For Christmas as a stocking stuffer I got a book titled: The Totally Awesome Book of Useless Information. As I flipped through it I thought, yes it is fairly useless but it is f-u-n to see some of this nonsense on paper. I will now share with you some of the info that’s listed that hopefully you will get a kick out of. Here we go: Before World War II, when guards were posted at the fence, anyone could walk up to the front door of the White house…The world’s youngest parents were eight and nine and lived in China in 1910…Before the 1800s there were no separately designed shoes for right and left feet…People used to say “ahoy” instead of “hello” when they answered the phone…Bats always turn left when exiting a cave…Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, was afraid of the dark…Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying…No word in the English language rhymes with, month, orange, silver, or purple…The Bible is the most shoplifted book in America…Toto the dog was paid $125 per week while filming The Wizard of Oz…Shrimp swim backward…Pirates thought having an earring would improve their eyesight…All the planets in the solar system could be placed inside Jupiter…Babies are born without kneecaps…Fear of spiders is the most common phobia, followed by fear of snakes…It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open…More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones…Forty thousand people are injured by toilets every year…and finally, A cockroach’s favorite food is the glue on the back of stamps.
And now you have some conversation starters. My pleasure.

Gunga, galunga
Garry