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Post by Valerie Beach on Apr 4, 2005 8:24:48 GMT -5
1)111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
2)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.
3)Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
4)Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
5)If you keep a Goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
6)Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
7)Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
8)The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human swollows 8 spiders in their lifetime at night while they sleep.
9)A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
10)It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
11)In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
12)The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
13)On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
14)All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
15)No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
16)"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
17)All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
18)Almonds are members of the peach family.
19)Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
20)Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
21)The youngest pope was 11 years old.
22)The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
23)A snail can sleep for 3 years.
24)American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
25)China has more people who speak English than the United States.
26)The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
27)A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
just a few ;D anyone have any others?
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Post by guy on Apr 4, 2005 9:05:02 GMT -5
Yes the youngest dope ever was born in Ny
the Amadillo's have the smallest penises in the world
Nyc could eliminate a ton of waste by removing an Olive from and its pit
if you keep gouda cheese out too long it may get stuffed
the phrase pull my finger started by the boston baked bean company in 1893
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Post by Ryan Thames on Apr 4, 2005 16:44:00 GMT -5
"my two cents" Im not sure where this came from but my only guess would be the instance where Jesus commented on a lady who gave two peices of currency which is actually worth less than two pennys. Jesus commented that this woman gave more than the rich men because it was all she had to give. "Just my two cents" "thats all i got" Maybe  Mark 12:41. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44. For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. |
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Post by Scott Latella on Apr 4, 2005 17:37:10 GMT -5
# 6- And I thought woman just found me cute.. Darn  Doctors say the average Appendix is 3-5 inches. Mine is 9. True. |
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Post by Ralph Petrazzuoli on Apr 4, 2005 17:41:30 GMT -5
I actually I saw this on the discovery channel a few days ago on Myth Busters. The phrase son-of-a-gun came from an event the supposedly took place during a battle. A soldier was kneeling down to fire his musket when a bullet pierced his lower regions and bounced off his leg bone and went into a woman. According to the myth the bullet caused the woman to be pregnant. After they tested the situation numerous times it was found that a bullet can travel as the story has stated but the resulting factor of the woman being pregnant does not prove to be valid.
I thought this was interesting but it is not a fact so i dont know if it is appropriate for this thread.
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Post by Ryan Thames on Apr 4, 2005 17:50:09 GMT -5
How exactly did they test this? and is she ok?
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Post by Ralph Petrazzuoli on Apr 4, 2005 18:16:51 GMT -5
They set up a dummy with a real human leg bone. Then they used an expert marksman to shoot a musket ball at the leg to see if a bullet could go through it . Once they verified that a musket ball could bounce and go through they then had the marksman shoot a musket ball through a pouch containing "male fluid" and into a woman dummy and see if there was any trace which there wasnt.
I should go back to watching cartoons.
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Post by Chris Gangi on Apr 4, 2005 18:50:19 GMT -5
#2 get's my vote.
lmfao.....
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Post by Jeremy Plaster on Apr 4, 2005 21:23:35 GMT -5
During Bill Clinton's entire eight year presidency, he only sent two e-mails. One was to John Glenn when he was aboard the space shuttle, and the other was a test of the e-mail system.
Albert Einstein never knew how to drive a car.
The UK's best selling hiking magazine published faulty coordinates for descending Scotland's tallest peak (Ben Nevis), and recommended a route that leads climbers off the edge of a cliff.
The Mars Rover "Spirit" is powered by six small motors the size of "C" batteries. It has a top speed of 0.1 mph.
Zeppo Marx (the unfunny one of the Marx Brothers) had a patent for a wristwatch with a heart monitor.
The entire town of Capena, Italy (including children as young as 2 years old) lights up cigarettes each year in honor of St. Anthony's Day. This tradition is centuries old.
The Amish a diet high in meat, dairy, refined sugars and calories. Yet obesity is virtually unknown among them. The difference is since they have no TVs, cars or powered machines, they spend their time in manual labor.
Microsoft threatened 17 year old Mike Rowe with a lawsuit after the young man launched a website named MikeRoweSoft.com.
As of January 1, 2004, the population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds. There is a birth every eight seconds, an immigrant is added every 25 seconds, but a death every 13 seconds.
There is a Starbucks in Myungdong, South Korea that is five stories tall.
Astronauts cannot burp in space. There is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.
There has been no mail delivery in Canada on Saturday for the last thirty five years.
The weight of air in a milk glass is about the same as the weight of an aspirin tablet.
Finland has the greatest number of islands of any country in the world: 179,584.
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Post by Jeremy Plaster on Apr 4, 2005 21:28:32 GMT -5
In an effort to encourage the use of nuclear energy, the United States lent highly enriched uranium to countries all over the world between 1950 and 1988. Enough weapons-grade material to make 1,000 nuclear bombs has still not been returned by such countries as Pakistan, Iran, Israel and South Africa.
Homing pigeons use roads where possible to help find their way home. In fact, some pigeons followed roads so closely that they actually flew around traffic circles before choosing the exit that led them home.
Every year, 2700 surgical patients go home from the hospital with metal tools, sponges, and other objects left inside them. In 2000, 57 people died as a result of these mistakes.
A snowflake can take up to a hour to fall from the cloud to the surface of the Earth.
Only 5 percent of the ocean floor has been mapped in as much detail as the surface of Mars.
The only people whose likenesses adorn Pez dispensers are Betsy Ross and Paul Revere.
We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday.
Pain is measured in units of "dols". The instrument used to measure pain is a "dolorimeter".
In a nod to astronauts, Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
Eleven top executives of the Direct Marketing Association (the telemarketers' group that is trying to kill the federal "Do Not Call" list) have registered for the list themselves.
An iceberg the size of Long Island, New York, has broken off Antarctica and has blocked sea lanes used by both ships and penguins.
In 2003, the Transportation Security Administration dropped a requirement that air marshals pass a marksmanship test. Some applicants were even hired after they repeatedly shot flight attendants in mock hijacking episodes.
As of January 2004, the United States economy now borrows $1,500,000,000 each day from foreign investors.
A Costa Rican worker who makes baseballs earns about $2,750 annually. The average American pro baseball player earns $2,377,000 per year.
Former keyboard player for Jethro Tull David Palmer is now a woman named Dee Palmer. He waited until his wife died before going through with his longtime desire for a sex change.
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Post by Valerie Beach on Apr 4, 2005 22:33:59 GMT -5
Guy Guy GUY wow  ...... don't go gettin' any thing started here.......lmao   ;D Scott no worries your still cute.......haha   Ralf man are you ok.....haha j/k....... sponge bob all the way...........hehe ;D ;D Chris how the hell did I know you'd respond to that one.........lmfao ;D J those are good ones ;D ;D "We forget 80 percent of what we learn everyday." isn't that the turth........haha.....lmao |
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Post by Valerie Beach on Apr 4, 2005 23:15:47 GMT -5
1)A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in relation to its size. 2)A female ferret can die if she goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 3)Adult earwigs can float in water for up to 24 hours. 4)Centipedes always have an uneven pairs of walking legs. 5)Earthworms have 5 hearts. 6)A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born. 7)A catfish has about 100,000 taste buds. 8)A chameleon's tongue is as long as its body and head and can shoot out as fast as sixteen feet per second. 9)A crocodile can open and close its jaw but cannot move it side to side. 10)A crocodile can run up to a speed of 11 miles per hour. ;D ;D |
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Post by Ryan Thames on Apr 5, 2005 0:07:18 GMT -5
ALF has 7 stomaches and his favorite food is cats and he is from the planet millmack(sp) Call me dumb, call me uneducated, call me whatever you like but ....uh... what exactly is an "adult earwig"?  |
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Post by Ryan Thames on Apr 5, 2005 1:46:35 GMT -5
Christ, is not Jesus' last name.
Christ is the greek form of the hebrew word "messiah" which literaly means "the annointed one"
This is a reference to the prophecies fulfilled in the old testament of the bible. To call anyone else Christ or Messiah is inaccurate and blasphemous. Jesus is THE MESSIAH . Jesus is THE ANNOINTED ONE. the word "the" indicates the ONLY one and there can be no other Christ. either Jesus is THE Christ or he is not Christ at all.
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Post by Valerie Beach on Apr 5, 2005 9:45:25 GMT -5
To Ryan:
There are 22 species of earwigs, often called "pincher bugs", in the United States of which 12 are introduced species. Only 4 or 5 species are common pests.
The adult earwig is about 5/8 inches in length, and reddish brown in color and they can be found in homes, plants, piles of debris, and under rocks.
They will invade homes and are often carried into the home in newspapers thrown on to lawns.
They are nocturnal and get their name from an old belief that they would enter the ears of sleeping people and bore into the brain. watch out Ryan there coming for you!!!!
They live in moist, shady areas such as under stones, logs or in mulch.
Adults can float in water for 24 hours.
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...... don't go gettin' any thing started here.......lmao 
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