Useless Facts [Part 6] | Evan Valentine, Stay-at-Home Dad

As you may have guessed, giraffes are very susceptible to throat infections.
The Mormon Tabernacle Church in Salt Lake City was built without any nails.
In tennis, the term "love," meaning zero, comes from the French l'oeuf which is an egg, as in goose egg.
Zachary Taylor never voted in a presidential election--not even his own.
The odds against a flipped coin coming up with the same side showing ten times in a row are 1,023 to 1.
Abraham Lincoln was carrying Confederate money when he was assassinated.
The shell is 12% of the weight of the entire egg.
The biggest playing field in sports? A polo field: 12.4 acres.
Liberace once used the stage name Walter Busterkeys.
Paul Revere took his midnight ride on a horse named Brown Beauty.
In China, the day a child is born it is considered one year old.
An armadillo can be housebroken.
Rudyard Kipling would write only with black ink.
In many species of birds, the eyes weigh more than the brain.
The P.F. in P.F. Flyers stands for Posture Foundation.
Before 1859, baseball umpires sat behind home plate in rocking chairs.
The term "senator" comes from the Latin "senex" which means "old man."
Insects can shiver.
Until 1869, the master's degree was an honorary award.
In days of long ago, when railroad men patronized brothels, they left their red lamps outside--such was the derivation of the red light district.
A bee uses 22 muscles to sting someone.
The stopwatch seen on television's 60 Minutes is made by Heuer.

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