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20 Interesting & Useless Facts I did not know

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Home Stager with Redesign Etc. Home Staging Incorporated in TX

I know more useless trivia than just about anyone.  It does come in handy sometimes, but recently I came across some more useless tidbits I did not know.  Hey, you never know when you may be at a party and these little jewels will come in handy to keep the conversation interesting or strange!!!

Did You Know?

  1. Eggplants aren't vegetables they're really fruits.
  2. Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed.
  3. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life
  4. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats
  5. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave
  6. There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world
  7. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die
  8. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros
  9. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction
  10. 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 cause. (Actually I knew this one too.)
  11. Giraffes have no vocal cords
  12. Mosquitoes have teeth
  13. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States
  14. Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag (This is one of my little tidbits to impress out-of-towners). HA!.  After all these years, found out this was an urban legend...see below.
  15. The electric chair was invented by a dentist
  16. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver."
  17. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red
  18. Apples, not caffeine are more likely to wake you up in the morning
  19. The population of the world could live within the state boundaries of Texas
  20. At a dinner party, etiquette dictates that a man should always talk to the woman on his left during the first course, and on his right during the main course.

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Comments(7)

Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Hi Cindy, I knew the Google and the statue facts. Eggplant being a fruit? I think a tomato is a fruit too. The etiquette thing, now THAT is too complicated. Great stuff. Thanks. P.S. I guess I better give up sneezing.

Jan 16, 2009 05:56 PM
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Cindy,

Great list, love it.  Next time I am at a dinner party I will know how to act.

Jan 17, 2009 12:41 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Cindy, I was aware of #10, and am curious as to WHY #14 is allowed....?

Jan 18, 2009 03:04 AM
Lara O'Keefe
North Texas Home Finders - McKinney, TX

Cindy, what a great list of trivia. I love these tid bits that come up in conversation.

Jan 18, 2009 06:19 AM
Anonymous
Mike Bowler

I think I am in trouble on the snezzing part. No wonder I get writers block from time to time. Mike

Jan 18, 2009 07:39 AM
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Ronelle Schroeder-Hill
Vacaville, CA

I'll probably use #3 the most, although #10 is the most interesting! But tell us more about #14, why is that?

Jan 25, 2009 03:18 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

Gary-We all should quit sneezing!

Richard-I'm so glad you learned something.

Alan-Here is the real story:

It is a common urban legend that the Texas flag is the only state flag that is allowed to fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. Allegedly, Texas has this right inherently (as a former independent nation) or because it negotiated special provisions when it joined the Union (this version has been stated as fact on a PBS website). However, the legend is false. Neither the Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States nor the Ordinance of Annexation contain any provisions regarding flags. According to the United States Flag Code, any state flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag; the U.S. flag should be on its right (the viewer's left), however. Consistent with the U.S. Flag Code, the Texas Flag Code specifies that the state flag should either be flown below the U.S. flag if on the same pole or at the same height as the U.S. flag if on separate poles.

Lara-Some are strange but that's life.

Mike-Especially in the spring & summer!

Ronelle-See above.

Jan 27, 2009 05:06 PM