16 useless information you need to know

 1. What does it mean to have 20/60 vision?

Ans- Having 20/60 vision means that you must be at 20 feet to see what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet. Though people with 20/20 vision can see clearly, this measurement does not include other important aspects of sight like peripheral vision, the ability to see colors or depth perception.

2. Where are the ears on a cricket?

Ans- A cricket's ears are on its front legs, just below the knees and they have four acoustic inputs. The openings in the crickets exoskeleton that act as ears lead into chambers inside the legs, which connects to either side of it's body, allowing sound to completely pass through the cricket.

3. What was Eric Blair's pen name?

Ans- Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His pen name was George Orwell.

4. Where was Walt Disney born? 

Ans- Walt Disney was born on December 5 1901 in Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois in USA to his father Elias Disney and his mother Flora Call Disney. 

5. Which country has the highest number of states?

Ans-  Russia has 46 oblasts, 21 republics (22, if including Crimea), 9 krais, 4 autonomous okrugs, 2 federal cities (3 if including Sevastopol), and 1 autonomous oblast, for a total of 83 (or 85) subdivisions.

6. Are the fiddle and the violin the same?

Ans- A fiddle is any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music.

7. What nerve goes through the carpal tunnel?

Ans- The top of the tunnel is covered by a strong band of connective tissue called the transverse carpal ligament. The median nerve travels from the forearm into the hand through this tunnel in the wrist. The median nerve controls feeling in the palm side of the thumb, index finger, and long fingers.

8. What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

Ans- Muhammad Ali's  original name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (born January 17, 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.), American professional boxer and social activist. Ali was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions; he successfully defended this title 19 times.

9. Who is Murphy from Murphy's Law?

Ans- Edward Aloysius Murphy, Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990 ) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for Murphy's law, which is said to state, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

10. How many gallons of water are in Lake Superior?

Ans- In the area west of Marquette, Michigan. Water Volume: 3,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of 440 trillion cubic feet or 10% of the world's fresh water. Enough to flood North and South America to one foot deep.

11. Why do people rub their chopsticks together?

Ans- Waribashi (割り箸） are those wooden chopsticks that you need to break apart. Some people rub them together as a matter of course, but this is only even needed if the chopsticks are so cheap that they are splintery. Doing this with good quality waribashi indicates that you think they are cheap, and therefore is an insult.

12. What does HMS stand for on a ship?

Ans- Naval prefixes came into use as abbreviations for longer titles, such as "His/Her Majesty's Ship" in the Royal Navy, abbreviated "H.M.S." and then "HMS".

13. Who invented candy land?

Ans- Candy Land was designed in 1945 by Eleanor Abbott, while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. The game was bought by Milton Bradley Company (now owned by Hasbro) and first published in 1949.

14. Which state is the largest in USA?

Ans- Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area. Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of largest state, Alaska. Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density.

15. When did Kerri Strug break her ankle? 

Ans- Kerri Strug is best-known for one vault: a Yurchenko 1.5 twist she nearly stuck, on an injured ankle, to secure the US team the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.

16. What was the first salaried Baseball team?

Ans- The Cincinnati Red Stockings, now known as the Cincinnati Reds of 1869 were Baseball's first openly all-professional team, with ten salaried players.

That's it for today. This post will be updated everyday with new mind boggling facts. See ya' tomorrow.