Armageddun wrote:
Did you know:
Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names
Two-thirds of the worlds eggplant is grown in New Jersey
In 1936, American track star Jesse Owens beat a race horse over a 100-yard course. The horse was given a head start
A large flawless emerald is worth more than a similarly large flawless diamond
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A group of crows is called a murder
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine
In the four professional major north american sports (baseball, basketball, football and hockey) only 7 teams have nicknames that do not end with an s
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die
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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
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age
Women blink nearly twice as much as men
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the alphabet
"The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language
Paul McCartney's real first name is James - Paul is his middle name. Thus, all the Beatles (including Ringo, whose first name is Richard) were named after kings
The king of hearts on playing cards is the only king without a mustache
Apples are more efficient than caffeine in waking you up in the morning
The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springstein's 'Born in the USA
Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave
47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Armageddun wrote:
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47.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot
Gee, I thought it was 46.786% Now you tell me.
no propaganda please wrote:
Gee, I thought it was 46.786% Now you tell me.
One has to be careful where they get their facts. Just remember Jack Webb.
Armageddun wrote:
One has to be careful where they get their facts. Just remember Jack Webb.
Sigmund Freud once believed that cocaine could be used to help treat morphine addiction
NASA had to rename the sizes of the apparatus used for male astronauts to pee, from small, medium, and large, to large, gigantic, and humongous, because no one was willing to pick their true size
The line between the two numbers in a fraction is called the vinculum
You can get a rough estimate of the temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, then adding 37
The U.S. pizza industry serves up to 100 acres of pizza every day
If you type in 52.376552, 5.198303 on Google Maps, you can see what is allegedly two guys d**gging a dead body into a lake
After each player has moved three times in a chess match, there are 121 million possible routes that the match could follow
The verb form of the word run has been calculated to have almost 650 different meanings
I have always heard it was pig skin. Looks like pig skin. But, I don't actually know.
jetson wrote:
I have always heard it was pig skin. Looks like pig skin. But, I don't actually know.
Pig, cow, as some so called famous lady once said, "What difference does it Make"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :XD: :XD: :mrgreen:
Armageddun wrote:
Pig, cow, as some so called famous lady once said, "What difference does it Make"? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :XD: :XD: :mrgreen:
That wasn't a "lady", that was a peelosi.
alex wrote:
no, it was K**lery
When you look at the two of them, "What difference does it Make."????
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
Armageddun wrote:
When you look at the two of them, "What difference does it Make."????
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alex wrote:
no, it was K**lery
Same difference. But you are correct.
PoppaGringo wrote:
Same difference. But you are correct.
Is that an oxymoron? Same difference :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
Armageddun wrote:
Is that an oxymoron? Same difference :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
I understood him been using that expression all my life, of course back there in the hills in misery you may never have heard it, do they have electricity there yet?
alex wrote:
I understood him been using that expression all my life, of course back there in the hills in misery you may never have heard it, do they have electricity there yet?
That my far western friend is a shocking question.
Yes the wires do run to our houses and we have recently started pooping in the house.. We even have beer in bottles... :shock: :shock: :shock:
alex
Loc: michigan now imperial beach californa
Armageddun wrote:
That my far western friend is a shocking question.
Yes the wires do run to our houses and we have recently started pooping in the house.. We even have beer in bottles... :shock: :shock: :shock:
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