Useless Facts Vol. 1

1)

On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

2)

On average, there are 333 squares of toilet paper on a roll.

3)

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

4)

In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.

5)

Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.

6)

Zip code 12345 is assigned to General Electric in Schenectady, NY.

7)

acetwothreefourfivesixseveneightninetenjackqueenking Excluding the joker, if you add up the letters in all the names of the cards in the deck (Ace, two, three, four,...,king). the total number of letters is 52, the same as the number of cards in the deck.

8)

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

9)

Left-handed people are statistically more likely to be geniuses, and to be insane. Left-handedness is more common among writers and some kinds of artists. But lefties tend to be more accident-prone and on average don't live as long.

10)

In the game Monopoly, the most money you can lose in one travel around the board (normal game rules, going to jail only once) is $26,040. The most money you can lose in one turn is $5070.