Amusing Irrelevant Facts
- The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
- There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
- Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WW-I.
- Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought
he might be retarded.
- In 1983, a Japanese artist made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out
of toast.
- In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
- An average person laughs about 15 times a day.
- The average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
- The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500s.
- The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in
2000 B.C.
- America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
- A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her
coffee.
- The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
- The average bank teller loses about $250 every year.
- Every person has a unique tongue print.
- Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
- Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star.
- Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
- About 70% of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.
[The rest of us are avoiding reality for four more years.]
- Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
- Most lipstick contains fish scales.
- Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
- The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard
Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
- 27% of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless
existential hell."
- Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
- "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.There is a town in Newfoundland, Canada called Dildo.
Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Corporate America
- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
- You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the track.
- There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.
- Happiness is merely the remission of pain.
- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
- Sometimes too much to drink is not enough.
- The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant.
- The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.
- Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world.
- Things are more like they are today than they ever were before.
- Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
- Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.
- Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism.
- If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.
- All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
- If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
- One seventh of your life is spent on Monday.
- Every time you make ends meet, they move the ends.
- Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
- The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
- There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
- This is as bad as it can get, but don't count on it.
- Never wrestle a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
- The trouble with life is, you're halfway through it before you realize
it's a do-it-yourself thing.