo has made enough cookies to span five back and forth trips to the moon.
7. Edgar Allan Poe married his thirteen-year-old cousin.
8. Salt used to be a currency.
9. Your fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.
10. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
11. Sloths can hold their breath for longer than dolphins.
12. A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel can.
13. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
14. A dragonfly has a lifespan of only 24 hours.
15. On average, a human being will spend up to two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
16. The average adult spends more time on the toilet than they do exercising.
17. Honey is the only food that does not spoil.
18. Toy Story helped sell the Etch-a-Sketch.
19. Four out of five children recognize the Mcdonald’s logo at three years old.
20. Barbie and Ken broke up in 2004. (They got back together in 2011.)
21. One single teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.
22. It’s impossible to tickle yourself.
23. Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic.
24. It’s impossible for you to lick your own elbow.
25. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.
26. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
27. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year. Engineers failed to account for the weight of all the books that it would eventually hold.
28. Dolphins give each other names.
29. Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in Die Hard when he was in his 70s.
30. One man set a world record by putting on 260 T-shirts at once.

 Source: Thought Catalog