Is there ever a useful use for useless information (other than being the subject of a Blog)? Are there things you know but you have no place to share it? It’s the type stuff that might cause one to shrug and say: Who cares? Or: So what? Or: What’s that got to do with the price of tea in China? The data being referred to and compiled in The Good, Clean Funnies List is listed as “Interesting Facts” – some of which are:
Pearls melt in vinegar.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. (Is this similar to: You can lead a Horse to water but you can’t make him drink?)
Keeping in mind the Cow “fact” - The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases (Did they install a Pole so they could slide back down?)...
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet. (This was Developed by Western Union to test telex/two communications).
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
No legitimate word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The name "Jeep" came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar (but the preceding is not one of them).
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom (something to try during a Wedding Toast?).
Any month that begins on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
When it comes to the Bible, the cynic or skeptic might allow there is useless information there as well, such as all the genealogies. The American Bible Society has a brief article where they state the value and benefit of these passages. Some of their comments are: “People in ancient Israel placed great importance on who their family's ancestors were. The Bible includes family lists (genealogies) in order to show where certain families came from and why they were important. Genesis lists the male head of each family from Adam to Noah (Genesis 5:1-32), from Noah through the descendants of his three sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem, and from Shem to Abraham (Genesis 11:20-26). Isaac was the son God promised to give Abraham and Sarah. Genesis tells the story of Isaac's descendants, but the genealogy in Genesis 25:12-18 is a reminder that Abraham also had a son named Ishmael with Hagar, Sarah's slave…The only proper family line for Israel's priests was from Levi (Exodus 6:16-25). The long list of worthy ancestors of Israel's first king, Saul, is given in 1 Chronicles 1:1-9:44…Israel's future kings were to be descendants of King David (2 Samuel 7:16; Isaiah 11:1-5; Psalm 89:3,4). Both of the genealogies of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28) link him with David, although they differ in details in their lists. Matthew emphasizes Jesus as the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel, so his list begins with Abraham…The list in Luke goes backwards beginning with Joseph, Jesus' legal father, through David the king, Jacob, Abraham, and all the way back to Adam…” The most important list is whether or not your name appears in The Lamb’s Book of Life. If your name isn’t there, you’re not an heir of Christ in God’s Kingdom! Consider these things with me!
Pearls melt in vinegar.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs. (Is this similar to: You can lead a Horse to water but you can’t make him drink?)
Keeping in mind the Cow “fact” - The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases (Did they install a Pole so they could slide back down?)...
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet. (This was Developed by Western Union to test telex/two communications).
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."
No legitimate word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
The name "Jeep" came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar (but the preceding is not one of them).
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom (something to try during a Wedding Toast?).
Any month that begins on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
When it comes to the Bible, the cynic or skeptic might allow there is useless information there as well, such as all the genealogies. The American Bible Society has a brief article where they state the value and benefit of these passages. Some of their comments are: “People in ancient Israel placed great importance on who their family's ancestors were. The Bible includes family lists (genealogies) in order to show where certain families came from and why they were important. Genesis lists the male head of each family from Adam to Noah (Genesis 5:1-32), from Noah through the descendants of his three sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem, and from Shem to Abraham (Genesis 11:20-26). Isaac was the son God promised to give Abraham and Sarah. Genesis tells the story of Isaac's descendants, but the genealogy in Genesis 25:12-18 is a reminder that Abraham also had a son named Ishmael with Hagar, Sarah's slave…The only proper family line for Israel's priests was from Levi (Exodus 6:16-25). The long list of worthy ancestors of Israel's first king, Saul, is given in 1 Chronicles 1:1-9:44…Israel's future kings were to be descendants of King David (2 Samuel 7:16; Isaiah 11:1-5; Psalm 89:3,4). Both of the genealogies of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-28) link him with David, although they differ in details in their lists. Matthew emphasizes Jesus as the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel, so his list begins with Abraham…The list in Luke goes backwards beginning with Joseph, Jesus' legal father, through David the king, Jacob, Abraham, and all the way back to Adam…” The most important list is whether or not your name appears in The Lamb’s Book of Life. If your name isn’t there, you’re not an heir of Christ in God’s Kingdom! Consider these things with me!
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