Useless Information For The Growing Mind

Everywhere you look, there is another piece of useless information being thrown at you. We are bombarded in the media with info about celebrities and their latest relationships or outbursts or arrests. Every time we watch a commercial or listen to one on the radio, we learn another jingle that tends not to benefit us much, unless we decide to purchase what they're selling. The truth is that we as humans only have so much gray matter to devote to each and every bit of useless information and still leave room for the information that we actually do need.

For those of you who enjoy learning every bit of useless info that you can find, this hub is devoted to you. So feel free to send in any facts you would like to share and learn what you can from the ones I've already posted. So enjoy the useless facts.

1. Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer.

2. Human birth control pills work on gorillas.

3. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS without a theme song.

4. Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

5. Hot water is heavier than cold water.

6. A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber and a ball of steel will bounce even higher.

7. An object will travel farther when thrown west because of the rotation of the earth.

8. Every citizen of Kentucky must take at least one bath a year.

9. It is illegal to feed alcohol to a moose in parts of Alaska.

10. It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.

11. There are 333 sheets of toilet paper on the average roll.

12. By picking up every penny you find on the street spending one second per penny, you can make $36 an hour.

13. Pittsburgh is the only city where all major sports teams have the same colors: black and gold.

14. Three strikes in a row in bowling is called a turkey.

15. About 10% of the U.S. national income comes from organized crime.

16. The human brain stops growing at the age of 18.

17. Your right lung takes in more air than your left lung.

18. Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

19. As many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged in a kiss.

20. People have died from paper cuts....due to infection.

21. Every person has a unique tongue print.

22. Blond beards grow faster than dark ones.

23. The jaw muscle is the strongest muscle in your body.

24. Pain travels through the body as quick as 350 feet per second.

25. You blink every 2-10 seconds, your eyes move back and forth about 100 times as you read a sentence.

26. The average square inch of your skin holds about 650 sweat glands.

27. Urine was once used as a detergent for washing.

28. The longest Monopoly game lasted 70 straight days, or 1,680 hours.

29. The Bible is the number one shoplifted book in America.

30. Mosquitoes prefer blonds over brunettes.

That is it for the facts. Feel free to leave any others that you find interesting or requests for others.