The "Random Information that only matters to a certain amount of people" thread

Greyhounds are universal blood donors, and with few exceptions, blood from any greyhound can be given to any other breed of dog.

^^^that's neat!

Three dogs (from First Class cabins) survived the sinking of the Titanic – two Pomeranians and one Pekingese.

A road project in Iceland was stopped because it could destroy the habitat of elves. In a survey conducted by the University of Iceland in 2007, 5% of Icelanders claim to have seen these beings and 55% say they are either convinced of their existence or consider them very likely.

In NASCAR, temperatures in the car often exceed 100 degrees, reaching as much as 170 degrees by the floorboards. Drivers can lose 5-10 pounds in sweat during a race. If a driver loses more than 3 percent of his body weight in sweat and doesn’t replace those fluids, focus and reflexes start declining.

NASCAR cars reach speeds above 150 mph, with many averaging speeds around 180 mph, and some pushing 200 mph. At 200 mph, NASCAR drivers in one second travel 293 feet, almost the length of a football field.

Night vision goggles are green because the human eye can tell difference between more shades of green than any other color.

Humans are omnivores, so that not only can differentiating between shades of green plant help us find plants to eat and avoid poisonous ones, but it can help us find prey animals that are seeking specific kinds of plants.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

3. The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”, a non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that would make the enemy forces attracted to each other.

Of the Seven Wonders of the World, 3 fell due to earthquakes, 2 due to fires, 1 probably never existed, and only one stands today.

The 8th wonder of the world, Andre the Giant, is also dead.
Even in death he was extraordinary.
His ashes after cremation weighed 17 pounds.

Eating tomatoes help prevent sunburn.

In 1887, U.S. tariff laws imposed a duty on vegetables, but not on fruits. This meant the status of tomatoes become a matter of legal importance.

When John Belushi was on Saturday Night Live, he purposely sabotaged anything that was written by a female because he believed women were “fundamentally not funny.“

I heard that recently on a show called 'the history of comedy'. That was a dick move on his part.

A hungry wolf can eat 20 pounds of meat in a single meal, which is the same as a human eating one hundred hamburgers.

^^^sheee-it!

Hamburgers weren’t really much popular until its introduction at St. Louis World’s fair held in year 1904.

Before and during rainstorms many people will often experience pain in their bones. This is due to them having a more porous bone structure than the average person. As the air becomes more humidified the porous bones soak up the moisture in the air causing them to expand and cause pain to the surrounding muscle tissue.