Fact of the day
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When will these mothers learn! That's child abuse!
Oh, wait, you said prairie dogs, didn't you. NM
Oh, wait, you said prairie dogs, didn't you. NM
The keyboard layout on modern day keyboards was first made to make you type SLOWER, because back in the day when the layout was being developed, a different, more efficient layout was used, but because people were typing too fast on them, the typewriters kept jamming, thus the invention of the current keyboard layout.
alfhead - EVERYONE knows that.
The modern term 'cop' derives from the era when officers wore copper badges.
The modern term 'cop' derives from the era when officers wore copper badges.
some facts o'the day:
An ostrich's intestinal track is up to 45 feet long.
The name of the dog on a box of Cracker Jacks is Bingo.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who penned "Casey at the Bat," received
five dollars for penning that particular piece in 1888.
Wilt Chamberlain, who was 7 feet, one inch tall - his parents
were only five feet, eight inches tall.
Pigs can become alcoholics, according to the US government. Why
would they ever want to know that particular fact?
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
The World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City have two
zip codes, 10047 and 10048 - one for each building.
Mozart never went to school.
Smokey the Bear's original name was "Hot Foot Teddy."
Queen Elizabeth was an eighteen year old mechanic in the English
military.
The watch pocket in pants is also known as the "fob."
In ancient China, doctors received payment only if their patients
were kept healthy. If their health failed, the doctor sometimes
paid the patient.
Six people can eat on one scrambled ostrich egg.
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
Eyelashes usually last around five months.
Mulberry Garden was once the center of prostitution in London,
England. Today, it is the site of Buckingham Palace. Betcha
Prince Charles likes it there.
The circumferance of the Earth at the equator is 24,896 miles; as
an American, I have no idea how many kilometers that is.
According to some surveys - not that I would have commissioned
this particular one - the average person will use the bathroom
six times during the average workday.
A cow's sweat glands are in its nose.
John Wayne had an 18-inch neck.
According to an old Massachusetts law, you're not allowed to
shave while driving a car.
A parrot's vocabulary is generally no more than twenty words.
The average American eats 286 eggs per year.
The Pet Rock was invented by Gary Dahl. Whatever happened to
Gary Dahl?
What does ?Annuit Coeptis? and "Novus Ordo Seclorum" on the back
of a United States one-dollar bill mean? What is the significance
of the pyramid in the design being split into two parts with an
eye in between?
Annuit Coeptis is Latin for ?He has favored our undertakings.?
Novus Ordo Seclorum is Latin for "new order of the ages."
The eye represents the eye of Providence and the shining light
around it illustrates "spiritual above material."
The pyramid is split to indicate it is unfinished, signifying the
United States, too, is continually growing and building but never
finished.
An ostrich's intestinal track is up to 45 feet long.
The name of the dog on a box of Cracker Jacks is Bingo.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, who penned "Casey at the Bat," received
five dollars for penning that particular piece in 1888.
Wilt Chamberlain, who was 7 feet, one inch tall - his parents
were only five feet, eight inches tall.
Pigs can become alcoholics, according to the US government. Why
would they ever want to know that particular fact?
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
The World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City have two
zip codes, 10047 and 10048 - one for each building.
Mozart never went to school.
Smokey the Bear's original name was "Hot Foot Teddy."
Queen Elizabeth was an eighteen year old mechanic in the English
military.
The watch pocket in pants is also known as the "fob."
In ancient China, doctors received payment only if their patients
were kept healthy. If their health failed, the doctor sometimes
paid the patient.
Six people can eat on one scrambled ostrich egg.
The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
Eyelashes usually last around five months.
Mulberry Garden was once the center of prostitution in London,
England. Today, it is the site of Buckingham Palace. Betcha
Prince Charles likes it there.
The circumferance of the Earth at the equator is 24,896 miles; as
an American, I have no idea how many kilometers that is.
According to some surveys - not that I would have commissioned
this particular one - the average person will use the bathroom
six times during the average workday.
A cow's sweat glands are in its nose.
John Wayne had an 18-inch neck.
According to an old Massachusetts law, you're not allowed to
shave while driving a car.
A parrot's vocabulary is generally no more than twenty words.
The average American eats 286 eggs per year.
The Pet Rock was invented by Gary Dahl. Whatever happened to
Gary Dahl?
What does ?Annuit Coeptis? and "Novus Ordo Seclorum" on the back
of a United States one-dollar bill mean? What is the significance
of the pyramid in the design being split into two parts with an
eye in between?
Annuit Coeptis is Latin for ?He has favored our undertakings.?
Novus Ordo Seclorum is Latin for "new order of the ages."
The eye represents the eye of Providence and the shining light
around it illustrates "spiritual above material."
The pyramid is split to indicate it is unfinished, signifying the
United States, too, is continually growing and building but never
finished.
<< The largest known egg ever laid by a creature was that of the extinct Aepyornis of Madagascar. The egg was 9.5 inches long. It had a volume of 2.35 gallons. When a piece of glass cracks, the crack travels faster than 3,000 miles per hour.
Two out of three adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
Roughly a quarter of the world's people live in China.
Though they were only five and three years old, Susan and Deborah Tripp, two sisters in the U.S. in 1829, weighed 205 and 124 pounds, respectively.
A recent Gallup poll shows that 69 percent of Americans believe they will go somewhere after death.
About 24 percent of alcoholics die in accidents, falls, fires, or suicides.
Hawaii has the highest percentage of cremations of all other U.S. states, with a 60.6 percent preference over burial.
If we were to up-turn the Millennium Dome at Greenwich, London, it would take 3.8 billion half-liters of beer to fill it up.
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MichaelD
Lifer
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The modern-day military salute is a tradition carried over from Medevil times when Knights wore armor suits w/the helmet that had a steel visor on it. It was customary and polite to raise your visor when passing by another individual to say hello and show that you were friend, not foe.
The modern-day soldier doesn't wear an armor helmet with a visor, but we raise the hand up to eye-level just the same way you would if lifting the visor from in front of your eyes. Really.
The modern-day soldier doesn't wear an armor helmet with a visor, but we raise the hand up to eye-level just the same way you would if lifting the visor from in front of your eyes. Really.
damn, that'd suck.
btw. you have to much time on your hands
angry muffin does to
average 60 posts per day
gawd
btw. you have to much time on your hands
angry muffin does to
average 60 posts per day
gawd
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