tag:uselessinformation.blog.co.uk,2009-11-08:/MokoFeed2009-11-08T12:18:29+01:00tag:uselessinformation.blog.co.uk,2007-02-02:/2007/02/02/facts_for_today~1668542/chrisgower2007-02-02T15:16:12+01:002007-02-02T15:16:12+01:00 <p>>> Papaphobia is the fear of Popes.</p> <p>>> Multiply 37,037 by any single number (1-9), then multiply that number by 3. Every digit in the answer will be the same as that first single number</p> <p>>> The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. Margaret Herrick, librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made a remark that the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.</p> <p>>> Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.</p> <p>>> If you multiply 111,111,111 by 111,111,111, you get 12,345,678,987,654,321.</p> <p>>> The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.</p> <p>>> "Zorro" means "fox" in Spanish.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://uselessinformation.blog.co.uk/2007/02/02/facts_for_today~1668542/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:uselessinformation.blog.co.uk,2007-02-02:/2007/02/02/the_first_post~1668175/chrisgower2007-02-02T14:09:42+01:002007-02-02T15:23:40+01:00 <p>Useless Information is a blog that will deliver one piece of useless information to you via this blog or rss feed everyday. If you are like me, and really like soaking up information like a sort of information sponge then you will appreciate this blog.</p> <p>I maintain another blog too, <a href="http://www.geekorati.co.uk">http://www.geekorati.co.uk</a> which focuses on science and technology news, but the amount of useless info that one human can pick up each day really means it has to be shared.</p> <p>If you want to suggest a fact or comment directly, then please email me at foo404(@)gmail.com </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://uselessinformation.blog.co.uk/2007/02/02/the_first_post~1668175/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>