The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread
The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!)
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In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
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Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.
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Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
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You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
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The two longest one-syllable words in the English language is "screeched. & strengths."
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Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.Smitten
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Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
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The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
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The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element'.
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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
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Cat's urine glows under a black light. Scary
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The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.
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