If you're in the middle of exams, what better way to take a break than filling up your mind with useless information that may or may not make you look like you're not just a pretty face in the pub some night.
1.The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
3. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
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4. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
5. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
6. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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7. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per
side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
8. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange,
purple and silver.
9. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
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10. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
11. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down
so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
12. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in
the USA."
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13. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
14. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which
stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
15. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
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16. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
17. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.
18. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
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19. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from public libraries.
20. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
21. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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22. Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
23. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
24. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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25. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
26. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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28. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
29. Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
30. The only food that doesn't go off is honey.
31. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
