Incredibly useless?

Here are six incredibly useless facts, that might serve as good story prompts.

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 6 years.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

315 entries in last year's edition of Webster's Dictionary were misspelled.