Random Facts.

rich_big · Post by **rich_big** » October 17, 2008 6:57 pm

El mojito wrote:The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the
name of the Don McLean song.)

I have heard this before over the years and disagree.

snopes says so as well.....
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/americanpie.asp

rich_big · Post by **rich_big** » October 17, 2008 6:58 pm

CaptainP wrote:
LIPH wrote:
El mojito wrote:It is impossible to lick your elbow.
How many people just tried?
I can. I have a really long tongue.

I can lick my elbow, too. I am a butterfly and taste with my feet

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 20, 2008 8:22 am

The leotard was made famous by the French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard (1842–1870), about whom the song "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" was written.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 21, 2008 2:56 pm

John Ireland (1879–1962) was an English composer.
John England (1911–1985) was an Australian politician.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 24, 2008 10:57 am

The Giant Otter, of South America, is a member of the weasel family. Males grow 5-6 feet in length and up to 100 pounds.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 27, 2008 9:30 am

Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (April 9, 1890 - February 22, 1985) was one of the world's most prominent concert violinists, as well as a composer, teacher, conductor and a long-time director of the Curtis Institute of Music. He was also the father of Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and grandfather of Stephanie Zimbalist.

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » October 27, 2008 11:06 am

Jacqueline Kennedy is the only First Lady to win an Emmy award, snagging one for her television tour of the White House in 1962.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » October 28, 2008 10:02 pm

Bitter end is the end of a rope that is tied off, hence the expression "hanging onto the bitter end". A bitt is a metal block with a crosspin used for tying lines to, found on docks.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » October 30, 2008 1:44 am

Other than the United States, the only other nation in the world that hasn't gone to the metric system is Burma. (Mynammar).

mjeischen · Post by **mjeischen** » October 30, 2008 1:59 am

Wino you know wrote:Other than the United States, the only other nation in the world that hasn't gone to the metric system is Burma. (Mynammar).

I use metric . . . 3 yards is bigger than 3 inches. As long as the 3 is constant I don't feel I am cheating anyone.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » November 2, 2008 8:48 am

On this date in 1947 Howard Hughes flew Spruce Goose, the largest flying boat ever built, on its maiden flight from the coast of Long Beach, Ca.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » November 14, 2008 9:55 am

On May 29, 1979, Charles Harrelson (the father of actor Woody Harrelson) fatally wounded Judge John H. Wood, Jr. in San Antonio, Texas. Drug trafficker Jamiel "Jimmy" Chagra hired him to kill Wood for $250,000.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » November 14, 2008 12:02 pm

Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » November 18, 2008 10:21 pm

Jabal Thawban is a mountain in Fujairah.

(Tell me about it. I was shocked too!)

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » November 19, 2008 12:26 pm

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the National Bird instead of the bald eagle...

blowinupinmissoula · November 19, 2008 11:16 pm

pickles are actually PICKLED cucumbers

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » November 20, 2008 9:10 am

Newsday, the Long Island newspaper, gives awards to the best high school athletes in different sports in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Boomer Esaison, former NFL QB, won the award as the best high school baseball player in Suffolk. Craig Biggio, former Houston Astro and future baseball Hall of Famer, won the award as the best high school football player in Suffolk.

JustDucky · Post by **JustDucky** » November 20, 2008 7:25 pm

A strawberry is a vegetable.

Cockroaches are actually the cleanest bug on the planet - and have the fastest reaction time to light of any living creature on the planet.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » December 5, 2008 10:03 pm

Blanche de Bourbon was daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon and Isabella of Valois. On July 3, 1353 she married King Peter of Castile.
Eventually she was imprisoned in the castle of Arevalo.
She died in Medina Sidonia at the age of twenty-two. The legend says that she was killed by a crossbowman sent by the king himself. Another legend speaks of poisoning.

Static Vagabond · Post by **Static Vagabond** » December 12, 2008 9:33 pm

Beer affected William Bradford and the Pilgrim's landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 because they were running out of beer, a chief part of their diets.
They stopped their voyage short at cold Plymouth Rock in New England instead of sailing on farther south to warmer weather.