GEEKY AND USELESS FACTS
Added on: 14th Apr 2016
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.
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