Imponderable

Recently there have been an increase presence of 'Useless Information' books out there, be it in the library or the bookstore. Curious to its contents, I borrowed 2 of it; 'How does Aspirin find a headache?' and 'Do elephants jump?'.

I was thrown off by just how many people are into these sort of stuff. For starters, most of the questions are from readers themselves. This I got to see..

And so I flipped, reading the ones that caught my interest. I must admit that some of the questions I myself once asked but couldn't be bothered as I saw no one who was capable of answering.

I found myself laughing to the witty answers that they wrote..

See if you've been pondering over these Imponderables..

Why are carpenter's pencils square?
Why don't windshield wipers in buses work in tandem like car wipers?
Why do peanuts in the shell usually grow in pairs?
When do kids turn into goats?
What's the deal with the grades of architectural and art pencils? What do 'H', 'HB', 'F', 'B', and 'E' stand for?

Why do many blind people wear dark glasses?
Why do hardcover books have exposed, checkered cloth as part of their binding (on top and bottom)?
Will superglue stick to teflon?
Why are McDonald's straws wider in circumference than other restaurant or store-bought straws?

Why does the heart depicted in illustration look totally different from a real heart?
Why does Monopoly have such unusual playing tokens?
Why are newspaper so effective in cleaning windows?
Why is there no light in the freezer compartment?
Why do white styrofoam picnic coolers have blue specks in them?

My favourites:
Why do most staplers have a setting to bend staples outward?
Why does chewing gum get hard when you drink water while chewing?
If all time zones converge at the North and South poles, how do they tell time there?
Why does orange juice taste so awful after you've brushed your teeth?
Who was Casper the friendly ghost before he died?