Did you know...useless facts/information

Goat and sheep cheeses can be more pungent, but virtually all stinky cheeses are made from cow's milk.
Once cut, a small round of cheese will last about two weeks in your refrigerator.
Always bring cheese to room temperature before serving.

To accelerate the maturation process and heighten the olfactroy assault, wrap cheese in wax paper and store at room temperature. (This does, however shortens cheese's life expectancy and may force your housemates to quarantine the kitchen.)

The ideal bread to accompany cheese is nut bread containing walnuts or hazelnuts (and sometimes bits of dried fruits). But any crisp baguette or sourdough loaf will do.

 

On February 6, 1971 the first golf ball was hit on the moon by Alan Shepard.

 

Statistically one bungee jump is about as dangerous as driving 100 miles in a car. (About a two in one million chance of death) There have been millions of safe bungee jumps, and only a few accidents. Almost every accident was caused by the jumper not being properly connected to the cord or the cord not being properly connected to the jump platform.

 

The first Wimbledon Tennis Competition took place in 1877 solely as an amateur competition. Men's singles was the only event that took place. There were 22 competitors and the championship was won by Spencer Gore.

 

In an average lifetime, a person produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.

 

The oiuja board was invented by Isaac and William Fuld, and was patented July 1, 1892.

 

For those who are calorie conscious, a 60-second kiss burns 26 calories.

 

A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.

 

Approximately 90 percent of the garlic grown in the United States is grown in California.

 

After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.

 

The longest MONOPOLY game ever played was 1,680 hours - that's 70 straight days!
Longest game in a bathtub: 99 hours
Longest game underwater: 45 days
Longest game played upside-down: 36 hours

 

Humans shed and re-grow outer skin cells about every 27 days - almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime.

 

A cat can run about 20 kilometres per hour (12 miles per hour) when it grows up.

 

The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.

 

Did you know Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Crow, Julia and Great Egg Fly are all names of BUTTERFLIES

 

The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.

 

Everyone thinks it was Whitcomb Judson who invented the zipper but it was really Elias Howe. Elias was so busy inventing the sewing machine that he didn't get around to selling his zipper invention which he called a "clothing closure".

 

According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.

 

There are more than 50 different kinds of kangaroos.

 

A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks.