Totally useless facts ...

[Corno Dolce]

It has been said that 1/3 of the land in the US is owned by the government.

 

[marval]

The three dots in Domino's pizza stand for the first three stores. They wanted to add a dot for each new store, but obviously that would be impossible since there are now over seven thousand stores.

 

[Corno Dolce]

The name IKEA of the Swedish household goods conglomerate is based on the initials of the founder (I)ngvar (K)amprad and the first towns associated with the store(E)mtaryd and (A)gunnaryd.

 

[marval]

The snow leopard protects itself from extreme cold when it sleeps by wrapping its 3-foot-long tail around its nose.

 

[Corno Dolce]

It has been said that 7% of all Americans eat at McDonalds every day.

 

[marval]

In 1945, the first "floating ice cream parlor" was built for sailors in the western Pacific. This "floating ice cream parlour" could produce ten gallons of ice cream every seven seconds.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha Dame Margaret,

Ten gallons of ice-cream every seven seconds.? Thats quite a production I must say...WOW!!!




It has been said that 44% of American adults go on a diet each year.

 

[marval]

Yes, a lot of Ice cream in such a short time.


The citrus soda "7 UP" was created in 1929. The original name of the popular drink was "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", but it got changed to "7 UP."

 

[Corno Dolce]

The longest U.S. highway is route 6 that begins in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and ends in Bishop, California.

 

[marval]

At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.

 

[Corno Dolce]

It has been said that armadilloes can be housebroken.

 

[marval]

As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. So, where did all this snow and ice come from? The answer lies in Antarctica's unique location at the bottom of the world and the unique weather conditions that exist there.

 

[Corno Dolce]

And quixotically, the ice mass of Antarctica is growing whilst the Arctic is shrinking. So much for rising ocean levels...

 

[marval]

Austria was the very first country to use postcards starting in 1869.

 

[methodistgirl]

Some foods will tear your stomach up one way or the other.
judy tooley

 

[Corno Dolce]

It has been said that the human mind can only process seven items of information at a time.

 

[marval]

A single chocolate chip gives enough energy to a human being to walk 150 feet.

 

[Corno Dolce]

It has been said that 2/3 of the world's eggplant production is grown in New Jersey.

 

[marval]

The University of Plymouth was the first university to offer a degree in surfing.

 

[sunwaiter]

Adidas stands for Adi Dassler.