Facts You Probably don’t Need

• Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

• Mr. Clean’s full name is Veritably Clean.

• Octopus blood is blue because it’s copper-based (hemocyanin), unlike human blood, which is iron-based (hemoglobin).

• “umop apisdn” reads as “upside down” when flipped upside down.

• A dentist named Alfred P. Southwick helped invent the electric chair in the 1880s.

• The device used to measure your feet at a shoe store is called a Brannock Device.
  It was invented by Charles F. Brannock in the 1920s.

• Frigatebirds can sleep while flying, allowing them to stay airborne for long periods over the ocean.

• Those metal studs on jeans are called rivets. They reinforce stress points where denim is most likely to tear.

          Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.