“Useless Friday Info”

Can you believe it’s been gone so long?

Have you missed it?

Well no matter which side of the coin you may be on, it’s back!  And since we’ve been gone a few week’s, we’re going to ease into it.

With that being said, here is this week’s edition of “Useless Friday Info”.

“It takes 3000 cows to provide the NFL with enough leather to produce a year’s supply of footballs.”

“For each NFL game, the home team must provide the officials 24 footballs for use during that game.  That means that over 6,000 footballs will be used in one NFL season.”

“Chain letters seemed to have first begun in 1935 as a get-rich-quick scheme.  The source of the letters is unknown, but the letters became so popular that post offices around the nation had to hire extra help.”

“The “Three Little Pigs” – released May 27, 1933, and produced by Walt Disney-was seen as symbolic of the Great Depression, with the wolf representing the Depression and the three little pigs representing average citizens who eventually succeeded by working together.”

“The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.”

“The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.”

“Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.”

“The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.”

“The tradition of placing candles on birthday cake is attributed to the early Greeks, who believed that the smoke of the candle carried their wishes to gods who lived in the skies.”