Interesting Facts...

Grace B. · Posted: Feb 05, 2003 3:52 pm Post subject: Interesting Facts...

INTERESTING FACTS -
>The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and
Wilma Flintstone.
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>Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
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>Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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>Coca-Cola was originally green.
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>It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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>The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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>The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The
percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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>The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
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>Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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>The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
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>The youngest pope was 11 years old.
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>The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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>Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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>Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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>111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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>If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died in battle.
>If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of
wounds received in battle.
>If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
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>Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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>"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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>Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks
like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
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>Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
>A. Conception.
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>Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
>A. Their birthplace
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>Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?
>A. Obsession
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>Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you
would find the letter "A"?
>A. One thousand
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>Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
>A. All invented by women.
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>Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
>A. Honey
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>Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
>A. Father's Day
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>Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic?
>A. He was allergic to carrots.
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>Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
>A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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>In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When
you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to
sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
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>It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was
lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the
honeymoon.
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>In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England,
when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own
pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your
P's and Q's"
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>Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim
or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the
whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by
this practice.
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>In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies
Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
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>At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!!!

Ryan W · Posted: Feb 05, 2003 4:01 pm Post subject:

Here are some coke facts.

To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coke into the toilet. Let it sit for one hour, then flush clean.

To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coke.

To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coke over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coke to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coke into the baking pan; wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coke will help loosen grease stains.

It will also clean road haze from your windshield!

In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

There was a competition in Delhi University: "Who can drink the most Coke?". The winner drank 8 bottles and died on the spot because he had too much carbon dioxide in the blood and not enough oxygen. YIKES!

If you put a broken tooth in a bottle of Pepsi, in 10 days it will fully dissolve!

Chukee_R · Posted: Feb 05, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject:

Man I would love to drink a coke right now....I cant imagine what it's doing to my stomach..

Sean_Brinston · Posted: Feb 06, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject:

At my old school a kid on my bus could lick his elbow

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

those "facts" about coke aren't true. Check out www.urbanlegends.com

James K. · Posted: Feb 06, 2003 7:00 pm Post subject:

hey chuckee your stomach has acids that counter act against the action of the coke. but last year my chemistry class put a railroad tie in a three litter bottle of coke and left it there for a month and the acid in the coke ate away the entire railroad tie. it made a lot of people in my class stop drinking soft drinks.