More “Useless Facts for Inquiring Minds.”
● Richard Burton, who starred in the 1984 film “1984,” died in 1984.
● Ninety Mile Beach in New Zealand is only 55 miles long. It is misnamed because European settlers in the mid-1800s could traverse the beach on horseback in three days, and horses typically covered 30 miles a day. They failed to account for sand slowing their progress.
● 250 languages are written and read from left to right, 12 from right to left.
● In Hawaiian, the word ukulele means jumping flea.
● The Province of New Jersey, an English colony that preceded the American Revolution, granted women the right to vote in 1776. But in 1807, as a US state, New Jersey reverted to the old system wherein only white men could vote. Classy.
● In America, 375 slices of pizza are consumed per second.
● 45 men have served as US President. Only 12 were elected to a second term.
● The only member of ZZ Top who doesn’t have a beard is Frank Beard.
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