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Chickens out populate humans 1
, for every human there are 4 chickens.
Submitted by Christine.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
China has more English speaking people than the United States.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world?
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and
it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper". Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during World War II.
Americans consume 42 tons of Aspirin per day.
Al Capone made $60million dollars per year during the prohibition.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
Submitted by Ayana.
Ants don’t sleep.
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal
Grande Ronde, Oregon - Sixty-seven-year-old Arthur Mooney died of a heart attack in the Spirit Mountain Casino. While his body lay right there on the floor for an hour, the other customers continued to play the slot machines.
All polar bears are left-handed
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Grammy winning lead singer, Jimi Jamison of 80s band "Survivor,” sings
the vocals for the Bud Light Real American Heroes commercials.
The World Trade Center towers had two zip codes.
10047 and 10048. One for each building.
A picture of an Indian chief was on the first bottles of Coppertone, accompanied by the slogan "Don't be a Paleface." Little Miss Coppertone replaced him in 1953.
The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than the venom of a
Black Widow but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" sung by the Beatles refers to
an orphanage located in Liverpool.
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a
male animal is punishable by death.
Dennis Newton in Oklahoma City was on trial for the armed robbery of a
convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer.
Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a
fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that
Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and
then said, "I should of blown your f***ing head off." The defendant paused,
then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took
20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.
The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used.
It is also the cleanest
Most toilets flush in E flat.
A barnacle has the largest ***** of any other animal in relation to its size.
Your foot & your forearm, (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow),
are the same length.
A dentist, William Semple, who was looking for a way to exercise his jaws,
invented chewing gum.
Electric eels produce enough energy in one shock to light up every
room in an average three bedroom house.
Actor Lorne Greene had one of his nipples ripped off by an alligator.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’,
which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
Prof. Trevor *** (University of Salford in England) and fellow acoustics researchers concluded that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, a duck's quack does have an echo.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Flies taste with their feet.
Amateur boxer Joe Flanagin named his two sons Bob and Weave.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. The US Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country 'Tis of Thee," which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
Most insects are edible. There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were
called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
In 1994 Ramon Barrero, a Mexican musician famous for playing the world's
smallest harmonica, inhaled the harmonica and choked to death.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter of the alphabet.
Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.
Women make up 49% of the world population.
The words "electronic mail" might sound new but was introduced 30 years ago.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976.
Tokyo was once known as Edo.
A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo.
The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, with 30 million residents.
Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th century monk whose task it was to pivot the
calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of
Rome by about 6 years (and left out the year 0), thus the Third Millennium
actually started on 31 December 1995.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped.
On average, people move house every 7 years.
Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the
Irish reel and jig.
Elvis was an avid gun collector. His collection of 40 weapons included
M-16s and a Thompson submachine gun.
Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876,
the year the phone was invented.
About 2,4 billion CDs are sold annually. The number of recorded CDs and blank CDs sold has been about equal.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK
Before the year 1000, the word "she" did not exist in the English language.
The singular female reference was the word "heo", which also was the plural
of all genders. The word "she" appeared only in the 12th century,
about 400 years after English began to take form. "She" probably derived
from the Old English feminine "seo", the Viking word for feminine reference.
There are no letters assigned to the numbers 1 and 0 on a phone keypad. These numbers remain unassigned because they are so-called "flag" numbers, kept for special purposes such as emergency or operator services.
After the French Revolution of 1789 selling sour wine was considered against national interest and the merchant was promptly executed.
For 3000 years, until 1883, hemp was the world's largest agricultural crop, from which the majority of fabric, soap, paper, medicines, and oils were produced.
On the night "The Exorcist premiered in Rome, Italy a bolt of lightning struck the steeple on the church next door and knocked the crucifix into the street.
40% of all people at a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their *********.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is Korean for "*****."
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers
and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular
boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
"60 Minutes," on CBS is the only television show that doesn't
have a theme song.
Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
the letters from the word "criminal." William Jefferson Clinton is the second.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The three most valuable brand names on earth Marlboro, Coca Cola,
and Budweiser, in that order.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make
them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
It is anatomically impossible for humans to lick their own elbow.
I've received numerous emails saying this can be done.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Marijuana/Hemp played an integral part in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
If you bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans for the nickel deposit, you would have $79.
A man in Johannesburg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking," stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a copy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
A convict broke out of jail in Washington DC, then a few days later he accompanied his girlfriend to her trial for robbery. At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She needed to see him, and thus had him paged. Police officers recognized his name and arrested him as he returned to the courthouse in a car he had stolen over the lunch hour.
Swedish business consultant Ulf af Trolle labored 13 years on a book about Swedish economic solutions. He took the 250-page manuscript to be copied, only to have it reduced to 50,000 strips of paper in seconds when a worker confused the copier with the shredder.
A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.
http://www.315productions.com/facts/
, for every human there are 4 chickens.Submitted by Christine.
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
China has more English speaking people than the United States.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each
salad served in first-class.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world?
The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and
it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.
For two years, during the 1970s, Mattel marketed a doll called "Growing Up Skipper". Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during World War II.
Americans consume 42 tons of Aspirin per day.
Al Capone made $60million dollars per year during the prohibition.
The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321
Submitted by Ayana.
Ants don’t sleep.
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal
Grande Ronde, Oregon - Sixty-seven-year-old Arthur Mooney died of a heart attack in the Spirit Mountain Casino. While his body lay right there on the floor for an hour, the other customers continued to play the slot machines.
All polar bears are left-handed
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated
that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
Grammy winning lead singer, Jimi Jamison of 80s band "Survivor,” sings
the vocals for the Bud Light Real American Heroes commercials.
The World Trade Center towers had two zip codes.
10047 and 10048. One for each building.
A picture of an Indian chief was on the first bottles of Coppertone, accompanied by the slogan "Don't be a Paleface." Little Miss Coppertone replaced him in 1953.
The venom in a Daddy Long-Legs spider is more poisonous than the venom of a
Black Widow but they cannot bite humans because their jaws won't open wide enough.
The song "Strawberry Fields Forever" sung by the Beatles refers to
an orphanage located in Liverpool.
In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a
male animal is punishable by death.
Dennis Newton in Oklahoma City was on trial for the armed robbery of a
convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer.
Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a
fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that
Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and
then said, "I should of blown your f***ing head off." The defendant paused,
then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took
20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence.
The first toilet stall in a public washroom is the least likely to be used.
It is also the cleanest
Most toilets flush in E flat.
A barnacle has the largest ***** of any other animal in relation to its size.
Your foot & your forearm, (from your wrist to the inside of your elbow),
are the same length.
A dentist, William Semple, who was looking for a way to exercise his jaws,
invented chewing gum.
Electric eels produce enough energy in one shock to light up every
room in an average three bedroom house.
Actor Lorne Greene had one of his nipples ripped off by an alligator.
The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
The search engine Google got its name from the word ‘googol’,
which refers to the number one with a hundred zeros after it.
Drivers kill more deer than hunters.
Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile Services (two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance) but did not Pre-number the other channel assignments. That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
The Bible has been translated into Klingon.
Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)
Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ?
Prof. Trevor *** (University of Salford in England) and fellow acoustics researchers concluded that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, a duck's quack does have an echo.
In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food FROM freezing.
Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.
Flies taste with their feet.
Amateur boxer Joe Flanagin named his two sons Bob and Weave.
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. The US Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated.
The Star-Spangled Banner became the US national anthem in 1931. Prior to that, it was My Country 'Tis of Thee," which had the same melody as Britian's national anthem God Save the Queen, which is based on music written by John Bull in 1619. Bull's melody has been used more than any song in national anthems.
Most insects are edible. There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects. And they're quite nutritious. For instance, 100 grams of cricket contains only 121 calories, less than half of beef. A cricket contains only 5,5 grams of fat, compared to 21,2g of beef. Beef contains more protein (23,5g - a cricket 12.9g) but the 100g of cricket also contains 5,1g of carbohydrates, 75,8 mg calcium, 185,3 mg phosphorous, 9,5 mg iron, thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin.
The gland responsible for producing the hormone that regulates growth is called the pituitary gland. It is the size of a pea.
In the early days of film making, people who worked on the sets were
called movies. The films were called motion pictures.
The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
A depth of 2 fathoms (3,6 metres) is called a Mark Twain.
People who chase after rare birds are called twitchers.
In 1994 Ramon Barrero, a Mexican musician famous for playing the world's
smallest harmonica, inhaled the harmonica and choked to death.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.
The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter of the alphabet.
Lightning strikes men about seven times more often than it does women.
Women make up 49% of the world population.
The words "electronic mail" might sound new but was introduced 30 years ago.
Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976.
Tokyo was once known as Edo.
A piano covers the full spectrum of all orchestra instruments, from below the lowest note of the double bassoon to above the top note of the piccolo.
The most populated city in the world is Tokyo, with 30 million residents.
Dionysis Exeguus - the 6th century monk whose task it was to pivot the
calendar around the birth of Jesus Christ - miscalculated the founding of
Rome by about 6 years (and left out the year 0), thus the Third Millennium
actually started on 31 December 1995.
The heart of a blue whale is the size of a small car.
The tongue of a blue whale is as long as an elephant.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
Earth is not round, it is slightly pear-shaped.
On average, people move house every 7 years.
Tap dancing originates from Irish clog dancing and what is called the
Irish reel and jig.
Elvis was an avid gun collector. His collection of 40 weapons included
M-16s and a Thompson submachine gun.
Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876,
the year the phone was invented.
About 2,4 billion CDs are sold annually. The number of recorded CDs and blank CDs sold has been about equal.
Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
There are more TV sets in the US than there are people in the UK
Before the year 1000, the word "she" did not exist in the English language.
The singular female reference was the word "heo", which also was the plural
of all genders. The word "she" appeared only in the 12th century,
about 400 years after English began to take form. "She" probably derived
from the Old English feminine "seo", the Viking word for feminine reference.
There are no letters assigned to the numbers 1 and 0 on a phone keypad. These numbers remain unassigned because they are so-called "flag" numbers, kept for special purposes such as emergency or operator services.
After the French Revolution of 1789 selling sour wine was considered against national interest and the merchant was promptly executed.
For 3000 years, until 1883, hemp was the world's largest agricultural crop, from which the majority of fabric, soap, paper, medicines, and oils were produced.
On the night "The Exorcist premiered in Rome, Italy a bolt of lightning struck the steeple on the church next door and knocked the crucifix into the street.
40% of all people at a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their *********.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television. "Chachi" is Korean for "*****."
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers
and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular
boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
"60 Minutes," on CBS is the only television show that doesn't
have a theme song.
Conception occurs more often in December than any other month.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
the letters from the word "criminal." William Jefferson Clinton is the second.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The three most valuable brand names on earth Marlboro, Coca Cola,
and Budweiser, in that order.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that make
them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
It is anatomically impossible for humans to lick their own elbow.
I've received numerous emails saying this can be done.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Marijuana/Hemp played an integral part in both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Bible.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
If you bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49. If you bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans for the nickel deposit, you would have $79.
A man in Johannesburg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking," stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.
Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a copy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
A convict broke out of jail in Washington DC, then a few days later he accompanied his girlfriend to her trial for robbery. At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She needed to see him, and thus had him paged. Police officers recognized his name and arrested him as he returned to the courthouse in a car he had stolen over the lunch hour.
Swedish business consultant Ulf af Trolle labored 13 years on a book about Swedish economic solutions. He took the 250-page manuscript to be copied, only to have it reduced to 50,000 strips of paper in seconds when a worker confused the copier with the shredder.
A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.
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04-17-2006, 01:10 AM
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Re: Just So You Know
Originally Posted by SinisterCRX
A lot of those are fake already. But
I thought that one was fake.. atleast with me its true.
I thought that one was fake.. atleast with me its true.
04-17-2006, 01:29 AM
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Re: Just So You Know
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels from the ground upwards not from the sky downwards.
So I didn't bother to read the rest.
04-17-2006, 01:40 AM
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Re: Just So You Know
Originally Posted by ****
whatever happened to that "whoa *****, i aint reading all that ----" jpg?
Originally Posted by crxtuner
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
04-17-2006, 11:09 AM
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Re: Just So You Know
Originally Posted by BarelyBoosted
This one is deffanitly false, lighting travels sky-to-ground, ground-to-sky, and cloud-to-cloud.
So I didn't bother to read the rest.
So I didn't bother to read the rest.
