Interesting Facts #4

Posted on July 30, 2006 by divinegeek

  • It’s possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs.
  • All polar bears are left handed.
  • Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
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Interesting Facts #3

Posted on July 30, 2006 by divinegeek

  • In 2001, St. Patrick’s Day was banned in Ireland because of the scare caused by foot and mouth disease.
  • Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
  • A giraffe has a 21-inch tongue! 
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Interesting Facts #2

Posted on July 30, 2006 by divinegeek

  • The first designs for a clock radio were rejected by the US Patent Office because they weren’t sufficiently original. The design called for the nailing of a previously manufactured clock and radio to an oak board.
  • The average Baskin-Robbins (aka 31 flavors) carries 40 flavors of ice cream.
  • In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
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Interesting Facts #1

Posted on July 30, 2006 by divinegeek

Wow…it really is dead around here. No one has dropped by for over an hour and a half! 🙁

Due to the lack of people now that the mainstream thon is over, I’ll be switching to just posting interesting, and true statements, rather than having users guess whether they are true or not.

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger was officially an illegal alien until 1982, due to his failing to complete his residency paperwork.
  • Without gravity, a spider would spin a spherical web.
  • According to a Cornell University study, 70 percent of students earning a Ph.D. in the humanities will be on welfare for at least a year within five years of graduation.
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True/False #9

Posted on July 30, 2006 by divinegeek

Common, guys! It’s getting a little dead around here. I expected it to at least taper off a little, but it looks like it just completely died :-\. On with the trivia, though! I’ve still got 14 hours to go!

  • There’s a one in nine chance that a bike stolen in Los Angeles has been stolen at least once before.
  • A newly-connected telephone line will receive its first telemarketing call within the first 18 hours.
  • Leather sandals are more durable than any other non-industrial sandal.
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