You Probobly Didn't Know

[tripinchick]

YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT......

1. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

2. Pearls melt in vinegar.

3. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather

for a year's supply of footballs.

4. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for

dating are already married.

5. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro,

Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

6. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

7. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in

the palms of their hands.

8. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from

the

sale of vodka

9. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy

dog," uses every letter in the alphabet.

10. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

11. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

12. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the

days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses.

The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured

out how to walk up straight staircases.

13. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."

(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great

king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander

the Great; Hearts -Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius

Caesar.

15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

16. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted

people without killing them used to burn their houses down-

hence the expression "to get fired."

17. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that

makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

18. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army

for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

19. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the

lowest point in Colorado.

20. The only two days of the year in which there are no

professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the

day before and the day after the Major League All-Star

Game.

21. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or

older.

22. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"

was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

23. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep

floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

24. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating.

25. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were

freshman roommates at Harvard.

26. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually

indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that

they could be confused at a crime scene.

27. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday

the13th."

28. The man, who plays Scottie on Star Trek, is missing the

entire middle finger of his right hand.

29. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile

in every five must be straight. These straight sections

are usable as airstrips in times of war or other

emergencies.

30. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

31. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck

on 4:20.

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** Shake It Baby **

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-Tchick

[shadowchaser]

I've got some to add to that list too.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. (Hmmmmm.....)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than

left-handed people do.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Polar bears are left handed.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

A cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Starfishes haven't got brains.

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"Do you still dream...do you still dream like me...infectious corruptive dreams."

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[klaxon]

Also,

-The number of licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop: 238 (under certified conditions)

-Dimples on a golf ball: lots

-Mosquitos have 47 teeth

-State motto of Alabama: 'Yes, we have electricity'

-no one has ever died from smoking marajuana

[artful]

Now that's what I call trivia!!

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<I'm a Fire-starter>

--- When the Artful speaks

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

"Takin' out the suckas, and they don't know how I did it!!!"

[This message has been edited by artful (edited 09-19-2000).]

[artful]

Yeah.. I knew about Gore and Tommy Lee...

Gotta get me one a those critters for my next crime... talk about a scapegoat!!

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<I'm a Fire-starter>

--- When the Artful speaks

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

"Takin' out the suckas, and they don't know how I did it!!!"

[rachel1997]

Wow... That is SO interesting.

I didn't know any of that!

Keep it up! It took me 10 minutes to read it so I'll understand it good... wow.. it's good I came early to work!

[NIKILINA007]

-State motto of Alabama: 'Yes, we have electricity'

HEY! I was born in Alabama!! lol

it's not as bad as people think... much nicer then this shit hole of a city i live in now.

Originally posted by klaxon:

Also,

-The number of licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop: 238 (under certified conditions)

-Dimples on a golf ball: lots

-Mosquitos have 47 teeth

-State motto of Alabama: 'Yes, we have electricity'

-no one has ever died from smoking marajuana[/quote

[frankie_pep]

Cool Facts!!!

I got a couple weird facts,

that i'm sure most people didn't know about

-Coca Cola was originally green.

-Men can read smaller print than women, women

can hear better than men.

-The city with the most Roll Royces per

capita: Hong Kong

-Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

-Percentage of North America that is

wilderness: 38%

-Barbie's measurements if she were life size:

39-23-33

-The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

-The youngest Pope was 11 years old.

-First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

-The San Francisco Cable cars are the only

mobile National Monuments.

-The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated

that you couldn't beat your wife with

anything wider than your thumb.

-No NFL team which plays its home games in a

domed stadium has ever won a

SuperBowl.

1.What occurs more often in December than

any other month?

2.What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from

every other TV show?

3.Half of all Americans live within 50 miles

of what?

4.If you were to spell out consecutive

numbers, how far would you

have to go until you would find the

letter "a"?

5.What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes,

windshield wipers, and

laser printers all have in common?

6.What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

7.There are more collect calls made on this

day than any other.

1.Conception

2.No theme song

3.Their birthplace

4.One thousand

5.All invented by women

6.Honey

7.Fathers Day

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Put some pep in your step

[frankie_pep]

I love useless trivia ...

So here's some more ...

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

2/3 of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched".

On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament

building is an American flag?

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or

purple.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the

back of the $5.00 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

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

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "dous":

tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the

cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at work!)

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and

a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. (Presbyterian)

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to

death.

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane

crashes.

Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.

If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed

people do.

The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they

start.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on

only one row of the keyboard.

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to

right or right to left.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist. (Does that one really

surprise any of us?)

And, last, and definitely most important: The average chocolate bar has

8 insects' legs in it.

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Put some pep in your step

[sirdante]

ouch! my head is filling with trivial information...

BTW the Jeep being named after "General Purpose vehicle" is inaccurate. see "the straight dope" by cecil adams for a detailed discussion:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000310.html

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[vampienyc10]

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www.uselessknowledge.com

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vampienyc10

[sirdante]

Originally posted by frankie_pep:

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."

lol.

wouldst thou have a bump?

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i love music!

[djchris]

I'm getting fired now!!!! Keep'em coming.

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It's all in the music

[blueangel]

OKAY! Here's my lil' contribution!!

1. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

2. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

3. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

4. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.

5. American car horns beep in the tone of F.

6. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

7. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

8. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

10. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache

11. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

12. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

13. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

14. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

15. The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

16. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

17. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

18. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

19. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

20. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. (Her doctor was a Jew!)

21. Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

22. All U.S. Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

23. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

24. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly

BlueAngel

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"Do you believe in love at first sight or do I need to walk by again?"