h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The average human heart beats 100,000 times a day.

I have not read the backlog.

There are 42 dots on a pair of dice.

If done perfectly, any Rubik's cube combination can be solved in 17 turns.

In 1990, there were about 15,000 vacuum cleaner-related accidents in the US.

Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.

Every year, over 8,800 people injure themselves with a tooth pick.

More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.

Guess who got a book called 'The book of useless Information' today

Emmily

I don't think any of those had been previously covered.

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In Alien3, the actor Michael Biehn's (Hicks) photo was shown for a couple of seconds. He was paid more money for this than for his entire role in Aliens.

"Dacryphilia" is arousal from seeing tears in the eyes of a partner.

Fourteen percent of Americans have worked in a Macdonalds restaurant at some point of their lives.

Dogs can smell cancer in human waste.

Ancient Greeks used celery as an award in sports contests much like we use flowers today.

nice im gonna bring my book of useless facts with me to work on thurs

Queen Elizabeth the First of England said that she had a bath once a year whether she needed it or not.

Statistics show that a person from another country becomes
a pound millionaire five times faster than someone born here.

Statistics on violence between gay couples has only been collected since 1987

St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

No two cornflakes look the same.

Hot water is heavier than col water.

Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish-speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command 'go hang yourself'.

Emmily

Hot water is not heavier than cold water. If you heat water it will rise because it is lighter than the cold water around it. As water cools down it gets more dense and heavier until it reaches maximum density at about 4 degrees C. Then it starts getting lighter again as ice crystals start to form and cause the water to be spread out.

Hot water can't possibly be heavier than cold water unless your definition of 'hot' allows for water at 4 deg C.

A well-known British truck manufacturer faced a similar obstacle in Portugal because 'Foden' is phonetically similar to something very rude in Portuguese.

The length of a coastline depends on the device used to measure it. It is not possible to state the correct length of a coastline.

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In Australia, a brand name for sellotape is 'Durex'. When Mrs RBA and I attended antenatal classes the midwife told us the story of the Australian girl who walked into W.H. Smith and asked for some 'Durex'. The rather abashed shop assistant directed her to Boots the Chemist where she asked for some Durex 6 yards long and 4 inches wide. The amazed shop assistant wanted to know her her boyfriend was!

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Emmily

Then there was the Vauxhaull Nova. (Spanish: No va = doesn't go)

And the Ford Pinto (the one exposed by Ralph Nader because their petrol tanks exploded when they were hit from the rear, and Ford calculated that it was cheaper to pay out insurance than to recall them). In Latin America, pinto = small penis

did you know a bunch of crows is called a murder of crows?