GEEKY AND USELESS FACTS

FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, THE DECLARATION

OF AN ITEM BEING USELESS, IS THE LONGEST

NON-MEDICAL TERM IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

DISASTER MOVIE IS OFFICIALLY THE WORST FILM OF

ALL TIME. THIS IS ACCORDING TO REVIEWS AND

OPINION POLLS ON IMDB. IT HAS AVERAGED JUST A

1.3 OUT OF 10 ON IMDB AND A TWO PERCENT ON

ROTTEN TOMATOES. HAVEN’T SEEN IT YET? YOU’RE

NOT MISSING ANYTHING, TRUST US . . . WELL,

UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE JUST HOW BAD IT IS.

WHEN THE COMICS CODE WAS CREATED, IT PROHIBITED

JUDGES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS FROM

BEING DEPICTED NEGATIVELY. IT ALSO PREVENTED

COMICS FROM BEING SOLD AT NEWS STANDS UNLESS

THE HERO WAS VICTORIOUS AT THE END OF THE BOOK.

BEFORE GOOGLE LAUNCHED GMAIL, “G-MAIL”

WAS THE NAME OF A FREE E-MAIL SERVICE

OFFERED BY GARFIELD’S WEBSITE.

AT THE HEIGHT OF RIN TIN TIN’S FAME, A CHEF

PREPARED HIM A DAILY STEAK LUNCH. CLASSICAL

MUSICIANS PLAYED TO AID HIS DIGESTION.

THE DOG WAS QUITE A STAR.

THE FIFTY-STAR AMERICAN FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY

AN OHIO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FOR A CLASS PROJECT.

HIS TEACHER ORIGINALLY GAVE HIM A B–.

IN 2006, AN AUSTRALIAN MAN TRIED TO SELL

NEW ZEALAND ON EBAY. THE PRICE ROSE TO

$3,000 BEFORE EBAY SHUT IT DOWN.

MAO ZEDONG, LIKE MANY CHINESE OF HIS TIME,

REFUSED TO BRUSH HIS TEETH. INSTEAD,

HE RINSED HIS MOUTH WITH TEA AND CHEWED THE

LEAVES. WHY BRUSH? “DOES A TIGER BRUSH HIS

TEETH?” ARGUED MAO. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

HIS TEETH WERE GREEN.

THE AZTECS HAD A PRIMITIVE FORM OF BASKETBALL

CALLED “OLLAMALITZLI.” THE DIFFERENCE FROM

TODAY’S VERSION IS THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO

GET THE BALL THROUGH THE RING HAD THE RIGHT

TO COLLECT THE CLOTHES RIGHT OFF THE BACKS

OF EVERYONE WATCHING THE GAME.