Useless Facts - Todd Clark

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frozen waste falling from the sky

frozen waste falling from the sky

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I don't want to scare you, but there could be frozen pee falling from the sky. Well, maybe not at this moment, but it has happened.

Today on funfactofthedaytv.com, we're talking about something called "blue ice." Blue ice forms when there's a leak in an airplane's sewage system and the human waste - along with the blue disinfectant - freezes… and then falls, in a chunk, from the sky.

Now, no one intentionally does that - the pilot isn't like, "Hey, who wants to drop some human waste on Oklahoma???" or "I think my ex-wife lives in Kansas now…" Kwoosh!

It happens when there's a leak and then it freezes… and falls.

Doesn't happen a lot - there've been about 25 reported cases in the last 25 years or so - but it's not a lot of fun for people affected by it. There was a guy in Santa Cruz, California, whose boat was hit by blue ice a few years ago… he says it would've hit him if he hadn't stepped away to answer the phone.

Wild, huh?

biggest country, smallest country

biggest country, smallest country

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Pop quiz time here at funfactofthedaytv.com and, y'know, one of these days we're gonna start sending out prizes. Like, you're sitting there at work… you pull us up on the Internet… I ask a question, you answer correctly and - bam! - the next day there's like a brand new car waiting for you or something.

We might not be giving out brand new cars anytime soon, though…

Okay - here's the question: What's the biggest country in the world?

I'll give you a second… It's Russia. Canada is second biggest, United States is the third.

Question number two: What's the smallest country?

Vatican City - it's only about a fifth of a square mile. Then Monaco, and the third is this island called Nauru in the South Pacific..

water in the shower

water in the shower

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Our crack staff here at funfactofthedaytv.com are always digging up weird facts - that is, when they're not napping - and today: how much water you use in the shower.

According to the E-P-A, a typical five-minute shower can use 15 to 25 gallons of water.

I'm not positive, but that discrepancy could have to do with whether you sing in the shower or not.

Like, if you're just showering - maybe 15 gallons.

But if you're singing and it takes longer - maybe 25 gallons.

But I'm no scientist.

biggest snowflake

biggest snowflake

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According to the World Almanac for Kids, the biggest snowflake ever found was fifteen inches across and eight inches thick… it happened in Fort Keough, Montana, in 1887.

finding the most men and women

finding the most men and women

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Here at funfactofthedaytv.com, we like to do more than tell you interesting facts… we like to help you live a better life.

With that in mind, we're helping out our single viewers today, by telling you the states where you can find a higher ratio of men or a higher ratio of women, depending on what you're looking for.

And then all you have to do is up and move there… maybe get your moves down ahead of time… and you're set.

According to the US Census, the states with the highest male-to-female ratio - so this is good if you want to live somewhere where there are a lot of guys - is Alaska.

I'm imagining that a first date in Alaska might go something like this:
"So where'd you grow up again?"
"I'm sorry… where?"
"Here, let me slide off my earmuffs…"

Alaska too cold for ya? Try Nevada, that's second, in terms of most males to females… or Colorado, which is third.

The states with the lowest male-to-female ratio - so where there are more women - are first, Rhode Island… then Massachusetts… then Washington, DC.

white glob in egg

white glob in egg

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Y'know that white thing in an egg? That white glob that kind of hangs on to the yolk… the thing you look down at and wonder what it is exactly…

Well, today on funfactofthedaytv.com, we're gonna tell you.

A lot of people think that white glob is the beginning of an embryo. (Yeah, not our most appetizing funfact ever…) But it's not.

It's called a chalaza and it holds the egg yolk in place in the center of the egg white.

history of the bra

history of the bra

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You know that every once in a while here on funfactofthedaytv.com, we like to throw in a history lesson… makes us feel all educated or something…

Today: the history of the brassiere.

Yeah, this is my life, folks. I come in in the morning, they tell me I'm gonna talk about the history of the brassiere and I say… all right.

Possibly the best part of all this is where we got the information from. There's a lot of information out there about the history of the bra, but we're proud to say that we got our little story here from a web site called misterbra.com.

So here's the story - women had been wearing corsets and other undergarments, but it wasn't until 1913 when a woman named Mary Phelps Jacobs of New York City used two handkerchiefs and a piece of ribbon to create a sort of a bra.

She sold the patent for $1500… and, today, it's estimated that patent is worth $15-million dollars.

Shakespeare's birthday and proposal

Shakespeare's birthday and proposal

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To be or not to be…

Today on funfactofthedaytv.com, we're talking about Shakespeare just so I can speaketh like this.

Here's our fact: No one knoweth exactlyeth wheneth Shakespeakere was borneth..

It's true. No one knows his real birthday - sometime in late April, 1564.

Betcha didn't know this: Shakespeare was 18 when he got married… to a woman who was 26. And they had eight kids!

Bill Gates’ house

Bill Gates' house

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When you hear about homes of the rich and the famous, you expect them to be big. And nice. Maybe really big and really nice.

But have you heard about Bill Gates' house? Y'know… Bill Gates of Microsoft. That's what we're talking about today on funfactofthedaytv.com.

Of course it's big - about 50-thousand square feet on more than five acres - but here's the amazing thing. According US News & World Report, visitors get these electronic pins to wear - with microchips in them - and when people move around the house, settings change based on what that person's preferences are. So, temperature, lighting, stuff like that.

And here you thought you were doing pretty well because you finally got the jiggly handle on your toilet to finally work. I know the feeling.

how much hair

how much hair

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Today on funfactofthedaytv.com, we're talking about your hair - not my hair, obviously, but your hair.

Did you know the amount of hair on your head has to do with what color your hair is? Or, more accurately, what color your hair naturally is?

Blondes have the most hairs on their head… about 140-thousand hairs.

Brunettes have about 105-thousand hairs on their head.

And redheads have the least… about 90-thousand hairs on their head.

That's according to the American Academy of Dermatology, which also says it's not unusual for people to lose up to 100 strands of hair a day.

Which is wild.. you'd think there'd be like a carpet of hairs laying around everywhere.