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March 13, 2005 at 8:59 pm #17399KudoParticipant
Stupid Facts :p
- An average ball point pen can write a line 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
- The small intestine of a human is 20 feet long.
- The large intestine of a human is 5 feet long.
- James Knox Polk, the 11th U.S. President, died of chronic diarrhea.
- The significance of the number 21 in a 21-gun salute is derived from adding the digits of 1776.
- The word typewriter can be typed using only the top row of keys.
- Kazakhstan is largest landlocked country in the world.
- Deolpur, India is the only place in the world where wooden polo balls are made.
- The red kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring.
- The Basenji, an African dog, is the only dog that does not bark.
March 13, 2005 at 11:23 pm #116815LLXerxesMemberDo you have any others?
March 14, 2005 at 3:00 pm #116813KudoParticipantOk I got them by email from a friend here they are:
It is not possible to fold a piece of paper in half more than seven times.
Beavers front teeth have a tough orange coating that protects them from being broken or chipped while cutting wood.
The highest NFL team score is 72, by the Washington Redskins against the New York Giants (41) at Washington, on November 27, 1966.
The Yo-Yo was invented in ancient Greece over 3,000 years ago.
America’s first minimum wage began at 25 cents an hour back in 1938.
Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii and Maine are the only states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.
New York was the last state to put photographs on driver’s licenses in 1984.
The Empire State Building bas 6,400 windows.
It is considered an insult to tip at a restaurant in Iceland.
More…..
- Nearly 90% of food’s flavor comes from its smell.
- The human nose can detect more than 10,000 different odors.
- Ocean water must reach a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit for a hurricane to form.
- Ancient Greeks noticed that some of the stars in the sky wandered during the night. These were the planets. “Planets” is the Greek name for “Wandering Star.”
- Zodiac is an ancient word for “Zoo” because of the many animals that make up the zodiac.
- New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.
- There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.
- The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
- Twelve percent of lightning strikes occur at golf courses.
- Some species of penguins can dive 90 feet underwater, and hold their breath for 20 minutes.
- We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
- There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
- The height of the Eiffel Tower can vary as much as 6 inches depending on the temperature.
March 14, 2005 at 6:56 pm #116812MartinBradleyMemberHere’s another one, must credit Ricky Gervais with this, it’s on his latest DVD, Politics.
“Elephants have been caught swimming up to two miles off shore.”
Gervais: It’s the way this person words things. “Have been caught swimming”, like it’s illegal.
March 14, 2005 at 7:11 pm #116816CoolMindedMemberKudo wrote:New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.My Papa told me about that, but I didn’t know Oregon had the same law. I found some more stupid facts on the net.
- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
- A human eyeball weighs an ounce.
- Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
- Food takes twenty-four hours to complete its 30-foot path through your body.
- Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
- Charles Manson and Hitler were both vegetarians.
- The White House was originally gray. The mansion was burned during the War of 1812. When it was rebuilt after the war, it was painted white to hide the smoke stains.
- The Roman emperor Caligula once made his horse a senator.
- Queen Elizabeth I owned at least 100 wigs in her lifetime.
March 14, 2005 at 9:05 pm #116814KudoParticipantOccupational Surnames
Common surnames whose original meanings were occupations:
- Ackerman: plowman
- Barker: leather tanner
- Baxter: baker
- Brewster: brewer
- Carter: wagon driver
- Chandler: candle maker
- Clark: clerk
- Cohen: priest
- Collier: coal miner
- Conner: inspector
- Cooper: barrel maker
- Currier: curer of hides
- Dyker: stonemason
- Faber: artisan
- Ferrier: blacksmith
- Fletcher: arrow maker
- Fowler: bird hunter
- Fuller: cleaner of cloth goods
- Granger: farmer
- Hacker: woodcutter
- Harper: minstrel
- Hayward: fence inspector
- Hooper: maker of barrel hoops
- Kaufman: merchant
- Keeler: bargeman
- Lederer: leather maker
- Marshall: horse doctor
- Mercer: cloth merchant
- Pitman: coal miner
- Sawyer: sawer of timber into boards
- Schneider: tailor
- Tinker: traveling salesman
- Travers: collector of bridge tolls
- Tucker: cleaner of cloth goods
- Webster: weaver
- Wainwright: wagon maker
- Wechsler: moneychanger
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