Useless Information

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Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos

The average raindrop falls at 7 miles per hour.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

One in every 9000 people is an albino

In every episode of “Seinfeld” there is a Superman picture or reference somewhere.

Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects’ legs melted into it

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.