Almost totally useless facts

I haven't verified any of this.

1.Duct tape loses its stickiness when used in temperatures below about –25 ° C (-13 ° F).

2.Gilligan of Gillian’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.

3.Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were even in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the fraternity house walls with drawings of his strange characters.

4.The Les Nessman character on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati wore a band-aid in every episode. Either on himself, his glasses, or his clothing.

5.John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

6.Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

7.The lifespan of a taste bud is ten days.

8.Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

9.The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.

10. The dial tone of a normal telephone is in the key of "F".

11. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

12. Beelzebub, another name for the devil, is Hebrew for "Lord of the Flies", and this is where the book's title comes from.

13. The term "devil's advocate" comes from the Roman Catholic Church. When deciding if someone should be sainted, a devil's advocate is always appointed to give an alternative view.

14. Before Prohibition, Shlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except The Catholic Church.

15. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 16, the 46th word from the first word is 'shake' and the 46th word from the last word is 'spear'.

16. In 1986 Danny Heep became the first player in a World Series to be a designated hitter (DH) with the initials "D.H."

17. In the four major US professional sports, (Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey), there are only seven teams whose nicknames do not end with an "S:" Basketball: The Miami Heat, The Utah Jazz, and The Orlando Magic. Baseball: The Boston Red Sox, The Chicago White Sox. Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche, The Tampa Bay Lightning. Football: None.

18. In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.

19. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers plays football at home to a sell out crowd, the full stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

20. The sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western Union to Test telex/twx communications)

21. In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

22. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

23.The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”.

24. Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?

25. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

26. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.” (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

27. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

28. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

29. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression “to get fired.”

30. Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.