revkevhamilton: The (Useless) Facts of Life

Monday, January 25, 2010

The (Useless) Facts of Life

One of my friends on Facebook started using trivia for their status updates lately and I have really enjoyed reading these little snippets of useless information .. as opposed to things like .. "Go Colts!!" .. "It's Friday!!!!" .. or .. "I'm pretty sure it's ringworm."

Since I am the king of useless information (let's face it .. revkevhamilton.com has no intrinsic value, whatsoever .. and that's the way I like it .. uh huh, uh huh), today's post will continue the fine tradition established here back in May of 2008 (has it really been that long??? .. I've got to get a life).

Did you know ...

The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States (in 1789) was a Baptist preacher (he says he was just doing research for a sermon .. yeah, right)
The ancient Egyptians recommended mixing half an onion with beer foam as a way of warding off death (it also warded off members of the opposite sex and most wild animals)
Henry Ford flatly stated that history is "bunk" (he did believe, however, that wrestling was real)
John Hancock was the only one of fifty signers of the Declaration of Independence who actually signed it on July 4 (all the others were at a barbecue and were too plastered to even hold a quill)
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time (if he had learned to also speak out of both sides of his mouth, he might have had a highly successful career in politics)
A rat can last longer without water than a camel (speaking of politics ...)
Walt Disney was afraid of mice (he quickly got over it, however, when he received his first check for Steamboat Willie)
Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps (this occurred after he mistakenly put a live raccoon on his head .. after spending some time with a certain Baptist preacher)