Tag: random useless knowledge
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September 13, 2008 09:24 AM EDT --
Did You Know...? (2)
"1) The Air Force uses half of the fuel purchased by the U.S. government.
2) The book Catch-22 was originally titled Catch-18.
3) Odds that . . .
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September 12, 2008 08:25 PM EDT --
1) Electronic equipment gets dusty faster than furniture.
2) It cost $3 million to build the Titanic...and $100 million to make the movie.
3) Lyndon Johnson was the 1st (and so far the only) U.S. president . . .
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September 15, 2008 07:35 AM EDT --
Did You Know...? (#6)
"1) US police officers were 1 st required to read suspects their Miranda rights in 1966.
2) In the 1940's, the Canadian government advised moms to begin . . .
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September 19, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(#7)?
"1) Americans consume 100 pounds of chocolate every second.
2) Americans spend about $30 billion per year trying to lose weight.
3) Highest temperature ever . . .
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September 21, 2008 02:41 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(#8)?
"1) A typical American driver will honk the horn 15,250 times in his/her life.
2) It took 20,000 people 22 years to build the Taj Mahal.
3) A "gut feeling" is . . .
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October 11, 2008 02:02 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 10)?
"1) Approximately 165 million Easter cards are purchased each year in the U.S.
2) Baby Ruth's salary in 1932: $80,000. Barry Bond's in 2007: $15.5 . . .
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October 19, 2008 05:28 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 15)?
"1) People who once cleaned out cesspits were known as gongfermers.
2) A pelican can hold about 25 pounds of fish in its pouch.
3) Scientifically . . .
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November 26, 2008 03:26 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 25)?
"1) When told that General Grant drank too much whiskey, President Lincoln reportedly replied, "Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my . . .
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January 01, 2009 01:25 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 30)?
"1) It is legal in two states to fish with a semiautomatic rifle.
2) Each week, about 50 people visit the grave of Harry Potter, a British man buried . . .
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January 01, 2009 01:53 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 31)?
"1) The human body's total daily requirement of vitamins and minerals is less than a thimbleful.
2) You can tear a Canadian $20 bill in half and . . .
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February 07, 2009 04:29 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 36)?
"1) The "real" name of the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons: Jeff Albertson.
2) The South Korean government has promised to put a robot in every . . .
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October 19, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 14)?
"1) There are more insects in 10 square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.
2) Donald Rumsfeld was the youngest, and oldest, defense . . .
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October 20, 2008 05:13 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 16)?
"1) The saddle on an elephant is called a "Howdah".
2) If you weigh yourself and multiply that number by 0.0028, that's roughly how much . . .
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October 21, 2008 09:16 PM EDT --
Did You Know...(Part 17)?
"1) Your tongue cab detect sweetness in a solution of 1 part sugar to 200 parts water.
2) A rooster cannot crow unless its neck is fully extended. . . .
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November 26, 2008 02:33 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 24)?
"1) The average adult American male receives 6 Christmas presents.
2) Quebec is twice the size of Texas.
3) The Apollo 11 astronaut who didn't . . .
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November 26, 2008 03:39 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 26)?
"1) Country with the most kidney donors per capita: Iran. (The U.S. is #2.)
2) There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
3) Americans eat . . .
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December 04, 2008 08:34 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 27)?
"1) A single bale of cotton will yield 215 pairs of jeans.
2) Most common school colors in America: blue and white.
3) Generally, men can read . . .
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January 04, 2009 12:51 PM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 32)?
"1) For six months in 1777, Vermont was called New Connecticut.
2) In Belgium, there is a strawberry museum.
3) 55% of Americans say they'll . . .
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January 17, 2009 11:04 AM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 33)?
"1) Lions can't roar until they're two years old.
2) Bestselling Christmas album of all time: Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
3) Zambian . . .
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January 31, 2009 10:38 AM EST --
Did You Know...(Part 34)?
"1) Snails kiss before mating (by rubbing their antennae together).
2) The doors that cover U.S. nuclear silos weigh 748 tons and open in 19 seconds. . . .
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