18 Awesome (but Useless) Facts

1. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
2. The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that the sound it makes is actually a tiny sonic boom
3. Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god
4. Alcatraz was the only prison that allowed prisoners to have hot water, the theory behind this was when the prisoners tried to escape they wouldn't be able to handle the cold water of the San Francisco Bay
5. Croissants are originally from Austria, not France
6. Before rubber, people used bread to erase pencil marks
7. Movie trailers used to play after the movie... Hence the name
8. It's considered rude to right in red ink in Portugal
9. The term 'astronaut' comes from Greek words that mean 'star' and 'sailor'
10. People reportedly prefer blue toothbrushes over red ones
11. A seahorse can move its eyes in opposite directions
12. To cook an egg, a sidewalk needs to be 70 degrees Celsius
13. A group of jellyfish is called a smack
14. The highest wave ever surfed was as tall as a 10-story building
15. There are more fake flamingos in the world than real ones
16. A blue whale's heart is as big as a VW Beetle, which means, you could swim through some of its arteries
17. All of the gold mined in the world could more or less fit into a 20x20x20 cube
18. Once Charlie Chaplin entered a 'Charlie Chaplin Look-a-Like Contest' and came in third