Useless facts

[KarlMarx]

Grover Cleveland is the only person who served as president in two nonconsective terms(1885-1889 and 1893-1897). He was 22nd and the 24th president of the United States.

President John Quincy Adams had a pet alligator

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

I have a snake

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Space is a vaccuum.

 

[Joz]

I have a snake

Snakes don't blink.
:rotflmao:


A regulation golf ball has 336 dimples.

 

[dilloduck]

Snakes don't blink.
:rotflmao:


A regulation golf ball has 336 dimples.

Botox fixes dimples

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

I'm fixing to change my avatar

 

[JOKER96BRAVO]

Baaaam!!!!

 

[Semper Fi]

The NATO headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.

 

[no1tovote4]

A can of Spam is opened every 4 seconds.

I didn't know that many people lived in Hawaii...

 

[Mr.Conley]

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the PRC.

Tibet is actually an "Autonomous Region."

 

[KarlMarx]

The northern lights are known as the Aurora Borealis
In the southern hemisphere, they are known as the Aurora Australis

Compasses do not point to true north, they point to magnetic north, which is off from true north by a few degrees (the amount varies on where you are). The difference is known as "magnetic variation".

Polaris, the North Star, is not exactly at the celestial north pole, but slightly off.

The original capital of the United States was New York City.

Washington is the only president that never lived in the White House.

The original name of the current ruling house of England was "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" . King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War.

Queen Victoria was known as the "Grandmother of Eurpoe" because many European monarchs were descended from her. Among her descendants were the Czar of Russia and the Kaiser of Germany.

The logo of the Roman Empire is "SPQR" is an abbreviation for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (the Senate and the people of Rome)

Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, was a poultry farmer before joining the Nazi party.

 

[Joz]

If you stretch out a Slinky straight, it measures 87 ft.

 

[KarlMarx]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the age of 35. During this time, he wrote over 600 works including, 41 symphonies, 20 Operas, over 60 concertos for various instuments, over 60 pieces for single or multiple voice, 8 oratorios, 25 masses (pieces to be played during religious services), among many others....

 

[Joz]

All dogs, no matter the size, scratch at the same speed.

 

[KarlMarx]

The character Ed Norton of The Honeymooners served in the Navy

Herman Munster had a twin brother, Charlie

In real life, Richard Belzer, the actor who plays the character "Munch" on Law & Order, SVU is cousin to Henry Winkler (i.e., "The Fonz")

Mariska Hargitay, the actress who plays "Olivia" on the same TV series is the daughter of Jane Mansfield

Jerry Orbach, who played Detective Briscoe, was once Mae West's chauffeur

The names of characters on Gilligan's Island...

The Skipper: Jonas Grumby
The Professor: Roy Hinkley
Mr. Howell: Thurston Howell III
Mrs. Howell: Eunice Howell
Ginger: Ginger Grant
Mary Ann: Mary Ann Summers
Gilligan: Willie

The cartoon, The Flintstones was originally based on The Honeymooners

Captain Kirk is from Iowa

Gomez Addams of The Addams Family was an attorney

Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz, was very fond of children in real life and once worked as a school teacher

The Clampetts of The Beverly Hillbillies are orginally from Oklahoma. Jethro had a twin sister, Jethrine. Granny's name was Daisy Moses. The mansion in Beverly Hills where the Clampetts lived was actually the Kirkeby mansion in Bel Air. Jed Clampett's late wife's name was Rose Ellen. Jethro's father's name was Fred Bodine.

 

[jillian]

Paul McCartney is a southpaw and the left-handed guitar was developed for him.

 

[Joz]

It takes a snail 33 hours to travel 1 mile.

 

[KarlMarx]

Jimi Hendrix was from Seattle, Washington

Johnny Depp started out as a rock musician

In a twist of fate, former singer for Jefferson Airplane Grace Slick's maiden name was Grace Wing

The potato chip was accidentally invented when an irate chef deliberately served an over demanding customer wafer thin french fries. They were originally called "Saratoga Chips" from the town they originated from, Saratoga Springs, New York.

The name "Idaho" has no meaning. The word was entirely an invention of mining lobbyist George M. Willing, who claimed it was a Shoshone word for "Gem of the Mountains".

Buffalo wings are named after the city of Buffalo, New York

 

[Semper Fi]

Jimi Hendrix was a paratrooper in the Army, and was discharged after he broke his back.

 

[Mr.Conley]

The Skipper: Jonas Grumby
The Professor: Roy Hinkley
Mr. Howell: Thurston Howell III
Mrs. Howell: Eunice Howell
Ginger: Ginger Grant
Mary Ann: Mary Ann Summers
Gilligan: Willie

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is some information best left unknown, like the Professor's real name. Oh it burns.