Random Facts.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:47 pm

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

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » March 10, 2006 1:48 pm

it takes more time to say www than it does to say world wide web.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:48 pm

Men can read smaller
print than women can; women can hear better

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 10, 2006 1:49 pm

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day.
That day was July 4th, 1826, the 50th birthday of the United States.

George "Papa Bear" Halas played for the Yankees the year before Babe Ruth joined them.

Bamboo is the world's fastest growing grass.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:49 pm

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:50 pm

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

( now get this...)

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » March 10, 2006 1:50 pm

El mojito wrote:It is impossible to lick your elbow.

oh that explains it...

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 10, 2006 1:50 pm

El mojito wrote:It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Depends on how long your tongue is....

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:51 pm

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David,

Hearts - Charlemagne,

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » March 10, 2006 1:51 pm

El mojito wrote: The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

Canada

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:51 pm

This Fun

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:53 pm

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:55 pm

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

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 10, 2006 1:56 pm

El mojito wrote:If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

that one got a " wow " out of me . .

pbans · Post by **pbans** » March 10, 2006 1:56 pm

An idea for jello shots perhaps?

The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:57 pm

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 10, 2006 1:57 pm

pbans wrote:An idea for jello shots perhaps?

The Uape Indians, who live in the Amazon, mix the ashes of their recently cremated relatives with alcohol, then all members of the family drink the mix with fond memories of the deceased.

that one got a " ewwww " out of me . .

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 1:58 pm

Wow am going to take a lunch brake

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » March 10, 2006 2:01 pm

Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman
if they had it to do all over again: 80%
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Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man if
they had it to do all over again: 50%

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 10, 2006 2:01 pm

mini-quiz. .

what three letter word . .single syllable . . that contains 2 vowels . . by adding a third vowel . .becomes a three syllable word. . ? ?

. .answer below. . hidden in white type . .

. . .are / area . . .