Totally Useless Fact Of The Day

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Starting a thread to give you a
"Totally Useless Fact Of The Day"
(might come in handy playing Trivial Pursuit!) LOL
Here is today's useless fact:

In the blockbuster hit, E.T., the Extra Terrestrial (1982), Harrison
Ford was cast as the school principal, but his only scene was cut.
Director Steven Spielberg decided his presence in the film would be
too distracting. Ford's wife Melissa Mathison wrote E.T.'s screenplay.

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It may be useless later... if I never have a reason to tell anyone. lol

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here's a tidbit that's useless , lol
I have never ever seen ET . hard to believe , hey ?
seen bit & pieces but never the whole thing . crazy . D

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I'm trying to think of another useless fact, but I can't come up with anything!
Okay, here's one: The song title, Mr. Mojo Risin", by the Doors, is an anagram of Jim Morrison's name.


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Today's useless fact:
In India it is perfectly proper for men to wear pajamas in public.
Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel.

But NOT in the United States, you got that, guys!?
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(By the way, cool bit of intormation Tater! Thanks!)
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Today's useless fact:
Playing cards were invented by the Chinese as early as 1120.

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Is this useless?
When the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, Jimmy Page was left to honor theband's commitments, performing as The New Yardbirds. The groupeventually evolved into Led Zeppelin.

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Breezey, it's only useless if you aren't interested in the origin of one of the greatest rock bands in history!

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Here's another useless fact:
"The extra "Joker" card is believed to have been invented by AmericanEuchre players who, when modifying the rules sometime during the 1860s,decided that an extra trump card was required. Originally he was called"The Best Bower" and then later "The Jolly Joker"."


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See! ... You guys know some useless facts! LOL
Great additions! I did not know all of that!
Hey, who has that picture of the kitten being held up at gun point?
I lost it. Could have used it here:
The robbery phrase "Hands Up" originated in British Columbia. Bill
Miner, an American known as the Gentleman Bandit, is said to have
first used the phrase while robbing a Canadian Pacific Railways
train in Mission Junction, British Columbia in 1904.
Edit:
And thanks to Breezey's quick fingers ... here's a hold up:


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You mean this one? I found it by searching google images for "cat being robbed"!
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Thank you Breezey! And thanks to Tater, too.
That's the one I was looking for!
You guys are the best!
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Ahh, ya beat me to it Breezey!

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Of course I did! He's my kitty picture! lol
You're welcome Rabbit. And now that Tater posted it, you have two! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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It's a cute picture, but I bet PETA would be up in arms about it! Get it? "Up in arms"? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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Today's trivial, useless fact:

The first letters of the months July through November,
in order, spell the name JASON.


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The Penny is the only coin currently minted in the United States with
a profile that faces to the right. All other coins - the silver dollar,
half dollar, quarter, dime, and nickel - all feature profiles that face
to the left.

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4564 posts 1 permalink Lycanthropy is a disease in which a man thinks he's a wolf.
It is the scientific name for "wolf man" or, werewolf.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote14 March 2009 10:45 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
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"El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula."



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worth of Monopoly money in one year.



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4564 posts 0 permalink The monkey wrench is named after its inventor,
a London blacksmith named Charles Moncke.



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4564 posts 0 permalink OK is the most successful of all Americanisms.
It has invaded hundreds of other languages and been adopted by them as a word.
Mencken claims that US troops deployed overseas during WWII found it already in use
by Bedouins in the Sahara to the Japanese in the Pacific.
It was also the fourth word spoken on the surface of the moon.
It stands for oll korrect, a misspelling of all correct.

"Hey ... YOU have a good day .... OK ???"





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The Four Leaf Clover

Each leaf on the four leaf clover represents one of the following:

* 1st leaf is Hope
* 2nd is Faith
* 3rd is Love
* 4th is Luck

Tip: Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck!

May love and laughter light your days,
... and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
... wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world,
... with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
... bring the best to you and yours!
Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone!


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4564 posts 0 permalink There are six words in the English language
with the letter combination "uu."
Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate, duumvir and residuum.
(never could spell those correctly ... HA!)



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:03 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China,
they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken.
Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole".





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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:07 PM breezey UNHINGED - founder
11681 posts 1 permalink Interesting! I have never pressed my luck. lol
I don't really want to bite the wax.. I'm not a tadpole.

I will keep those in mind.
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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:08 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink A golden razor removed from King Tut’s tomb was still sharp enough to use.



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which translates into "kiss my a**" in Gaelic.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:12 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink An old legend says that, while Christ will judge all nations on judgment day,
St. Patrick will be the judge of the Irish.



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4564 posts 0 permalink Carbonated water, with nothing else in it,
can dissolve limestone, talc, and many other low-Moh's hardness minerals.
Coincidentally, carbonated water is the main ingredient in soda.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:16 PM breezey UNHINGED - founder
11681 posts 0 permalink Rabbit, I knew that about carbonated water. Is that really a useless fact? I think more people should know what it actually does.

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replyquote16 March 2009 03:18 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink Agreed Breezey!
Guess that is a VERY USEFUL fact to remember,
next time you pop open one of those sodas!



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote16 March 2009 03:22 PM breezey UNHINGED - founder
11681 posts 0 permalink That rabbit doesn't look too good. lol

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4564 posts 0 permalink The most recorded song of all time - with more than 2,000 versions - is 'Yesterday'.
Included on the 'Help!' soundtrack, it was number one for four weeks in 1965.
"Yesterday" by The Beatles:



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4564 posts 0 permalink The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head.
Introduced in 1952, Mr. Potato Head took advantage of TV's explosive growth
to gain access to tens of millions of newly "plugged-in" households.



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4564 posts 0 permalink Giraffes can't cough.

The average giraffe has a blood pressure
two or three times that of the average human.



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4564 posts 0 permalink Because metal was scarce,
the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.





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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote17 March 2009 04:35 PM breezey UNHINGED - founder
11681 posts 1 permalink I find these interesting! Tater has been around a long time! lol

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4564 posts 1 permalink During Canada's summers,
an average of one tornado every five days is reported in Canada,
compared to five tornadoes every day in the United States.



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4564 posts 1 permalink The movie Cleopatra cost $28 million to make in 1963.



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4564 posts 1 permalink The Average American/Canadian eats about 11.9lbs of cereal per year.



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4564 posts 1 permalink Sharks and rays are the only animals known to man that don't get cancer.
Scientists believe this has something to do
with the fact that they don't have bones, but cartilage.







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4564 posts 2 permalink The March Hare from Alice In Wonderland
portrays the actual antics of real hares during springtime,
when they jump around and hit their large hind feet on the ground.





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4564 posts 1 permalink The writers of The Simpsons
have never revealed what state Springfield is in.



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4564 posts 1 permalink There are more than fifty different kinds of kangaroos.



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4564 posts 1 permalink A crocodile really does produce tears, but they're not due to sadness.
The tears are glandular secretions that work to expel excess salt from the eyes.
Hence, "crocodile tears" are false tears.





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4564 posts 1 permalink The most venomous of all snakes,
known as the Inland Taipan has enough venom
in one bite to kill over 200,000 mice.



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11681 posts 0 permalink Those snakes would make good pest control for mice!

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4564 posts 1 permalink Undertakers report that human bodies do not deteriorate as quickly as they used to.
The reason, they believe, is that the modern diet contains so many preservatives
that these chemicals tend to prevent the body from decomposition too rapidly after death.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote19 March 2009 06:07 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink If you walked the entire length of the China's Great Wall,
you would be walking farther than the distance between New York City and Miami, Florida.
The wall stretches for over 1,500 miles.
The driving distance between New York and Miami is just over 1,250 miles.
(Provided you don't get lost.)



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4564 posts 0 permalink The giant Pacific octopus can squeeze its entire body
through a hole the size of its beak.



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11681 posts 1 permalink Does that include bunny ears? I wouldn't want to hurt those poor ears when I pull on them. lol

I knew China's Great Wall was quite a distance, but did't realize it was that long.

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replyquote19 March 2009 06:48 PM guest_poster guest poster 1 permalink Fact:
The Chinese governement intend to pass a law to stop people walking the streets in their pyjamas. It is a status symbol. And worth a google to see how comfortable the people doing it are. Because they have pyjamas.

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4564 posts 0 permalink Penguins generally mate once and produce one egg per year.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote20 March 2009 02:50 AM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't.
Dr. Lee Berk at the Loma Linda School of Public Health in California
found that laughing lowers levels of stress hormones, and strengthens the immune system.
Six-year-olds have it best - they laugh an average of 300 times a day.
Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.



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4564 posts 1 permalink People who have never been married
are seven and a half times more likely
than married people to be admitted to a psychiatric facility.
(((I don't know about this one folks! LOL)))



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4564 posts 0 permalink Hailed as a wonder drug in the late nineteenth century,
cocaine was outlawed in the United States in 1914.


"Cocaine" - by Eric Clapton

If you wanna hang out you've got to take her out; cocaine.
If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If you got bad news, you wanna kick them blues; cocaine.
When your day is done and you wanna run; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

If your thing is gone and you wanna ride on; cocaine.
Don't forget this fact, you can't get it back; cocaine.
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie; cocaine.


DON'T DO DRUGS, BOYS AND GIRLS! ... mmmmm kay?

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4564 posts 0 permalink In 1899, President McKinley was assured
by the director of the US Patent Office that
"everything that can be invented has already been invented."



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People who have never been married
are seven and a half times more likely
than married people to be admitted to a psychiatric facility.
(((I don't know about this one folks! LOL)))



Now, that's interesting, Rabbit. I will have to think about that. lol



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4564 posts 1 permalink Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building
it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving
than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor.
It supposedly takes about eight floors
for the cat to realize what is occurring,
relax and correct itself.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote21 March 2009 03:30 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
(Ever wonder who does these studies? LOL)



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4564 posts 1 permalink Hershey's Kisses are called that
because the machine that makes them
looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote21 March 2009 03:34 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink Ants keep slaves. Certain species, the so-called sanguinary ants
for example, raid the nests of other ant tribes, kill the queen,
and kidnap many of the workers. The workers are brought back to
the captors' hive, where they are coerced into performing menial tasks.

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4564 posts 0 permalink Abe Silverstein, who headed NASA's Space Flight Development Program,
proposed the name Apollo for the space exploration programs in the
1960s. He chose that legendary Greek name because the virile Apollo
was a god who rode through the skies in a magnificent golden chariot.
The precedent of naming manned spacecraft for mythological gods had
been set earlier with Project Mercury, also named by Silverstein.
Apollo:





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another animal that has been struck by lighting.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote22 March 2009 09:47 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink The longest one syllable word
in the English language is "screeched".



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote22 March 2009 09:48 PM

jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Rats are incapable of puking.
* Unlike humans ...



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote22 March 2009 09:52 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
(Makes you wonder how they know this little fact ?!?)



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote22 March 2009 09:58 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink Cheetah's can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 3 seconds.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 02:54 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet
(9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 02:55 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink Knowledge is growing so fast
that ninety per cent of what we will know in fifty years time,
will be discovered in those fifty years.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 02:56 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour --
it would take about 193 years



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4564 posts 0 permalink Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.




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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 10:14 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour.
It was set with the lunar rover.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 10:19 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink Porcupines float in water.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 10:20 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus,
with an estimated surface temperature of 864 F (462 C).



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote23 March 2009 10:21 PM

jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Popcorn was banned at most movie theaters in the 1920's
because it was considered too noisy.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 03:36 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink This first person in the U.S. arrested for speeding was a NYC cab driver.
(Know where I found that one? On the bottom of a Snapple bottlecap.)



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 03:41 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 03:44 PM breezey UNHINGED - founder
11681 posts 2 permalink The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

Isn't that nice?! What is WRONG with them?!

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replyquote24 March 2009 04:37 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink Five Banana Facts:
1. Bananas have no fat, cholesterol or sodium.
2. The average American consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year.
3. The phrase 'going bananas' was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary,
..... and is linked to the fruit's 'comic' connections with monkeys.
4. There is no such thing as a banana tree. Bananas grow on plants.
5. Over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once each month.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 05:48 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
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What is a Parsec?

A parsec is an astronomical unit of measurement that is equivalent to 3.26
light years distance, or the distance photons will travel in vacuum over
the period of 3.26 years. Light travels at an approximate speed of
186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second), so a parsec represents
a distance of just over 19 trillion miles (~31 trillion kilometers).

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4564 posts 0 permalink Five Coffee Facts:
1. Australians consume 60% more coffee than tea, a sixfold increase since 1940.
2. Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the United States.
3. Coffee, along with beer and peanut butter, is on the national list of the
...."ten most recognizable odors."
4. During World War II the U.S. government used 260 million pounds of instant coffee.
5. In Italy, espresso is considered so essential to daily life
.... that the price is regulated by the government.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 05:52 PM tatersalad DAFT - member
4557 posts 2 permalink "Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead."

Jack, I think the question here is, we weigh slightly less than what?

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You learn something new every day! replyquote24 March 2009 06:19 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink Hmmm, good question Tater ... LOL


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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote24 March 2009 10:37 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink The 7 Dwarfs are Happy, Grumpy, Dopey (the beardless one),
Doc, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy. They were miners.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote25 March 2009 11:00 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink The International Space Station weighs about
500 tons and is the same size as a football field.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote25 March 2009 11:03 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink In Disney's Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is Yensid,
which is Disney spelled backward.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote25 March 2009 11:06 PM

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4564 posts 1 permalink "Happy Birthday" was the first song to be performed in outer space,
sung by the Apollo IX astronauts on March 8, 1969



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote25 March 2009 11:07 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Donald Duck lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota.
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote26 March 2009 06:01 PM

jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink (This might be VERY useful information! LOL)
By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote26 March 2009 06:03 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Ants don't sleep.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote26 March 2009 06:04 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote26 March 2009 06:05 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Hmmm ... think about this one ... LOL ...
Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.





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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote26 March 2009 06:07 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink The daughter of confectioner Leo Hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: Although his daughter's real name was Clara, she went by the nickname Tootsie,
and in her honor, her doting father named his chewy chocolate logs Tootsie Rolls.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 03:58 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 03:59 PM

jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 04:00 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush, (1897-1898)
potatoes were practically worth their weight in gold.
Potatoes were so valued for their vitamin C content that miners traded gold for potatoes.
(Of course, our resident "Tater" is worth more than any old gold!)



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 04:03 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink In 1995, KFC sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 10:39 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 10:40 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink You share your birthday with at least nine million other people around the world.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote27 March 2009 10:44 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000
different color combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 12:46 AM

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4564 posts 0 permalink Interesting facts about "Mona" ...
Leonardo DaVinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503.
He was still working on the painting when he emigrated to France in 1516
and is believed to have finished it three years later, just before he died.
The painting has remained in France ever since and is owned by the state.
It once hung in Napoleon's bedroom.

The Mona Lisa, by daVinci, is 2’6" by 1’9"

X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa
under the visible one.





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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 12:49 AM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink Frank Baum named "Oz" after a file cabinet in his office.
One cabinet was labeled "A to N," and the second was labeled "O to Z."



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4564 posts 0 permalink No network footage exists of Super Bowl I.
It was taped over, supposedly for a soap opera.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 12:53 AM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink A typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:27 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king.
This custom has become the modern military salute.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:28 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.
(Just a minute here ... I'm busy checking this ... !)



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:30 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink The oldest known animal was a tortoise, which lived to be 152 years old.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:31 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 0 permalink Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:35 PM

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4564 posts 0 permalink The annual White House Easter egg-roll was started by President Hayes in 1878.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 04:36 PM jackrabbit77 DAFT - member
4564 posts 1 permalink Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -- as Aristotle had --
that the heart was the seat of intelligence.



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"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength." replyquote28 March 2009 09:10 PM