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# Useless Fact Category
1 As Slow as Possible is a musical piece composed by John Cage that is scheduled to have a duration of 639 years, performed by organ at St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany.Arts
 
2 Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.People
 
3 Anatidaephobia is the fear that you are being watched by a duck.Other
 
4 Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first American President to appear on television, in April of 1939.People
 
5 In Ethiopia, an old tradition requires the jewelry of bride to be removed after her wedding. Its likeness is then tattooed on her skin.Religion
 
6 A Japanese priest set a kimono on fire in Tokyo in 1657 because it carried bad luck. The flames spread until over 10,000 buildings were destroyed and 100,000 people died.Religion
 
7 About 25 percent of all adolescent and adult males never use deodorant.Other
 
8 In 1976, Los Angeles resident Jannene Swift married a 50-pound piece of granite. More than 20 people attended the ceremony.Politics
 
9 The slaves' standard sales contract stated that they were "non-returnable, except for epilepsy."Politics
 
10 Male rhesus monkeys often hang from tree branches by their prehensile penises.Animals
 
11 Conservation workers have introduced a exercise regime for giant pandas in Chinese zoos because they're too fat to mate.Animals
 
12 Benjamin Franklin gave guitar lessons.People
 
13 Sand sharks have a very unique gestation. A mother shark develops two embryos when impregnated. The stronger of the two embryos eats the other before it is born. This is called “intrauterine cannibalism”. Animals
 
14 Children who are breast feed tend to do better on SATs than people who weren't.Science
 
15 The people most killed in bank robberies are the robbers themselves.Business
 
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