More useless facts...
- Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year" in 1982.
- A 1999 survey of 25,500 standard English-language dictionary words found that 93 percent of them have been registered as .coms.
- A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.
- You're just as likely to die by falling out of bed then you are to get struck by lightning; each is a 1 in 2,000,000 chance. You have a 1 in 3,000,000 chance of being killed by a snake.
- You're more likely to get hit on the head by a coconut and dieing, then getting bitten by a shark.
- A broken clock is right at least twice a day.
- The Sun isn't round. It is flattened on the top and the bottom.
- If you are hedenophobic, you have a fear of pleasure.
- Government by a woman or women is called a "gynarchy."
- A “fruit machine” is the British term for a slot machine, or “one-armed bandit.”
- "Singapore" means "City of Lions," but none have ever been seen there.
- A girl or woman swimmer can be called a "naiad."
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