Completely Useless & Random Facts

Dreamt is the only English word that ends in the letters “MT”.

Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs.

Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds.

Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.

Earthworms have 5 hearts.

People say “bless you” when you sneeze because your heart stops for a millisecond.

11% of the world is left-handed.

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

The human body is comprised of 80% water.

Buckingham Palace has 602 rooms.

Children grow faster in the springtime.

During it’s lifetime an oyster changes its sex from male to female and back several times.

Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

In space you cannot cry because there is no gravity to make the tears flow.

Elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom at 22 months. The longest human pregnancy on record is 17 months, 11 days.

Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water.

During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.

Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting.

An average person’s yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs.

You cannot snore and dream at the same time.

Smearing a small amount of dog feces on an insect bite will relieve the itching and swelling.

A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale.