useless facts

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Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.

A 200 year old piece of Tibetan cheese was auctioned off for $1,513 in 1993.

The kiss that is given by the bride to the groom at the end of the wedding ceremony originates from the earliest times when the couple would actually make love for the first time under the eyes of half the village!

Pirates used weird nicknames to prevent government officials from identifying and persecuting their relatives back home.

A tenth of the 7 million tons of rice grown in the U.S. each year goes into the making of beer.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight & sleep tight."

Sixty percent of big-firm executives said the cover letter is as important or more important than the résumé itself when you're looking for a new job.

If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at approximately 4:30pm the previous day.

A hard-boiled egg will spin.
An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.

City with the most Roll Royces per capita: Hong Kong.

People fart the most in their sleep.