Question:
Have an interesting fact?
AngelWings
2007-01-01 22:51:55 UTC
Coca-Cola was originally green

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury

When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet. It was developed by Western Union to test telex communications

Have an interesting fact to share? Have the most interesting one, with a link for proof to back it up, and be awarded best answer.
Seventeen answers:
Mister SuperDuperSmartyPants
2007-01-01 23:19:30 UTC
"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz" is an even shorter sentence for testing your typing skills or equipment. Unfortunately, a big sphinx of quartz is a rare thing and I'm not sure that a jackdaw (or any other kind of bird) would find it lovable, or even mildly interesting. (Source: I can't remember, but you can verify it by counting. You will have to use your fingers twice, your toes once, and your nose)



Many people believe that hot water freezes more quickly than cold water. This is silly, because hot water has to first become cold as it approaches freezing. What is perhaps even sillier is that, even though I knew that, I tried it anyway. Logic (and physics) proved themselves correct. (Source: A slightly embarassing experiment that you can perform for free at home)



How much dirt is contained in a hole 3 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet?

None. It is a hole. There is, however, 27 cubic feet of air in it. This might sound like a handy way to obtain 27 cubic feet of air, but it's not. As soon as you move the air to a different elevation, or to a location where the temperature is different, it would change its volume. (Source: Bennet Cerf's big book of riddles, and Wikipedia)



"The right to bear arms" as proposed by the second amendment has nothing to do with citizens owning guns. It refers to the unfortunate necessity of a well-armed militia to protect our nation. We already have that, even without the NRA. Some guys just like to kill stuff. (Source: The Constitution of the United States of America)



Last interesting fact for today: There is a guy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that wishes you all a year full of smiles, love, peace, and good health. (Source: The guy)
2007-01-01 23:00:07 UTC
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.



The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.



A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off.



An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.



The height of Mount Olympus on Mars is 25 km (15 miles).



You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.



Pigs are the only animals other than humans that can get a sun burn.



The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.



The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver".





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black_cat
2007-01-02 03:05:47 UTC
Your nose smells things best at 10 years old. That's why kids notice nasty and gross smells faster than others.



A group of Owls is called a parliament.



Hockey pucks were originally made from frozen cow dung



It would take 29 million years for a car traveling 100 miles per hour to reach the nearest star.



The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear.
anecdoteman1
2007-01-01 23:00:53 UTC
The only U.S. president to found a university was Thomas Jefferson



The only U.S. president to hold a patent was Abe Lincoln.



The only U.S. president to be born on the fourth of july was Calvin Coolidge.



Duran Duran was named after a character in the 1960's film Barbarella. Jane Fonda played the lead and throughout the film she was searching for a character called Duran Duran



The longest word in the English language that contains just one vowel is Strengths



The English word with the most Z's in it is Zenzizenzizenzic (source at bottom).



Fun question.
kcecee
2007-01-01 23:08:15 UTC
*No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.



*All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.



*More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes



*The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down").



*months that begin with sunday will always have a friday the 13th
bLeaZe kiVe
2007-01-02 00:54:46 UTC
Mongolia is the largest landlocked country.



Owls are the only birds which see color blue.



The first credit card was issued at the Diner's club.



The cat's average temperature is 102 degrees Farenheit.



Women blinks twice than men.



Men catches hiccups more often than women.
Ret68
2007-01-01 23:47:15 UTC
There are way too many names for groups of animals. Like: a group of Apes is a shrewdness, Crows = murders or muster, Rhinoceros's = crash, Hummingbirds = charm, Owls = parliament, Alligators = congregation, and on and on. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm
ThisSongsForYou
2007-01-02 01:49:06 UTC
adolf hitler performed many dark rituals such as using human heads to get the devil to speak to him through the head.



In an early episode of the twilight zone, james coburn played a reneagade military officer named Captain Flint, nefore his famous leading role in the 60's spy movie, "Our Man Flint"
2007-01-01 22:56:11 UTC
www.amusingfacts.com



You'll find tons of cool facts.
Michael M
2007-01-01 23:01:43 UTC
yeah dr pepper is a year older than coke . The doctor never reaped any monetary rewards.. he had a young man that took the formula and exploited it.. but named it after him. opossums are really mean and ferocious when they are playing opossum(personal experience)
jan b
2007-01-02 03:17:44 UTC
there are over 8000 pores on a hens egg allowing the chick to 'breathe'
yuri
2007-01-01 23:00:02 UTC
russias largest exports are ak-47's
Heather <33
2007-01-01 22:55:11 UTC
Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails.
B pyro
2007-01-01 22:54:48 UTC
gerald ford was the only president to not be elected into office
rick JAMES
2007-01-02 01:20:04 UTC
the average human will walk twice around the earth in their lifetime
big boss
2007-01-02 02:37:13 UTC
you are a fool
Ä l ɐ ҳ ä
2007-01-02 01:10:01 UTC
Sorry kcecee, but there is something that rhymes with your words like month, front, silver,filter and purple,turtle not sure about orange

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Anyway, My Facts Are:



* American President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) used to like Vaseline being rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed.



* American President John Tyler had 15 children.



* At the White House, president John Adams was said to be the first to display fireworks there.



* Both Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter, U.S. presidents, were peanut farmers at one time.



* Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown in 1836.



* Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.



* Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once wore a Nazi uniform while acting in a film during his Hollywood days. The name of the movie was "Desperate Journey," which was filmed in 1942.



* Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan worked as a lifeguard in his youth at a beach near Dixon, Illinois and saved over 77 lives.



* George Washington grew hemp in his garden.



* George Washington had teeth made out of hippopotamus ivory.



* George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.



* Half of the 42 U.S. Presidents are of Irish descent.



* Herbert Hoover, who was the 31st president of the United Stated, turned over all the Federal salary checks he received to charity during the 47 years he was in government.



* In 1907, at the White House, President Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with 8,150 people on New Year's Day.



* In his youth, United States president George W. Bush used to play for the Midland (Texas) Central Little League. He played the position of the catcher.



*The 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same time.



*The seventeenth president of the United States, Andrew Johnson did not know how to read until he was 17 years old.



*Theodore Roosevelt's mother and first wife died on the same day in 1884.



*William Taft who was the U.S. president between 1909-1913 once got stuck in the White House bathtub.



*Actor Bruce Willis's real name is Walter.



*Actor Jim Carrey's favorite cartoon character is Deputy Dawg.



*Actress Lillian Entwistle committed suicide by jumping from the 'H' of the Hollywood sign.



*Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana



*In the 1977 movie "Star Wars," actress Jodie Foster was George Lucas' second choice to play the part of Princess Leia.



*Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.



*Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna.



*Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, also designed the inner structure of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour.



*In 1876, Maria Spelterina was the first woman to ever cross Niagara Falls on a high wire.



*In October 1973, Swedish sweet maker Roland Ohisson of Falkenberg was buried in a coffin made of nothing but chocolate



*Ringo Starr appeared in a Japanese advertisement for apple sauce. Ironically his name means "apple sauce" in Japanese.



*The artist Michelangelo's full name in Italian is Michaelangelo di Lodovico di Lionardo di Buonarroto Simoni.



*The first cheerleaders in the U.S. were men.



*The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak.



*Thomas Edison once saved a boy from the path of an oncoming locomotive who was a station official's child. For his bravery, the boy's father taught Edison how to use the telegraph.



*Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb was afraid of the dark.



*When the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, received an alarming number of threatening letters, soon after her husband became President at the height of the Depression, the Secret Service insisted that she carry a pistol in her purse.



*Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley who died at birth.



*Elvis Presley was obsessed with brushing his teeth.



*Elvis Presley used to be a truck driver before he started singing.



*Singer Paula Abdul used to be a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers.



*When Queen Elizabeth I of England died she owned over 3,000 gowns.



*Adolf Hitler loved chocolate cake.



*A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.



*Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.



*When John Lennon divorced Julian Lennon's mother Cynthia, Paul McCartney composed the song "Hey Jude," to cheer Julian up.



*Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China.



*The Disney Magic cruise ship is almost as long as the Eiffel Tower's height.



*The Walt Disney character Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.



*The woman who did the voice of Disney's Snow White was the daughter of Disney's casting director.



*Walt Disney had a fear of mice.



*Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse



*From the movie Monster's Inc., Mike and Sully had three cereals in their apartment. There names were Kreature Krisp, Prickly Puffs, and Dirt Clods, with ingredients such as sweat and tears, bile, and shrimp.



*King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.



*James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.



*One of the Bond girls in the James Bond movie, "For Your Eyes Only," used to be a man.


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