After another week of computer problems, calls to software companies, and idiot non-English speaking customer service representatives, I finally have an 75% operational computer system. I’ve always loved working with computers but I came close this week to taking a sledge hammer to the whole damn setup. After I did that I would put a truly evil curse on every software company that has turned their customer service over to AI’s. I count my blessings that I can even complete this blog today but I will try. How about some meaningless sports trivia?
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MISSPELLED CUP
The Stanley Cup has two typos engraved on it. “BQSTON BRUINS, TORONTO MAPLE LEAES” and a number of misspelled players names as well.
The Olympics have been hosted by multiple countries that no longer exist: West Germany, Yugoslavia, and the USSR.
There is a minor league baseball team called the Montgomery Biscuits with a logo of a biscuit with bulging eyes and butter for a tongue.
A wok isn’t just a cooking implement but can also be a sled. So says the Wok World Championship group. Teams of players in modified woks race down bobsled tracks.
During the 1903 MLB season, pitcher Ed Doheny won 16 games and was then committed to an asylum for the “criminally Insane” where he remained for the rest of his life.
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Pete Rose was banned from baseball by MLB Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
Between 1982 and 1998 (16 years) Cal Ripken Jr. never missed a single Baltimore Orioles game.
Legend has it that Hall of Fame baseball player Wade Boggs once drank 107 beers in one day while traveling with the team.
NFL safety, Ronnie Lott, broke his pinky finger during a game. To avoid leaving the game he directed the team doctor to cut it off.
MLB Manager Alvin Dark once said, “There’ll be a man on the moon before pitcher, Gaylord Perry, ever hits a home run. Perry hit his first home run less than an hour after Neil Armstrong said his famous words.
It’s once again time for me to justify this blog’s name. Here are twelve items of Useless Information that aren’t commonly known.
Although the earth is 70% water, just 1% of it is considered drinkable.
The first people to measure Mount Everest lied about tall it was. Their measurement was exactly 29,000 feet but they thought no one would believe it came to that exact measurement so they added two more feet to the total.
The animal with the longest hibernation period is a frog.
Every planet in the solar system could fit in the space between Earth and the moon even if you include Pluto.
Neil Armstrong claims that he actually said, “That’s one small step for a man” when he landed on the moon.
Arnold Schwarzenegger almost missed out on the title role in Terminator to none other than O.J. Simpson.
The mask worn by Michael Myers in the Halloween series was actually a white plastic Captain Kirk mask.
Bill Buckner had more career hits than Ted Williams.
No one has ever recorded a perfect March Madness bracket.
Cleopatra’s reign was closer to the date of the moon landings than the building of the pyramids.
The United States government once poisoned beer during prohibition.
The first bomb dropped by the Allies on Germany during World War II killed an elephant. It fell on the Berlin zoo.
Yesterday I posted a few tidbits concerning sexual weirdness laws still being enforced here in our country. With weirdness being the operative word, I thought I would continue with a few more obscure and weird facts that you may not be aware of. It seems that the list grows longer and longer each year.
The first step on the moon by astronaut Neil Armstrong was made with his left foot.
More Americans choke on toothpicks than on any other item. Ballpoint pens are running a close second.
The “gag” rule was instituted in the Senate in 1836 so the Senators would not have to accept, debate, or vote on anti-slavery petitions.
Fingernails grow faster on your dominant hand.
Tickling requires surprise. Since you can’t surprise yourself, you can’t tickle yourself, either.
Fifteen million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.
The human body has enough fat to produce seven bars of soap.
Investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Warren Buffett began his illustrious career by collecting and selling lost golf balls.
Over a lifetime, an average human being spends approximately 6 months on the toilet.
Ironically the official motto of the state of New Hampshire, printed on its license plates, is “Live Free or Die”, and those license plates are made at a state prison.
This quote belongs to Nancy Reagan and is one of my favorites.
After a little reflection it occurred to me that many of you have heard enough about gardens, canning, and other assorted foolishness Iām involved with. There will certainly be more of that soon enough but not today.
This blog was named Every Useless Thing for a reason. I love odd facts and facts that arenāt commonly known. Iāve drifted away from that of late and that needs to be remedied. Iāve been collecting sources of useless information for many years and still have a lot to pass on to all you.
As I sit here trying to concentrate I keep praying that this Novocain my dentist shot me full of wears off soon. Iām afraid to drink any hot coffee for fear of scalding my mouth. He said itās effects should pass after an hour or so. Itās not that I think he doesnāt know what heās talking about but dammit itās already been two and half hours. Iām sure youāll be glad to know that after his fine work this morning Iām beautiful again. The world can once again rest easy.
Letās get to the good stuff. More things you could care less about unless you hope to win a trivia contest or a few bar bets.
In case anyone ever asks, here are the seven Japanese gods of luck:
Bishamon, Daikoku, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Jurojin
Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon using his left foot first.
President Andrew Jacksonās pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral in 1845 because it was swearing.
Lee Harvey Oswald was dyslexic.
Joseph Stalin, whose left arm was noticeably shorter than his right, also had webbed toes on his left foot.
In the eight year period Ronald Reagan was president, the White House bought 12 tons of his favorite jelly beans.
I know youāve missed this stuff no matter what you tell me. It just keeps getting more interesting and exciting. (sarcasm off)
The difference between a nook and a cranny is that the nook is a corner and the cranny is a crack.
Race car is a palindrome.
Mick Jagger turned down a 3.5 million pound advance offer on his memoirs from a publisher because, he said, ācouldnāt rememberā enough significant details from his own life.
Idiot quote: āEverything that can be invented has been invented.ā U.S. Patent Office 1899
A cat has four rows of whiskers.
Iām almost finished so hang in there for a minute. Itās not really as boring as you seem to think.
The license number of the General Lee in The Dukes of Hazard was CNH 320.
There are 1,943 names listed in the closing credits of The Matrix Reloaded.
Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing up.
āMost cars on our roads have only one occupant, usually the driver.ā āCarol Malia, BBC TV presenter.
Pasta vermicelli means ālittle wormsā.
All finished, another installment of useless crap has been distributed. Use it at your own risk, it can sometimes piss people off. Youāve been warned.
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