Random Facts...

[Eggyman]

Hypesters have an average lifespan that is 5 years longer than LSPers.

What's that?

I think I might know.

But just in case, what is that?

 

[knowsbleed]

Wow, its un-asteriskskssseds. ***...the forbidden site. Go there and be put permanently on the SHH **** list.




edit...I guess it is still askeriskeded.

 

[redmarvel]

On January 28, 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of central Florida, United States at 11:39 a.m. EST

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its flight

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Wow, its un-asteriskskssseds. ***...the forbidden site. Go there and be put permanently on the SHH **** list.




edit...I guess it is still askeriskeded.

Haha, you've been asterisked!

 

[Mister J]

In the movie "The Wizard Of Oz," Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.

That must have been some good ass Alpo.

 

[SuBe]

There were two Totos in Wizard of Oz. The First one was killed by one of the O-E-O Guards because the Costume didn't leave much room for seeing, he accidentally stepped on the Dog.

 

[Zoken]

You can not physically fold a piece paper of any size in half 7 times.

You sir are wrong. It depends on the thickness of the paper, and the area of the paper.

Mythbusters actually dedicated an episode to this. They had to make paper the size of a football field, but the did it. They folded it 9 times. Toilet paper, if you unroll it, can be folded FAR more than 9 times.

 

[Bubonic]

Pigeons used to be on the menu in medieval England.

 

[Simon Phoenix]

Manatees hate iceburg lettuce..

 

[JTStarkiller]

Techno is not the comprehensive term for electronic dance music. Electronic dance music is the comprehensive term for electronic dance music.

 

[Immortalfire]

Erin Andrews is hot

 

[Space Moose]

Most animals are colourblind.

 

[Captain Planet!]

Random fact:

A child's face can say a thousand words... Especially the mouth part of the face.

 

[Carcharodon]

http://www.theconscientioushome.net/articles.php?con_id=183

We discussed eliminating all plastic from our household, but I don't think it can be done easily unless you intend to buy meat and cheese from a Deli, milk only in Cartons and so forth.

When I worked at Lowe's, I had to cut PVC blinds all the time. It was terrible, because the cutting machine used a powerful circular saw, that just sprayed PVC shavings everywhere. Got in my hair, in my ears, in my nose....even though there was a cover.

It looked like I had dandruff on my freakin' arms. The stuff gets electrostatically charged, so it's actually electrically attracted to you.

Now this.

EDIT: Then again, it's stupid to worry about THAT when I worked in the paint department....who the hell knows how many different types of fumes I got to breathe in on a daily basis? Lucky me.

 

[Brick]

The oldest city in Britain is Ripon,which received its original charter in 886

 

[Ghostrider87]

Erin Andrews is hot

When did she dye her hair?

 

[JTIZZLEVILLE]

The word Mayonnaise is supposed to be pronounced "may-oh-neyz" not "may-uh-neyz."

It makes sense because most people say Mayo ("may-oh") for short.

 

[Sam Fisher]

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

 

[caretaker14]

Good Christ... talk about raising a thread from the dead.

More than 50% of people in the world have never made, nor received, a phone call.

 

[chaseter]

You sir are wrong. It depends on the thickness of the paper, and the area of the paper.

Mythbusters actually dedicated an episode to this. They had to make paper the size of a football field, but the did it. They folded it 9 times. Toilet paper, if you unroll it, can be folded FAR more than 9 times.

I said physically. They did it mechanically so *pew pew* /guns

To contribute: Cashews actually come from a fruit unlike most other nuts.

 

[Shemtov]

Gerbils come from the mongolian desert

In the late 1800s 2 school teachers claimed they walked back in time and saw marie Antonnete

During the Civil War, a man had his left ball blown off by a bullet. The bullet traveled further and penetrated the abdomen of a 17-year old girl. The bullet impregnated the girl, who found the man. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Ciggarette smoke contains Hydrogen Cyanide- The same Chemical the Nazis used in th gas ovens.

Barbara Walters has a desire to watch a Roman orgy

Leonard warren, US opera singer, was preforming Verdi's la Forza del Destino on the stage of the Metropolitan operA IN 1960. HE HAD JUST BEGUN THE ARIA "O Fatal urn of my destiny. " when he reached the word "fatal" he suddenly pitched foward, dead of a heart attack.

Alexander Dumas Pere's paternal Grandmother was of African Descent.


There is a steet in Fairibault, michigan, named Tyman Place. It was named because the construction boss told his workers making it to come back the next day and the same "time and Place"

Freud said "America is a mistake"

The oldest national flag in the world is Denmark's

Queen Victoria was the first royal perso nage to be anesthetized, in 1853.

The Word "doohickey" comes from the railroader slang. It meant "a handle or rod to assist in setting a brake.


I win.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I said physically. They did it mechanically so *pew pew* /guns

To contribute: Cashews actually come from a fruit unlike most other nuts.

I keep picturing you with your fingers pointed out going "Pew pew!"

 

[Rain Dog]

Philip Le Bel of France was one of the ugliest men of his time and conscious of the fact. The name was applied to him in ridicule.

Actress Sarah Bernhardt's leg was amputated in 1915. A showman (often cited as P.T. Barnum, of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey fame) offered $10,000 to put it on display.

The animal with the largest brain relative to its size is the ant.

The animal with the largest penis relative to its size is the barnacle.

A female praying mantis will devour the male while mating. Sometimes, the male will continue to copulate even after its head and upper torso have been eaten.

In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

Oscar Wilde's last words are oft cited to be "Either this wallpaper goes or I do" or some variation.

Queen Elizabeth was annoyed by a red nose. Her attendants were accustomed to powder it every few minutes to keep it presentable.

 

[Suirou]

Queen Elizabeth I has rotten teeth, so the royal guests were often required to smear black charcoal on their teeth to match Elizabeth's.

 

[Zoken]

I said physically. They did it mechanically so *pew pew* /guns

To contribute: Cashews actually come from a fruit unlike most other nuts.

Physically does not mean the same as "Manually" which means by hand. And the only machine they used to fold was a fork lift to lift the edges that were too heavy or a steam roller once the fold had been made in the earlier folds. Their results stand. Besides, the toilet paper argument is still valid.

During the Civil War, a man had his left ball blown off by a bullet. The bullet traveled further and penetrated the abdomen of a 17-year old girl. The bullet impregnated the girl, who found the man. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Urban myth. It is impossible for this to have happened. the chances of motile sperm being transfered by bullet. Mythbusters again.