Did you know...useless facts/information

1 in 10 people living in the UK think Hitler is a fictional character..Biggles, i am sure is spinning in his grave.

 

Did you know that an artist from Chicago created a statue of Madonna made out of 180 pounds of ham?

 

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

 

The Republic of San Marino is the world's smallest republic (24 sq. miles) and possibly the oldest state in Europe (founded 4th century AD, according to tradition.)

 

Did you know that Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem?

 

The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500's.

 

When Gerber baby foods began to sell in parts of Africa, they continued to use their usual packaging, with the cute baby on the front. They didn't realize until later that where they were selling it, it was a common practice to help illiterate people buy things by putting pictures on the wrapper of what was inside....

 

Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one swallow.

 

In cats, the calico and tortiseshell coats are sex-linked traits. All cats displaying these coats are female... or ocassionally sterile males.

 

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

 

The 1st personal computer, the Apple II, went on sale in 1977.

 

The famous painting of "Whistler's Mother" was once bought from a pawn shop.

 

For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

 

A coward was originally a boy who took care of cows.

 

A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.

 

Catherine the Great relaxed by being tickled.

 

A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

 

the word posh stems from the labels put on luggage for people who had enough money to pay for cabins close to the land side of disembarking and arriving ships i.e. Port Out Starboard Home P.O.S.H.

 

Sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubit foot than fresh water at the same temperature.

 

In 2003, scientists managed to create a material dense enough to stop light mid-way through it, allowing them to observe static light.