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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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so if you want to use it in a production, you have to pay him royalty fees.



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Oh nooooooooooooooo! ...
The stop-motion puppet for King Kong was covered with rabbit fur!

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An orange tree may bear oranges for more than 100 years.
The famous "Constable Tree," an orange tree brought to France in 1421,
lived and bore fruit for 473 years.

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In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field.
(Tater! ... I don't remember seeing you there! ... LOL)

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I just now saw that!

" Paul McCartney purchased the rights to the Happy Birthday song we all know,
so if you want to use it in a production, you have to pay him royalty fees."


Are you serious?!! Well, yeah... I guess you are.

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An orange tree may bear oranges for more than 100 years.
The famous "Constable Tree," an orange tree brought to France in 1421,
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In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field.
(Tater! ... I don't remember seeing you there! ... LOL)

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The words "Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatossilphioparaomelitoatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolatoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon", "Taumatawhakatangihangihangakoauotamateaturipukakapiikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu" and "Nordosterjokustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranlaggningmaerielunderhallsuppfoljknintssystemdiskussionsinlaggsforberedelsearbeten" are all in the spell checker, but not in any dictionary, yet the words ""Pnemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and "Floccipaucinihilipilification"
are in the English Dictionary, but not in the spell checker!
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Daffy Duck's middle name is "Dumas"

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In Return of the Jedi there is a tennis shoe hidden among the rebel fleet

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The bikini bathing suit was so named
because it was created the same year
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Cleopatra's last name was Ptolemy, she was Greek, not Egyptian.

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Only bird that can fly backwards: Hummingbird

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The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 10-watt lightbulb.
*(No rude comments about bunny's bulb being burnt-out!)((( LOL )))

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I KNEW that would get a response from you!

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When commercial telephone service was introduced between New York
and London in 1927, the first three minutes of a call cost $75.00.

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Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.

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Coca-cola was originally green.

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Only 14% of Americans say they've done this with the opposite sex. What is it?
.................... Skinny dipping!

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The dog name "Fido" comes from the Latin meaning "I trust thee."

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The common goldfish is the only animal
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A frog's favorite color is blue.
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There are 240 dots on an arcade Pac-Man game

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The Greek word for butterfly is psyche, which means soul.

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A furlong is an eighth of a mile.

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Tarzan means "white skin"

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The next year which will read the same way upside down
as rightside up is the year 6009, the last was 1961 ...

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A frog's favorite color is blue.
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Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays.


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Hummingbirds have the fastest metabolism of any animal,
they require from 6,000 to 12,400 calories per day (depending on the species)

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The human brain is 85% water.

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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise

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The average mature oak tree sheds approximately 700,000 leaves in the fall.
(I believe it! We have several oak trees = LOTS of leaves.)

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"Caterpillar" is Roman for "hairy cat"

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People speak at a rate of about 120 words per minute

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IE has me at a total stand still now. Please don't post on this one. I will be adding the rest today... somehow...

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Starfish have no brains ...
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans towards the south
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The word "diploma" is Greek for "folded paper"
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Louis the XIV took only three baths in his lifetime
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19 April 2009 10:32 AM

Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake.
They had been over-mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float.
Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.
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The names of the three wise monkeys are
Mizaru: See no evil,
Mazaru: Speak no evil and
Mikazaru: Hear no evil.
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20 April 2009 11:11 AM

The rectal temperature of the Icelandic codfish is 34 degrees F.
(I have NO idea why anyone would want to know this ...
and I REALLY wonder who applied for the job of finding out!)
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20 April 2009 11:15 AM


In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to mobile services
(two-way radios in taxicabs, for instance)
but did not re-number the other channel assignments.
That is why your TV set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
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20 April 2009 07:56 PM

Texas is also the only state that is allowed
to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
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20 April 2009 07:58 PM
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie."
(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

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O - M - G !!!
Is that real? (((LOL)))
I've heard about these giant rabbits,
although I've never actually seen one.
He sure is a big boy, isn't he?
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21 April 2009 10:01 AM

The closest living relative of the t-rex is the chicken.
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Australia is home to the koala bear, the platypus,
and the kangaroo, but not one active volcano or glacier.
It is the only continent that lacks either one.
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What is the difference between a wharf and a pier you ask?
A pier runs perpendicular to the shoreline,
while a wharf runs parallel to the shoreline .
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Miss Piggy's measurements are 27-20-32
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21 April 2009 02:13 PM

Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 -- as a lizard.
He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halfs of a Ping-Pong ball
(no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). He didn't become a frog until 1968.
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About 54% of Americans consider themselves fans of Star Trek.
Not trekkies, just fans.
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In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
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The most misspelled word: Remember.
Well, according to my spell check it is.
At least, to the best that I can remebre.
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A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
Thanks Breezey.
That's a good one.
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The 5 cent bill from 1861 was among the smallest denomination bills
printed during the confederacy of North Carolina. It was also one of
the smallest physical bills, measuring approximately 3" by 1 5/8".America once issued a 5-cent bill.

you're welcome Jack. Thanks for the rose.

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways.
The following sentence contains them all:
"A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode
through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough,
he coughed and hiccoughed."
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The names of the 50 states used up just about
every letter in the alphabet except the letter Q. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still
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In Kingsville, Texas, there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city's airport property.
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April 23rd ... (that's today) ...[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] World-famous playwright William Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564.
He also died on this day in 1616. (Weird, isn't it ???)
Many of his more famous plays, such as Hamlet, MacBeth, and Romeo & Juliet,
are highly revered as exemplary pieces of theatre, and are still read
and performed with relish today.Oh yeah ... one more thing ...
Even though it is widely attributed to him Shakespeare never actually used the word "gadzooks".[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
I know I'm going to catch it for this one ... LOL)[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]In Tennessee, it's illegal for a female to drive a motor vehicle,
unless there's a man on the hood of the car,
with a shot gun which is used to shoot off rounds of ammunition
to alert oncoming drivers that there is a women at the wheel.
(Sorry gals, I just couldn't resist.)
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In 1980, Mr. Scott Fahlman invented the smiley face emoticon :-)
(Wonder if he knew what he started? LOL)
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The word 'pound' is abbreviated 'lb.' after the constellation 'libra'
because it means 'pound' in Latin, and also 'scales'.
The abbreviation for the British Pound Sterling comes from
the same source: it is an 'L' for Libra/Lb. with a stroke through it to indicate abbreviation.
Same goes for the Italian lira, which uses the same abbreviation ('lira' coming from 'libra').
So British currency (before it went metric) was always quoted as "pounds/shillings/pence",
abbreviated "L/s/d" (libra/solidus/denarius).

Jack, I always wondered what the difference was between a wharf and a pier. What about a dock?

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A quarter has 119.


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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.


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The only capital letter in the Roman alphabet with exactly one endpoint is P.


On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day


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Here's another one to add to our list:Howdy Doody had 48 freckles.
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Char-gogga-gogg-manchaugg-agogg-chabuna-gunga-maugg
is the name of a lake in Webster, MA, and it means
"You fish on your side, I fish on mine, nobody fishes in the middle"
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A rarity in birds, geese are among the very few in which the family stays together
at the end of the breeding season. Parents and the young raised during the
summer establish strong family bonds and do not break up for about a year.
In the fall, geese migrate in flocks that contain other family units,
and each family stays together on the wintering grounds.
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The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I ran the Zoo"
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In accordance with a US Supreme Court ruling in 1893,
the difference between a fruit and a vegetable is as follows:
"Any plant or part thereof eaten during the main dish is a vegetable.
If it is eaten at any other part of the meal, it is a fruit."

Dead Egyptian noblewomen were given the special treatment
of being allowed a few days to ripen,
so that the embalmers wouldn't find them too attractive.
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Ketchup was sold in the United States as a patent medicine in the early
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