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ELEVEN USELESS FACTS

1. Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery.
2. Incredible means not believable. Incredulous means not believing. When someone's story is truly incredible, you ought to be incredulous.
3. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
4. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (long form Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch), also spelt Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll and commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll, is a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales. The long form of the name is the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length. The name is Welsh for "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".
5. Los Angeles was founded in the year of 1781 by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula).
6. Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald's.
7. Most toilets flush in the key of E flat.
8. People photocopying their buttocks are the cause of 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide.
9. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
10. There are more than fifty different kinds of kangaroos.
11. You can't legally plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.