Mark's Extensive and Exhaustively Researched Gallery of REALLY Useless Facts When the Titanic sunk there was 7,500 lbs of ham on it A broken clock is right at least twice a day. American car horns beep in the tone of F. The U.S standard railroad gauge (distance between rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. The "you are here" arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache. The thumbnail grows the slowest; the middle nail grows the fastest The toes of mummies are wrapped individually. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. On average there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun. -A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds The world record for rocking non-stop in a rocking chair is 440 hours The world record for Rainboot tossing is 54.60 metres The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000 A water balloon filled with one cubic foot of water weighs 62.4lbs A golf ball has 360 dimples 16 Facts |