Facts You Probably don’t Need

• The average distance from Earth to the Moon is about 1.28 light-seconds.

• Because of the effects of tidal friction and tectonic processes, Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing — making days longer by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

• Scallops can have up to about 200 tiny eyes.

• The longest-lived dog on record, Bluey, lived to be 29 years and 5 months old.

• The oldest cat ever recorded lived to 38 years and 3 days. Her name was Crème Puff.

•  One in 18 people have a third nipple.

• Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita of any country.

•  There’s a city named “Rome” on every continent except Antarctica (which has no cities).

• Frank Sinatra was offered the starring role in “Die Hard” when he was in his 70s.

• It’s estimated that Americans eat about 50 billion hamburgers each year, or roughly three per person per week.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.