The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia

Did you know? Cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? The football huddle became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent the other teams from reading his sign language? The average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? A chicken in Colorado had its head cut off and managed to live for another two years!?!? If you didn't, your prayers have been answered. Start off with little-known facts about Aristotle and Barbie, and continue until you’ve discovered hidden gems about zombies, zippers, and more! Did you know that Levi Strauss did not plan to go into the blue jean business? He intended to sell canvas tents to miners in California but ended up using the fabric to make what the prospectors really needed—pants? Did you know that if Americans were to switch just 10 percent of their total mileage to scooters, we would consume 14 million gallons less fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 324 million pounds in just one day? Or that on May 15th, 1950, Coca-Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time magazine? The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia is a treasure trove for the curious.
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