Stuff You Really Didn't Need To Know
UttErLy UsELess FacTs

  • 45 of the dalmation puppies used in the filming of 101 Dalmations were subsequently sold to a cosmetics testing laboratory in Finland.
  • Frogs can walk on two legs.
  • In England it is illegal to eat processed cheese triangles in front of the Queen.
  • Golf courses cover an astonishing 4% of North America.
  • Until 1975 , circumcision was compulsory upon entrance to the Royal Navy.
  • In Austria it is illegal to wave sticks of rhubarb at children under 8 years of age.
  • London Zoo is home to Colin, the only known tarantula in the world with 9 legs.
  • Belgians who are convicted of " tweaking, slapping, rubbing or fondling the buttocks of a member of the opposite sex in a manner likely to cause distress or offence " can be sentenced to have their own buttocks surgically removed.
  • An astonishing 3.6% of the British population have, at one time or another, indulged in cannibalism.
  • As of December the 31st 1999, the value of Pi will officially be "rounded down" from its present 3.14159265359 to 3.14
  • In Wisconsin it is illegal to eat carrots on a Wednesday.
  • Jean Claude van Damme is 60 as November 15th.
  • As colour blindness in European adults continues to rise, plans are being made to change all European traffic lights from traditional red, amber and green to magenta, yellow and cyan.
  • By the time you have finished reading this sentence, five people worldwide will have died as a result of eating too many bananas.
  • Goats can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes.
  • Inside the egg, baby anacondas have three eyes. A day prior to hatching the third eye mysteriously disappears.
  • An average of 2 children a year are killed and eaten by beavers in Australia.
  • Tinned spaghetti hoops are deemed to be " The work of the Devil " in 5 American states. Consequently it is illegal to sell them there.
  • Five current British Members of Parliament own pet gorillas.
  • On average, four cows a day are killed in Europe by old World War 2 land mines.
  • In 4 American states a man can only train to become a gynaecologist if he is either a eunuch or a homosexual.