I think I’ll start your week with a few items of truly useless information.  You can never have enough of this wonderful stuff and I intend to keep shoveling it your way until I run out.  So sit back in your seat and enjoy.

• Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on TV.
• Malaria mosquitoes are attracted to ripe Limburger cheese and smelly feet.
• A fetus acquires fingerprints by the end of the first trimester.
• Every 20 minutes the world population increases by 3500.
• Toilet paper was invented by the Chinese in 1391 for the exclusive use by the emperor.
• The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were Dismas and Gestas.
• Disney World in Orlando, Florida, covers 30,500 acres (46 square miles).
• Butterflies are cannibals.
• Tigers have striped skin under their hair but zebra’s don’t.
• Monkeys have no feet, they are classified as four-handed.
• Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, leeches and maggots are categorized as medical devices.
• You can in fact get cooties.  Cooties are lice.
• Poison Ivy is a member of the Cashew family.
• In late 1600’s Puritan society, a child over 16 years old convicted of cursing at a parent was sentenced to death.
• E T A O I N S H R D L U C M F G Y P W B V K X J Q Z: The alphabet in order of its frequency of use in written English

Well, there you have it.  See just how many useless facts you were unaware of.  As a reminder, I get a ten percent of all bar bet winnings.  Just so you know.