Random Facts

These facts are brought to you for no good reason. 'Cause that's how I roll!

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

When you die, your hair still grows for a couple of months.

It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico's deepest point.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages; hearts represented the church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture and diamonds represented the merchant class.

Cats can hear ultrasound

Children grow faster in the springtime

Every human spent about a half an hour as a single cell

The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo"

The plastic things at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets

There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye, hip, arm, leg, ear, toe, jaw, rib, lip, gum)

Just thought you might want to know! Now, go be a "nerd" by sharing with others!